Any Cool Autograph-Signing Pix?

SteveS · #1 09-10-2021, 10:20 AM

mr2686, I wouldn't be surprised if you never washed that hand again after shaking hands with Mickey.

mr2686 · #2 09-10-2021, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveS

mr2686, I wouldn't be surprised if you never washed that hand again after shaking hands with Mickey.

It's true, I haven't washed that hand after all these years. Truth be told, my friends are used to it, however, it's that damn grin I still have that they find unsettling. LOL

SteveS · #3 09-10-2021, 10:39 AM

mr2686, if only you would have made an exception for Ted. Imagine how many home runs you'd have in that hand. Well, we don't have to imagine. 1,057.

mainemule · #4 09-10-2021, 07:37 PM

Me as a kid meeting my then idol at a signing at a southern Maine car dealer! I'm the goober right behind Yaz!

SteveS · #5 09-10-2021, 08:08 PM

mainemule, it's hard to believe that he has a grandson playing now.

Here's the first baseball player I ever met. Don Sutton at an LA department store in 1974 shortly after he got permed, reminding me that I need to look at my mom when she's taking a picture.

mrmopar · #6 09-10-2021, 08:37 PM

I don't have a lot of in person experiences to share, but these are probably my favorite photos.

The earliest was not for autographs, only pictures. I would discover later that the "best" one I got to stand next to was Bill Mazeroski, who briefly coached for the Mariners. This was 1980 inside the Kingdome, hence the dark background. Even to this day, not a fan of the knee patch pants and standing on the sides of my feet in this picture, but I guess I did that then, so it is what it is! Dig that Bochte Pepsi Jr Mariners T-Shirt though. Wish I still had that.

1980 Mazeroski.jpg

My first IP signing (outside of baseball games) was Bob Feller when he came to Pacific Trading Cards before they were a major card maker and just a retail shop in Edmonds, WA. I think that was 1984, w/o looking it up.

Feller.jpg

Then there was the first, and only, meeting of Steve Garvey at the 2001 AS Fan Fest in Seattle. An epic event that I was not prepared for (all my stuff was in storage for a household move), so I only had a crude printed copy of the 75 Yearbook cover for him to sign.

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The last one is a fairly recent one that is fun, because Dave Stewart was kind of an imposing presence on the mound. However, I am a big guy, so Dave looks small next to me! This is at a minor league game in Everett, WA.

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Scott Garner · #7 09-10-2021, 09:40 PM

God, these are awesome photos! Nice!!

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