HHP: Reporting from Fanfest

[Going Underground]

Did anyone get pictures with the players this year? I know they were charging $5.00 but all went to charity. The woman went wild when they heard Brady was coming to take pictures. Bingo was cool. Britton was funny calling out the numbers. Gausman was their for awhile and was calm and reserved. Gausman seemed tall and lanky. Nice guy. Just remember when it is packed for nest year,bingo is a place you can sometimes get an autograph. If you win even better. The woman who won the one bingo card brought up the whole family for a picture with Gausman.The line for free giveways was insane after 12:00. it stretched all the way down the corridor. The Geico and MASN booths were also packed. Getting a free Gecko is almost like getting an autograph from Palmer.Also free Esskay coupons are the best.

[Dipper9]

Great stuff guys. Maybe once my son gets out of high school wrestling I'll be able to make one of these things again. Super job by many in this thread, thanks for sharing.

You DO know that after he finishes up, he'll have a contract with Vinnie Mac up in Stanford right?!

Whatcha gonna do Brother!

[weams]

You DO know that after he finishes up, he'll have a contract with Vinnie Mac up in Stanford right?!

Whatcha gonna do Brother!

Hang on for the ride.

[Frobby]

:scratchchinhmm: Very interesting.

Can anyone find the extremely small sample size of how he did vs RHBs as a reliever? Double filtering isn't an option on any sites I've visited.

I did this by hand one day. RHB were 0 for 17 off Matusz as a reliever, with 2 BB.

[weams]

I did this by hand one day. RHB were 0 for 17 off Matusz as a reliever, with 2 BB.

Thanks. Good stuff. No wonder Buck views him as a reliever.

[canonfaz]

Thanks. Good stuff. No wonder Buck views him as a reliever.

Having Patton and Matusz in the bullpen would be great! Our bullpen has a chance to be completely dominant again.

[weams]

See, my experience was different. I was in that same line (Teagarden, Johnson, Tillman ~~ thank you weams for getting me the voucher), and upon offering one of the T-shirts to be signed, I said thanks to him for all he did for us last year, for being willing to just come in whenever and do whatever we needed from him.

His reply? "Thank YOU all for coming out!"

I don't know, that didn't seem to me like he didn't want to be there.

Btw, he also looked pretty fine in his dress-up duds. :002_scool:

You did get a scoop on the Schoop Netherlands question after all. It seems he was considering not playing over knee pain and he decided that he was fit. Good stuff. You had it a a full day before the press.

[terpfan101]

Jonesy just seems so Hollywood to me now, but I don't blame him. Bigger fan base both personally and from a team perspective, but he used to be SO cool, so I guess there lies my disappointment.

I felt the same thing. Huge fan of his since he got here and have followed him on Twitter. I asked him a question about something he tweeted and he didn't really answer. Just signed and the lady next to him said something for him. I was totally taken aback and he just looked like he could care less. Granted this was the 3:20 time slot so maybe he was exhausted by then. But it really was a disappointment to me considering his personality on TV and twitter.

Said some things to Chris Davis, Matusz, Gonzo, Hoiles, and Jones. Oh and Zack Clark (didn't know much about). All but Jones answered and were nice enough. Gonzo was really appreciative when I told him how happy I was that he had such a great year. Davis was friendly though a bit rushed. Hoiles was really friendly. I told him how I recently watched the first game from OPACY on MASN and he hit a double to drive in the first run. Nice guy and he signed two things for me without me asking.

Honestly though being 27 now, this wasn't the same as the last time I went when they had a Fanfest in DC. I was about 19-20 at the time and went with my youngest brother who was 14 or so. Much cooler to meet the players when they were all older than me. In the future I'd skip the autographs as it was too much standing in line.