Saturday was our appearance at Last Licks NYC with Yankee immortal Paul O'Neill. I have been doing signing with Paul for years and always look forward to them. Paul is one of my all time favorites to talk baseball with. He is extremely knowledgable and that translates 35 plus times a year on air (where he is one of two Yankee announcers I actually enjoy watching). Paul, as do most, knows I am a die-hard Mets fan. While every other person's first question to O'Neill was something relating to the new stadium mine was simply "Do you think Sheff can still rake?". Anyway, it was a tremendous appearance with some very passionate fans in attendance... none more enthusiastic than the two in the video I have posted here.
I have seen the tattoo autograph thing several times but not in a few years. The first time I had witnessed an athlete autograph a body part to later be tattooed was Reggie Jackson in Huntington years ago. I recall trying to convince the customer to buy a few inscriptions so that his arm would not only have Reggie's sig but also "Mr. October, HOF, 563 Hr's". That day he did not have Reggie inscribe but a few signings later the guy actually came back to add "Mr. October" and "HOF" to his arm.
Enjoy the video...