SoCal Autograph Odysses

Through a family friend of mine that happens to be a friend of the Strasburg family, I was able to land a signed Major League baseball signed by Stephen.  It was an awesome surprise gift for her to be able to finagle this ball for me, and in kind I gave her a signed card from NHL great Mario Lemieux.  The ball is in black ink and not the preferred blue, but it's on the sweet spot and I have zero complaints. Not a glamorous photo of this particular ball, I know.  This is how I received it, but now it's in one of my two cases and displayed nicely. As always, thank you for reading. 

I saw a few months back that all time NBA great and "The Logo" himself, Jerry West, would be appearing at a signing event hosted by Honabach and Sons.  At the time of purchasing my tickets, the location was yet to be determined.  As we got closer to the event, I found out the signing was to take place at the Holiday Inn Express near the Ontario Airport.  That's a good hour and fifteen minute drive (at a minimum) for me.  Nonetheless, this past Saturday was the day of the event, at which I showed up a good two hours early, picked up my will call tickets, and waited in my car until the actual start time crept up.  I was prepared with an 11x14 photo that resembles the NBA logo itself, figuring it was an apt photo to choose.  I lined up in the VIP line about 15 minutes before the noon start time, at which point Mr. West was finishing up his photo ops with some fans.  He began signing immediately afterward, and I snapped a couple of photos.  ...