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Posted By: DJ

I enjoyed the Anaheim National because it was a mess...it was like being in a Circus. It was definition of "chaos" because the whole National was all about freebies and how to handle the freebies. That made it easy to walk the aisles unlike many other years where there were people rubber necking over others looking at merchandise. I believe Chicago was the year before and it was all about...people buying from each other. Imagine that! A few years later, the complete opposite of the Anaheim show happened in Cleveland where nobody shows up to that thing and the big deal is the indoor Ferris Wheel.

As far as autograph guests go, this National is amusing. Timmy from Lassie? Penny Marshall? Laffit Pincay? What happened to Koufax! Namath! Ali! Ripken Jr.! Geez.

As much as I would like to go, I can't make it this year because I'm the best man at a wedding so I will look forward to the adventures in text (and photos) on the VBC here.

DJ