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Happy Birthday to me
5/3
Rach and I
What a great day! I decided to make this game my birthday celebration.
Mom, Dad and I
It was an OK day for autographs. I got Johnny Herrera on a card and that was it. The wall has not been great at all this season. After graphs we headed to the top and sat in a big group.
Herrera
In attendance was my rents, sister and fiancé, Rach, EB, Jared, Rox Addict, Kevin, Mariano, and Kristen. It as a big group but we always have fun together.
This was Arenado’s first home game which was awesome to watch!
On the mound for the Rockies was Jeff Francis and on the mound for the Rays Matt Moore.
The Rockies were on the board first with a homerun by Michael Cuddyer! (Helps me in fantasy points) Rockies up 0-2. Rutledge then homered in the 2nd giving the Rockies a 0-3 lead.
In the top of the third the Rays stung by scoring 2, a double by Ryan Robert and then a double by Ben Zobrist. 2-3 Rockies still on top.
The 4th inning was quiet for both teams but in the 5th the Rays went ahead by a 2 run homerun. In the bottom of the 5th Nolan Arenado doubled which scored Rosario tying the game up at 4.
Ottavino came in to pitch the 6th and the 7th which he went 1-2-3 each inning but so did the Rockies each inning. The Rays threatened in the 8th but didn’t score, same with the Rockies.
In the top of the 10th the Rays scored on a single by Evan Longoria and then a homerun by Kelly Johnson. 7-4 Tampa Bay.
I wish I was writing a happy ending but the Rockies didn’t score any in the bottom of the 10th .
Rockies ended up falling to the Rays in-game 1 7-4.
After the game we stood outside and got photos done. Thanks to Brooklyn, Lachemann, and Weinstein for stopping to sign and to Ryan Roberts from the Rays. It was very cold but worth it but would have been even better if the Rockies would have won!
This is all that happened from this game!
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See you around Coors for the Yankees!
Rox Fall to Yanks
5/8
This was game 2 against the Yankees but I thought it was a game that was going to be delayed. It was not though. I showed up early with my dad to find that they were not doing any BP due to the rain. So what did I do? I tried to stay dry as much as I could until the gates opened and we were able to work the Yankees wall. The two goals during this homestand were Mariano Rivera and Joe Girardi, neither that I was able to get thus far. So once the gates opened Kevin from Rocknation, EB, Rachael, Rox Addict and myself all headed down to the Yankees wall and waited while to poured to see if we could get anything… We didn’t get ANYTHING again! Rivera did sign like 3 but then was told that he needed to go in. So we didn’t get him yet again.
Tarp coming off field!
NELLY!
The reason we found out later is that Mariano Rivera had to run in and get changed because they were honoring him with the check that was made out to his foundation.
After waiting in the rain my dad and I headed over to our front row seats in Right Field… Yep that is right FRONT ROW. I have never been lucky sitting in these seats we have never had the chance to get a homerun ball. So I knew that the likely hood of getting a homerun was very very very low!
On the Mound tonight for the Rockies was Juan Nicasio and on the Mound for the Yankees was David Phelps. Nicasio looked good in the beginning but has had a rough time this year. It doesn’t seem he has control of his pitches which has destroyed him this year.
The Yankees ended up getting on the board in the 1st inning with a 2-run homerun by Vernon Wells to left field. The Rockies in the 1st went 1-2-3 while The Yankees did 1-2-3 in the top of the second.
However in the bottom of the 2nd the Rockies were able to get tie up the game with a 2-run homerun by Todd Helton to right field…. Yes I said Right Field, where I was sitting front row, no the ball was 3 sections to my right and not even close to where I was at… AGAIN!
The rest of the game was rather boring and no one scored while we were there.
ALSO A QUICK CONGRATS TO NELLY WHO GOT HIS FIRST HIT WITH THE YANKEES, IT WAS A TRIPLE TO CENTER!
My dad works at 530 in the morning which means he wakes up anywhere between 4-445 am so when we go together we usually leave early. If you know me I NEVER leave early but it was cold, I wasn’t prepared with clothing, and dad had to work the next day so we left.
I heard the rest of the game from the nice warm car and heard about the blown call at 1 which essentially cost the Rockies the game, thanks Phil Cuzzi!
The Yankees ended up taking game 2 of the series 3-2.
