Today was a fun day in Florida for spring training. \u00a0Cami decided she wanted a baseball cap from each of the ballparks we went to so she got a white Blue Jays cap. \u00a0We decided to ditch Amy and Caden and see who we could get autographs of while waiting with all the other autograph seekers. \u00a0Turns out she got Kevin Pillar on her cap. \u00a0Shortly after that former player and current coach Richie Hebner swung by and also signed her cap. \u00a0She was all excited by that. \u00a0We did not work the autographs too hard but there was one guy I really wanted… Mark Buehrle. \u00a0I brought my perfect game Sports Illustrated to Florida hoping I could get him to sign it because it is a cool cover and he personalized through the mail. \u00a0It turned out Mark was the starter at the game we were at. \u00a0After the middle of the second inning I told Amy and the kids that Mark will be done pitching and I was going to try to get him on the magazine and left our seats to stand where I figured he would have to pass. \u00a0After pitching his second inning I watched and waited. \u00a0While there, a person next to me asked if Mark went by yet. \u00a0I told him no and that he was the only guy I was after and that they already brought a reliever in so his day was done. \u00a0All of a sudden Mark takes off from the dugout and runs by as myself and a few other guys asked him to stop and sign. \u00a0He did not stop but all of a sudden the guy who asked me if Mark ran by yet whipped out some sort of MLB badge, threw it around his neck, opened the gate to get to the players and said “give me your magazine” and I did. \u00a0I have no idea if this person was a trainer, former player, agent, drug tester or what but he went up to Mark and chatted a few minutes with him and got my magazine signed. \u00a0While I was waiting, about 50 other collectors came up and were behind me hoping Mark would come over to sign. \u00a0He never did. \u00a0The person with my magazine walked to me, handed it to me and I thanked him and shook his hand and he walked out to the players’ parking lot. \u00a0I was stoked! \u00a0So, to the gentleman I have no idea who you were, THANK YOU! \u00a0You made my day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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