With some PDOs to burn, I took time off on Tuesday to make a quick trip to Southern Maryland. The Staten Island FerryHawks were there, with Pablo Sandoval in tow. Chris wanted to see him again, and I was happy to oblige.
I bought a bunch of team set cards to bring along to get signed, and for the most part, I wasn't disappointed. One of the cards I found was this Cards Against Humanity-style card of Brian McKenna. He told us while we were sitting behind the bullpen at the game about why the card existed. The team he played for (The Joliet Slammers) had been purchased by Cards Against Humanity, so each player got their own card. He told me that the cards are pretty hard to find. I agreed; I paid 10 bucks for it. I'm glad it got signed, and that McKenna was cool.
I found some cool team set cards of most everyone. Also, there were a few guys with mainstream cards, like Eddy Diaz with 2021 Bowman cards. My favorite from this group was the Long Island Ducks card of Tyler Dearden. It's just a cool card.
Drew Maggi also had some mainstream stuff. I had gotten him before, and he was easy to spot. McKenna also had a Florence Y'alls card, which looks nice.
The card Sandoval signed was a Topps Archives card using the 1986 Topps design.
I found some cool cards of Jamari Baylor and Connor Overton. The 2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire orange refractor turned out great. I also finally got Andrew Thurman, who I had tried a couple times TTM and never got anything back.
Ethan Wilson was nice. We got him outside pregame. I hated bothering him, but he was nice enough to sign. I also got my Myrtle Beach team set card of Jarod Wright out of my box.
Nate Roe was nice. He liked how I had found some of his older stuff. He pointed them out to another player who was nearby. Also, Kolby Johnson was super nice.
For the most part, Chris and I had a great time. We ran into a very rude player while we were graphing outside after the game. I'm not going to give him any more of my energy. Aside from that, we had a great time and the weather was beautiful.
In all, we got the following autographs: Robbie Baker x 2, Mark Contreras x 3, Tyler Dearden x 3, Eddy Diaz x 7, Durbin Feltman x 2, Clay Helvey x 2, Kolby Johnson x 2, Trayson Kubo x 2, Drew Maggi x 3, Brian McKenna x 3, Christian Rodriguez x 2, Nate Roe x 2, Pablo Sandoval x 2, Matt Scheffler x 2, Kirby Snead x 2, Jamari Baylor x 7, Sam Dexter x 2, Connor Overton x 3, Andrew Thurman x 6, Ethan Wilson x 5 and Jarod Wright x 5 (67 total autographs).
