(The very random selection of autographs are scans of my 2011 O's autos that hadn't yet been on the blog)
Jeremy Accardo 1
Ryan Adams 2
Robert Andino 2
Matt Angle 0
Jake Arrieta 2
Josh Bell 2
Jason Berken
Zach Britton 4 (1 additional at minor rehab)
Blake Davis
Chris Davis (1 at minor rehab)
Willie Eyre 1
Pedro Florimon (3 at minors)
Jake Fox 4
Kevin Gregg 1
Vladimir Guerrero 3
Jeremy Guthrie 3
JJ Hardy 3
Mark Hendrickson 0
Kyle Hudson (1 at minors)
Tommy Hunter 1
Cesar Izturis 0
Jim Johnson 1
Adam Jones 3
Derrek Lee 2
Nick Markakis 0
Troy Patton 1
Felix Pie 0
Clay Rapada 1
Nolan Reimold 1
Jo-Jo Reyes 0
Mark Reynolds 2
Brian Roberts 1
Brandon Snyder 2
Pedro Strop 2
Craig Tatum 0
Chris Tillman 3
Koji Uehara 1
Rick Vanden Hurk 0
Matt Wieters 2
There are some things to keep in mind while looking at this list. For example, Izturis has been a great signer in past seasons, but was only with the team for a few weeks this year, so I had very few chances to get his autograph. The small sample size also applies for the late season call-ups, spot starters and others who only spent a few games on the roster.
However, here are a few observations I am comfortable making after tracking all of my successes for the season.
Nick Markakis and Craig Tatum are the worst signers on the team. They both spent the entire season with the O's and I never saw either sign a single card. Of course, they theoretically could have signed at every single game I did not attend, but based on their track records, I highly doubt it. It seemed as though Jo-Jo Reyes wasn't a huge fan of signing, but I had a smaller sample size to form that opinion.
The best signers seem to be Zach Britton and Jake Fox, who were consistent signers throughout the year. Jeremy Guthrie, JJ Hardy, Chris Jakubauskas, Adam Jones, and Chris Tillman were also good signers. From what I understand from talking to other graphers, I must have been at the only three games that Vlad signed at, so I'm hesitant to call him a good signer, but I will say the future hall-of-famer signed more than I thought he would.
If any of you would like me to give additional thoughts/opinions about the signing habits of the 2011 O's, leave a comment and I'll try to answer everything by tomorrow.
3 comments:
My main thought is "Why does Craig Tatum think he's too good to sign autographs?"
I got Vlad at my only OPACY game this year. Tatum signed for me in Atlanta outside the stadium. He was with his wife and family so maybe he didn't want to look bad in front of them. I also got Blake Davis outside the stadium in Atlanta.
Paul- I have no idea about Tatum, but he doesn't seem like the nicest guy.
Ryan- I think you might have it right with Tatum. Probably wanted to look good for this family.
Blake signed for me a few times in the minors, so maybe he signed at some games I didn't attend this year.
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