Rangers Caravans 2 and 3.0 followed by Fan Fest with a sprinkle of TTMS (scan heavy)

[CW13]

TTMs

Billy Sims 5/4

Jim Langer 3/3
John Cappelletti 4/4
James Lofton 1/1(included price list with card signed)


Wednesday Caravan..Got to leave work a little early to make the 40 min drive there...
Martin Perez jersey card
Luis Sardinas 4/4
Lisalverto Bonilla 2/2

Jurickson Profar OMLB


Thursday Caravan was 5 mins from my house. Very very cold!!!!!!!!! I mean serious like 20 degrees..That's still cold. IT was listed as TBA until Tuesday when they finally released the big name. Got there in time..
Ron Washington 4/4
Adam Rosales custom card (sorry Arron..he signed it too large. oh well)

Pudge Rodriguez


Saturday was fan fest..You can read Drew's blog for more info..Needless to say, with a crowd of that size(2000 plus when the 1 gate opened at 9)...and knowing that current players will have "pre-Lines" before the actual line even starts and you know who is signing...I stuck to alumni and some prospects..Of course I went 0-5 on the lottery guys(Beltre, Choo, Prince, Elvis, Pudge)..175 out of 5000 aren't very good odds. But considering I got a free ticket to the event(and it's free parking), I'll definitely take the haul.
First group
Mike Jeffcoat 4 cards
Ellis Valentine 5 cards (Ellis is one cool dude..)

Mike Bacsik Sr. 2 cards
Benji Gil 7 cards
Mark Brandenburg 1 card

Next group(went thru 2x)
Cecil Espy 10 cards (helped Spencer here)
Kevin Mench 4 cards


Ken Hill 2 cards (got lucky and a fellow grapher gave me a couple..Hill was added day of)
Curtis WIlkerson 8 cards

Ray Burris(strict 1 per) went thru 2x
Claude Osteen 1 card
Dan Smith 3 cards

Luke Jackson 8x10

Jake Skole..then back to alumni tunnel
Mike Simms 1 card
Jeff Russell 4 cards(1 for Spencer)

Mike Munoz 4 cards
Dave Chalk 3 cards
Tim Crabtree 2 cards

Back to prospect room
Roughned Odor OMLB


Luis Sardinas 1 card then back to alumni
Luis Ortiz 3 cards
Donald Harris 5 cards(thanks to Drew..got these for me while I was upstairs getting prospects)

Dave Hostetler 3 cards(got him just walking around)
David Hulse 3 cards

Jose Guzman 6 cards
Danny Darwin 10 cards(went thru 2x) told me he moved to Pilot Point and mail forwarding was about to expire..Also said he gets about 50 letters a week for autos..Super nice guy
Ken Suarez



Busy week!! I'm exhausted..
Thanks for reading
Chris

 

[hit'nBULLSeyes]

Chris, that is a real nice haul! Congrats

 

[tribefan]

That's awesome.... and great exercise!

 

[Scobes]

Awesome haul! Congrats!!

Scobes

 

[houbb]

Whoa! What a haul! Congrats Chris! Thanks for the info on Darwin!

 

[aspoe093]

Awesome

 

[SLNoble13]

Very nice pick ups!

 

[sean69]

Chris
On an event like that do you usual know whos signing ahead of time?

 

[CW13]

Chris
On an event like that do you usual know whos signing ahead of time?

Yes, Sean, the Rangers posted a list for fan fest about 4 days before the event. They didn't tell us at what time they would be signing(except for the big 5); but I knew who would be there. However, you can always have no shows(Don Stanhouse and Donnie Sadler) and late additions(Ken Hill)..The current players were not announced til 1 hr before the signing though. The alumni signing times were given to us when we entered the event. THerefore I basically hit up prospects and alumni as opposed to standing in a line for a player that I wasn't even sure who it would be...HOpe that makes sense

Thanks everyone

 

[mr.js36]

That is awesome "amigo"

 

[Kirbyfan34]

Nice haul, but if you all think 20 degrees is cold you should try living in Wisconsin this month...yeah air temp Tuesday morning when I left work was -18 below zero, throw in the wind chill and we are looking -30 below!!!! school has been cancelled 5 times this month and all for dangerously cold weather, not snow.

Would you be willing to part with one of the Valentines?

 

[CW13]

Nice haul, but if you all think 20 degrees is cold you should try living in Wisconsin this month...yeah air temp Tuesday morning when I left work was -18 below zero, throw in the wind chill and we are looking -30 below!!!! school has been cancelled 5 times this month and all for dangerously cold weather, not snow.

Would you be willing to part with one of the Valentines?

do you have a trade list?yes the valentine's are FT

 

[scc76]

Congrats

 

[levi]

Great haul Chris!! I am interested in that '92 Topps Ken Hill