Sunday, April 20, 2014

The graphing world

It's been a busy four days in the world of graphing with a little bit of work squeezed in between.
I've been in Reading,Altoona and Harrisburg this week with a dash of Hagerstown Suns tossed in as well.
It's been hectic for sure,but that's what we do in this crazy hobby.

In Harrisburg,we were able to graph the Altoona Curve,In Reading,I was able to get some scragglers of the Harrisburg Senators and the Ryne Sandberg bobblehead,while in Altoona,I knocked off some of the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
I'm not going to get into too much about the specifics as that will be part of a future signing front,but I did want to answer this question that I get from non-graphers-Why do you rarely do the home team?

Well,it's not hard to answer,the road team is easier.
Most kids and other fans that may want a signature or two on a battered ball or a program,but the vast majority are looking for the star or favorite player of the home team.
That makes sense because in most cases,the home team is who is being rooted for and who they would want.
Add to that with the fact that most of the newer stadiums (not the Muni of course) have different entrances for the home and visitors,forcing the fan to choose.
The results of that usually mean the visitors have the graphers and the home team can have the hassles of the people that think we are getting rich off the signatures of the third string catcher and the long reliever from a AA affiliate :)

Finally,I'll be trying to catch up on the signing front next week as I only have one game scheduled in Frederick as the Myrtle Beach Pelicans hit there from Wed-Friday and I am loaded with cards for the Rangers affiliate.
That is mainly because the Hickory team set was not released until the last week of the 2013 season,so therefore the entire set will need to be worked on.

There is a little bit of catching up to do later with the results of the Showtime card and updating the boxing challenge,but for now-enjoy the Easter Sunday!


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