Entries from July 2009

July 23, 2009

Dale Murphy – Smokies Park

As I have written several times before, Smokies Park has been very good to me.  The Tennessee Smokies are the AA Affiliate for the Chicago Cubs and their stadium is only about 20 minutes from my house.  In recent years I have been fortunate to get autographs of Ryne Sandberg, Clayton Kershaw, Jeff Francoeur, Gordon [...]

July 21, 2009

Gordon Beckham – In the Mail

Earlier this season, I was fortunate enough to get a few autographs of White Sox rookie (and former University of Georgia star) Gordon Beckham while he was with the Birmingham Barons.  I had a few 8×10′s left over that I wasn’t able to get signed, so I decided to send them off in the mail and see if [...]

July 13, 2009

UGA Golf Tourney ’09

As I’ve posted before, one of my annual trips is down to Athen’s, GA to play golf with my beloved Bulldogs.  It’s always a fun time and you get to meet many of the players, along with Coach Richt.  He is always very gracious to spend a few minutes with us chatting, signing autographs, and [...]