National question

[cadets68]

Originally Posted by Gmrson

I don't know if I would call the VIP "Party" an event...last year you waited for some bad pizza and stood in a really long line for autographs. That was about it.

I am still unsure about this. It would save me an extra night of hotel costs to skip it.

Anybody else have some thoughts?

Shawn

[Jewish-collector]

I'm not going, but I believe there are some guys going to the Cubs game as a group on one or more of the days. I'm not sure of the details, but I saw that posted somewhere.

[peterose4hof]

Originally Posted by cadets68

I am still unsure about this. It would save me an extra night of hotel costs to skip it.

Anybody else have some thoughts?

Shawn

Unless you are an autograph collector specifically targeting the signers at the VIP Reception I would skip it. There isn't much going on and it's very crowded. FYI, the signers this year are Dwight Gooden, Neal Anderson, Dick Fosbury & Bob Beamon.

[Michael B]

Unfortunately the Chicago Bandits (women's pro fastpitch softball) are out of town. During the 2011 National I went to the Friday night game and saw Monica Abbott (2008 Olympian/Univ Tenn) pitch a perfect game. All in attendance got a free admission to the next nights game, which I skipped.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by peterose4hof

Unless you are an autograph collector specifically targeting the signers at the VIP Reception I would skip it. There isn't much going on and it's very crowded. FYI, the signers this year are Dwight Gooden, Neal Anderson, Dick Fosbury & Bob Beamon.

They are also signing on Thursday, I believe, also for free.