Friday, March 14, 2008
March 14th- David Ortiz and Jed Lowrie
Ok..so I know I have been weak of late. I have been flying back and forth to Florida the past few weeks and have definitely neglected by blog duties. I have been Benitez..not Mariano. Well, with that admission noted, I am going to try to redeem myself today and get you all up to speed.
Two weeks ago I flew down to Ft. Myers (spring training home of the Red Sox) for two signings (that was actually the first of two Ft. Myers trips..both of which I will document here) The first signing was with rookie phenom Jed Lowrie. Lowrie is the Sox shortstop of the future. He is tearing up the minor leagues and is on the fast track to the show. He will undoubtedly be Dustin Pedroia's double play partner for many years to come. This, being our first signing with the kid, was a small session. Jed autographed a small amount of MLB baseballs and we are extremely excited to be able to offer a special two ball set (Jed and Dustin).
After Jed finished I began setting up for Big Papi. David arrived several hours later ane we immediately began our marathon signing. Over the course of three hours David signed 2004 World Series balls, 2007 World Series balls, jerseys and bats. As always the room was a complete mess after the signing. It is very difficult to keep things in order when on your own. It took me hours to get everything back in order. I shipped much of the product back to New York and held the balance of blank product for our next signing..which was just a few days away.
The next day I hopped on the first flight back to New York and began getting ready for our "Core of the Four" Islanders team event. I will be getting into the whole Islanders thing in about a week or so as we get closer to completing the pieces. Overall the event was a huge success..more to come on this.
Anyway, the Isles event was on a Sunday and the very next day I flew right back down to Ft. Myers for another signing with Big Papi. This Ortiz signing was actually a lot easier than the first. The bulk of this session was photos which take a lot less time to pack up. We focused on a few current images but mostly the strong classic shots from 2004. This signing took half as much time so this was a lot more in and out than the first. It was deja vu again as I took the same flight back to JFK the next day.
Two weeks ago I flew down to Ft. Myers (spring training home of the Red Sox) for two signings (that was actually the first of two Ft. Myers trips..both of which I will document here) The first signing was with rookie phenom Jed Lowrie. Lowrie is the Sox shortstop of the future. He is tearing up the minor leagues and is on the fast track to the show. He will undoubtedly be Dustin Pedroia's double play partner for many years to come. This, being our first signing with the kid, was a small session. Jed autographed a small amount of MLB baseballs and we are extremely excited to be able to offer a special two ball set (Jed and Dustin).
After Jed finished I began setting up for Big Papi. David arrived several hours later ane we immediately began our marathon signing. Over the course of three hours David signed 2004 World Series balls, 2007 World Series balls, jerseys and bats. As always the room was a complete mess after the signing. It is very difficult to keep things in order when on your own. It took me hours to get everything back in order. I shipped much of the product back to New York and held the balance of blank product for our next signing..which was just a few days away.
The next day I hopped on the first flight back to New York and began getting ready for our "Core of the Four" Islanders team event. I will be getting into the whole Islanders thing in about a week or so as we get closer to completing the pieces. Overall the event was a huge success..more to come on this.
Anyway, the Isles event was on a Sunday and the very next day I flew right back down to Ft. Myers for another signing with Big Papi. This Ortiz signing was actually a lot easier than the first. The bulk of this session was photos which take a lot less time to pack up. We focused on a few current images but mostly the strong classic shots from 2004. This signing took half as much time so this was a lot more in and out than the first. It was deja vu again as I took the same flight back to JFK the next day.
posted by Steiner Sports at 5:22 AM