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Phil Rizzuto signed Knicks program

esiason14 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:30:15 +0000

My brother came to our house for the holidays and brought a big box or cards and autographs that I agreed to buy off of him. There were a lot of nice autographs there, most of which I gave him when we were growing up….Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Willis Reed, Michael Jordan, Mark McGwire, Dave Debusschere, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Tony Gwynn, Greg Maddux, George Kell, and a few more. The neatest one was one that I had long forgotten about. It was a 1970 New York Knicks program signed by Phil Rizzuto. My dad was at the Knicks-Bulls game on January 31, 1970 and he happened to run into Mr. Rizzuto. He was kind enough to sign and the only item my dad had was the Knicks program.

Phil Rizzuto autograph

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Orlando Cepeda

esiason14 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:07:56 +0000

A SCN member recently went to the Chicago Sun-Times Sports Collectibles Convention in Rosemont, IL. He was nice enough to bring along two 1962 Topps Orlando Cepeda cards for me.

Orlando Cepeda 1962 Topps #40

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Orlando Cepeda 1962 Topps #390

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Orioles – Blue Jays, 10/02/09

esiason14 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:33:30 +0000

Last night I took my son to the first game of the final Orioles series of the year. They were playing the Blue Jays. I didn’t think it would be anything special… just another game at the Yard.

We got there around 5:15, which gave us enough time to watch batting practice and grab a hot dog or two before the game started. As we were ordering our food, we were approached by a couple of women. At first I thought they were trying to get us to sign up for something so I kind of nicely blew them off. They asked if I was an Orioles fan and I told them no, but my son is. They asked us a few more questions about the Orioles, how many games we had been to this season, etc… then they asked my son if he would like to be part of the Orioles Fan Appreciation Weekend. Of course he said yes and they told us to fill out a form and to meet them at 6:30 near Home Plate Plaza. They had chosen my son to run out of the field with the players for the National Anthems. Each kid would be paired with a player and would stand next to them during at their position. Pretty cool.

We met the team rep at Home Plate Plaza at 6:30 and then proceeded downstairs. Each winner was given an Official Major League baseball and instructions. They were to run out to the player’s position, stand there for the National Anthems, get their ball signed and then run back. We waited in the tunnel for about 20 minutes and then they led us onto the field. I wasn’t able to run on the field, but they allowed me to stand behind home plate…just behind the National Anthem singers.

To make a long story short, my son was paired with Jeff Fiorentino. He got to run out to centerfield and stand between Lou Montanez and Jeff Fiorentino. Just my luck, this is the one time that I didn’t bring a camera to the game. All I had was my iPhone so my pictures were terrible. Oh well.

So I just wanted to say thank you to the Orioles. While their season is probably one they would like to forget, they gave my son an experience that he will remember his whole life.

Tyler is the the short one in the gray jersey and hat.

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