Sunday, December 31, 2017

Andrew Pullin


I met him at a Minor League playoff game between the Daytona Tortugas and Clearwater Threshers at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Andrew signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=pullin000and

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Mitch Walding


I met him at a Minor League playoff game between the Daytona Tortugas and Clearwater Threshers at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Mitch signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/waldimi01.shtml

Friday, December 29, 2017

Alberto Tirado


I met him at a Minor League playoff game between the Daytona Tortugas and Clearwater Threshers at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Alberto signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=tirado000alb

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Yacksel Rios


I met him at a Minor League playoff game between the Daytona Tortugas and Clearwater Threshers at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Yacksel signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riosya01.shtml

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Cody Forsythe


I met him at a Minor League playoff game between the Daytona Tortugas and Clearwater Threshers at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Cody signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=forsyt000cod

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Victor Arano


I met him at a Minor League playoff game between the Daytona Tortugas and Clearwater Threshers at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Victor signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aranovi01.shtml

Monday, December 25, 2017

Jesen Therrien


I met him at a Minor League playoff game between the Daytona Tortugas and Clearwater Threshers at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Jesen signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dygesje01.shtml

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Ricardo Pinto


I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Threshers game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Ricardo signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pintori01.shtml

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Chace Numata


I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Threshers game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Chace signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=numata001cha

Friday, December 22, 2017

Carlos Tocci


I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Threshers game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

Carlos signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/toccica01.shtml

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Zach Green


I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Threshers game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

He had injured his wrist earlier in the year, and on the final day of the regular season, just happened to be sitting in the stands watching his teammates play.

Zach signed a 2015 Clearwater Threshers Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenza01.shtml

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Luis Santos


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Luis signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santolu01.shtml

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Brad Allen


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Brad signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=allen-005bra

Monday, December 18, 2017

Matt Dermody


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Matt signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dermoma01.shtml

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Brady Dragmire


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Brady signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=dragmi000bra

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Derrick Loveless


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Derrick signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=lovele000der

Friday, December 15, 2017

Boomer Collins


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Boomer signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=collin004tho

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Mike Reeves


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Mike signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=reeves002mic

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Murphy Smith


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Dunedin Blue Jays came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Murphy signed a 2015 Dunedin Blue Jays Team Set card.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithmu01.shtml

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Jorge Mateo


I met him at a Minor League game at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Florida in 2015, when the Tampa Yankees came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Jorge signed a 2015 Bowman Prospects card #BP87.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mateojo01.shtml

Monday, December 11, 2017

Tommy Phelps


I met him at a Minor League game at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Florida in 2015, when the Tampa Yankees, whom he was the pitching coach for, came to play the Dunedin Blue Jays.

Tommy signed a 1996 Bowman card #339.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phelpto01.shtml

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Keury Mella


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Daytona Tortugas came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Keury signed a 2015 Bowman Prospects card #BP136.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mellake01.shtml

Saturday, December 9, 2017

John Richy


I met him at a Minor League Clearwater Threshers game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015.

John signed a 2014 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects card #DP98.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=richy-000joh

Friday, December 8, 2017

Jeff Gelalich


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Daytona Tortugas came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Jeff signed a 2015 Daytona Tortugas Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=gelali001jef

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Jimmy Moran


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Daytona Tortugas came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Jimmy signed a 2015 Daytona Tortugas Team Set card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=moran-000jim

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Jhoan Ureña


I met him at a Minor League game at McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Florida in 2015, when the St. Lucie Mets came to play the Bradenton Marauders.

Jhoan signed a 2015 Bowman Prospects card #BP98.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=urena-000jho

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Blackalicious (The Gift of Gab & Chief Xcel) and Lateef the Truthspeaker





On August 12, 2015 I went to see Blackalicious perform at The State Theatre in St. Petersburg, FL.

As the show was ending, the group wanted to take a picture of themselves with the crowd behind them. I'm in the front wearing the blue and white striped shirt.

It was a poor choice of pen on my part as the autographs are very hard to read. Chief Xcel signed the front cover of his group's debut CD, Nia. The Gift of Gab signed the back of the booklet in the upper right corner. Lateef the Truthspeaker, who I wasn't aware was going to be there, also signed the back cover. He appears on track 13, Smithzonian Institute of Rhyme.

