TODAY, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED THE ORIOLES ANNUAL FANFEST HELD IN DECEMBER! THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS BOOKED THROUGH JANUARY, HENCE WHY THE FANFEST WAS HELD TODAY! AN ESTIMATED 11,500 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE ANNUAL FANFEST! NO CHRIS DAVIS, STEVE PEARCE, DARREN O'DAY, MARK TRUMBO,ZACH BRITTON, AND MANNY MACHADO IN ATTENDANCE! NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS DID NOT DAMPEN THE BIG TURNOUT! THE ORIOLES GAVE AWAY VARIOUS PROMOTIONAL ITEMS FROM LAST SEASON! THE AUTOGRAPHING WAS "SO-SO"! CONSIDERING THIS IS FANFEST, THE PLAYER'S ACCESS IS LIMITED BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ACCOMPANY THE ORIOLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY! BELOW IS WHO I SECURED FROM THE ORIOLES!
ABOVE ARE FANFEST TICKETS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
MELVIN MORA, INSCRIBED WITH HIS YEARS AS A ORIOLE FROM 2000-2010; A ORIOLE HALL OF FAMER; HE WAS STANDING BY THE PLAYZONE AS HIS CHILDREN WERE HAVING FUN PLAYING! HIS FATHER TOOK A PICTURE FOR ME; BOTH WERE "SUPER NICE" AND MELVIN WAS IN NO HURRY TO LEAVE THE FEST!!
JIM HENNEMAN, THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK: BALTIMORE ORIOLES 60 YEARS; HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE CONVENTION AND I NABBED A PHOTO & AUTOGRAPH
ABOVE IS ORIOLE BATTING HELMET SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING ORIOLES:
DAN DUQUETTE
JOE GUNKEL
CHRIS LEE
ALEX MURPHY
CHANCE SISCO
VANCE WORLEY
SOME SLOPPY AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE ORIOLES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DAN'S SIGNATURE!
ABOVE A BASEBALL CARDS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING ORIOLES:
KEVIN GAUSMAN (KEVIN SAID THAT MY CARD WAS A THROW BACK, HE SAID HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD IN THAT PICTURE)
HENRY URRUTIA (HENRY'S ROOKIE CARD)
BRAD BRACH ( BRAD'S ROOKIE CARD FROM HIS DAYS IN SAN DIEGO)
ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS GIVEN AWAY FROM LAST YEAR'S PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAYS:
STEVE PEARCE BOBBLEHEAD
A BLACK ORIOLE CAMO HAT
EL MARIACHI MIGUEL GONZALEZ T-SHIRT
JJ HARD T-SHIRT
A FATHEAD SCHEDULE FOR 2016 ALONG WITH SOME OTHER O'S STICKERS
ABOVE ARE ORIOLE PHOTO CARDS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING ORIOLES! MY DAUGHTER WENT THROUGH THE KID'S AUTOGRAPH STATION TO SECURE A LOT OF THE ORIOLE PLAYERS:
DARIEL ALVAREZ
JASON GARCIA
ALEX MURPHY
CALEB JOSEPH
ANDREW TRIGGS
JOE GUNKEL
MIKE YASTRZEMSKI
CHRIS LEE
KEVIN GAUSMAN
LARRY BIGBIE ( I HAD HIM INSCRIBE 2006 WORLD SERIES FROM ST. LOUIS CARDINALS)
HENRY URRUTIA
ABOVE IS A PICTURE WITH ORIOLE HOF MELVIN MORA AND MY DAUGHTER & I! SUPER NICE AND VERY APPROACHABLE! HIS FAMILY WAS PLAYING IN THE PLAYZONE! KUDOS TO HIS DAD FOR TAKING THE PICTURE!
A SIGNING STATION WITH KEVIN GAUSMAN, HENRY URRUTIA, AND LARRY BIGBIE!
ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH MLB HOF JIM PALMER AND THE CREW! I PASSED HIM IN THE CENTER AND ASKED FOR A SELFIE & JIM OBLIGED! MY 2ND PICTURE THIS YEAR WITH AN ORIOLE MLB HALL OF FAMER!
ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH AUTHOR JIM HENNEMAN. HE AUTHORED THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES AT 60! A FINE READ FOR ANY ORIOLE FAN!
ORIOLE P KEVIN GAUSMAN AT THE SIGNING STATION
NEW ORIOLE P VANCE WORLEY SIGNING FOR THE FANS!
A PICTURE WITH CURRENT ORIOLE BROADCASTER/FORMER SS MIKE BORDICK AND I!
ORIOLE P BRAD BRACH SIGNING FOR THE FANS!
JIM HENNEMAN'S 1984 ALL STAR RING! HE WAS THE OFFICIAL SCORER OF THE GAME!
A PICTURE WITH MIKE BORDICK AND MY DAUGHTER & I!
Hi Todd,
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you had a good time at Fanfest this year. I'm looking for postcards, autographed or unautographed does not matter for Chris Lee, Alvarez, and Gunkel. I'm willing to purchase at $10 each or have many autographed I'm willing to trade, like Tillman,2011 Markakis and Hardy and Weiters, also Brad Brach and many Alumni cards like Nordbrook, Hoiles, Orsulak, Blair, Sheets, Stewart, T. Martinez, Dempsey, Stefero and Palmer to name a few. Willing to trade two signed for any one of the above signed or unsigned. If interested, please contact me at jbsmedley@comcast.net
Regards,
Jim