Which players made you work for the autograph?

kmac32 · #1 03-11-2015, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MacDice

Bill Buckner was a minor leave coach for a while. He would always rush through the ballpark to try and avoid signing. He would sign one per and would do so on the move. I handed him a ball one time and asked him to personalize it to my son, Billy. Without a second he deadpan asked me how to spell it and like an idiot I started spelling Billy to Bill Buckner. Classic

Bill Buckner was signing autographs left and right for the Fergie Jenkins foundation on Monday. Only thing requested but not required was a donation to the foundation. Believe to amout recommended was $20.00. You are righ that he was not very talkative.

RelicSports · #2 03-11-2015, 01:49 PM

I believe it was in 2000 I was at the Western Open trying to get Tiger Woods sig. I noticed in the previous year or two, after the 18th hole, he and about 10 police officers would cut through the ropes about 25 yard in front of the green (the typical player exit is right behind the hole) to avoid a massive rush and screams for his autograph...so that day, I recognized Tiger's girlfriend and a marshall sitting quietly in a cart approx. 75 yards away without anyone around. I decided to make my way to them and sit tight. Lo and behold, the crowd parted and Tiger and his cops made their way to his girlfriend/cart where he stopped long enough to sign for me . Mind you I was 19 at the time, but of course, he asked "what's your name son?" and inscribed the magazine to me with his signature...I figure it was meant to impress his then girlfriend. That was the only autograph he signed before he was off to wherever...

packs · #3 03-11-2015, 02:24 PM

Last spring training while I was at the Dodgers camp I inadvertently annoyed Adrian Gonzalez. He felt like I cut in on people or something and passed me up maybe 10 times while I followed him down the line. Finally he took my ball. But when he signed it he used a sharpie and signed the side panel.

Exhibitman · #4 03-11-2015, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by packs

Last spring training while I was at the Dodgers camp I inadvertently annoyed Adrian Gonzalez. He felt like I cut in on people or something and passed me up maybe 10 times while I followed him down the line. Finally he took my ball. But when he signed it he used a sharpie and signed the side panel.

Classic!

Who does he think he is, Willie Mays?

RTK · #5 03-23-2015, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kmac32

Bill Buckner was signing autographs left and right for the Fergie Jenkins foundation on Monday. Only thing requested but not required was a donation to the foundation. Believe to amout recommended was $20.00. You are righ that he was not very talkative.

I was their, got a ball signed and asked him to write his hit total on it. He seemed friendly. There wasn't much of a crowd at the time, he and Bob Dernier were talking, Dernier asked him why he wasn't in the Hall, a few other names came up. They mentioned stolen bases. I mentioned his time with the Cubs and how he was pretty much all the Cubs had at the time. He said they had a tough time scoring runs. He seemed like a pretty good guy, just on the quiet side.

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