Monday, December 4, 2017

Tyler Clippard


I met him at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2015, when the New York Mets came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tyler signed a 2014 Topps card #574.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clippty01.shtml

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Carlos Torres


I met him at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2015, when the New York Mets came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Carlos signed a 2015 Topps card #173.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torreca01.shtml

Saturday, December 2, 2017

Tom Goodwin


I met him at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2015, when the New York Mets, whom he was the first base coach for, came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tom signed a 1992 Topps Stadium Club card #322.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goodwto01.shtml

Friday, December 1, 2017

Keith Hernandez


I met him at the visiting team's hotel in 2015, when the New York Mets, whom he was there as SNY's game analyst, came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Keith signed a 1983 Topps Traded card #43T.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hernake01.shtml

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Ron Darling


I met him at the visiting team's hotel in 2015, when the New York Mets, whom he was there as SNY's play-by-play announcer, came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Ron signed a 1991 Leaf card #378.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/darliro01.shtml

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Ricky Bones


I met him at the visiting team's hotel in 2015, when the New York Mets, whom he was the bullpen coach for, came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Ricky signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #762.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bonesri01.shtml

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Terry Collins


I met him at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2015, when the New York Mets, whom he was managing, came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Terry signed a 1991 Line Drive AAA Pre-Rookie card #49.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=collin001ter

Monday, November 27, 2017

Bruce Fields


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.
He was there as the Detroit Tigers Minor League hitting coordinator.

Bruce signed a 1989 Score Rising Stars card #43.

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Javier Betancourt


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Javier signed a 2014 Midwest League All-Star Team Set card #01.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=betanc000jav

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Jairo Labourt


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Lakeland Flying Tigers came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Jairo signed a 2015 Bowman Prospects card #BP94.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/labouja01.shtml

Friday, November 24, 2017

Brad Ausmus


I met him at the visiting team's hotel in 2015, when the Detroit Tigers, whom he was managing, came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Brad signed a 1991 Classic Best card #17.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ausmubr01.shtml

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Bruce Rondon


I met him at the visiting team's hotel in 2015 when the Detroit Tigers came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Bruce signed a 2014 Topps card #160.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rondobr01.shtml

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Yoenis Céspedes


I met him at the visiting team's hotel in 2015, when the Detroit Tigers came to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Yoenis signed a 2015 Topps Stadium Club card #172.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cespeyo01.shtml

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Clay Holmes


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Bradenton Marauders came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Unfortunately, this game was never played due to a heavy rainstorm. This was also the Marauders final visit to Clearwater, so I hung around near the player's entrance and got autographs as they exited.

Clay signed a 2012 Bowman Chrome Prospects card #BCP77.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holmecl01.shtml

Monday, November 20, 2017

Jin-De Jhang


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Bradenton Marauders came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Unfortunately, this game was never played due to a heavy rainstorm. This was also the Marauders final visit to Clearwater, so I hung around near the player's entrance and got autographs as they exited.

Jin-De signed a 2013 Bowman Chrome Prospects card #BCP211.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jhang-000jin

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Wyatt Mathisen


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Bradenton Marauders came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Unfortunately, this game was never played due to a heavy rainstorm. This was also the Marauders final visit to Clearwater, so I hung around near the player's entrance and got autographs as they exited.

Wyatt signed a 2015 Topps Pro Debut card #10.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mathiwy01.shtml

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Jarlin Garcia


I met him at a Minor League game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida in 2015, when the Jupiter Hammerheads came to play the Clearwater Threshers.

Jarlin signed a 2015 Bowman Chrome Prospects card #BCP148.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garcija04.shtml

Friday, November 17, 2017

Kohl Stewart


I met him at a Minor League game at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida in 2015, when the Fort Myers Miracle came to play the Tampa Yankees.

Kohl signed a 2015 Topps Pro Debut card #41.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stewako01.shtml

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Sam Perlozzo


I met him at a Minor League game at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida in 2015, when the Fort Myers Miracle, whom he was there as the Minnesota Twins Minor League Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator, came to play the Tampa Yankees.

Sam signed a 1986 ProCards Tidewater Tides Team Set card.
This is an error card that was later corrected. Instead of showing the Tidewater Tides logo, it has the NY Mets logo.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perlosa01.shtml

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Aaron Slegers


I met him at a Minor League game at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida in 2015, when the Fort Myers Miracle came to play the Tampa Yankees.

Aaron signed a 2015 Bowman Prospects card #BP105.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/slegeaa01.shtml