jaydub 2014 IP & TTM Successes

[jaydub]

First stop this year was the 2014 Colorado Rockies Fanfest. It was my first fest as they did not hold one in 2013. It was a well done fest with a good selection of players there and numerous sessions and Q&A as well as open access to the players clubhouse.

Coaches
Stu Cole 1/1

Former Players
Josh Fogg 3/3
Brent Mayne 3/4

Players
Brett Anderson 4/4
Chad Bettis 4/8
Rex Brothers 1/3
Tyler Chatwood 1/2
Christian Friedrich 4/4
Jordan Lyles 3/3
Rob Scahill 2/2
Jordan Pacheco 4/4
D.J. LeMahieu 1/3, 1/1
Josh Rutledge 4/4
Ryan Wheeler 3/3
Corey Dickerson 1/3
Kyle Parker 4/4

 

[CW13]

sounds like fun, great job..Anderson is a pretty cool guy

 

[houbb]

Awesome successes! Congrats! I bet you had fun!

 

[jaydub]

Thanks guys! I expected it to be a bit more crowded and hectic but actually the various events were scattered throughout the ballpark so it was never too bad. Players were approachable for the most part.

 

[DaNotoriousNIC]

Nice haul

 

[hit'nBULLSeyes]

congrats on your successes

 

[tribefan]

Nice job. I didn't have much luck last year at Tribefest so I blew it off this weekend. I'm waiting to hear how great it was this year (of course!).

By chance is the 2012 Topps Heritage Minors of Rutledge available for trade?

I have these recent Rockies available if any are of interest all were IP autos (mostly from Arizona Fall League)...

2007 Bowman Draft Prospects 1 BDPP19 Davis Lars
2008 Tristar Projections 1 351 Davis Lars
2010 Topps Pro Debut 1 86 Matthes Kent
1995 Upper Deck 1 408 Painter Lance
2008 Tristar PROjections 1 305 Riordan Cory
2011 Topps 1 139 Young, Jr. Eric (Mets @ Indians)

Some others from over the years (all IP autos)...

1993 Topps 1 486 Wedge Eric COL
1999 Just 1 145 Uribe Juan
2003 Topps 1 198 Bennett Gary
1999 Just 1 90 Gerut Jody
2000 Topps 1 41 Lansing Mike
1993 Topps Gold 1 774 Leskanic Curtis
2001 Topps 1 718 Myers Mike
2002 Upper Deck 40 Man 1 1009 Reyes Rene
1999 Just 1 48 Westbrook Jake
2000 Just 1 296 Westbrook Jake

Let me know if something is of interest.
If you like a few of the ones I offered, I'd also be interested in any of the Freidrich, Pacheco or Parker.... or, if you happen to have any Indians or Pirates.

Regards,


Michael

 

[jaydub]

I've only sent out 4 TTMs so far as I've been swamped for time but I got returns yesterday:

Austin Meadows 2/2 in 9 days
Hunter Green 2/2 in 9 days

 

[jaydub]

Michael,

Give me some time to get back to you, really swamped lately. The Rutledge isn't for trade as I needed it for the 2012 THM set too. I can trade the Friedrich 2012 Bowman Draft(s) and the Kyle Parkers probably. I don't need Rockies in return necessarily as I'm actually a transplant. First choices would be 2012 THM, 2013 THM, 2013 PD, 2011 THM, 2012/2013 Bowman/BDPP for the most part...

If you have a tradelist I can check out...
Jeff

Nice job. I didn't have much luck last year at Tribefest so I blew it off this weekend. I'm waiting to hear how great it was this year (of course!).

By chance is the 2012 Topps Heritage Minors of Rutledge available for trade?

I have these recent Rockies available if any are of interest all were IP autos (mostly from Arizona Fall League)...

2007 Bowman Draft Prospects 1 BDPP19 Davis Lars
2008 Tristar Projections 1 351 Davis Lars
2010 Topps Pro Debut 1 86 Matthes Kent
1995 Upper Deck 1 408 Painter Lance
2008 Tristar PROjections 1 305 Riordan Cory
2011 Topps 1 139 Young, Jr. Eric (Mets @ Indians)

Some others from over the years (all IP autos)...

1993 Topps 1 486 Wedge Eric COL
1999 Just 1 145 Uribe Juan
2003 Topps 1 198 Bennett Gary
1999 Just 1 90 Gerut Jody
2000 Topps 1 41 Lansing Mike
1993 Topps Gold 1 774 Leskanic Curtis
2001 Topps 1 718 Myers Mike
2002 Upper Deck 40 Man 1 1009 Reyes Rene
1999 Just 1 48 Westbrook Jake
2000 Just 1 296 Westbrook Jake

Let me know if something is of interest.
If you like a few of the ones I offered, I'd also be interested in any of the Freidrich, Pacheco or Parker.... or, if you happen to have any Indians or Pirates.