I did not go to the Yankees game on Thursday but if you want to know about the game make sure you head over to Rox Addicts page http://roxaddict.mlblogs.com and check out his post.
Also want to give another shout out to D the Rockpile Ranter for mentioning me in his post, we really are the Trifecta that’ll Reck Ya, but why aren’t we ALL in the top 50? One day hopefully soon I will be up there!
This is where I shall leave it! I will be posting about the Sky Sox game before the next Rockies game so keep an eye out for that!
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See you at Coors against the Giants!
Bronx Bombers meet the Blake Street Bullies
5/7
This was the first time that I have ever seen the Yankees player which was exciting but as an autograph seeker you knew that the wall and BP was going to be HORRIBLE! Rox Addict, Rockpile Ranter and myself all chilled in the Rockpile line till gates opened at 4:30.
I got in and headed down to BP where Juan Nicasio threw me a ball. I had a play on three balls but they were all over my head. Rox Addict on the other hand had 2 nice snags, receiving his first BP homeruns of the year.
Rox Addict with his first snag while doing a running man!
At 5 I decided to head over to the Yankees side to see who I could get. The wall was CRAZY packed and wish I would have stayed where I was at. I went over toward the dugout and third base to try to get Nelly’s attention and sure enough he saw my neon green sign and thought it was the coolest thing! The Broncos showed up and my goal was to get them on a baseball but no one signed.
Joe Girardi and Peyton Manning talking
After a call from EB I headed over to the Yankees wall because Mariano Rivera was signing. I didn’t get him which really upset me but knew that I had Saturday to get him. So after h went in I went over to my seats and sat and enjoyed the game. No graphs on the wall today.
The Legend Mariano Rivera signing autographs
On the mound for the Colorado Rockies was Jorge De La Rosa and on the mound for the New York Yankees was Hiroki Kuroda.
De La Rosa
Ichiro batting
Yankees threatened in the first inning but Jorge got out of it with no runs scored. Rockies ended up going 1-2-3 in the first after Rutledge was picked off of 1st base. Yankees went 1-2-3 again in the 2nd but so did the Rockies. In the third the Yankees threaten again but Jorge was able to get out of it again leaving Ichiro stranded at third. In the bottom of the third the Rockies have 5 batters get to the plate but no one scored again. 0-0 headed to the fourth.
Nelly hopping out of the way
Todd at bat
Both teams were silent in the fourth inning along with the fifth. In the top of the sixth the Yankees went 1-2-3 and in the bottom of the sixth the Rockies FINALLY got onto the board with a 2 out 2 run homerun by Carlos Gonzalez. Rutledge was on base so he scored too. 0-2 Rockies on top.
Cargo homerun swing
Trot around the bases
Scoring
Celebration
Matt Belisle came in to replace De La Rosa in the 7th which he then pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Neither the Rockies nor the Yankees scored the rest of the game which was awesome. Rockies end up throwing a shutout against the Yankees 0-2.
After the game we thought we would try to get Joe Girardi along with Chris Nelson and any other Yankees that might walk out. There was no luck. We did get Nelly as he was walking out which was somewhat closure because when they left out of town then we were fighting then he got traded, so it was awesome to see him and say goodbye. Thanks Nelly for everything.
This was it for game one against the Yankees. Keep an eye out for game two.
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Rays Get Blasted by a Rookies Granny
5/4
WHAT A GAME! I met up with Rox Addict and his mom Fran and headed down to the stadium with them. We showed up about 330 and waited outside Rockpile Gate. Gates opened and we headed in. We did BP for a little and also watched the Kentucky Derby… This was DANGEROUS! It was awesome watching on the screen but batting practice was still happening so it was look at the screen… look at the field… screen…. Field…. You get the idea!
Watching the Derby
Did not end up getting any balls which was a bust again so I headed around to the Rockies wall to stand and wait and see what I could get. No one signed…yet again!
Jared counting his All-Star Ballots
After I headed up to my seat to enjoy the game. We had a big group again consisting of Tanya, Josh, Rox Addict, Fran, Kevin, Tonja, Mariano, Michelle, Kristin, and Jared.
Baby Bull warming up
On the mound for the Rockies was Jon Garland and for the Rays the 2012 Cy Young David Price.
Rockies were first to get on the board by a single by Tulo, which scored EY.
The 2nd was quiet for each team but the Rays came back in the 3rd and scored by a double by James Loney and then a single right after by Kelly Johnson. 2-1 Rays.
