Rangers Winter Caravan Frisco, TX 2015

Even with this being in my backyard, I think it’s been a year or so since I’ve gone. This year the crowd was smaller (it’s been a couple of years since their World Series run) and I was able to cycle through each of the signing lines and get everyone I wanted. In the past, getting through 1 line of the 3 signing lines was all I could do by myself. This year, it looked like I could have gone through a second or third time.

I got in line a few hours early.  I must admit, I drove past the location a few hours earlier and saw 2 people in line. I decided to be productive with my morning and run some errors. Yeah me.

I did get back to the event about 2 hours early. About 30 people were in front of me. It was cold and windy. I brought my heavy jacket and book and I read. I’ve been rereading Dune (this is one of my Desert Island books – if stranded – I want this book with me.  And don’t tell me you like the movie.) and I knocked off about 50 pages. It’s nice to get some quality reading done.

I was able to pick up:

Tanner Scheppers

Shawn Tolleson

Robinson Chirinos

Derek Holland

Matt Harrison

Once the signing started, I was in and out within 30 minutes.  Very nice. Again, I was  able to come home and enjoy a Saturday afternoon.

AH

Rangers’ Winter carnival stop Frisco 2013

So far this year, work and autograph collecting have been at odds.
I missed on Bernadette Peters because I was too tired from work (okay, I was too lazy) to hustle over to Ft Worth.

Friday I couldn’t leave early so I missed on Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Again to be truthful, very few collectors got him at the movie premiere of Last Standing.  It was slightly chaotic. I’m happy/jealous of the few that were successful.

Saturday was schlepping cats to the vets so I missed the ‘prime time’ of the Rangers Fanfest.
Sunday I finally got some quality time with my hobby. The Ranger Carnival had a stop in Frisco just a few miles from the home.  To top that off, I didn’t need to roll out of bed at 0’ dark 30 to get in line.

And the cherry on top was I got to hang out with an old college friend for a few hours and catch up with him and the family.



Nothing is as nice as an organized event.  This event at Academy Sporting Goods was organized. We stood in line for 2 hours and then given our wristbands. In this case the wristband was a numbered slip of paper. We were told we could leave and rejoin the line at the same place.


So we did. We left and ate and came back.  No one really squawked as we found our place.  I gave my friend an extra baseball and quickly made our way to the front of the line.
All three players were friendly and signed.  They knew the routine; they knew what pens or sharpies to use. They didn’t ask about sweet spots. They signed and smiled. And smiled and signed.

After I got my Robbie Ross, Joakim Soria, and Matt Harrison autographs, I was able to leave the line and get some photos. The store and the Rangers had this event running smoothly.


My friend got all three players to sign the one ball. This isn’t really his thing but he was kind enough to hang out with me.  He thought this was interesting enough to try to attend the signing event at the RoughRider ballpark k in Frisco, next weekend.

It’s always good to spend some time with friends and to have the chance to share a hobby with them.

AH