New Britain Vs. Portland II 5/10/13

I kicked off my summer vacation from college in a pretty good way today by going to a double header which featured Portland, the Boston Red Sox AA team, in New Britain. As you may remember, *I saw these guys on opening day*, and they weren't the best signing bunch, but I actually had a little more luck today, even with putting in less time probably.

I wasn't able to hit the bus pre game, but after batting practice, I was able to nab a few autographs. No players came over after batting practice, but I landed Bob Kipper, and 2 more Rich Gedmans, which completed a 50/50, so that was good:

Before game one I was lucky enough to get the Red Sox #1 Overall prospect, Xander Bogaerts. I did not get him before game 2, but I did get him again outside after the game:

Matt Barnes, who was very tough last time was charting in the stands during both games. I got him after game 1, and dipped him on a game used ball I got from Travis Shaw. I then got him again after game 2:

Matt wasn't bad tonight, but he is relatively tough to get in Connecticut for being a former Uconn player.

I got Christian Vazquez for the first time before game 1:

I was able to meet Drake Britton again, as I did last year. Drake is a great signer. He seemed nice, hopefully he continues to turn around after his DUI in Spring Training:

Drake was charting with Barnes, as was Anthony Ranaudo, who I have had terrible luck with in the past. I was more lucky today, but he still felt the need to personalize my generic 4x6. Really?...

Travis Shaw:

My final graph of the night was from former Red Sox Daniel Bard, who is trying to find his way in the minors. He signed much more than I thought he would considering the HUGE post game crowd. I was the one to stop him as you can watch here:

Total Autographs for 2013: 209

 Top Autographs for 2013: 1)Rudy Giuliani 2)Sonia Sotomayor 3)Johnny Rzeznik  4)Paul Molitor 5)Jim Rice