Luis Ortiz

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Texas Rangers came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Luis signed a 1992 Upper Deck Minor League card #114.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ortizlu01.shtml

Mo Sanford

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Texas Rangers came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Mo signed a 1992 Topps Stadium Club card #336.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanfomo01.shtml

Mike Pagliarulo

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Texas Rangers came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Mike signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #509.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paglimi01.shtml

Mark Mimbs

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Texas Rangers came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.
This was a special day for Mark as he was opposing his brother, Mike, on the mound. Mark was cool enough to do me a huge favor, which I'll mention in an upcoming post.

Mark signed a 1992 Upper Deck Minor League card #77.

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

Dennis Cook

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Texas Rangers came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Dennis signed a 1993 Upper Deck card #202.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cookde01.shtml

Dave Valle

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Texas Rangers came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Dave signed a 1993 Upper Deck card #100.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/valleda01.shtml

Rene Gonzales

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Texas Rangers came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Rene signed a 1993 Topps Stadium Club card #121.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzare01.shtml

Barry Lyons

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Texas Rangers came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Barry 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/l/lyonsba01.shtml

Dave Leiper

I met him at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1996, when the Philadelphia Phillies came to play the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game.

Dave signed a 1987 Fleer card #398.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leipeda01.shtml

Russ Springer

I met him at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1996, when the Philadelphia Phillies came to play the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game.

Russ signed a 1993 Bowman card #285.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sprinru01.shtml

Mickey Morandini

I met him at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1996, when the Philadelphia Phillies came to play the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game.

Mickey signed a 1989 Star card #120.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moranmi01.shtml

Pete Incaviglia

I met him at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1996, when the Philadelphia Phillies came to play the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game.

Pete signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #271.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/incavpe01.shtml

Rick Wrona

I met him at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida in 1996, when the Philadelphia Phillies came to play the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game.

Rick signed a 1990 Upper Deck card #582.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wronari01.shtml

Juan Samuel

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Toronto Blue Jays came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Juan signed a 1990 Topps card #85.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samueju01.shtml

Charlie O'Brien

I met him at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida in 1996, when the Toronto Blue Jays came to play the Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game.

Charlie signed a 1993 Upper Deck card #209.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/o'brich01.shtml

Willie Upshaw

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Willie signed a 1989 Fleer #415.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/upshawi01.shtml

Danny Cox

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Danny signed a 1987 Fleer #292.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coxda01.shtml

Mike Huff

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Mike signed a 1991 Leaf card #BC22.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/huffmi01.shtml

Tim Crabtree

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Tim signed a 1993 Fleer Excel card #240.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crabtti01.shtml

Otis Nixon

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Otis signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #451.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nixonot01.shtml

Jimmy Rogers

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Jimmy signed a 1990 ProCards card #1241.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rogerji02.shtml

Kenny Robinson

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Kenny signed a 1993 Fleer Pro Cards card #1879.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinke01.shtml

Brian Bohanon

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Lansbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1996.

Brian signed a 1993 Upper Deck card #380.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bohanbr01.shtml

Mike Benjamin

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1996.

Mike signed a 1992 Upper Deck card #268.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/benjami01.shtml

Lee Tinsley

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1996.

Lee signed a 1991 Classic Best card #207.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tinslle01.shtml

Lenny Webster

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1996.

Lenny signed a 1990 Upper Deck card #728.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/webstle01.shtml

Mike Walker

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1996.

Mike signed a 1991 Upper Deck card #694.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkemi01.shtml

Duff Brumley

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1996.

Duff signed a 1994 Fleer Excel card #261.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brumldu01.shtml

Steve Frey

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1996.

Steve signed a 1992 Fleer Ultra card #222.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/freyst01.shtml

Paul Owens

I met him at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 1996.

My brother, Brian, and I got him at the same time and handed our cards to him simultaneously. As he's signing the first card, his hand shakes as he starts his O, he then says "oops" and continues signing. Immediately, before Mr. Owens has even finished signing the card, my brother says to me, "that one's yours."

Above, are both cards we got signed. Mine on top, my brother's right below it. Sure, I got the messed up O but I think I got the better P.

After he passed away in 2003, Carpenter Complex was renamed, Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex.

Paul signed a 1984 Topps card #229.

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