Futures at Fenway!

Went to the Futures at Fenway Doubleheader on Saturday, and it was definitely a worthwhile experience. The games themselves were great on their own, and with the reduced ticket prices, it gives families a chance to go to Fenway and catch 2 games for the price of one. Also due to the slightly smaller crowd (the park was pretty full, but not filled), myself and the 2 people i was with moved all the way down to about 5 rows behind the home dugout, giving us a great view for the games. As far as autographs, you shouldn't get your hopes up too high. The players did sign a lot, however the walls were lined with small kids getting cheap baseballs signed, which will be a great memory for them, but not a great place for an autograph hound. I don't care how good a player is, I will never step in front of a kid to get an autograph. If I'm at the fence before him and his parents are pushing lifting them over my back (this has happened to me), then we might have a problem. Plus I brought mostly cards and didn't feel like throwing those over the dugout to players on the top step, and I didn't really want to get individual OMLB's signed by most of the minor leaguers. The ones who were definitely worth an OMLB I already had. During each game hover, a long table was set up with the team not playing (so the Seadogs were there during the Pawsox game and vice versa). I showed up too late to the Pawsox signing and the line was at least 100-150 people deep and they only signed for 45 mins, so I went back to the game. For the Seadogs, I showed up about an hour, hour and a half early, and was still about 50 people back. Once you go to the front of the line you had to chose between going left or right, and seeing as Lars Anderson was on the left, that was the way I went. On a side note, most people were doing the same (going to the left for Lars), and the guys on the right, including Jason Place who hit a homerun that day, and Ryan Kalish) were commenting how no one was coming down their side of the table. Kalish even mentioned to Lars Anderson's father (who I recognized from Spring Training) how no one was coming down their side of the table. I ended up with 5 signed cards (3 Matt Sheely's and 2 Jon Still's) and 4 signed 8x10's that I tore out of the Pawsox 2009 Program (Dustin Richardson, Anderson, Ryan Khoury, and Jorge Jimenez). So for a trip to Fenway, 9 autographs isn't that bad, and I could've had more if I handed more cards to other players or really fought to get some more, but I was happy getting the Anderson signed. So my advice if you want to go next year, get there early for the signings, and bring a friend to go down both sides of the table. Thanks for stopping by!