My main targets for the day were #1 Pitching prospect for the Red Sox, Henry Owens, #5 prospect Blake Swihart, and #6 prospect, Mookie Betts.
When I was pulling into the stadium, I saw the team bus leaving, so I knew chances were that I missed at least one of those guys. That in prior years wouldn't have mattered in New Britain because the stadium used to always be open, but apparently the new ownership changed that policy. I ended up missing Swihart because of this (I couldn't stay for the game).
There ended up being two more bus trips. Off of the first bus that I was there for, came Henry Owens, who was nicer than I could have ever expected. There were probably 8 or so people waiting for him, and he signed ANYTHING people had. He was signing for at least 3-4 minutes outside.
I ended up getting 2 baseballs, 4 photos, and a card signed:
Off of the next bus was Mookie Betts. Unfortunately he will probably be traded at some point, because although he can hit just as well as anyone in the system, the Red Sox kind of have second base covered for a while.
The only other player I got for Portland was Henry Ramos:
While I was waiting for those buses, I started a New Britain team ball for the year.
Brandon Waring & Cole Johnson:
Kennys Vargas & Nate Hanson:
Tony Thomas, Daniel Ortiz, &Ryan O' Rourke:
Total Autographs at this game:19
Total Autographs for 2014: 82
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