August 16, 2025, Graphing of the Drive at Grasshoppers

A few weeks ago, I had to go out of town for work.  That Saturday night, I went to Greensboro to try to get a few more Grasshoppers cards out of my box.  I got one more Konnor Griffin signed; he was promoted to Altoona the next day.

I knocked out a few more cards from the Greensboro team set, which was nice.  None of the guys had numbers on the front, so getting signatures was tough.  Still, a few got done, which helped.

I got a 2021 Bowman Chrome refractor of Shalin Polanco that I picked up from the National.  He also signed his team set card.

I was able to use up my remaining free ticket to the Grasshoppers (from the rainout in June).  I was glad to get those taken care of.  I didn't get a single Drive player, but that's ok.  Also, I got out of the stadium late because I was waiting for Griffin, so I missed the Drive guys I needed outside.

In all, I got the following autographs: Jack Carey x 1, Jesus Castillo x 1, Hung Leng Chang x 1, Khristian Curtis x 2, Konnor Griffin x 1, Steph Lombard x 1, JP Massey x 1, Matt Myers x 1, Connor Oliver x 1, Shalin Polanco x 3 and Will Taylor x 1 (14 total autographs). 

July 26, 2025, Graphing of the Cyclones at Grasshoppers

Last Saturday, I went to Greensboro to cash in one of the rain out tickets I had.  The Greasshoppers were playing the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets High A affiliate.

I was excited to get Konnor Griffin finally.  The above 2025 Bowman insert came out of a blaster box I opened a couple hours before the game.  Mom had picked the blaster up for me.  I didn't have my baby powder with me to prep the card, so Mom had to hook me up with some corn starch from the kitchen.  The corn starch worked.

I had a bunch of cards for Brooklyn.  Everyone except Jesus Baez signed everything I had.  Baez did 2 per pregame and then did 3 post game outside.  

Nate Dohm inscribed one of his 2024 Bowman Draft cards with his nickname, Dohminator.  Funny that I got Dohm and Baez, though, as they both were traded to the Cardinals in the Ryan Helsley trade today.

I was glad to get all of my Colin Houck cards signed.  I had some nice stuff of him, but was afraid he would limit. 

I got Griffin pregame and post game.  Post game he ran with someone's black Sharpie. I didn't mind though. I picked up a 2025 Grasshoppers team set and got a couple cards from it signed.

I also got my sparkle parallel of Carlson Reed signed.  He paused when he was signing and admired the card for a bit.

Finally, I knocked out a couple of my Lonnie White, Jr. cards.  I didn't do too well with the team set, but I have some stuff for the next time I go.

In all, I got the following autographs: Jesus Baez x 5, Nate Dohm x 2, AJ Ewing x 5, Colin Houck x 8, Diego Mosquera x 3, Eli Serrano x 2, Marco Vargas x 4, Konnor Griffin x 2, Geovanny Planchart x 1, Shalin Polanco x 3, Carlson Reed x 6, Enmanuel Terrero x 5, Michael Walsh x 1, Lonnie White x 12 and Connor Wietgrefe x 1 (60 autographs).