Spring Training Autograph Success: Cleveland Indians

I decided to give the Indians another try since I wasn't very prepared last week. We spent a couple of hours at their practice this morning and got some great autographs. My son brought his ball from last week and added a few players. he got Terry Francona, Kenny Lofton, Jason Giambi, and Carlos Santana. Here are the other autographs that we got besides those on the team ball.

First up, Mr. Kenny Lofton. I got him on an OMLB and my other son got him on a card!

Next up, Mark Reynolds!

Terry Francona as a player!

This Carlos Santana didn't turn out very well. 

Last, but not least...Jason Kipnis!

Spring Training Autograph Success: Arizona Diamondbacks

Visited the Arizona Diamondbacks practice fields for the first time today. I live in Goodyear, AZ and the D-Backs Spring Training facility is in Scottsdale, AZ so it was a good 45 minute drive, but it was well worth it! We watched the D-Backs practice for about two hours. There was only a few other people there and only really one other person trying to get autographs. I was really confused until the players all left and we headed over to another area that was full of fans trying to get autographs. Since there was only a few people at the actual practice we did really well. My boys ended up getting 5 baseballs, 2 used but decent ones that they got autographs on (from Coach Glenn Sherlock) and 3 from the Grounds Crew that were pretty dirty. My boys got autographs from Cody Ross, Miguel Montero, Wil Nieves, Adam Eaton, Martin Prado, Paul Goldschmidt, and Tony Campana. Brad Snyder gave them his batting gloves and we got him to sign them after practice. I got Kirk Gibson to sign a card and all three of us got Ian Kennedy to sign a 2013 Topps card. I also got a Goldschmidt card signed, but I must not have prepared it well and the sharpie didn't take. Oh well!

In the video I said it was Ryan Snyder, but it's actually Brad Snyder that gave my sons the batting gloves.

One thing I didn't show in the video is a ball that my oldest son had signed by Miguel Montero. Montero had thrown the ball up to us last season after he was done warming up in the outfield before a game on July 5, 2012 against the Dodgers.

Spring Training Autograph Success: Cincinnati Reds

Took my two oldest boys to the Cincinnati Reds Spring Training practice facility today and got some great autographs! Check out the video or the scans below!

Spring Training Autograph Success: Cleveland Indians

My son and I went to the Indians Spring Training facility on Saturday. He got a few autographs on a ball and I got a card and a ticket signed. You can watch the video to see the ball. The card and ticket are below. 

Trade with iCollectBallCards

Martyn, of the blog iCollectBallCards, and I completed a trade recently. He sent me a few Topps Diamondbacks cards I needed and a few extras for a couple of Kimball mini cards he needed. Thanks for the trade Martyn!

4 cards for 2010 Topps Update that complete my Diamondbacks Team Set!

Here are some of the extras!

Trade with the Daily Dimwit

As far as I know, Brandon Webb did not have a single baseball card in 2011 or 2012, so when I saw that he had a card in 2013 Topps I was thrilled! I started watching them on eBay, but figured that someone in the blogosphere would pull one and be looking to trade it. I was right, and The Daily Dimwit was that person.

We worked out a trade and I know have a 2013 Topps Cy Young Award Winner manufactured relic card of Brandon Webb! Thanks Samuel!

Samuel also threw in some 2012 Bowman and Bowman Chrome! Thank you sir!

Martin Prado Autograph from Joe of Hello Victory!

Joe, of the blog Hello Victory!, hooked me up once again! He noticed from my post about Diamondbacks Fan Fest that I didn't get a team issued photo signed by Martin Prado. I thought it was because he was so new that he didn't have one, but Joe said that he had gotten him on the photo and that he had an extra for me. Thanks Joe!

I'm trying to figure out a cool way to display these! Joe and I were discussing it and we think that these will be available throughout the year, so I have a few more I want to try and get, but I think they'd look great all framed as a collage.