Tulo with a double
Tulo was able to produce a double in the 3rd which scored EY again. Tied at 3.
Garland and Price pitched really well during the 4th-5th innings, neither of them giving up any runs.
Cargo decided to go long in the 5th to put the Rockies up 3-4.
Cargo scoring after his homerun
In the 6th Escolona replaced Garland and went 1-2-3. The Rockies went 1-2-3 also in the 6th. In the 7th the Rays had a runner on base but could not get him home. Score headed into the bottom of the 7th 3-4 Rockies.
This was a great inning for the Rockies! Cuddy got a single which scored Cargo. 3-5 Rockies.
Pitch 1
Here is the GS swing but its blurry 
With Tulo at 3rd, Cuddy at 2nd, and Rosario at 1st, Arenado came up with a purpose. He was close to hitting his previous 2 out but it was his chance to shine. On a 1-1 count he hit a ball to left-center field for his first Grand Slam. I don’t think I had seen Coors Field go that crazy in a while!
http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2013/05/05/mlbtv_26853749_1200K.mp4
This put us up 3-9. No one else scored which was good! Rockies take this one 9-3 over the Rays.
I didn’t go to Sunday’s game but they ended up losing 8-3, the Rays take the series.
On the other hand let’s leave this one on a positive note!
me, Tanya, Josh
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Bobblehead 1, Rockies Pen is Undone
Ottavino and Outman warming up
4/21/13
Sunday is always a fun day especially when you hang out with my group of friends. It was an early morning at the field to celebrate Rachel’s birthday!
Rachel, Wil, and I
While waiting for the gates we saw Wil Nieves walking in and Rachel and I decided we wanted a picture.
Bobblehead Sunday
We knew gates were going to be busy because it was a bobblehead giveaway. I love this day but hate it! I love the fact that we can get people in the gates and that people want to be there but I hate that there are that many people there for autographs. Half of those people bring nothing to get signed but whatever.
Jerry doing a Running Man!
It was packed for autographs!
We got in and got our bobbleheads and headed down to the wall for autograph Sunday. 4 players autographing were Jon Garland, Reid Brignac, Rex Brothers, and Adam Ottavino. As we got down to the lines we didn’t know who was signing where but you picked a line until they brought them out and decided who was signing where. I really wanted Reid Brignac and so I thought if I tried the second line that I might get lucky and I did! Thankfully Reid was the only one out of the 4 that I needed on my helmet, so after getting Reid I headed up to Ottavino’s line to get my throwback jersey signed.
I was only about 30 up but didn’t end up getting through his line but yelled at him and he waited and called me down and signed the jersey. Thanks Brooklyn!
Herrera signing
After getting him I hung out on the wall until the Rockies came out to warm up. We did get Johnny Herrera (I got him on my helmet) then we sat in the sun and enjoyed the game.
On the mound for the Rockies was Juan Nicasio and on the mound for the Diamondbacks was Brandon McCarthy. The Rockies got on the board in the 3rd inning by a single by Jordan Pacheco, single by Carlos Gonzalez. Rockies up 0-3.
Herrera batting
Both teams went 3 up 3 down in the 4th and Arizona finally got on the board in the 5th inning. Colorado on top 2-3. The Rockies added to their lead though in the bottom of the 6th inning by a solo shot by Tulo to center field.
Tulo solo shot!
Brooklyn batting!
The pitching was very good, Belisle let up 1 run in the 8th making it 3-4 Rockies still leading. The 9th was sketchy though once the Rockies put Wilton Lopez in 9th which he gave up a single to Marte, Pollock scores from 3rd, 4-4 Rockies. Next batter was Gerardo Parra who hit a sac fly and gave Arizona another run, which pushed them ahead of the Rockies 5-4.
Brooklyn!
Outman pitching
Rockies came up in the 9th but didn’t do anything special and lost the game.
This was the first home game that they had lost and very happy to get it out-of-the-way! It would have been even better if they would have won and swept again but maybe next series!
After the game we headed outside and got Nelly to sign his locker tag, Ottavino to sign his locker tag and he signed my Brooklyn jersey! Then we head around to the other side and waited to see if we could get anything and sure enough CARGO stopped and signed photos along with my helmet! It was amazing! JP also stopped which was awesome because I got the rest of his cards done! I would say that it was a very successful day!
