First Block Party of the Year

If you're unlucky enough to not be going to the Dells this weekend, you could go and meet the following:

Dave Bush
Bill Castro
Mark DiFelice
J.J. Hardy
Corey Hart
Yovani Gallardo
Stan Kyles
Casey McGehee
Jody Gerut
Carlos Villanueva

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Everyone make Dave Bush sign lots of autographs!

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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2009 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh-Em-Gee! Jody Gerut!

by Mykenk on Jun 24, 2009 8:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."

by Hyatt on Jun 25, 2009 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ohmygod

They killed Manny!

:) + Suppan = :'(

by NoahJ on Jun 25, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Has anyone been to one of these before?

I’ve got tickets to the Dodgers game on July 11th and my sister lives a short distance from the park where one of these is gonna be held on that day. How many autographs can one reasonably expect to get? Lately, I’ve been on kind of an autograph kick. This last weekend my girlfriend and I went up to the Twin Cities to visit her family and I got a Joe Mauer signed jersey.

Blow Cubs Blow! Blow Cubs Blow! Hey Milwaukee, what do you say? The Cubs are going to lose today.

by RahRahBullCrap on Jun 24, 2009 9:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Went to one each time last year.

Reasonably, if you aren’t looking for star players (Hardy/Hart/Fielder/Braun) you can get between 2 – 5. Depends on how fast the lines move. LAst year when they split the group, I was able to get 6 Autos at one signing. One word of advice, if you want to gaurentee an auto from a player. Get there at least 2 hours before it. If you are looking for a Hardy, probably get there no later then 7.

I tried to get Brauns auto, got there 3 hours ahead of time and the line was already 250 people long. So get there early… also Villy has probably the coolest sig on the team!

by SgtClueLs on Jun 24, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, about Braun

You probably want to get there three hours early.

In case anyone doesn’t know what happened to us last year… We were probably ten minutes or so away from ~~kidnapping~~ getting Braun’s autograph when the players had to leave. It sucked.

"If lovin’ Braun is wrong, I want to be a repeat offender!"

RIP Nick Adenhart - Stop Drunk Driving

by kirbir on Jun 24, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel for you.

I almost had that happen with Mauer. I was in line at 10am and he started signing at 1230pm. He signed until 2pm and I got to him at 158pm exactly. I was so lucky.

Blow Cubs Blow! Blow Cubs Blow! Hey Milwaukee, what do you say? The Cubs are going to lose today.

by RahRahBullCrap on Jun 24, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and they'll sign whatever you bring, right?

I’ve heard Braun won’t sign the sweet spot on a baseball. IDK if that’s true or not, though.

I’m gonna try to get my talking bobblehead signed if he comes to any of the future block parties.

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Jun 24, 2009 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'll bet he'd "sign" Kirbir's sweet spot

by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 24, 2009 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I went to one

I don’t really care about autographs and I’m sure as hell not going to stand in a line for a long time to get one. The good part of the thing was having the ballplayers sitting there answering questions. The moderator didn’t do a very good job, but that might have just been that time.

by ol Pete on Jun 24, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Coffey

Coffey will be signing at the Falls Sentry between 11am – noon Friday 6/26. Guess I’ll be taking a long lunch.

by SgtClueLs on Jun 25, 2009 9:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

is that

an appearance or just Coffey getting his eat on?

"He had some firsts," said Brewers manager Ken Macha. "His first homer, his first Major League start, his first error and my first gray hair."

by molitorfan on Jun 26, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He waited outside...

and sprinted a mile down Appleton Avenue, through the automatic doors, and went into beast mode. Actually, he was very nice and a cool guy.

by Bush League All Star on Jun 27, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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