Anybody going to the Royals Fanfest?

[dcgreg25]

I am trying to get a 1997 World Series baseball signed by Kevin Seitzer and he is signing at the fanfest. If someone could get the ball signed for me, I would be happy to compensate them. If you are going, drop me an email. Thanks!

[favrenvikes09]

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I'll be going friday night. I have some equipment to get signed by Hosmer and Moustakas so if he isnt scheduled at the same time I might be able to do it. My email is favrenvikes09@yahoo.com

Anyone else plan on attending? I've never gone before and my buddy and I are making the road trip down to get our prospect game used stuff signed by Hos and Moose, and hopefully Wil Myers...if he decides to show up.

[CampWest]

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I am trying to get a 1997 World Series baseball signed by Kevin Seitzer and he is signing at the fanfest. If someone could get the ball signed for me, I would be happy to compensate them. If you are going, drop me an email. Thanks!

I'm not going to be able to help you with getting Seitzer at the FanFest. If you are unable to get your Seitzer ball signed at FanFest, let me know and I may be able to help you out in the next month or two. Seitzer lives in KC and I may be able to get ahold of him for you.

FYI, the autograph lines are ridiculously long. And they do not announce who will be at the stage/table in advance, basically they announce it as the players are walking up. Sometimes you get in line for one group of guys and they cut off the line before you get up to the table. Then you wind up sitting there waiting for the next group of guys to come to the table.

I've not seen a line that was short enough to walk up and get an auto without waiting less than 30 minutes. Generally if you are not in line before the players who will be at the table are announced, then you stand a good chance of not getting through the line. They are also very strict on the one item per player policy.

[favrenvikes09]

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I'm not going to be able to help you with getting Seitzer at the FanFest. If you are unable to get your Seitzer ball signed at FanFest, let me know and I may be able to help you out in the next month or two. Seitzer lives in KC and I may be able to get ahold of him for you.

FYI, the autograph lines are ridiculously long. And they do not announce who will be at the stage/table in advance, basically they announce it as the players are walking up. Sometimes you get in line for one group of guys and they cut off the line before you get up to the table. Then you wind up sitting there waiting for the next group of guys to come to the table.

I've not seen a line that was short enough to walk up and get an auto without waiting less than 30 minutes. Generally if you are not in line before the players who will be at the table are announced, then you stand a good chance of not getting through the line. They are also very strict on the one item per player policy.

Ok so how does that work with 3 autograph tables? Do they rotate to each one or what? Also I know they auctioned off the fast passes, have people been selling them at the event if they dont want to use them?

[jetersbatboy]

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To anyone that goes and is willing to help a guy out to pick up a couple of Kila Kaaihue items please shot me a email.

Sorry Greg, don't mean to hijack your thread.

[CampWest]

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Ok so how does that work with 3 autograph tables? Do they rotate to each one or what? Also I know they auctioned off the fast passes, have people been selling them at the event if they dont want to use them?

This is the first year for the fast pass. So, I'm not sure if anyone will be selling them or not. They might if its a hot table, Brett, etc.

They usually have 3-4 autograph stages with a big snake line. Every hour or so they bring a random group of 3-5 players up to the stage then they take a 30 minute break at that stage then bring out another slate of random guys. There is often several stages going with players at the same time.

I personally have never gotten an autograph at FanFest in any of the previous years, because I personally don't want to wait in line for an hour to get a handful of autographs worth $2-5 each.

[CampWest]

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Do they rotate to each one or what?

No, players typically appear on one stage for 45 minutes to 1.5 hrs, then they're done and they leave. Some players may do a morning and an afternoon, but many just do one appearance.

[CampWest]

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and hopefully Wil Myers...if he decides to show up.

He's off the list - at least current as of today.

Surprise Surprise.

[nt_eagle]

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Hopefully Myers isn't going 'Yadi' on the Royals Fans...

[favrenvikes09]

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Hopefully Myers isn't going 'Yadi' on the Royals Fans...

From my experience, Myers is already VERY unfriendly and thats when he was in Low A ball.

Campwest- Thanks for all the info, its helped somewhat lol. Basically I'll have to keep my eyes peeled and hope I can catch the staff leading them to their signing table to get my stuff done. Thanks.

[CampWest]

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From my experience, Myers is already VERY unfriendly and thats when he was in Low A ball.

Campwest- Thanks for all the info, its helped somewhat lol. Basically I'll have to keep my eyes peeled and hope I can catch the staff leading them to their signing table to get my stuff done. Thanks.

You are going to need TONS of luck for that to work out for ya... The "ushers" refuse to allow players to sign on the way to and from the autograph stages. That is a firm policy to keep the players from getting mobbed in the aisles. They'd never make it to the stage if they allowed that.

Hate to keep giving you bad news, but I'm trying to give you reasonable expectations so you don't make a long drive to get horribly disappointed.

The autograph arrangements are really bad for anybody seeking "certain player" autos or multiples of one player. It is designed for kids and people that want to meet any random handful of players. Not for serious collectors looking to get multiple premium items signed. Its free and they want to get as many people through the line as possible without any duplicates.

Some of the low-demand minor league players (guys the common fan doesn't know - not on the BaseballAmerica Top 100 list) will get a side table with a small line, but Hosmer and Moose will be at the big table with the big line. Their demand would be too high for them to get the small side table.

[favrenvikes09]

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Thanks for the info, I think I got you a little confused though...Didnt mean to have them sign on their way to the table, rather wait and follow them and the ushers to whatever line they sign at, then wait in said line.

[CampWest]

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Thanks for the info, I think I got you a little confused though...Didnt mean to have them sign on their way to the table, rather wait and follow them and the ushers to whatever line they sign at, then wait in said line.

Gotcha. With any luck, the snow thats supposed to start here in a couple hours I am hoping will keep the lines down a bit, but forecast is clear on Friday and Saturday so they should have the roads cleared in time.

Let me know if you want to meet up at some point. If you have any Moose or Myers stuff to move, I might be interested.

[favrenvikes09]

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Sounds good to me, shoot me an email (favrenvikes09@yahoo.com) cause I know I'll be at fanfest all day Friday. U going tomorrow for the season ticket holder event?

May have an extra item or two of Myers or Hosmer available for ya.

[rj_lucas]

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Anybody know what time Moustakas will be signing on Friday or Saturday? Looking to get my Blue Rocks jersey signed. Moose was the 2009 Blue Rocks Player of the Year.

Rick
rickjlucas@gmail.com