Bernie Nicholls (The Optometry Practice of Dr. Alex Corbin Liu) (7-12-14)

Former NHL player and 3x All-Star, Bernie Nicholls was scheduled to sign at an optometrist office in Rowland Heights so I decided to check it out for this rare opportunity to get a chance to meet him. He was scheduled to start at 2:30 and finish at 3:30 and they announced he would do 1 per for the 1st 50 fans, but if you bought a photo or puck from the office you would get a ticket to get the item signed plus an additional item. I arrived around 11:15 and bought an 8x10 and then I left to eat and go to a nearby store while I tried to kill some time. I got in line around 12:30 and there was about 30-40 people in line. Bernie arrived at about 2:00 but did not begin to sign until 3:00. I finally got inside and got to meet him at about 3:25 and I had him sign my 8x10 with the "3 Allstars" inscription and a card I brought as well: 

Bernie was very nice with fans and even took his 2012 Stanley Cup Championship ring and let everyone take pictures with it. Overall about 75 people showed up and it was a great signing, so thanks to Dr. Liu for hosting the signing and thanks to Bernie for being such a great guy and signing and taking pictures with everyone. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more.

TOR @ LAA (7-8-14)

The Blue Jays were in town for a 3-game set against the Angels so I decided to go to one of the games in hopes of finally meeting Jose Bautista. I chose the second game since they were giving away a cowboy rally monkey and because R.A. Dickey was scheduled to pitch. I got to the stadium about 15 minutes after the stadium opened and I ran straight to the Blue Jays side in hopes of seeing Jose pregame. No one signed for either team until after BP, but during BP I was able to get a ball that went foul and bounced straight to me: 

After BP I made my way to the Blue Jays dugout and luckily Jose had just finished an interview and he began to sign. He started off signing balls and then went to cards and photos. After about 5 minutes I was able to get my card signed by him:

That was it for BP so after getting Jose I went to the bullpens to try and get some of the Blue Jays pitchers. When I got to the bullpen I noticed Jim Hill was there just finishing up an interview so I got to meet him and he was very friendly and talked to everyone: 

After that I waited for the pitchers to arrive. I had no luck with Dickey, and all of the relievers walked through a different entrance so I wasn't able to get either of them but I was able to get Josh Thole as he was leaving the bullpen for warm ups:

That was it for the day but overall it was pretty good since I finally got to meet Jose Bautista. Thanks to Jose and Josh for signing. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more to come soon.