Player Appearance: Rick Fox

Former Laker Rick Fox made an appearance today at the Living Spaces in Monrovia. The event was sponsored by AM 570 KLAC. Rick was scheduled to appear from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. I arrived at 9:15. When I got there, they were handing out wristbands. I was number 166 in line.

While waiting in line, it was the same old story. I got to meet some great people. It really makes the time fly when you're chit-chatting with the other fans.

10:00 finally came and Rick hadn't arrived. Vic "the Brick" was there with KLAC, so he got on the loud speaker and entertained us all while we waited. Foxy finally showed up at 10:20.

The line started moving, but it moved very slowly. Rick was signing, talking with the fans and posing for pictures. All of that can make for a long wait. While waiting, I ran into Gus from Authentic Signings. Gus has one of the best autograph collections around. Anyway, he was number 27 in line and he didn't meet up with me until 11:00. At this point, I knew I could be waiting a while.

And I was right. I didn't get to the front of the line until 12:00. When I got there, Rick was very friendly. I shook his hand and told him I was a big fan. Then I gave him one of his college cards to have signed. He looked at it and said,"Chapel Hill, very nice card". I thanked him and asked him if he stayed in contact with any of the guys from Carolina, and he said "yeah". He posed for a few pictures, and I moved on.

I should have used black sharpie

I really wanted to get my Rick Fox Carl's Jr bobblehead signed, but I have it stored away. The family in front of me had theirs though. It turned out nice.

I want to thank Rick Fox, KLAC and Living Spaces for everything today. I want to give a shoutout to Alejandro, it was nice to meet you in person! And Gus, check out his site authenticsignings.com. It was also nice meeting Mario and Richard.

Player Appearance: Orel Hershiser

Former Dodger pitcher Orel Hershiser made an appearance today at Living Spaces in Rancho Cucamonga. He was scheduled to sign from 10:00am to 12:00pm.

When I arrived at 9:30, I was about 300 people back. As usual, I met some great Dodger fans in line. Those of us at the back of the line were out in the cold, while the people in the front of the line were in the store. We noticed that Orel had arrived a bit early. We saw him signing at around 9:50.

The line moved at a snail's pace, and it was colder than Alaska out there, but I had a good time chatting with the people in line.  While waiting, Vic "The Brick" Jacobs, from 570am KLAC showed up. He took some pics with the Dodger fans.

Me and Vic "The Brick"

Finally, at around noon, I made it to the front of the line. I brought my Orel Hershiser Clinton Dodgers bobblehead to get signed. Orel was very nice. He shook my hand and said he liked the bobblehead. I handed him the bobble and silver sharpie, but I was worried that he wouldn't have enough room to sign his long name. He ended up signing the base of the bobblehead, and he did have enough room, although it looks like he squeezed the last few letters of his last name in. I'm happy with it.

Orel signing his bobblehead

I had a great time today. I need to thank Orel Hershiser, Gustavo from authenticsignings.com for the info on the appearance, Living Spaces in Rancho Cucamonga and 570 KLAC. Also, I want to give a shoutout to the people in line who made the two hours just fly by; Nathan, Daniel and Louis.