Trey's (Thj0011) Autographs

[Bryan_Mc]

is that ol' scrap iron i see?

thanks for sharing, that sounds like a cool project!

[thj0011]

Here's another TTM success for my 2005 Astros WS roster. Willy plays for the Sky Sox now and returned it pretty quickly.

[thj0011]

Yesterday I was lucky enough to meet Hunter Pence at a FREE autograph session here in the Houston area. Reebok sponsored the event which was held at Academy Sports and Outdoors in The Woodlands. My girlfriend and I waited in the hot Texas sun for about 2.5-3.5 hours but it was worth it to meet Hunter as it was my first time to meet him. I was originally going to get a 2008 UD Goudey signed by him but then decided to buy an OMLB instead. Academy sells their OMLB's w/case for 11.99 opposed to the 15.99 I see at most other shops.

Here are a couple of pics and I apologize for the quality as they were taken from my iPhone.

[cardjim]

Sweet sig there, Trey. Thanks for sharing the pics. I like those little stands inside the ballcube.

[thj0011]

Yea I love the sig too. The cool thing was that he didn't just ignore you and sign. He actually talked to me a good 45 seconds to a minute about the upcoming Silver Boot series. What's sad to think about is that this might be my last chance to meet him as an Astro since there's a lot of talk about trading him for some younger guys. I hate this rebuilding junk but I'm sure it will pay off in the future. Let's hope it's all just rumors for now.

[thj0011]

I know the following isn't baseball memorabilia but I didn't feel like clogging up the boards with a random thread for just one post. I'm a big fan of this show on the Travel Channel called, The Wild Within. It's a show about hunting mainly but not your typical outdoors channel hunting show. Anywho, the host of the show is Steve Rinella and I emailed him a few months ago about obtaining a TTM autograph of some sort. I got a reply a week or two ago saying thanks for watching and other stuff. I basically wrote off any success of getting an autograph right then. Fast forward to today... I'm checking my mail and I have a package but I'm not expecting any baseball cards so I was confused. Then I saw the name Rinella on the return address and just assumed it was a coincidence. I open the package to find this...





I couldn't believe he sent me a copy of his book and signed it!! This just helps to show how much of a great guy he really is. If you don't want the show you should definitely check it out whenever the next season starts. I wasn't big into hunting before watching but now I've got a different understanding of it. Sorry for the long post.

[thj0011]

Went to Academy Sports + Outdoors yesterday here in The Woodlands to meet a few of my favorite young Astros. I got there early and was #22 in line but by the time the signing started the line hadn't grown too much. Since they were signing until 8:00 I had the chance to go through the line a second time which saved me a trip to Cypress today.

Here are the scans/pics of my pickups. I originally took pictures with my camera but couldn't find the cable to upload the photos so I used my iPhone instead, apologies for the quality of pics.


Brad Mills


Jim Deshaies


Jose Cruz


J.D. Martinez - ROMLB


Brian Bogusevic and Jason Bourgeois - Astros Mini-helmet


J.D. Martinez, Brian Bogusevic and Jason Bourgeois - New Era 59/50

I'll be going to the Academy store in Katy tomorrow to pick up three more players (Jed Lowrie, Brett Wallace and Jason Castro). I love that the Astros give back to the fans with these free appearances. I know the names aren't big but it's still cool meeting big league players.

[clarkesk82]

nice stuff there...i havent been to a show in a long time

[thj0011]

Thought I'd show off some of the recent autographs I got. The first few are in-person and the last two are TTM.

I'm a huge Dierks Bentley fan and I finally got the chance to meet him at a show in San Antonio, which is only a 3.5 hour drive from my house. He was real nice and signed the cd cover I had brought with me.





That same weekend I got to meet some of the guys from PBR (Professional Bull Riding) at a local grocery store.



Finally, here are the two TTM returns I got this past week.


Jason Lane signed 2/2 (He's part of my 2005 Astros WS project)


Ty Murray signed 2/2 (Part of my PBR project)

Overall really excited to get all these autographs, especially Dierks Bentley who is my 2nd favorite country music artist, behind George Strait.

[cardjim]

Nice stuff Trey! Thanks for letting us in on all your successes. I collect rodeo cards myself and love the Ty Murray's