Acarter13 2014 IP Success Thread

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8/7 Louisville Bats @ Syracuse Chiefs

Decided to come home from camp to graph pregame on my own, only did the Bats

1/2 Jason Bourgeois
1/1 Thomas Neal
1/1 Tucker Barnhart
1/1 Neftali Soto
3/5 Ted Power- Only signed different cards

Index Cards
Tim Crabbe
Justin Freeman
Ruben Gotay
Hernan Iribarren
Chad Rogers
Steve Selky



Season Total: 239

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8/9 Louisville Bats @ Syracuse Chiefs

Home from camp for good today and decided to see a game. Gate opened at 5:30 instead of 6:00 but we still got there at 6:05ish. Apparently tonight was the team photo night, but nowhere on the website did it say this. still managed to slide into line for the last 10 minutes or so that players were signing.

On concourse:
2/2 Emmanuel Burriss
4/6 A.J. Cole- Only signed different cards
1/1 Taylor Hill
1/1 Jeff Howell
3/6 Jeff Kobernus- Sugarcult2, the Pro Debut furthest to the right in the picture is yours
4/4 Aaron Laffey
2/2 Rafael Martin
2/2 Ryan Mattheus- "Ah, those were the glory days" while siogning 2 Nationals 4x6s
4/4 Michael Taylor- Barely got him, he was standing up to go and then decided to sign for me

Pre Game:
1/1 Xavier Cedeno
1/1 Brett Henry- Strength and Conditioning Coach for the team set
1/1 Sandy Leon
1/1 Ryan Mattheus
3/3 Tyler Moore
1/2 Eury Perez

1/1 Jake Elmore

Index Cards
Bryan Anderson
Ruben Gotay
Felix Perez
Steve Selsky
Juan Silverio









Season Total: 276

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8/13 Charlotte Knights @ Syracuse Chiefs

Solid day of graphing yesterday, got most a lot of my remaining Chiefs stuff done. Can't seem to get a few guys that used to sign all the time like Josh Johnson, and I have never seen Joe Dillon or Billy Gardner sign.

4/4 Aaron Barrett-Super nice guy all the time. I'm going to send the picture of him dumping water to tanner Roark, hopefully it comes back!
1/1 Emmanuel Burriss
1/3 Jeff Kobernus- For Sugarcult2
3/3 Jose Lozada-Came out of the dugout to sign when i called him, very friendly guy
1/1 Tyan Mattheus
1/1 Tyler Moore
1/1 Will Rhymes- Signed an index card, figured I would get him on one since he rarely signs

1/1 Bobby Doran
2/4 Richard Dotson
1/3 Micah Johnson
1/1 Jared Mitchell-Index Card
3/3 Andre Rienzo
1/1 Marcus Semien
2/2 Michael Taylor








Season Total: 299

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So I went to 2 games this week and almost did extremely well graphing

8/18- Chicago Cubs @ New York Mets

Saw 4 players signing the whole time
Josh Edgin-Had nothing to get signed of him
Tsuyoshi Wada-Again, had nothing
Curtis Granderson-Huge line up the aisle for him, didnt even bother trying since it was about 5 minutes before the game
And a cubs player was signing on the other side for a few people but I was in my seats on the other side of the stadium at the time. Couldn't tell who it was but I'm pretty sure it was a single digit number

8/19- Seattle Mariners @ Philadelphia Phillies

0/1 Felix Hernandez- He was signing baseballs over the outfield fence in left field for a while and I missed him there, only signed for 5 or 6 people I believe. Then he went to the side of the dugout and signed. Somehow made my way into the front row of the huge crowd. he signed for about 5 minutes there but he just didn't take my ball. Would have been my best autograph of all time if I got my ball signed, he was even sweet spotting
1/1 1/1 Austin Jackson- Super nice guy, took a bunch of pictures with everyone
0/1- Fernando Rodney- One of my least favorite players in the league so I decided against getting a baseball signed by him. Held out a 2014 Topps to him. "No no I can't sign those". UGH. He had just signed a 2013 card I believe a few people before me. I could have gotten the baseball signed but at that point I didn't even want it signed by him. And to make it worse I had to see him get the save and shoot a fake arrow into the sky. As you can tell I'm not a Fernando Rodney fan.