I only need 6 more players that are here in the majors and then the rest should be taken care of down in the springs! The helmet is coming out great and I hope that I can get it done before June!
All of with our signed Cargo stuff!
This is where this one ends! Rockies takes the series 2-1.
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Also please keep an eye out for the Braves series!
At a Mile High, the Diamondbacks Can’t Complete the Comeback
4/20/13
Game 6 of this 10 game home stand and game number 2 between the Rockies and the Dbacks.
I showed up early with the rents to go to BP and to get the poster that they handed out. It was nice that they had the posters already rolled and in a plastic bag! One of the few convenient items they have ever given out!
We headed down to BP and I was SOOO close to 2 baseballs but was scared at the last second and didn’t catch them… I need practice when it comes to baseballs coming at me! My dad ended up getting a roller which was beat up!
In the middle of BP I decided that I wanted to head over to the game used store and pick up my Adam Ottavino throwback and Chris Nelson nameplate. Once I paid for those I headed over to the Rockies wall and met up with Jamie, Rachael, and Michelle to see if we could get any autographs!
Rachael and I
Jamie and I
Wouldn’t you know it… we didn’t get anything again! Man this is like three days shut out and didn’t get ANYTHING! Frustrating but have to remember that the season is still very early!
Once they went in we went up to our seats underneath club because we did not want to get rained on (if it rained of course.) We decided that we did like these seats because they were a little further up which was nice for photos.
On the mound for the Rockies was Jorge De La Rosa and on the mound for the Diamondbacks was Trevor Cahill. Colorado was the first to get on the board in the bottom of the second when Reid Brignac singled on a line drive to right and Josh Rutledge scored by a throwing error by catcher Wil Nieves, 0-1 Colorado.
In the 3rd inning EY came up and tripled to lead off and Dex was the next batter who walked. Cargo was next to hit, he grounded out but Dex stole second during his at bat and ended up at 3rd when Cargo grounded out. Tulo ended up hitting a sac fly which scored Dex, 0-3 Colorado. De La Rosa pitched 6 innings with no runs scored and was pulled in the 7th inning. To add to the Rockies lead Cuddy came up in the 6th inning and CRUSHED a homer to Left Field!
Cuddy Homerun
It would be the last run Colorado would get but not the last runs in the game.
Ross after getting thrown out
This was the first game this season that I saw someone get ejected! In the middle of the 7th inning Cody Ross was about to attack the Homeplate umpire and was ejected then Gibson went out to argue and also got thrown so 2 people were ejected!
Escalona ended up coming back for .2 of an inning but he gave up a 2 run HR to Eric Chavez in the 8th, 2-4 Colorado still on top. Rex brothers ended up getting the last out of the inning.
Rockies bats were silent in the 8th and Betancourt was ready to rumble in the 9th. I’m not sure how many of you have been to a game this season but they have a video that plays when Betancourt is jogging in to close in the 9th inning. Perfect for Betancourt, I will try to record it at tonight’s game and post it!
The Diamondbacks ended up scoring one more run in the 9th but it wasn’t enough to come back and beat the Rockies! Rockies ended up taking this one by a hair 3-4 over the Diamondbacks.
After the game we went and had some drinks over at the ViewHouse.
This is it for this game! Rockies had a nail bitter but pulled it out! This was there 7th win at home in a row which is a franchise record! Not sure where this team came from but seeing the Rockies Win on the scoreboard is a great sight!
Till the next one, I’m Blake St Babe and this is The Take: From 20th and Blake!
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First Time Snakes are in Town but Not the Last
4/19/13
I showed up late to BP because I got stuck in a meeting at work and we seemed to hit traffic along with every light on the way to Coors Field which was very irritating. It always seems like when your in a hurry you get slowed down that much more but then I finally made it.
Trevor Cahill
As I walked in a decided to change things up and try down Arizona’s wall to see if I could get Wil Nieves (Rockies former catcher) and Matt Reynolds (Rockies former Relief Pitcher) on cards. As I was standing down the third baseline I snagged a foul ball which was awesome then later received a toss up. I could have had three but Rox addict decided he needed one and stole one of the toss ups from Wil Nieves.
Wil playing catch with Aspen Mike’s son
After a while I decided to walk over to the top of the dugout and talk with Wil. After he was done with BP we chit chatted about the off season and I told him that it was great to see him on a major league team instead of down in AAA. It is always a pleasure to talk with him and again great to see him up here! All my best Wil!
