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| Tom Wilhelmsen |
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| Jeff Bannister |
I’m sure most ball teams do a barnstorming publicity blitz just
before Spring Training. The team sends a few players to local towns to make appearances.
The players sign a few autographs and generate
interest in the upcoming season. After a
long hard 3 months without any worthwhile sports to watch, fans get
excited. The team is able to convert that
interest into season tickets sales.
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| Steve Buechele |
For a rather lazy baseball fan like me, this is a great way
to gather some autographs. It’s even
better when the Texas Rangers send 7 people to the Dr Pepper Park in Frisco. Frisco is my home town. I can drive to the event in 5 minutes.
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| Robinson Chirinos |
The crowds were light this year. I got to the event too early but decided to
hang out in my car and relax for almost an hour. The
weather was great. Being January, you never know what the weather will be like.
We were queued in the sun and the wind
was mild. It was a good morning.
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| Sam Freeman |
Once the event started things were smooth. They had three signing stations. Over the
next 90 minutes or so I worked my way through the 3 stations and picked up 7 signatures.
Tom Wilhelmsen commented on my UofA shirt. I found out he comes
from Tucson.
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| Alex 'Chi Chi' Gonzalez |
When I commented on Jeff Bannisters’ MLB batting average, he
gave a wry smirk. He has a 1.000 batting average. Something to be proud of,
even it’s a dubious stat. He only has 1 plate appearance but he made something out
of that; more than I’ll ever do.
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| Keone Kela |
Robinson Chirinos
Alex ‘Chi Chi’ Gonzalez
Sam Freeman
Keone Kela
I nice haul of autographs.
AH
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