2013 IP Success Thread

[hudsonharden]

It's 2013, y'all.

Post your in-person autograph successes here.

[J.P]

First IP success of the year:

Jose Behar-1/1 on his 2012 Jamestown Hammers card

[J.P]

Rubi Silva-1/1 on his 2012 Daytona Cubs card

[J.P]

Jose Contreras on an 03 Fleer Heritage and 04 Topps.

[J.P]

Dayan Viciedo- 11 & 12 Topps

[J.P]

Alex Castellanos- 11 Bowman Prospects
David Espinosa- 02 UD 40 Man

[J.P]

Alexei Ramirez- 09, 10, 12 Topps
Alex Ochoa-97 UD Collector's Choice and 01 UD Victory

[J.P]

Frank Del Valle- on his 2012 Daytona Cubs card.

[Mike D.]

Attended the Pawtucket Red Sox (Red Sox AAA) annual "Hot Stove" party yesterday.

The team, as always, does a great job with the event...free hot dogs, soda, and snacks, opportunity to buy tickets and merchandise, Q&A with players and management. The event was very busy this year, but the team's staff did a great job of keeping it organized and keeping everyone moving.

There were four players and a coach there signing - Hitting coach Dave Joppie, top prospects Jackie Bradley Jr and Allen Webster, and Justin Henry and Dan Butler, who should be on the Pawsox this year.

I got autographs of all but Butler (I didn't have a card of him), but the two from Henry bled (my fault...glossy cards I forgot to powder).

The autos of the other three look great, though:

Jackie Bradley Jr. (SCAN1) (SCAN2)

Allen Webster (SCAN1) (SCAN2)

Dave Joppie (SCAN)

[J.P]

At the 25th (and final) annual Joe DiMaggio Foundation's Legends Game, all on cards:

Bruce Aven
"Oil Can" Boyd
Bert Campaneris x2
Warren Cromartie
Tommy Davis
Orestes Destrade
Chris Hammond
Willie Horton
Bill Lee
Phil Linz
Elliott Maddox
Rudy May
Rusty Meacham
"Blue Moon" Odom
Fritz Peterson
Dennis Rasmussen
Art Shamsky
Anthony Telford
Al Weis
Steve Whitaker

-Didn't do as well as in years past, a lot of the regulars didnt show up, the gates opened later than usual, some of the players were late, they switched the clubhouse they usually use to get dressed and by the time we realized we were on the "wrong" side, the "right" side was packed, and I couldnt stay to graph after the game and in the parking lot. Sad this was the last year though.

[J.P]

Yunesky Maya- on a 2011 Bowman and 2011 Gipsy Queen.
Adeiny Hechavarria on a 2010 Topps Pro Debut

[J.P]

Manny Machado- on his 10 Bowman Draft (He signed it right on top of the silver indented facsimile sig that comes with the card, so the actual signature is not very readable )
Jorge Soler- on his 12 Bowman Chrome Prospects
Noel Arguelles- on his 10 Bowman Chrome Prospects.

[J.P]

Double post.

[Ben Grimm]

Nice going J.P. As for the Machado, even if it's not as viewable as possible, it can't be worse than some of those Vladdy Guerrero "offical" autos back in the 90s. My dog writes better with a crayon in his mouth.

[J.P]

Nice going J.P. As for the Machado, even if it's not as viewable as possible, it can't be worse than some of those Vladdy Guerrero "offical" autos back in the 90s. My dog writes better with a crayon in his mouth.

[J.P]

At a couple of stops in the Marlins caravan this morning, all on cards:

Placido Polanco x3
Donovan Solano
Adeiny Hechavarria x2
Justin Ruggiano
Jacob Turner x2
Steve Cishek
Jack McKeon

[J.P]

I also "won" an 8x10 canvas of Marlins Park on Opening Day just for spinning the roulette, I almost landed on "Winner", and the girl was like: "You just missed the tshirt", I was like: "are you kidding me?!. I got it signed by Ruggiano, McKeon, Hatcher, Cishek, and Turner, and plan to add more sigs to it.