Overall I was very happy with how I did, it was nice to get Jackson again, Last time I got him the autographs game out absolutely horribly and it was in 2009. I never usually have any luck at MLB games, MiLB is for me.




Season Total: 301

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Bucky Dent did a signing at the Chiefs game yesterday, but before that he was signing at a Delta Sonic. The rule for signing there was supposed to be that he would only sign a specific photo given out, but it wasn't enforced. I managed to make it through the line twice and my mom and I got everything done.

1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Bucky Dent- ROMLB, 1 8x10, 2 Delta Sonic 8x10s

8/27- Rochester Red Wings @ Syracuse Chiefs

So many people were on the Chiefs side to try to get Michael Taylor, but I think my pre game luck has basically run out for the season. Most people that I need have not been signing pre game or I have just been missing them

2/2 Eury Perez
0/2 Destin Hood
0/1 Michael Taylor-Signed for a little bit, just didn't get him. He wouldn't sign anyones 8x10s or 11x14s, not sure why but quite a few people had them

1/1 Chris Colabello
2/2 Deolis Guerra-Had these cards for a few years and finally got them done
1/1 Mark Hamburger
3/3 Chris Herrmann
1/3 Aaron Hicks
1/1 2/2 Stephen Pryor-Got him on an IC first to see who he was

Index Cards
1/1 1/1 James Beresford- Actually signed the page itself first then I got him on an IC
Doug Bernier- Signed the page
Stephen Pryor
Logan Darnell
Chris Rahl







The one 8x10 of Dent also has Chris Chambliss and Roy white on it, and I am going to send it to both of them. If anyone knows how much $ White signs, that would be a huge help!!!

Season Total: 323

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Pretty boring recap so I'll get right into it

8/31-Bufalo Bisons @ Syracuse Chiefs

2/2 Jhonatan Solano- Finally got these done, used to get him every game

Index Cards
Paolo Espino-Starting pitcher, took a no hitter into the 7th
Sam Runion

1/3 Kyle Drabek
1/1 Daniel Norris- Friendly guy
2/2 Brett Wallace




Season Total: 331

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9/1/14- Buffalo Bisons @ Syracuse Chiefs

This was the final game of the regular season and possibly my last game graphing of the year. Got to do pre and post game so I managed to do extremely well.

Pre Game

2/4 Greg Dobbs-Signed for 3 people and luckily I was oine of them
1/1 Blly Gardner Jr.-First time seeing him sign all season
2/2 Destin Hood
1/1 Jeff Howell
3/3 Josh Johnson-As I was driving to the stadium I saw him driving somewhere with Emmanuel Burriss so that was kinda strange.
1/1 Michael Taylor

2/2 Brett Wallace

Index Cards
Daniel Norris
Matt Hague
Bobby Korecky
Cole Gillespie
Mike Nickeas

Chiefs ended up losing the game 8 to 2, letting up 20 hits... If I remember correctly they had 12 by the 3rd inning

Post game:

2/2 A.J. Cole
1/1 Matt Grace Index Card
2/2 1/1 Taylor Hill-Got him on an index card then realized who he was and got my pictures done
2/2 Jeff Kobernus
1/1 Aaron Laffey
1/1 Ryan Mattheus Index Card

After about 10 minutes of nobody that I needed coming out, we went over the the Bisons side and stayed there for about 10 minutes

1/6 1/1 Adron Chambers
2/2 1/1 Steve Delabar
1/1 1/1 A.J. Jimenez
3/3 1/1 Brandon Morrow
1/1 Sean Nolin








Season Total: 370


The Chiefs have a guaranteed home playoff game on Friday, while Saturday and Sunday are maybes. Although I would love to see them sweep, I would also love to actually be there and see hem advance, and the only game I can go to would be that Sunday. Hopefully they advance and I get to see some second round games!