2013 National Photo Opportunity

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

As a grown man (who actively collects vintage autographs), I would never ask another man for his signature. I will take my kids to a game and help them try and get autographs of Mariners players, but thats it. Maybe its arrogant and prideful, but I feel its demeaning to me as a man to put myself at the mercy of another man and ask him for a signature. I would just feel like Oliver Twist with his bowl asking for "more".

Well-said, Rhys. I feel the same way, but never really understood it until reading your post - I simply have avoided asking for autographs. The one exception was Buddy Guy back in 1997, and even then I felt creepy about doing it. I was sitting near him in a dark, empty bar (his club) and first asked the bartender if it would be okay to ask him for his autograph. He said "sure". As I approached him, one of his band members walked up at the same time, both clearly able to see me, and with me standing right in front of him, they had a long conversation and completely ignored me. I should have walked away, but I hung around, got the autograph, not a word from Buddy Guy, and I never again asked another grown man for his autograph. Very demeaning experience. That said, he's still my favorite musician.