Here are all of the cards that I have signed from the Hawaii Winter League/Honolulu Sharks team set. My boy Matt
Wieters is also in the set, and was part of the reason that I bought it, but I don't know if I will get that one signed or not.
This is
Ryohei's only card that I am aware of, and his inclusion was the other reason why I bought the set. Teams in the Hawaiian Winter League are mainly made up of American and Asian players, and
Tanaka was a member of the Sharks on behalf of the Chiba Lotte Marines, his team in Japan's Pacific League. He just happened to be placed on the team with the Orioles prospects, with no way of knowing that they would be his future teammates. Pretty cool stuff.
It looks like
Ouellette also had the "honor" to wear the lei and the accompanying unsure look on his face for picture day.
I like Chad
Thall's card because it features the Shark's purple uniform. It's something different, and I guess that's why I like it. I'm not really sure.
Miggy Abreu's card isn't a different color, I just edited it incorrectly. He got a little wild with his autograph, as his M
leapt off the bottom edge of the card. I like to think that he was just excited to see this card and couldn't contain his autograph excitement. I'm probably wrong.
Brett
Bordes is the only member of the
O's organization in this set that is still with hi-A Frederick. Everyone else is in Bowie, Norfolk, or Baltimore.
I've shown this B-
Snyd card before, back when I was previewing the Minor League member's of the
O's 40-man roster, but here it is again. He signed this for me in Spring Training.
And I just posted this card last week, but I promised to display all my autographs from this set, so here it is again. Phillip
Britton was VERY excited to see this card and talked to me about it for a few minutes.
This is Ryohei's only card that I am aware of, and his inclusion was the other reason why I bought the set. Teams in the Hawaiian Winter League are mainly made up of American and Asian players, and Tanaka was a member of the Sharks on behalf of the Chiba Lotte Marines, his team in Japan's Pacific League. He just happened to be placed on the team with the Orioles prospects, with no way of knowing that they would be his future teammates. Pretty cool stuff.
It looks like Ouellette also had the "honor" to wear the lei and the accompanying unsure look on his face for picture day.
I like Chad Thall's card because it features the Shark's purple uniform. It's something different, and I guess that's why I like it. I'm not really sure.
Miggy Abreu's card isn't a different color, I just edited it incorrectly. He got a little wild with his autograph, as his M leapt off the bottom edge of the card. I like to think that he was just excited to see this card and couldn't contain his autograph excitement. I'm probably wrong.
Brett Bordes is the only member of the O's organization in this set that is still with hi-A Frederick. Everyone else is in Bowie, Norfolk, or Baltimore.
I've shown this B-Snyd card before, back when I was previewing the Minor League member's of the O's 40-man roster, but here it is again. He signed this for me in Spring Training.
And I just posted this card last week, but I promised to display all my autographs from this set, so here it is again. Phillip Britton was VERY excited to see this card and talked to me about it for a few minutes.
2 comments:
Those are really cool cards. How did you acquire them?
Thanks Zach, I bought the set on eBay two years ago. It was cheaper then because Wieters hadn't made it to the Majors yet, but you can still find them from time to time.
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