I have to get to Spring Training

WOW !!!!! Very nice!!!!!

[size=150]I just returned from AZ training camps. Although I didn't have time to visit all of the teams, I did visit the Padres, Mariners, Dodgers, Rangers, Royals, and Brewers. The Rangers camp was a zoo because of Davish...it was hard to believe the number of people there from past years. Even with all the hype, most of the stars signed. The Padres, Dodgers and Brewers were GREAT! The Mariners were OK however, the Ichiro mob was as expected. He was selective on his signing days but signed for most fans who waited for him LONG after practice ended. The Royals were average as most signed on their way into the clubhouse after practice. Brett was his "usual" self...gruff and impersonal with the fans but give him credit, he signed some sigs here and there.

I scored a number of items signed (266 total) including cards, photos, bats, balls, bases, mini helmets, pitching rubbers, and a jersey. I have never been to the Grapefruit League (FL) but have heard AZ is much better for graphing. I hope all your travels for sigs are fruitful...mine sure was. Here are some pix of the items I got signed with a run-down of players/items.

Good luck to those who venture out to training camp for sigs.

Note: Numbers indicated below are cards unless specified otherwise

[b][u]MARINERS[/u][/b]

x5 (x2 full size bases/x1 bat/x1 mini helmet/x1 Orix Blue Wave card) Ichiro, x3 (x2 baseballs/x1 pitching rubber) Hisashi Iwakuma, x2 Brendan Ryan, x1 Chance Ruffin, x1 George Sherrill, x1 Rick Waits, x1 Justin Smoak, x2 Dustin Ackley, x2 (x1 baseball/x1 card) John Jaso, x1 Tom Wilhelmsen, x1 Jason Vargas, x9 Jack Howell, x1 Blake Beavan, x2 Miguel Olivo, x4 (x1 baseball/x3 cards) Brandon League, x1 Chris Chambliss, x3 Kevin Millwood, x1 Charlie Furbush, x2 Adam Moore, x4 Mike Brumley, x8 Cory Snyder, x1 Alex Liddi, x2 Chris Gwynn, x4 Robby Thompson, x7 Franklin Gutierrez, x1 Trayvon Robinson

[b][u]Padres[/u][/b]

x1 Bud Black, x1 Logan Forsythe, x1 Chris Denorfia, x1 John Baker, x8 Jimmy Jones, x8 Terry Kennedy, x10 Mark Loretta, x2 Chase Headley, x2 Nick Hundley, x1 Clayton Richard, x2 Cory Luebke, x2 Jeff Suppan, x1 Cameron Maybin, x1 Alonzo Powell, x2 Edison Rincon, x1 Edinson Volquez, x3 Jason Bartlett, x2 Mark Kotsay, x5 Evereth Cabrera, x6 Will Venable, x1 Yasmini Grandal, x2 Brad Ausmus, x7 Bob Scanlan, x1 pitching rubber Trevor Hoffman, x3 photos Dave Roberts, x1 photo Dick Enberg (announcer)

[b][u]Dodgers[/u][/b]

x2 Don Mattingly, x1 Tim Wallach, x2 Dave Hansen, x9 Chuck Crim, x3 Adam Kennedy, x13 Jody Reed, x2 Matt Treanor, x5 Jose Vizcaino, x3 Davey Lopes, x4 Aaron Harang, x2 (photo & mini helmet) Tom Lasorda, x2(baseball & full size base) Matt Kemp, x1 baseball Juan Uribe

[b][u]Brewers[/u][/b]

x1 Yovani Gallardo, x1 Matt Gamel, x4 Ron Roenicke, x8 John Shelby, x1 Craig Counsell, x1 Kameron Loe, x1 Chris Narveson, x1 Brandon Kintzler, x1 Randy Wolf, x1 Manny Parra, x3 (bat & 2 photos) Ryan Braun

[b][u]Royals[/u][/b]

x1 Mitch Maier, x3 Kevin Kouzmanoff, x1 Yuniesky Bentancourt, x2 Rusty Kuntz, x1 Alcides Escobar, x2 Bruce Chen, x1 Kevin Seitzer, x1 Brayan Pena, x2 Glenn Hubbard, x1 baseball Joakin Soria, x1 baseball Eric Hosmer

[b][u]Rangers[/u][/b]

x1 David Murphy, x4 Randy Ready, x2 (card & photo) Mitch Napoli, x2 Matt Harrison, x1 Yorvit Torrealba, x1 Joe Nathan, x3 (card & 2 photos) Mike Adams, x4 Andy Hawkins, x2 Dave Anderson, x2 Brad Hawpe, x1 Mark Lowe, x1 Engel Beltre, x1 Gary Pettis, x1 Mitch Moreland, x2 photo Nelson Cruz, x2 (WS jersey and photo) Jeff Hamilton, x1 photo Greg Maddux

[b][u]Fan Fest[/u][/b]

x2 (pitching rubber & Giants mini helmet) Gaylord Perry[/size]

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