SoCal Autograph Odysses

I came across a Corey Seager signing hosted by Honabach and Sons as well as the OC Dugout, and being held at Frank and Son's Collectible show.  When I first came across this signing, I purchased both an autograph ticket for a baseball as well as an inscription.  Corey was scheduled to appear approximately from 6-7:30, but the time was not set since he was coming after the Dodgers Cubs game earlier in the day.  He started signing at 6:15, and I didn't have to wait too long before it was my turn. Corey was real friendly, and took pictures with everyone who asked and conversed pretty well with them as well.  Since I still had a couple of the 2016 Petco Park All-Star balls left over from my lack of success during All-Star week, I decided to have Corey sign one of these and to put the 1st All-Star game inscription.  I told him that I'm actually a Padres fan but did not boo him during the homerun derby, like many of the fans did.  He seemed to get a kick ...

This autograph deserves a post of its own.  Through an event at my wife's work, I was able to attend a taping of a live Greg Maddux interview.  This was something available only to employees of the company as well as their guests, so I feel fortunate to have been able to attend.  Here is a photo of how close I got to the action, where I sat on a small sofa with my wife.  After the interview wrapped up, the host let everyone know they had to rush Greg out of there since he was scheduled to be up in Dana Point shortly.  Therefore, he left without signing anything for people.  Autographs were of course not guaranteed by any means, but it was still a bit of a bummer.  Luckily, my wife was able to track him down after the taping and asked him to sign a ball.  He stopped and signed for her, and even more amazingly, inscribed HOF 14 after she asked for that as well.  He even gave his full signature, which is a rare thing.  So I ended up w...

I'm going to do something for the first time on this blog, and promote something a family member of mine is selling.  It is still an autographed item, so I thought it would be a cool thing to show on this blog.  What is being a sold is a very rare lithograph of the five captains of Star Trek.  It was signed by all five actors who portrayed the characters, and only ran in a limited edition of 300.  The artist is Jerry Vanderstelt.      William Shatner (Kirk) Patrick Stewart (Picard)   Avery Brooks (Sisko) Kate Mulgrew (Janeway) Scott Bakula (Archer) For those who are seriously interested in buying it, know that it is fully authenticated and purchased at a Star Trek convention.  Here is the link to the listing; Star Trek Litho For the rest of you, it is still a pretty cool thing to marvel at, especially for those into Star Trek or the collectible industry in general.  Thanks for reading.  ...

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...

A month or so ago I saw a good deal available through Tristar to purchase a limited edition Larry Bird Lithograph by artist Allen Hackney.  It is actually quite long, and unlike most of the items in my collection.  It caught my eye when I saw it though.  It measures 19x39, and I plan on getting it matted in Celtics green and putting a nice frame on it. Once the package is completed, I will post an updated photo. UPDATE* The litho has been matted, framed, and hung up on my wall at home.  Here is the final result;

With the MLB All-Star game and festivities rapidly approaching, earlier this week I had a fresh set of official Rawlings Major League Baseballs delivered to my house.  That fact, combined with the fact that I had not been to a single Padres game this season, lead me to take my son and brother in law to the game and see which Orioles players we could get.  Despite having the fresh new batch of baseballs, I wanted to be extremely choosy with which players I tried to go after, since I fully expect to use up every baseball during the All-Star week.  One of the players that I wanted, of course, was young superstar Manny Machado.  Luckily, he came over and started signing along the third base line for some kids, so both my son and I went down to the wall immediately to see if we could get him.  This is what we came away with; He signed for about ten minutes, but spent most of the time running with a blue sharpie.  Luckily, my son was able to get him with ...