2012 DBacks Fan Fest - Daniel Hudson

With my wife's help, we were able to score three signed cards for our Daniel Hudson collection at this year's fan fest. The Allen & Ginter and 2011 Topps are nice but I think the Bowman Chrome Refractor is my favorite.

2012 Diamondbacks Fan Fest Review

This past Saturday was the annual Diamondbacks Fan Fest. For the first time my wife and son went with me. We had a good time but the crowd was pretty crazy. I read somewhere that there were 25,000 people in attendance this year compared to 10,000 last year.

Despite the massive amount of people and me dragging around a three year old all day, I still managed to go home with a nice stack of autographs. No new base cards for our 2008 Topps set this time but we did get a few Opening Day, Chrome, and even a gold border parallel.

Autograph tickets for Justin Upton, Kirk Gibson, and Luis Gonzalez were sold out by the time we got there but we did manage to get just about everyone else I wanted.

I thought the freebie photos they had to giveaway were pretty nice this year, better than the boring head shots they sometime have. Over the next few days I'll post some of the other stuff we got signed before we get into the 08 Topps stuff.

2010 Bowman Chrome - Daniel Hudson Certified Auto

I'm still looking to pick up some more Daniel Hudson autographs when the price is right. I got this 2010 Bowman Chrome auto for less than five bucks shipped off eBay. I had been watching this one for awhile and was waiting to grab one for cheap.

# 246 - Jason Isringhausen

I finally watched Moneyball last weekend. I didn't like it. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill were good but overall the movie was kind of boring. Maybe it's because I knew how it ended.

In it they did talk about Jason Isringhausen and his departure from Oakland a lot. We recently picked up a signed 08 Topps card from a friend on SportsGraphing.com.

# 246 - Jason Isringhausen

Progress: 474/990

2001 Upper Deck - Jason Giambi Home Run Derby Relic

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Here's another card I threw in a low bid on not expecting to win. When all was said and done, my $1.10 bid was the highest. I'm happy. That's a pretty good price for an older jersey card of a former MVP. I really like the design on this one and I'm glad it features Jason on the A's. I liked him better before he joined the Evil Empire.

# 331 - Dave Roberts

Another good TTM return. Former Giants outfielder, Dave Roberts signed a card for our set. Dave is currently a coach for the San Diego Padres. We sent him a request early last season and just got it back.

# 331 - Dave Roberts

Progress: 473/990

# 4 - Stephen Drew - Chrome

Finally a good TTM success to report. Stephen Drew signed his card from the 2008 Topps Chrome set for us. I'm hoping to see Stephen at the D-Backs Fan Fest. I've got the Bronze Refractor version of this card that I would like to get signed too.

# 4 - Stephen Drew - Chrome