The biggest reason I wanted to see High Point one more time was to see David Hess. Hess, a former Oriole, is a two-time cancer survivor and all-around great guy. I bought the above 2019 Topps Chrome orange refractor for the potential trip. The card is numbered to 25. He signed the card, along g with a 2019 Topps base card for my friend, Ryan.
Frank Viola was great, as usual. I'm running out of different Viola cards to get signed. I do still have a ton overall, though.
I was looking through boxes for some cards to send to Max, and found a bunch of Alex Dickerson 2011 Bowmans. I got those done, along with a few others.
I got several High Point team set cards signed. George Greer was surprised that I wanted his autograph, so he signed my team set card, told me to hold on and brought me the Cardinals card from the clubhouse. I thought that was really cool.
The 2017 Bowman sky blue refractor of Luis Gonzales was found in a bargain bin at the National. I got most of the cards I found there signed. I enjoyed finding the various parallels at the show and getting them into the album.
I went to the fame with my brother, Andy. I miss how we went to Wood Ducks games back when he was here for college. It was good to get together and spend some time with each other.
In all, I got the following autographs: Alex Dickerson x 9, Ryan Dull x 1, Luis Gonzalez x 2, George Greer x 2, David Hess x 2, Jamie Keefe x 1, Drew Mendoza x 2 and Frank Viola x 9 (28 autographs).