[J.P]

At Marlins Fan Fest this past Saturday, all on cards, and most on my Marlins Park canvas too:

Mike Redmond
Kyle Skipwoth
Jeff Conine
Greg Dobbs
Zack Cox
Andre Dawson
Juan Pierre
Marcell Ozuna
Kyle Jensen
Alfredo Silverio
Jacob Turner
Nathan Eovaldi
Henderon Alvarez
Brad Hand
Tom Koehler
AJ Ramos
Ryan Webb
Michael Dunn
Edgar Olmos
Rob Leary
Donovan Solano
Dan Jennings
Joe Espada
Jose Ceda

[J.P]

University of Miami alumni game, Saturday afternoon, all on cards:

Jon Jay
Yonder Alonso
Gus Gandarillas
Dennis Raben
Erick San Pedro

[J.P]

At Marlins Fan Fest this past Saturday, all on cards, and most on my Marlins Park canvas too:

Mike Redmond
Kyle Skipwoth
Jeff Conine
Greg Dobbs
Zack Cox
Andre Dawson
Juan Pierre
Marcell Ozuna
Kyle Jensen
Alfredo Silverio
Jacob Turner
Nathan Eovaldi
Henderon Alvarez
Brad Hand
Tom Koehler
AJ Ramos
Ryan Webb
Michael Dunn
Edgar Olmos
Rob Leary
Donovan Solano
Dan Jennings
Joe Espada
Jose Ceda

I went in as my friend's guest on their VIP season tickets holder event, which was supossed to have a special autographs session. But of course, being the Marlins, they managed to screw this up too. After free breakfast, they had a question/answer session with the entire coaching staff, afterwards they separated us into two groups for two different autograph sessions, but you could only attend one, (of course, Tino Martinez didn't go to my side ) , we had Redmond, Pierre, Hechavarria, Skipworth, Jennings, Espada, and Leary. Right after we get out, we start heading to the open to the public sessions, and realize that their first set of autographs sessions was almost over, who was signing there? Andre Dawson, Tony Perez, and Jeff Conine. So for the few season tickets holders that they have left, the "VIP" event, they sent two minor leaguers, two players on the active roster, the manager and two coaches, and for the general public they had two HOFers and Mr. Marlins- genius

[Allie Fox]

Last night I attended the Mercer University First Pitch Classic in Macon. The special guest speaker was Dale Murphy (in previous years they've had Chipper Jones and John Smoltz). He is simply a nice guy. Prior to the dinner he had an autograph session. It was supposed to last one hour (like it did with Jones and Smoltz). However he was yakking it up so much that he went over by more than thirty minutes. His speech was fun too; telling stories about his early struggles, Bobby Cox and some of his team mates before taking a few questions from the crowd. The funniest moment was when a kid (about twelve or thirteen) asked if he thought he could still hit homeruns like he used to. He coyly said, "Yes." I was able to get a few words in by helping him remind the crowd him that Cox had come from the Yankees organization prior to being hired by Ted Turner to manage the Braves in '78 and that it was Joey Devine who gave up a grand slam in his first Major League appearance.

[SDL]

At the MLB Alumni table @ Rays fan fest today.

All but one are 8 x 10 card blowups

Craig Anderson: Topps '63. Blue Sharpie with "Original Met" inscribed.
Jim Archer: Topps '61. Blue Sharpie
Greg Blosser: Pinnacle '94. Blue Sharpie
Jose Cardenal: Topps '72. Black Sharpie
Lance Carter: Topps Total '04. Blue rollerball
Mike Devereaux: Donruss Triple Play '94. Blue Sharpie
Mike DiFelice: Score '98. Black Sharpie
Denny Doyle: Topps '76. Blue Sharpie
Josh Fogg: Fleer Platinum Parallel '01. Blue Sharpie
Rich Folkers: Coke Special Products '77. Black Sharpie
Ken Frailing: Topps Rookie '74, Blue rollerball
John Frascatore: Pacific Online '98. Black Sharpie; scripture reference
Wayne Garrett: Topps Super Teams Refractor '00. Black Sharpie
Toby Hall: Upper Deck Gold '06. Blue Sharpie
Bill Hepler: Topps '63 design. Blue Sharpie
Roberto Hernandez: Fleer Flair '93. Blue Sharpie
Tom Hume: Topps/Coca-Cola '81 Blue Sharpie
Eric Knott: Best '97. Blue Sharpie
Darold Knowles: Topps '71. Black Sharpie
Ron LeFlore: Topps '81. Blue rollerball
Andy McGaffigan: Topps '85. Black Sharpie, scripture reference
Omar Moreno: Donruss '82. Black Sharpie.
Bill Nahorodny: Fleer 81. Blue Sharpie
Tom Niedenfuer: Topps '87. Blue Sharpie
Jim Perry: Topps '65. Blue sharpie. Inscribed "1970 Cy Young"
Gary Peters: Topps '69. Blue Sharpie
Travis Phelps: Fleer '02. Blue Sharpie
Brian Reith: Reds action shot. Blue Sharpie
Bryan Rekar: Topps Gold '02. Black Sharpie
Jason Romano: Bowman;s Best '01. Blue Sharpie
Richie Scheinblum: Topps Rookie '68. Black Sharpie
Bob Stinson: Topps Rookie '72
Brian Stokes: Topps '09. Blue Sharpie
Anthony Telford: Fleer '92. Blue rollerball. Scripture reference
Doug Waechter: Topps Gold '04. Blue Sharpie
Mark Whiten: O-Pee-Chee Premier '92. Blue Sharpie
Jimy Williams: Topps Rookie '66. Blue Sharpie


