Last Friday, as a somewhat last minute decision, Kalina and I went to a Keys game, only our third of the season. We are both a little disappointed in that number and have resolved to make it to at least two more games this season.
It was a team set giveaway night and with the addition of the team set's they are selling and the assorted Keys' player cards I already had, it was destined to be a big night for autographs. And I was not let down; due to the large amount of autos I was able to get, I am splitting them into two posts.
While I am a big fan of Ryan Adam's Bowman Heritage card there on the right, I was not a fan of his defense in this game. He committed 2 errors in one inning on back-to-back chances.
Matt shows off the 2009 team set card on the left and the 2009 team set giveaway card on the right.
Pedro Beato was nice enough to take a picture with me and signed multiple cards too. I'm hoping that one day he will live up to his supplemental first round draft selection in 2006 I believe. He has been in Frederick for at least the past 2 seasons.
Kraig's signature is kind of all over the place isn't it?
Brett was shipped to Delmarva a few days after we saw him pitch in Frederick. When he came in I said to Kalina "this guy pitches like Ryan Rodriguez." That doesn't bode well for Brett.
Zach is a pretty highly regarded prospect that I have yet to see pitch.
Dave Cash signed for me once again. Last time he
did that, he had the game winning hit. This time, he did not play.
Not much to say about Wally.
Last time I saw Pat, he was in Bowie. He is extremely tall (listed at 6'8'').
Joe signed for me after the game, which was nice.
Ped-Flo! I think he has the same walkup song as Melmo too.
Sean Gleason is another guy who I last saw in Bowie. These are from the Bowie team set that he hadn't yet seen so he took the time to turn it over and check his stats on the back, which he says were wrong. I offered one of these to him but he had already signed them and said he would get one from someone else.
Caleb Joseph is a really good catching prospect who might be blocked by Wieters one day but seems like a really cool guy. Oh, and he also has a
blog about his experiences in baseball. It's very readable and has some cool insights that most fans wouldn't know about.
Billy caught Friday's game and seemed to work pretty well with Rick Zagone.
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.
