"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.."
Well, most of those ring true except worst of times. It wasn't that bad. I graphed here in Arlington Monday AND Tuesday Rangers vs Astros. One of the main(and perhaps only) benefits of living in Arlington, is given my schedule, I can leave work at 4:15, park and make it to the gates at 4:30 in time for early arrival. I always enjoy going Mon-Wed for the most part and abhor Fri-Sat-Sun graphing. I know, I know , autograph snob I suppose. Anyway, the Stros are, for the most part, just great all-around signers. So that being said, I spent a whopping $4.50 each to purchase tickets for Monday and Tuesday. As you will see from the haul, Monday was much better than Tuesday(then again, if i hadn't run out of cards on several guys, I could have stockpiled to some extent again today). I was still pleased with today and have learned to find the positive when graphing MLB games. Also today was replica Prince Fielder jersey giveaway; so that brought a few more out. I will be giving mine away most likely; b/c if I put it on, I am almost certain I will end up on the DL.
I digress...here we go
All Monday
Anthony Bass 3 cards
Alex Presly
Chad Qualls 2 cards
Brent Strom 3 cards
all mon except 1 mchugh
Colin McHugh 4 cards
Tony Sipp 2 cards
Enrique Hernandez 3 cards
Chris Carter 6 cards(4 mon 2 tues)
Jose Veras 2 cards-tues(1 for Arron)
Darrin Downs 1 card(note: I was one of 2 guys to recognize Downs and I asked him to sign. He point blank asked if i was going to sell this card. Yep, Darrin, that signed Bowman is my ticket to financial freedom)
all monday
LJ Hoes 1 card
Scott Feldman 2 cards
Dexter Fowler 2 cards
Steve Sparks 4 cards
Alan Ashby 4 cards
Bo Porter 2 cards(today)
Marwin Gonzalez 1 cards
Dallas Keuchel 2 cards(1 per day) he signed a ton, promoting the #votekeuchel campaign
Mark McLemore 4 cards(got today before pregame show..finally got the 2 for a 50/50 with Billyocean)
Jason Castro 4 cards(1 for Mort..awesome dude.signed 3 per both days.wish i had more)
Robbie Grossman 1 card(called up today..)
Carlos Corporan 1 card today
Jose Altuve 2 cards..1 per twice on mon
George Springer 4 cards(1 for Danny) Springer was the main attraction of the graphing community. Monday he signed about 8 total(i happened to get 2 cards done) then he saw a 14 yr old kid with a stack of 6 SI's.He signed 1 and bolted. He signed a lot more today(he said provided we all went home and voted 100 times for Keuchel. So I got 2 more done today) here's the pic the astros tweeted monday. i'm the dude with long hair and shades on his head..
And in 2 days.....I got 1 current Ranger..That's it. They just don't sign much. It was this guy
thanks for reading
Chris
Well, most of those ring true except worst of times. It wasn't that bad. I graphed here in Arlington Monday AND Tuesday Rangers vs Astros. One of the main(and perhaps only) benefits of living in Arlington, is given my schedule, I can leave work at 4:15, park and make it to the gates at 4:30 in time for early arrival. I always enjoy going Mon-Wed for the most part and abhor Fri-Sat-Sun graphing. I know, I know , autograph snob I suppose. Anyway, the Stros are, for the most part, just great all-around signers. So that being said, I spent a whopping $4.50 each to purchase tickets for Monday and Tuesday. As you will see from the haul, Monday was much better than Tuesday(then again, if i hadn't run out of cards on several guys, I could have stockpiled to some extent again today). I was still pleased with today and have learned to find the positive when graphing MLB games. Also today was replica Prince Fielder jersey giveaway; so that brought a few more out. I will be giving mine away most likely; b/c if I put it on, I am almost certain I will end up on the DL.
I digress...here we go
All Monday
Anthony Bass 3 cards
Alex Presly
Chad Qualls 2 cards
Brent Strom 3 cards
all mon except 1 mchugh
Colin McHugh 4 cards
Tony Sipp 2 cards
Enrique Hernandez 3 cards
Chris Carter 6 cards(4 mon 2 tues)
Jose Veras 2 cards-tues(1 for Arron)
Darrin Downs 1 card(note: I was one of 2 guys to recognize Downs and I asked him to sign. He point blank asked if i was going to sell this card. Yep, Darrin, that signed Bowman is my ticket to financial freedom)
all monday
LJ Hoes 1 card
Scott Feldman 2 cards
Dexter Fowler 2 cards
Steve Sparks 4 cards
Alan Ashby 4 cards
Bo Porter 2 cards(today)
Marwin Gonzalez 1 cards
Dallas Keuchel 2 cards(1 per day) he signed a ton, promoting the #votekeuchel campaign
Mark McLemore 4 cards(got today before pregame show..finally got the 2 for a 50/50 with Billyocean)
Jason Castro 4 cards(1 for Mort..awesome dude.signed 3 per both days.wish i had more)
Robbie Grossman 1 card(called up today..)
Carlos Corporan 1 card today
Jose Altuve 2 cards..1 per twice on mon
George Springer 4 cards(1 for Danny) Springer was the main attraction of the graphing community. Monday he signed about 8 total(i happened to get 2 cards done) then he saw a 14 yr old kid with a stack of 6 SI's.He signed 1 and bolted. He signed a lot more today(he said provided we all went home and voted 100 times for Keuchel. So I got 2 more done today) here's the pic the astros tweeted monday. i'm the dude with long hair and shades on his head..
And in 2 days.....I got 1 current Ranger..That's it. They just don't sign much. It was this guy
thanks for reading
Chris
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