My wife and I went to Orioles Fanfest over the weekend. We got in different lines all day to get as many different players as possible. My number 1 goal for the day was to get Jim Palmer on an Orioles Crown card...which I wasn't able to do. I missed out on him because I didn't realize he was signing as soon as the doors open at 10 AM and instead I was walking around the memorabilia shop where they sell overpriced game used equipment of the small time guys, no stars.
We were able to get 27 different current/former Orioles players, 18 of which were either new to my collection or an upgrade over what I had before (such as getting a player to sign an Orioles card instead of the card I already had of him signed in a different uniform, or maybe on a ticket stub).
Some of the big ones I got: Kevin Millwood, Nick Markakis (I brought a ball that he threw to me after he finished playing catch with Brian Roberts before a game last year), Mike Gonzalez, Matt Wieters.
Here are the pics (mostly of the of the new/upgrade signatures for me, not the duplicates):
Pie stuck his finger on this one as soon as he signed it, kind of frustrating because he is a very tough signature.
Wieters (I didn't have a card for him).
I was also on a mission to add about 5 or 6 nice new SS ROMLB to my display case which I was successful at doing. Here are a couple of the new ones and how the display case looks now:
Wieters
Millwood
Markakis warmup ball
Dempsey with inscription
display case
We were able to get 27 different current/former Orioles players, 18 of which were either new to my collection or an upgrade over what I had before (such as getting a player to sign an Orioles card instead of the card I already had of him signed in a different uniform, or maybe on a ticket stub).
Some of the big ones I got: Kevin Millwood, Nick Markakis (I brought a ball that he threw to me after he finished playing catch with Brian Roberts before a game last year), Mike Gonzalez, Matt Wieters.
Here are the pics (mostly of the of the new/upgrade signatures for me, not the duplicates):
![Andino.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FAndino.jpg&hash=729d20a6a2310a53e05baf8d0d1976f5)
![Berken.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FBerken.jpg&hash=b741c150adf3eb73af15f57b6b9f2dc1)
![Castillo.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FCastillo.jpg&hash=0a35ce8833f0a5ad3cc3dc06aaf752bf)
![Gonzalez.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FGonzalez.jpg&hash=7df02a0054cf70e0d0d7931bea867769)
![Matusz.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FMatusz.jpg&hash=ed7bb71fdd8c4c634e2d96a48166317e)
![Mickolio.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FMickolio.jpg&hash=0378689c92e22f261533b72b463d605d)
![Millwood.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FMillwood.jpg&hash=2fd75d3b0175dc88ba04a88835adff4f)
![Montanez.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FMontanez.jpg&hash=2e0d3cebb24e8b3f582348faa432c7cd)
Pie stuck his finger on this one as soon as he signed it, kind of frustrating because he is a very tough signature.
![Pie.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FPie.jpg&hash=65a9b86d1b78a24d3070f95cb167624c)
![Sarfate.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FSarfate.jpg&hash=4a6393a4aedf0939cab46a5b1a2eff04)
![Tillman.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FTillman.jpg&hash=173a1d90502a2bce7ede0ceb2a2a566a)
![Turner2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FTurner2.jpg&hash=4863857f11c04921e727b673f6202817)
Wieters (I didn't have a card for him).
![Wieters.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FWieters.jpg&hash=adcddcf75cb2468c0049d3d9c485491d)
![Wigginton.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FWigginton.jpg&hash=8137cd516fa89ae34c933ca8cc66d6d6)
I was also on a mission to add about 5 or 6 nice new SS ROMLB to my display case which I was successful at doing. Here are a couple of the new ones and how the display case looks now:
Wieters
![Wieters.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FOrioles%2520IP%2520and%2520TTM%2520Autographs%2FWieters.jpg&hash=adcddcf75cb2468c0049d3d9c485491d)
Millwood
![Millwoodball.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FMillwoodball.jpg&hash=b3149f41400bcb66f8b477319cf98a4d)
Markakis warmup ball
![Markakis.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FMarkakis.jpg&hash=ba03f13a1a3805e10eabc6d0f0e85c81)
Dempsey with inscription
![Dempsey.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2FDempsey.jpg&hash=b6db20ec96e840846581e42f12f3c065)
display case
![ballcase.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi170.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu242%2Fbigslimdog%2Fballcase.jpg&hash=c168ce9d34c5605f3b02bde4fa84fe90)