Yesterday was a crazy day (even for me). The day began early in the morning at our loading dock where me and BF loaded up the back of his Navigator with soccer balls, jerseys and photos for the Mia Hamm signing. Soccer balls take up a lot of space so we had to put them in loose (rather than in the original six-pack boxes) BF and I then headed down to Manhattan for the signing. Mia was in town with her husband Nomar Garciaparra (who was in town with his team the Dodgers to play the Mets). She was also stopping though on her way up to Oneonta where she is set to be inducted into the Soccer Hall of Fame on Sunday. Anyway, we had to make a quick stop on 60th and 2nd. That is where the day got interesting. After leaving our stop we turned onto the next block and, at the next traffic light, a man came running up to the car saying that the back door opened and boxes were falling out as we were driving. Apparently one of the jersey boxes must have hit the automatic open switch. I jumped out of the car and proceeded to pick up a few soccer balls and then noticed a guy on the corner rounding up all of our stuff. I got the boxes back from him (amazingly and thankfully nothing was missing) and we were back on our way. There were five minutes there of absolute insanity. We finally arrived at the hotel about an hour before Mia was coming to sign. It took five full hotel carts to get all of the product up to the room. We were able to set up just in time and were ready when Hamm walked in. I reintroduced myself (which I usually do with people I have only done a handful of signings with). Mia's reaction was "You're the big Mets fan, right?" I was glad to see that I made an impression. She blasted through the
signing in no time. We talked a little about the upcoming Hall of Fame induction but mostly about baseball. She, obviously, is a Dodgers fan so we had a lot to talk about. I kind of wish the signing was tomorrow so I could rub it in a little about the weekend (Duque, even with giving up the 2 bombs, was strong today!)
After the completion of the signing it took about an hour to package the product and get it all down to load back up in the SUV. Once it was all loaded I did a triple check on the backdoor and we were on our way back to the office.
We got some unbelievable product signed including soccer balls, jerseys, triple exposure photos and that awesome celebration on knees photo in both 8x10 and 16x20.
Today was our appearance at Last Licks Massapequa with the Sack Exchange. Check back shortly for a recap. Lets Go Mets!