Friday, May 15, 2009

Pete Incaviglia Signed Baseball



Here's my baseball that I got Pete Incaviglia to sign at the Fort Worth Cats Exhibition game.

I had forgotten to grab my Inky Rookie Card (you can buy them in bulk... comes out to about 5 cents a card) so I was kicking myself because it was pretty easy getting autographs that night. But, fate intervened and late in the game, while I was hanging out with Bucky the Usher on the third base side, a foul ball flew over to the pavillion nearby. There was NOBODY over there, not even those weaselly little kids that run amok for every ball that goes into the stands. So, I ran over and retrieved it. This was exciting for two reasons:
1) I had something cool for Inky to sign and
2) I had never retrieved a game used ball from a baseball game I was watching... not a pro game, not a college game, not even a high school game.

After the game, it was easy to access the path to the visitor's locker room and so when Pete passed by, I asked him to sign. He did and now I have Incaviglia's signiture.

If I had been paying more attention, I could have gotten the name of the player who hit the foul ball and I might've inducted him into the PIHOF. But I didn't, so I won't.

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