Not a bad haul...

[icee82]

Wow...I wish that I had seen that McGaffigan and Hume were there. I would have driven the 12 hours to get them! Great haul!!!

[SDL]

Wow...I wish that I had seen that McGaffigan and Hume were there. I would have driven the 12 hours to get them! Great haul!!!

Also there were two late additions...Dick Drago and Glenn Beckert. I didn't have any thing for them to sign

Orestes Destrade was a no-show due to a family emergency. Both Dr. Steve Korcheck and Brain Tollberg were also no-shows.

[J.P]

At the MLB Alumni table @ Rays fan fest today.

All but one are 8 x 10 card blowups

Craig Anderson: Topps '63. Blue Sharpie with "Original Met" inscribed.
Jim Archer: Topps '61. Blue Sharpie
Greg Blosser: Pinnacle '94. Blue Sharpie
Jose Cardenal: Topps '72. Black Sharpie
Lance Carter: Topps Total '04. Blue rollerball
Mike Devereaux: Donruss Triple Play '94. Blue Sharpie
Mike DiFelice: Score '98. Black Sharpie
Denny Doyle: Topps '76. Blue Sharpie
Josh Fogg: Fleer Platinum Parallel '01. Blue Sharpie
Rich Folkers: Coke Special Products '77. Black Sharpie
Ken Frailing: Topps Rookie '74, Blue rollerball
John Frascatore: Pacific Online '98. Black Sharpie; scripture reference
Wayne Garrett: Topps Super Teams Refractor '00. Black Sharpie
Toby Hall: Upper Deck Gold '06. Blue Sharpie
Bill Hepler: Topps '63 design. Blue Sharpie
Roberto Hernandez: Fleer Flair '93. Blue Sharpie
Tom Hume: Topps/Coca-Cola '81 Blue Sharpie
Eric Knott: Best '97. Blue Sharpie
Darold Knowles: Topps '71. Black Sharpie
Ron LeFlore: Topps '81. Blue rollerball
Andy McGaffigan: Topps '85. Black Sharpie, scripture reference
Omar Moreno: Donruss '82. Black Sharpie.
Bill Nahorodny: Fleer 81. Blue Sharpie
Tom Niedenfuer: Topps '87. Blue Sharpie
Jim Perry: Topps '65. Blue sharpie. Inscribed "1970 Cy Young"
Gary Peters: Topps '69. Blue Sharpie
Travis Phelps: Fleer '02. Blue Sharpie
Brian Reith: Reds action shot. Blue Sharpie
Bryan Rekar: Topps Gold '02. Black Sharpie
Jason Romano: Bowman;s Best '01. Blue Sharpie
Richie Scheinblum: Topps Rookie '68. Black Sharpie
Bob Stinson: Topps Rookie '72
Brian Stokes: Topps '09. Blue Sharpie
Anthony Telford: Fleer '92. Blue rollerball. Scripture reference
Doug Waechter: Topps Gold '04. Blue Sharpie
Mark Whiten: O-Pee-Chee Premier '92. Blue Sharpie
Jimy Williams: Topps Rookie '66. Blue Sharpie


Not a bad haul...

Wow, not bad indeed. I wish the Marlins would take a page out of the Rays' book...........by the way, do they announce ahead of time who is going to be there?