TRats Question

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

Hi there everyone. I'll be up in Appleton soon and was curious where and when the best time is to get autographs. I have a few mudcat cards from last year I would like to get signed. 

[wiguy94]

@TURBO would probably have the best info on where/when to get autographs. 

[TURBO]

5 hours ago, MudcatsfaninBrunsCO said:

Hi there everyone. I'll be up in Appleton soon and was curious where and when the best time is to get autographs. I have a few mudcat cards from last year I would like to get signed. 

It's really a crapshoot these days getting autos pregame.

There is only one little spot to the right of the T-Rats dugout, where you can pass items to the players to sign.  Total drag getting autos since they put up the fencing/netting surrounding the entire field.

As if that isn't bad enough, some of the big names just don't/won't come over to sign.  Pena, Fischer, Dinges, Adamczewski and Payne rarely stop to sign, but a lot of the other players will.  Out of those 5, Payne is probably the best at stopping over, but it's hit and miss.

Your best bet for autos, bar none, is to go to the Sunday games for auto Sundays.  After the Sunday games, all of the players come out to the designated picnic table area (1st base side pavilion) and sit at tables and sign.  Some stick around for 5-10 minutes, and some will stick around a little longer, and some will stay until their lines dry up.  Last week, Dinges stuck around until his line ended, he was out there probably about 15 minutes after all the other players had gone into the clubhouse.  He's not the best at signing pregame, but is really friendly, and great about signing on auto Sundays.

Quick story:  Last year, the last Sunday game of the season, Made, Pena and Fischer were the 3 players down on the end.  People started lining up well before the game even started for these three guys.  Game ended, and those 3 players never came out to sign, not one of them.  The people who waited in those lines stuck around for at least 30 minutes after the game, only to get none of them.  Imagine waiting in a line 4+ hours only to get nothing, and miss the entire game as well.  People were not happy to say the least.

So far this season, if you want Pena, Fischer, or Payne, you have to start lining up right around the 5th inning or so to make sure you get them.  I can't promise that though, the line could start sooner, or later.  Just telling you what I have observed so far.   They will be down on the end towards the playground.  Those 3 players they put down there because their lines are just too much to handle for the area designated for autos, and those 3 are the most popular.  They added Knoth to that group last week as well.

Good luck!

[MudcatsfaninBrunsCO]

13 hours ago, TURBO said:

It's really a crapshoot these days getting autos pregame.

There is only one little spot to the right of the T-Rats dugout, where you can pass items to the players to sign.  Total drag getting autos since they put up the fencing/netting surrounding the entire field.

As if that isn't bad enough, some of the big names just don't/won't come over to sign.  Pena, Fischer, Dinges, Adamczewski and Payne rarely stop to sign, but a lot of the other players will.  Out of those 5, Payne is probably the best at stopping over, but it's hit and miss.

Your best bet for autos, bar none, is to go to the Sunday games for auto Sundays.  After the Sunday games, all of the players come out to the designated picnic table area (1st base side pavilion) and sit at tables and sign.  Some stick around for 5-10 minutes, and some will stick around a little longer, and some will stay until their lines dry up.  Last week, Dinges stuck around until his line ended, he was out there probably about 15 minutes after all the other players had gone into the clubhouse.  He's not the best at signing pregame, but is really friendly, and great about signing on auto Sundays.

Quick story:  Last year, the last Sunday game of the season, Made, Pena and Fischer were the 3 players down on the end.  People started lining up well before the game even started for these three guys.  Game ended, and those 3 players never came out to sign, not one of them.  The people who waited in those lines stuck around for at least 30 minutes after the game, only to get none of them.  Imagine waiting in a line 4+ hours only to get nothing, and miss the entire game as well.  People were not happy to say the least.

So far this season, if you want Pena, Fischer, or Payne, you have to start lining up right around the 5th inning or so to make sure you get them.  I can't promise that though, the line could start sooner, or later.  Just telling you what I have observed so far.   They will be down on the end towards the playground.  Those 3 players they put down there because their lines are just too much to handle for the area designated for autos, and those 3 are the most popular.  They added Knoth to that group last week as well.

Good luck!

Thanks for dumping my bucket.... JK. I was mainly trying to get Luis because I have his chrome rookie card that I wanted him to sign. I was able to get Braylon's Rookie card signed last year in Zebulon though. Me and Braylon actually talked pregame most games I went to so I may try to catch up with him. I'll be attending for the Made jersey giveaway game, then I'll be heading down to Milwaukee the next morning for the last 2 of the Phillies series.