Fishing for Trout, ended up with Paula Abdul

[mberger718]

Went to Angels at Rays on Thursday, June 11th. Was hoping to get either Albert Pujols or Mike Trout, or any of the guys I had cards of. I waited by the Angels dugout from the time the stadium opened until the ushers made us leave the section. Trout signed maybe 3 autographs as he came off of the field, and Matt Joyce came over (but not near me) and signed a few, nobody else signed.

Around the time the Angels came off of the field, there was a small group of about 4 people walking down the left field line and we realized it was Paula Abdul. I asked if she would come over and sign and she walked right over, signing my baseball first then signing several more autographs as the crowd got larger and more chaotic. I was pretty happy getting the autograph and taking a few pictures of her, also got a nice picture of her throwing the ceremonial first pitch.

I was getting ready to leave around the 7th inning, the Rays were up 2-1 and it had been a long week between going to a minor league game on Tuesday, and watching the Lightning on TV on Monday and Wednesday. As I was about to walk out of the stadium, I decided to cruise by the lower level luxury box area just to see if I could locate Paula again (as I really wanted a picture with her). As luck would have it, I see a small crowd and it is Paula, a few security, and a small group of people getting their picture taken with her. I asked if I could get a picture with her which she allowed me to do, then she quickly went with her group back into the suite.

So, no Pujols or Trout, but I think it was more fun and interesting meeting Paula Abdul. Not to mention that sometimes the best autographs are the unexpected ones.

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