CLRyan5's New Success Thread

[clryan5]

Wow! Great Allison Hightower scucces! Fun to watch at LSU! As always Geaux Tigers!

yes loved the allison hightower picture in LSU uniform.
geaux tigers

Haha thanks...I'll never forget that awesome Tennessee Lady Vols buzzer-beating win to play for the title in 2008 :)

[clryan5]

Tonight I graphed the Phoenix Mercury and what a night it was!!

Floorboard:
Charde Houston, Dewanna Bonner, Candice Dupree


I also got a picture with Dewanna Bonner


Alexis Hornbuckle: 1/1
I wore a Tennessee shirt and it slipped my mind to ask for a picture. But as she was signing I said I'd never forget her tip in against LSU and she started laughing and was like yeah only 2 points I made all game but it was worth it!


Samantha Prahalis: 1/1 11x14
She was really cool and more than happy to take a picture with me after signing



Brittney Griner: 2/2, Baylor Magazine, 11x14
So my dad is a Baylor alum and got this sweet magazine last summer. I was cleaning my apartment last weekend and found it and thought it'd look great signed. I was right. It turned out awesome!! I was glad she stopped but she wouldn't do a picture then after outside I got a picture but it turned out blurry and she was in a rush so couldn't do a new one :(



After the game I did the Lynx and got the big 3 on my 16x20


And I got a picture with Janel McCarville leaving


And I also got Diana Taurasi on the 16x20
Diana Taurasi: 2/2, pic with, Penny Taylor: 1/1 pic with
She came out with Penny Taylor and they were super cool!!!! Taurasi signed my 16 and 11x14 then I set them down and got Penny Taylor on an 11x14 and Taurasi reacted like she was ready to sign another thing for me and she saw it was a photo of Penny Taylor. When she saw it she was like oooh I like that and then looked at my other photos signed underneath, 1 of which was the Griner one and she was like awww BG hahahaha
Then I was busy taking pics for my friend I met up with and a new friend I made waiting and finally Taurasi was like did you get one yet and I said no and she was like get over here and I got a picture with Taurasi and Taylor, I feel so special being in between 2 beautiful and talented women! I'm so in love with this picture, it just couldn't have turned out any better!!! Debating between 8x10 or 11x14 for the next time they're here...thoughts??

[clryan5]

Well I guess I'll finally update my thread with all that I've been up to these last few weeks. Idk why I just haven't felt like posting on here, maybe due in part to the lack of appreciation for WNBA autographs on here along with sheer laziness on my part.

So, with that said, settle in for a nice long post hahaha

TTM: I really haven't sent much out lately but some continue to trickle in

Failure: Unknown, I sent a card to a Dallas athlete, right now I'm thinking it's Joe Nathan, and it wasn't sealed properly so in the mail I got an empty envelope

Missy Franklin: 1/1
Out: 11/16 In: 6/10


Matt Wieters: 1/1
Out: Spring Training 2012 In: May 2013
New record for longest return! I wrote this one off months ago! My mom sent me a package of goodies since I won't be home for several more months and she included this hat in the box. Nice surprise since I didn't get him IP here


Brandon Barnes: 3/3
Out: Mid-Late May (Forgot to record exact date) In: 6/10
Super fast return from my favorite Astro! Now that I know he signs TTM in season as well as Spring Training he's gonna get hammered with requests from me hahaha. He is such an underappreciated player; I love seeing him start and hitting leadoff. He's definitely an Astros guy and plays with the amount of heart Bagwell and Biggio did. I hope he's around for years to come. His story is such an inspirational one. I bought the ticket for his 1st career home run on ebay and he inscribed that as requested. I also sent him a copy of the custom RockiesFan made for me for him to keep and he did. I'm definitely going to start snagging some of the different variations of his Topps RC on ebay to get signed


Jason Motte: 4/4
Out: 3/11 In: 6/22


And now IP:

Twins: Haven't done much baseball lately but that will change with the Royals here for a 4 game set this weekend
Team Sheet: Added Casey Fien, 1 of the nicest guys on the team


Darin Mastroianni: 2/2
He's so nice! He pulled over and got out to talk to my friend because he was giving my friend a game-used bat for a charity auction he was helping plan for a tv show he works on I think



WNBA:
San Antonio Silver Stars

Coach Dan Hughes: 2/2



Coach Vickie Johnson: 1/1


Danielle Adams: 2/2



Delisha Milton-Jones: 2/2
Super Nice!!



Jayne Appel: 2/2
Another sweetheart, so nice and willing to sign

Floorboard:
Jia Perkins and Julie Wojta


Shock:
The Tulsa Shock were in town tonight so I headed to their hotel around 2 and then went to the game. I did awesome!

Candice Wiggins: 1/1 11x14
She was so nice! Unfortunately my paint pen exploded as she was signing. Still trying to clean it up. She saw what was happening and was like o no! My $6 Molotov paint pens aren't working well anymore so I went back to the Sharpie brand pens I had and paid for it



Angel Goodrich: 1/1


Floorboard: I've decided just to do 1 WNBA floorboard instead of a separate one for each team
Added Nicole Powell, Riquna Williams, and Jennifer Lacy, Powell was in too much of a hurry to take a pic leaving warmups so I got a pic with her after the game. Super nice, beautiful woman and an amazing shooter!



Glory Johnson: 2/2, 1/1 8x10, 1/1 11x14
She was so nice! Johnson is 1 of my top 4 favorite Lady Vols and now I have met all 4 (Candace Parker, Tamika Catchings, Kara Lawson, Glory Johnson)




And lastly for the Shock...

Skylar Diggins: 3/3 11x14s
I got her heading to the bus at the hotel before and again outside after. I didn't think she was going to sign before since she was in her own little world listening to music haha but she finally heard me and signed 2 photos. I also gave her a custom RockiesFan made for me since I sent her a Notre Dame one and she tweeted a picture of it. I told her it was a Shock card to go along with the Notre Dame one I sent her and she said O Awesome!





Lynx:
Because the Shock flew here this morning, not many players warmed up so I was able to do the Lynx before and after.
Maya Moore: 1/1 11x14
™™™™™™™ silver Elementz marker didn't work well either. This autograph has already been taken off. When she was signing she was like man this photo makes my butt look big! And she whispered it so the kids around us didn't hear her. She's starting to grow on me now that she's not so fake with me


Lynx Team 11x14: Only in the WNBA are the players so nice and humble that you can get an entire team item signed in 1 night! I got all 11 players plus Coach Cheryl Reeve and assistant coach Jim Peterson. Not too shabby!

[r0yals2012]

nice wieters!

[r0yals2012]

nice wieters and twins autos. I am actually going to Target Field for a Royals game on August 1st or July 31st so I am hoping to get some then! I have never been to target field

[awz50]

Sweet Skylar Diggins, I met her last spring when I was out there she seems super nice.

[gojacks]

I agree on Barnes! Great guy! Also amazing Lynx team photo!

[Marshall658]

Awesome baseball stuff. Those photos and cards all came out great. Really cool to see Wieters still signing on occasion. Kinda funny that Mastroianni is so nice now that he's in the bigs. When I saw him in AAA he was one of the biggest jerks I've come across. Guess I'll have to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was having a bad day haha.

[clryan5]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

[JerseyInk]

I, for one, like the WNBA success. Doubt i find time this season but look forward to graphing them. Last summer i ran into the ladies Olympic team and they were all very accomodating to the few of us who wanted a sig. Sue Bird and Turasi were the best. Dope Vols project btw.