Let's see your picture of you and any sports figure

[mybuddyinc]

Darn it, can't find my photo with Bert Campaneris, probably being used as book mark in one of my many unread books.

But I do have this one !!!!!!!!!!!!!! During my Trenton Thunder days:

Me, then Rex Hudler -- late '90's -- pretty impressive.

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Actually, one of the greatest guy I've ever known is on far right, John Coletta, our accountant. Great sense of humor and personally kept Coors Light in the black for many years. Every Monday after the Super Bowl he would take as a personal day (He knew he wouldn't be doing well that day). Even though I sadly lost contact with him, I still celebrated "Coletta Day" two days ago !!!

I have no bathroom stories on either.

Fun stuff, Scott

[Head928]

Sandy...Still a Giants fan though

[Vegas-guy]

Me with a couple Yankees

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by mybuddyinc

Darn it, can't find my photo with Bert Campaneris, probably being used as book mark in one of my many unread books.

But I do have this one !!!!!!!!!!!!!! During my Trenton Thunder days:

Me, then Rex Hudler -- late '90's -- pretty impressive.

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Actually, one of the greatest guy I've ever known is on far right, John Coletta, our accountant. Great sense of humor and personally kept Coors Light in the red for many years. Every Monday after the Super Bowl he would take as a personal day (He knew he wouldn't be doing well that day). Even though I sadly lost contact with him, I still celebrated "Coletta Day" two days ago !!!

I have no bathroom stories on either.

Fun stuff, Scott

Met Campy at Cubs fantasy camp maybe 14 years ago. He signed a ball for me and it is still in my autographed baseball collection

[Tabe]

I don't ever get tired of showing this one off. From a Spokane Indians game. Wayne could not have been nicer.

[doug.goodman]

In my job I cross paths with lots of people who in this day and age would call for a "selfie", but it's not my style. When I spent a few hours at the Gold Glove Awards this past fall, I was in a total of zero pictures, but over the course of the last few years, I have met two people who I needed to get my picture with, and they were both very nice about the intrusion.

My thanks to both Mrs. Clemente and Mr. Olbermann.

Doug "I probably need a haircut" Goodman

[Bravesfanjd]

Me and my childhood hero Chipper

[SyrNy1960]

Great stories and pics. Thanks for sharing!

[shernan30]

I'll cover a few different sports here:

Ickey Woods:


Alistair Presnell:


Ryan Hall:


Dalton Prout:

[jboosted92]

Originally Posted by Tabe

I don't ever get tired of showing this one off. From a Spokane Indians game. Wayne could not have been nicer.

wow....im sure a great story....

this generation (last 20 years) have no idea how good he was....

[GoldenAge50s]

Me w/ a couple of Red Sox--Marty Barrett & Wade Boggs--getting my Longest Game Press Pass signed.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by jboosted92

wow....im sure a great story....

this generation (last 20 years) have no idea how good he was....

The story goes like this:

Wayne was in town to see Boise play as they were looking to sign his son. Friend of mine points out Gretzky and he's just hanging out by the speed pitch contest thing. I approached and asked for a photo. He very graciously said yes and had his assistant take it. I thanked him, looked at the photo and it was great. I immediately called my wife, freaking out that I'd met one of my all-time idols - at a minor league baseball game! I hung up, went to look at the picture again and it was gone. This was before I had a smartphone and you had to manually save any photos and I had not done that. I was crushed.

A couple minutes later, I saw Wayne walking through the tunnel to the seats. I apologized and asked for another pic. He says "sorry, just one" then gave me a big grin and we took another. I thanked him, went off to my seat, and looked at the pic. It was all shadow, completely worthless.

I went to my seat and now I'm just kicking myself. I look over and Wayne is sitting maybe 2 boxes over from me. I asked the lady behind me if I should try one more and she says "why not? Worst he can do is say no". So I tried one last time. I apologized again, profusely and we took one more. That's the one you see in this thread.

Through it all, Wayne was very kind, even funny. He even took off his sunglasses for the photo, a nice touch. He was largely left alone. The Indians sent an usher down to ask if he wanted people kept away and he said no. He signed any and all autographs, watched the game, and drank a beer or two.

And then the Indians scored 6 in the bottom of the 9th to win 6-5.

For a kid who grew up in Hockeytown, idolizing Gretzky, that night could not have been any better.

[SyrNy1960]

Thought I would bring this post back to the top to see if any others have pics and stories they would like to share. It was really great to put faces to the names!

Tony (Hey Doug, did you get a haircut yet?)

[oldjudge]

Me and The Mick