Rosario practicing with Jerry
The Deuce
Nelly
After we talked I headed over to the Rockies wall and waited to get graphs… wouldnt you know it we didnt get ANY… again.
Rox Addict and I moved around this game but as we sat down in the 1st I was asked to do the Topps promo! Here are a few photos thanks to Rox Addict, @Blakebomber and @msroxrock!
On the mound for the Rockies was Chacin and on the mound for the Diamondbacks was Ian Kennedy. This seemed to be a pitcher’s duel for the first couple of innings when each went 3 up and 3 down in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Chacin in the 4th.
Rox Addict and I decided to go find Kevin and Tim from RockNation and sit with them the rest of the game which was over in right field in the mezzanine.
Tulo scoring
Once the Rockies got to the plate in the 4th Rutledge was on due to a walk and Troy Tulowitzki hit a 2 run homerun to put the Rockies up 0-2!
The Diamondbacks bats started to warm up in the 5th and got 2 base hits but the Rockies defense held them to no runs. During the bottom of the 5th Nelly ended up tripling and Jhoulys Chacin hit a sac fly to score Nelly.
I also ran into a good friend from high school and talked to her for a few innings.
The rest of the game was not very interesting and the Rockies should have shut out the Diamondbacks but they did not. In the top of the ninth Rafael Betancourt came in to close the game. By the way if you have to seen the closer video as he walks in you need to watch it, so inspirational and very god choice for a closer!) Parra ended up singling off of Betancourt and Prado came up right after and lined out to center and Goldschimdt ended up striking out also. We should have had 3 outs but Miguel Montero reached base by a throwing error on Nelly which gave Parra enough room to score.
Not much luck for autographs before or after so really just hung out. This was somewhat of a boring game but some days you have those.
This is it against the Dbacks!
Matt Reynolds
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How Sweep It Is? Or Is It Even Considered a Sweep?
4/18/13
Relief pictures headed to Bullpen
Even though the Mets and Rockies only got three games in The Rockies won all three. I’m not sure if it is considered a sweep or if it isn’t because they didn’t get one game in. O well let’s call it what it is… that is a WIN!
Lopez bundled up
Dex warming up
It was a day game and I had class before the game and showed up about 30 minutes before the game started. There were only about 10 of us on the wall and yet no one signed for us. O well!
Todd ready to play
View from my seats
We ended up sitting down the first baseline in row 3 and enjoyed the game and the nice weather.
The Mets and Rockies both got out to an early start by each scoring a run in the first inning.
Garland with 1st Pitch
Garland was on the mound for the Rockies while Niese was the starter for the Mets.
EY
After the fast start in the 1st it was a great pitching duel until the 4th when the Rockies scored by a solo homerun by Josh Rutledge. Rockies up 2-1 until Mr. David Wright singles which scores another one and ties it up at 2.
Bottom of the 6th Tulo singled which scored Cargo and put the Rockies back on top 3-2.
Volstad pitching
Tulo after his homerun!
In the next inning the Rockies opened up their lead by scoring 6 in the 7th and 1 in the 8th while the Mets only score 1 in the top of the 8th.
The Rockies ended up winning this one 3-11.
This was a great game and even more it was great weather!
We hung after the game and talked to a few of the guys! Ended up FINALLY getting a picture with Nelly, talked with Brooklyn, and just hung out together which was a nice way to wind down from the series win!
This was another short post but still have 6 posts for this next week!
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Double Header in the Cold Cold Weather
4/16/13
What a wonderful way to spend a day watching baseball, unless you are in Colorado and sitting in 30 degree weather. It was a very cold and snowy day and we thought that after the blizzard the day before we were not going to get one game in.
Most of the morning we kept up to the hour with updates from twitter and I stayed in contact with Rox Addict about game times and if they were going to play. Sure enough at about 9 am they had the front office, owners, coaches, and TV personal out on the field shoveling.
Jon and Mariano
1st game which was a makeup of the game on 4/15 was suppose to start at 1:10 but kept getting delayed and first pitch was finally thrown at 3 pm. I showed up in the middle of the first inning right before the Rockies were up to bat.
Myself and Rox Addict
Man it was FREEZING! The wind was coming off the field and was blowing right towards us, which was very unpleasant.
