Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Today I found 17 cents . . . 1 dime & 7 pennies.

While driving to work this morning I was stopped at a red light and I spotted some change in the street. I was able to retrieve two cents, but it was a somewhat hollow victory as there were two pennies that had to be left behind due to location and brevity of the light. Still, the two cents have been added to the daily totals. On the way home from the ballpark this evening I stopped at JR’s Car Wash, the car wash next to my apartment complex, and found 15 cents (one dime & two pennies) scattered about by the banks of vacuum cleaners.

I feel that this baseball season I really haven’t been doing a good job of giving autograph updates. Thus, today I decided to provide a detailed autograph report:

1. I had two Cincinnati Reds sign my team ball (the Reds are a good signing team but my ball is almost full—I have room for one or two more guys—so I decided to hold off and get a few more tomorrow).

2. The guy who won the Indianapolis 500, and his hot wife Ashley Judd, were at the ballpark this evening. Indi winner guy threw out the first pitch and Hot Wife was on the field before the game. I figured I would get them both on baseballs but they took an unexpected exit and I ended up missing both of them. That was unusual for me and I was a bit bummed.

3. Shortly before the end of Astros batting practice I was finally able to get Craig Biggio to sign my team picture. Keep in mind that I have been asking him for the autograph for about 30 games at this point. After I asked he said, “Come on man, you know I have a meeting to go to” to which I responded, “Craig, I know you have a meeting every day, but I figure at some point you are going to sign for me so I keep asking.” At this point Mr. Biggio told me to hand down the picture. He signed and was off before anyone else could get him.

Totals for the day: 17 cents
Race Totals: $563.07