I went to three of the four games between the Down East Wood Ducks and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans this weekend, beginning on Thursday. I had some 5/50s to take care of for Weston, Billy, Max, Dugan, Andrew and Gerard. I also ended up with a bunch of extras, so my good friend, Brayden, will probably be seeing a care package soon, as well.
The biggest name on the Pelicans' roster is Eloy Jimenez. He signed one per, but I was able to get him both pre and post game at all of the games. I did really well, I think. I also had Chris helping me on Thursday, so that worked out as well.
I've already pulled out all of the cards going out for the 50/50s. Max was a big help in getting me stuff from the Pelicans that I could get signed. They are a Cubs team, so he will be happy with the autos that he will be getting back.
I met a father and son on Thursday who were graphing together, and they gave me a few Ryan Kelloggs, so I ended up with extras after helping Max with the 50/50.
I skipped the Saturday game to go to the card show in Raleigh, which helped me replinish some of my Wood Ducks stock, and I also picked up a few Carolina League guys for future use. I also grabbed a couple more Jimenez and Justin Steele cards while I was there.
I continued to "rack" Josh Morgan and Jeremy Moore. I didn't get a chance to get Morgan's opinion on autographing multiple cards, but seeing him sign 32 cards between two people made me feel a lot better about my pages of four.
There have been some recent call ups to the Wood Ducks, so I was able to get a few more cards signed from my Crawdads set that I bought. That reminds me, I need to look through Chris's set and make sure he has covered some of these guys as well.
I spoke briefly with Emerson Martinez, mainly about a player (Zack Bird) who's card he didn't recognize. It appears that there are players who are listed on the roster who aren't with the team, and this comes as a surprise to folks who actually are on the team. It was kind of a funny, but helpful moment.
I was able to add two new Topps cards to my ledger with the 1985 and 1990 All Star shown above.
I was able to get some nice HoJo cards signed. He is only doing two-per as of late, but that is fine with me. Bobby Rose has been away from the team, so I am still sitting on some cards of his to get signed. I hope I can get moving on them soon.
In all, here is how I did: I got Howard Johnson x 12, Josh Morgan x 24, Chuck Moorman x 1, Tyler Sanchez x 1, Jeffrey Springs x 1, Jeremy Moore x 10, Jairo Beras x 4, Brett Martin x 1, Emerson Martinez x 1, Jonathan Hernandex x 1, Justin Steele x 8, Ryan Kellogg x 7, Tyler Alamo x 2 and Eloy Jimenez x 6. I also got Matt Lipka x 4, but those are pending Gerard's approval of what goes and what stays. So, I ended up with 79 signed baseball cards.
I gave away a bunch of my extra Josh Morgan cards to some kids who were standing there wanting autographs, so they could at least come away with something. I traded for a 2017 Pro Debut with Colin and his dad, then they gave me a handful of blank ones that I could get Morgan to sign myself. I was glad to get those, because Pro Debut has been tough to find.
I am now taking a few nights off from graphing, and searching boxes. This past week has been exhausting with all of the 50/50s I have been working on.