The Rockies gave up 2 runs in the first inning but they ended up getting 1 of those runs back in the 2nd inning and 1 in the 3rd inning. So going into the top of the forth we were tied at 2.
In the top of the 4th and 5th the Mets scored 1 each and the Rockies came back and scored 3 in the bottom of the 5th and another in the 6th making the score 4-5. The Mets did not score anymore runs in this game but the Rockies put a few more on the board in the bottom of the 8th with 2. Final score of game one was 4-8 Rockies on top.
David Wright’s 2nd HR
They had only a 30ish minute break between games so Rox Addict, Jersey Geoff, and I went up to the Game Used booth and I picked up my Opening Day nameplate.
By the time we got back over to the first-base side some of the guys had changed into their throwback uniforms and were warming up on the field.
I ended up getting JP (only thing that got signed) and Nelly ended up signing but I didn’t have anything for him so just said hey.
The game started at 6:45 which is only 5 minutes after the original start time.
Old school scoreboard
On the mound for game 2 was Francis. He was very shaky and by the 5th inning the Rockies were down 8-6.
The Rockies slowly crawled back in the game in the 8th inning with scoring 2 runs, making the score 8-8 tying the game up.
Both wore throwback jerseys
It was freezing and all I wanted to do was go home. After the end of the ninth we went onto the 10th were the Rockies ended up hitting a walk off single to right field, which scored Carlos Gonzalez and put the Rockies ahead to win the game. The best part was the fact that they ended up celebrating right down the first baseline right in front of us. As soon as the game was over I headed straight to the car and took off my wet socks and shoes and headed home. It was a VERY VERY long and cold day but well worth it watching the Rockies beat the Mets twice.
This is it for this game! Keep any eye out for the 4/18 day game against the Mets. I’m about to head out to the Rockies VS Diamondbacks, but if you see me around Coors make sure you say hey!
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Charity Workout… but Not Many Graphs
4/4/2013
A few years ago they did a Charity Workout at Coors which was very open and very accessible. This year that was not the case. This year you got in and then had to wait for them to come out which was cool because there were a few of us Rox Hardcores were there, so we hung out and essentially stood around and got sunburn.
Me, EB, Jared, Mariano
Jamie and Rachael
Gary X, Betty X, Losh, A and her friend
Anyway the whole team ended up coming out and stretching together and started to warm up, pitchers ended up pitching and running while most of the other guys threw and had a live batting practice.
It was cool to watch some of the guys pitch and just hang out and be themselves. They unfortunately did not let anyone into the second deck of the Right Field Mezzanine or Left field bleachers which sucked because we could have got so many baseballs with such a small amount of people there.
Dexter crushing one
During the practice EB and I were interviewed by Kami of Fox 31 news (not sure if anything ever aired) but while I was getting interviewed there was a little scuffle on the field between Juan Nicasio and Edgmer Escolona. Later we found out that Nicasio had snapped Edgmer with an exercise band and Escalona flipped out and threw the first punch. They then were separated but we still were not sure what happened.
Cuddy
Ottavino and Bo hanging in the outfield
When they decided they were done with practice they had to go in for a meeting and we were not sure if they were going to come back out to sign for all of us. Well they never came back out and they never told us to leave so we ended up getting fried waiting for nothing.
A few players (Rosario, Dexter, Belisle, Lopez, Ottavino, and Volstad all ended up signing for a few select fans along with Tulowitzki’s sole 5 autographs!) Kind of of disappointing that more guys did not sign but on the other hand I’m ok with it because they helped me make decisions on what we were going to do with the rest of the afternoon.
Autographs today:
Dexter Fowler- Helmet
Chris Volstad-Helmet
Edgmer Escalona- Helmet
Wilton Lopez- Helmet
Wilin Rosario- 2 cards
Baby Bull signing
After practice was over we headed to a Denver Post Q&A which was nice because wouldn’t you believe it, Adam Ottavino showed up to be the special guest. I asked if he wanted to sit with me Jamie and Rachael and he said yes which was awesome because after he was done speaking I was able to ask a few questions and knew I was getting honest answers from him.
Ottavino answering some questions
The artist at work
The Q&A was very good and very informative so thank you to Troy and Patrick for coming out and having that event. Also another thanks to Brooklyn for being AWESOME!
This is where I’m going to leave it, I know that I’m a day behind but slowly getting in the mode and squeezing a lot of blogs in during this home stand.
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