Random Saturday Autograph- Howie Clark

Waaaaay back in May 2009, I showed off a Howie Clark Royal Rookies autograph that was in my collection at that time. It was a pretty ugly card (ask Troll what he thinks about Royal Rookies), and not an Orioles card, so I was happy to upgrade to this autographed card sometime since then.

Howie was drafted by the O's in the 27th round of the 1992 draft and spent ten seasons in their minor league system before he made his MLB debut in 2002. He appeared in 14 games for the O's that season, before spending the parts of the next two seasons with the Blue Jays. He came back to Baltimore for 7 games in 2006 and made a few appearances for the Blue Jays and Twins in 2007 & '08, but he was more of a minor league veteran. For his career he played 1561 minor league games and only 134 in the Bigs. He was named in the Mitchell Report as a PED user, and it seems like that might have been the only way he was able to crack an MLB roster at all.

Rolling on the C's

I have some pictures and autographs from last night's O's-Twins game and alumni autograph signing but haven't scanned them yet. Hopefully I will get to that later tonight.

Without further ado, here are some more of the "C" Orioles' autos that I have:

Raul Chavez 2006

I got this card signed this past Spring Training when Raul was in the Blue Jays camp.
I think I was the only person who knew who he was and was happy to have had this card with me, since it is his only Orioles card, too bad the black sharpie blended in to the black background.

Bruce Chen 04-06

I bought this card on Ebay but have a funny story about Bruce.
I remember O's Fanfest ('05 I think) and Bruce was standing in the convention center lobby, looking lost. It was hilarious, as hundreds of fans were standing in long lines to get player autographs while one of the players was right next to them, totally out in the open. He was a very nice guy and signed for a bunch of fans once we figured out who he was.

Howie Clark 2002, 2006

Ivanon Coffie 2000

Jeff Conine 1999-2003, 2006

"Niner" was always one of my favorite players every year that he was on the team.
He had a dry sense of humor and seemed to be well-liked by teammates.
Definitely an O's HOFer in my book.