SoCal Autograph Odysses

For those of you that don't know, San Diego is hosting the Major League Baseball All-Star game this week, and along with that comes a lot of pomp and circumstance.  Part of the hoopla is the five day event called Fan Fest, which serves as a smorgasbord of baseball festivities that any hardcore baseball fan would love.  It includes autographs, museums, trade shows, Q & A sessions, interactive activities, etc.  As this is an autograph blog, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what my intention was when heading to the event. For some background on how my experience went, I should note that I had been preparing for this event since the day it was announced.  Maybe I set myself up for some unrealistic expectations because in the end, I think the whole day was just kind of meh.  My friend Lawrence and I showed up in line out front of the convention center in downtown San Diego at 6:45 AM.  We were literally two of the first 15 people in lin...

The Major League Baseball All-Star game and all the festivities it comes with are heading to my city of San Diego, and to unofficially kick it off, Sycuan Casino had a three night event in which former star Steve Garvey hosted a different Hall of Fame player each night to discuss the game of baseball.  The first night he hosted Goose Gossage, the second night was with Dave Winfield, and the third was with Reggie Jackson.  Sycuan Casino is a pretty good drive from my home in north county and autographs were never actually specified, but the event sounded like a good time so I drove down with my friend Lawrence and met up with another friend of mine named Nouky to see if we could perhaps add a couple of good signatures to our collection. The event was to begin at 8:00PM, with the doors to open at 7:00.  We actually arrived around 6:30 and were the sixth people in line.  This was a good thing since it was general admission.  Through some small talk with others in...