Thursday, October 31, 2013

Giovanni Carrara


I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993.

Giovanni signed a 1993 Classic Best Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card #5.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carragi01.shtml

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

B.J. Wallace


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the West Palm Beach Expos came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

B.J. signed a 1992 Upper Deck Minor League card #2.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=wallac001bil

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Scott Gentile


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the West Palm Beach Expos came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Scott signed a 1992 Classic Four Sport Draft Picks card #299.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=gentil001sco

Monday, October 28, 2013

Ed Correa


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Vero Beach Dodgers came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Ed signed a 1988 Topps card #227.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/correed01.shtml

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Kiki Jones


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Vero Beach Dodgers came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Kiki signed a 1992 Classic Best card #292.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jones-004kei

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Ken Huckaby


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Vero Beach Dodgers came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Ken signed a 1992 Classic Best card #353.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/huckake01.shtml

Friday, October 25, 2013

Bobby Bonilla

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Bobby signed the back of the May 1991 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bonilbo01.shtml

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Keith Johnson


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Vero Beach Dodgers came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Keith signed a 1992 Front Row Draft Picks card #21.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnske04.shtml

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Dwight Maness


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Vero Beach Dodgers came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Dwight signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #111.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=maness001dwi

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Jamie Sepeda


I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Phillies game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993.

Jamie signed a 1993 Classic Best Gold card #152.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sepeda001jam

Monday, October 21, 2013

J.J. Munoz

I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Phillies game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993.
Kind of embarrassing but I remember J.J. was called in to pitch in the top of the 8th inning but for some reason, I thought it was the 9th inning. After he got the third out I immediately ran to the dugout to seek his autograph. He points to the scoreboard and says "after the game." It was then that I realized there was still an inning to go. As promised, J.J. came over to sign at the conclusion of the game.

J.J. signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #2056.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=munoz-001jar

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Darold Knowles



I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Phillies game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when he was the pitching coach for the Clearwater Phillies.

Darold signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #2075.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/knowlda01.shtml

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Bill Dancy

I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Phillies game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when he was managing the Clearwater Phillies.

Bill signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #2073.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dancy-001wil

Friday, October 18, 2013

Flipper

I met Flipper of The Dead German Tourists before a Ron & Ron live gig at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Flipper signed the inside cover of the Sun, Fun & Guns CD.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Troy Rusk

I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Phillies game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993.

Troy signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #2065.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=rusk--001tro

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Mark Randall

I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Phillies game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993.

Mark signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #2057.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=randal001mar

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Chad McConnell


I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Phillies game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993.

Chad signed a 1992 Bowman card #587.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mcconn001cha

Monday, October 14, 2013

Brant Brown


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Daytona Cubs came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

I am forever grateful for meeting Brant. When I handed him my card for him to sign, he asked me, "did you rub the gloss off?" I was sort of confused and said no. He then proceeds to take his thumbs and rub the front of the card. He explained doing this will prevent the autograph from smearing. It's a lesson I used throughout my autograph collecting years, especially as more and more card companies went toward glossier coated finishes.

Brant signed a 1992 Classic Draft Picks card #58.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownbr01.shtml

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Paul Torres


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Daytona Cubs came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Paul signed a 1992 Classic Best card #318.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=torres001pau

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Chris Petersen


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Daytona Cubs came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Chris signed a 1992 Front Row Draft Picks card #58.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peterch02.shtml

Friday, October 11, 2013

D.J. Steve Dee

On April 1, 2006, Main Street Lounge in Louisville, Kentucky hosted a free turntablist show featuring D.J. QBert, Rob Swift, Grand Wizard Theodore, and D.J. Steve Dee.
After the show I saw Steve Dee waiting outside for a cab. I had the phone number to the taxi company in my phone, so I gave it to him so he could call and get a ride to his hotel.
A couple of months later I'm on Myspace and I find D.J. Steve Dee's page, so I add him as a friend. Later that day I see I have a private message from him. He was thanking me for giving him the taxi's phone number. I thought that was really cool that he remembered that.

D.J. Steve Dee signed the front cover of the Scratch DVD.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Terry Adams


I met him at a Minor League game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1993, when the Daytona Cubs came to play the Clearwater Phillies.

Terry signed a 1992 Classic Best card #217.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adamste01.shtml

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Tom Singer

I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993.

Tom signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #1999.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=singer001tho

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Scott Grove

I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993.

Scott signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #1994.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=grove-001sco

Monday, October 7, 2013

Bill Monbouquette


I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993, when he was the pitching coach for the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Bill signed a 1991 Classic Best Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card #26.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=monbou001wil

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Rick Steed

I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993.

Rick signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #2000.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=steed-001ric

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Ricardo Jordan


I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993.

Ricardo signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #1996.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jordari03.shtml

Friday, October 4, 2013

Norm Beaudin

An ex-girlfriend of mine used to work with Norm at the Tampa Bay Skating Academy in Oldsmar, Florida. She told him that I was an autograph collector, so he gave her this picture and signed it for me.
I met him shortly after he gave her the photo and was able to thank him in person for it.

Norm signed an 8x10 photo.

http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/beaudno01.html

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Eric Brooks


I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993.

Eric signed a 1991 Classic Best Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card #12.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=brooks001eri

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Tom Hotchkiss

I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993.

Tom signed a 1992 Fleer Pro Cards card #1995.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hotchk001tho

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Dennis Holmberg


I met him at a Minor League Dunedin Blue Jays game at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1993, when he was managing the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Dennis signed a 1991 Classic Best Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card #25.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=holmbe001den