Entries from January 2009

January 24, 2009

Jason Heyward – Braves AutographFest

One of the cool things about AutographFest was that they brought in several of their top prospects.  The brightest star in the Braves’ minor league system is Jason Heyward, a power hitting right-fielder who is currently one of the top prospects in all of baseball.  I have been fortunate to get his autograph on two [...]

January 24, 2009

Tim Hudson – Braves AutographFest

One of the last autographs I got at the Braves AutographFest was from Tim Hudson.  He was in a room with Casey Kotchman, and both of the guys were pretty good with the fans.  I’ve been fortunate enough to get a few Hudson autographs over the years, so anything I got from him was an [...]

January 24, 2009

Derek Lowe – Braves AutographFest

In the weeks leading up to AutographFest, the Braves made their biggest addition of the offseason in the person of 36-year old ace Derek Lowe.  Being so new, I obviously didn’t have any autographs of him.  His session was the first of the day, so upon entering the stadium we raced over to where he [...]