Another Orioles Fan Fest is complete, and this year, I went all out with getting baseball cards signed. I had all five time slots covered this time around, and was able to get multiple cards signed at almost all of them. I also had some help with my son, Chris, my friend, Ryan and also my friend, Michael. Michael really hit a home run for me by getting this Brady Anderson signed. I know I owe him big for this, as he really loved the card and wanted to keep it. This is a 1998 Pacific Revolution. It looks so awesome in person.
This 2000 Finest Larry Bigbie orange refractor drew a response from Bigbie, himself. He remarked "Wow, that is an old card!" He's right, but it sure is a nice one. I am really happy with it, and only paid a few bucks for it on Ebay.
This Nestor Cortes is another pickup. It is a die ccut card numbered 05/99. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get it signed, but right when Chris got to the front of the kids line, Cortes came and sat down. It turned out really nice, even though I wuickly had run an eraser over it right before he signed. Thankfully, my mom had given me a pack of the giant pink erasers a couple weeks ago. I put them to good use this weekend.
Darren O'Day was the first person we got, and the above 2015 Topps black parallel was one I was really excited to get signed. I had bought it for a few bucks from my friend, Anthony, and really wanted to get it done. I had sent O'Day a gold parallel of that card to Spring Training last season, but never got it back.
I had Chris get me the 2017 Topps, mainly because I wanted to puff up some of my Topps set numbers. I wanted to get parallels and refractors done mostly, but I was able to add a few Topps base here and there.
I bought this Anthony Santander orange shimmer from 2014 Bowman Chrome last week, once I knew who's vouchers I had. I saw it on Ebay for something like $6.00, but was able to get it cheaper from sportlots, instead.
This 2011 Topps Chrome orange parallel of Adam Jones was featured on this blog a long time ago, in a care package from my friend, Pete. I had narrowed all of my Jones cards down to four, with Chris taking two, and I taking two through the line. The handler denied Chris's second card, so I quickly put my second away and went with this one. I had a recurring theme the whole time with orange parallels, and I'm not complaining at all. It sure turned out nice.
Tim Beckham denied me a second card, but he signed two for Chris. They all turned out really well. I especially like that Chris, himself, requested that Beckham sign the Heritage Minors in blue. It really looks good.
Here is another orange parallel, this time from Kevin Gausman. This one turned out so well. I'm glad I raided my PC boxes for some nice parallels.
I got four cards signed by Trey Mancini. The Panini National Exclusive was given to me by a little guy named Reid at this past year's National. I've been trying to message him, but haven't gotten a response since then. He was ahead of me in the line to get in that last day of the National, and ended up walking around with me for a while. The middle Topps Gallery was a gift from my buddy, Cal, and I am really happy that I brought it along to get signed. It is hard to tell, but that is an Artists Proof card. Finally, I really wanted an Oriole on a 1987 Topps Chrome from this past year, just to keep up with my 1987 Topps theme in my albums.
I also got four cards signed by Hunter Harvey. The 2014 Bowman Chrome gold parallel on the right is numbered out of 50, and turned out really nice. I have a bunch of other Harvey cards. If he goes to Frederick to start the season, I may be able to get him when they come through Kinston.
I put some dime box pickups from this past year's National to good use at Fan Fest. All of these Mike Wright and Chris Lee cards were dime box finds that I held onto. The Wright cards are misprints, of course, as he never was a National.
I added three cards to the 1987 set while I was at Fan Fest. Michael got Larry Sheets for me, and Ryan hooked me up with John Russell.
Here are some horizontal cards that I was able to get done. The 2010 Upper Deck was from Ryan, and had Jaycob Brugman's signature on it. The 1994 Score is Wane Kirby. I had to bring the generic Orioles cards, in case I saw someone I didn't have cards of. I was glad to use my 1994 Score. The Upper Deck was one Ryan brought. I kind of wish I had gotten a voucher of Chance Sisco, since I found my Bowman Pipeline card that I had Cody Sedlock sign this summer. Chris got it signed by Chris Lee in the kid's line. Lee said Sisco was on his way, but we were late for our 2:00 signing, anyway. Maybe next year.
Here is a batch of other cards I was able to get done. We had a session with Joe Orsulak, and he also was in the kid's line. The Orsulak in the middle is a Bowman Tiffany, which turned out really nice.
Chris laid down three Alan Mills cards in the kid's line, and Mills signed them all. I was glad for that, as I couldn't decide if I liked the 1995 Fleer over the 1993 Topps. Ryan contributed the 1993 Ultra, and let Chris keep it.
Finally, Austin Hays signed two cards for me in the first session we were in. Chris got an 8x10 signed. I had my autograph book with me for that session, and Hays said he would do two of the four I had on my page. I was fine with that, as it meant I could get one of the Carolina League Prospect cards signed and his Aberdeen team set card done. I abandoned the book after that session and just tried two-per for each station, and it worked pretty well.
Ryan got the David Hess signed for me while I was in line for the last session. He had my card box with him while I was in line and remembered that my box was alphabetized (and he remembered me saying I had one Hess card in there). Michael got me the Miguel Castro.
In all, I left Fan Fest with 56 autographs on baseball cards. Not a bad way to start the year.
I have a few other things from Fan Fest that I will show later on between TTM successes and a couple more Christmas gifts that came in, so stay tuned!
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