I think I'm about done

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by biohazard

True, but there is plenty of competition for the entertainment dollar and baseball is no longer king. Once the fan moves on it will will be difficult to get the fan back. So wait until attendance is down and then wonder why the fan left. If players take a few minutes out of each day and sign for kids, they likely make a fan for life. That fan will attend games throughout their lifetime. The sport that takes care of the fan, appreciates the fan and understands the fan will likely never have a problem with having enough fans to support the sport.

Baseball attendance is at an all-time high. With that said, I still hate Mike Heath for rudely rejecting my autograph request as a 10 year-old boy. My 40 year-old self still refuses to have any card of him in my collection.....even if needed for a set.

[Huck]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Baseball attendance is at an all-time high. With that said, I still hate Mike Heath for rudely rejecting my autograph request as a 10 year-old boy. My 40 year-old self still refuses to have any card of him in my collection.....even if needed for a set.

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[witster]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Baseball attendance is at an all-time high. With that said, I still hate Mike Heath for rudely rejecting my autograph request as a 10 year-old boy. My 40 year-old self still refuses to have any card of him in my collection.....even if needed for a set.

Well, you never know. I have a similar story.
I was at Petco around 10 years or so, ago. I tried to get Ryan Klesko to sign a ball, however he didn't want to use my pen. At the time, I thought it was a dickish move, but I wasn't going to use a crappy pen he had from someone else. His autograph wasn't going to make or break my collection anyways.

So, fast forward to a few weeks ago. I'm in Atlanta catching the Mets series, because its the final season for Turner Field. Its still a nice stadium, though the neighborhood/parking seemed to be the major issue towards moving to a new stadium.

Anyways, on Sundays, they have Alumni Sundays with former Braves signing autographs before game. Lo and behold, Ryan Klesko is one of the signees. He ends up using MY pen (same type to what he didn't prefer to use years ago).
Dude was really cool and he engaged in conversation with everyone.

Now I'm not saying hold your breath, but you never know.... Witster