Regards,


Michael

 

[scc76]

Congrats

 

[jaydub]

Billy McKinney 2/2 in 13 days
Aaron Blair 2/2 in 14 days

 

[jaydub]

Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training
Salt River Fields
First workout day for pitchers & catchers
Friday February 7th, 2014

Was my first time at Salt River Fields and was a nice place with good access to
the fields and to the players. Being the home team in AZ it did seem that the
players were generous with their time for autographs.

Kirk Gibson 1/1
Turner Ward 1/1
Mike Harkey 4/4
Alan Trammell 1/1

Charles Brewer 2/2
Trevor Cahill 3/8, 2/5
Josh Collmenter 4/4
Patrick Corbin 2/2
Randall Delgado 1/4
David Hernandez 1/1
Brandon McCarthy 2/4
Wade Miley 2/6
Brad Ziegler 1/5
Miguel Montero 1/8
Aaron Hill 2/6
Chris Owings 2/2
A.J. Pollock 1/1
Mark Trumbo 1/8
Archie Bradley 6/6, OMLB
Bobby Wilson 1/1
Henry Blanco 3/3

 

[jaydub]

Arizona Diamondbacks FanFest
Chase Field
Saturday February 8th, 2014

Was a pretty nice experience and pretty crowded. For a variety of reasons I was not able to pick up any autograph vouchers so I just looked for one off opportunities and had some success.

Daniel Hudson 1/1
Brad Ziegler 1/1
Trevor Cahill 1/1
Brandon McCarthy 1/1

Best part of the day was a free photo opp with legendary '84 world series Tigers teammates Kirk Gibson and Alan Trammel. As a Dodger fan of course it's all about '88 but that Tigers team was fun to watch too.

 

[jaydub]

Sunday February 9th, 2014
Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch

Day 1 of spring training and the crowds were pretty big but not completely crazy. Fair amount of families along with the expected crowd. Bullpens and PFPs were on the minor league back fields which was a change from what I saw last year. Thought I had a ball with me but forgot it so missed out on Maury Wills as he stopped and signed forever. Biggest mob was for Kershaw and as it turned out due to the mob no one really saw Ryu stopping and signing.

Don Mattingly 1/1
Rick Honeycutt 2/4
Tim Wallach 1/4

Pedro Baez 5/5
Chad Billingsley 1/1, 1/1
Brandon League 1/4
Chris Perez 1/1, 1/1
Seth Rosin 1/1
Hyun-Jin Ryu 1/1, 1/1
Sam Demel 1/1
Zach Lee 8/8
Chris Reed 4/6
Ross Stripling 4/4
Griff Erickson 4/4
Miguel Olivo 4/4

 

[levi]

outstanding grabs!! congrats

 

[jaydub]

outstanding grabs!! congrats

Thanks! It's pretty crowded but it will get worse as the rest of the players report. The crowds do thin out once Kershaw is done for the day.

 

[jaydub]

Monday February 10th, 2014
Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch

Might get one more chance tomorrow but won't be there for long so probably won't get much more. Today was not as crowded as day 1 and those that were there fled en masse once Kershaw finished up for the day. I waited until the very end and was greeted with the chance to catch Alex Guerrero the latest Cuban signee. He does not have cards yet though and I brought an already signed ball instead of a fresh one so missed out.

Matt Herges 2/2
Rick Honeycutt 2/2
Ken Howell 2/2
Davey Lopes 1/4
Chuck Crim 1/1

Chad Billingsley 1/1
Jose Dominguez 6/6
Chris Perez 4/4
Daniel Moskos 2/2
Ross Stripling 1/1
Chris Reed 2/2
Tim Federowicz 1/1
Matt Magill - autographed his locker nameplate from Coors Field game last year

 

[jaydub]

Tuesday February 11th, 2014
Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch

Had just 25 minutes or so at the complex but managed to pick up a few more items on my last day. I'll be back in AZ for another week so hope to get lots more from Dodgers and others.

Jamey Wright 1/1
J.P. Howell 4/4
Brandon League 1/4
Chris Withrow - autographed his locker nameplate from a game at Coors Field last year.

 

[jaydub]

Back home now so here are some scans from my short trip

Arizona Diamondbacks

 

[CW13]

great job!! let me know if you'd be interested in trading a JP Howell.thanks..