The first weekend in June my son had a wooden bat tournament in Terre Haute, IN. It is nice to see the kids play with these bats every once in a while. A little more emphasis is put on small ball rather than trying to pop a 3 run home run. His team did well taking second out of 7 teams in his age bracket. The weather was perfect all weekend for the 5 games they played Saturday and Sunday.
As luck would have it, the Indianapolis Indians had a home series that same weekend. Being only an hour away, my son and I along with another player and dad from his team went to the game on Friday night. It was Colts night at Victory Field as a couple of players were there to sign autographs.
The Colts sent 2 very good players in cornerback Malik Hooker and wide receiver T.Y. Hilton. I made a couple of logo sheets for each of them to sign not knowing if anything would be provided. Both came out very nice.
My son pulled this Hilton card out of a pack from Dollar Tree. It looks a lot better in person.
A team sheet was provided if you did not bring along something to be signed, so my son had Hooker sign one. Both players were very nice to the fans, taking time to snap pictures, shake hands, and thank us for coming. The line moved slow, but we were withing the first 100 so we made it through before the 1 hour 15 minute time limit. I do know there were some who did not get an autograph. It pays to arrive a little early before gates open.
There was about an hour before game time, so we grabbed an overpriced chicken basket and a drink for dinner. My son and his friend then went down to the third base line to try and get a few autographs from the Indians. I had a few cards left that I did not get signed last time we were in Indy.
Will Craig signed both cards that we had for him. He is having a very good season hitting .280 with 15 home runs and 40 rbis. He might get a call up in August, but with Josh Bell playing out of this world he could stay in Indy all year. Too bad each of them only play first base.
Hayes signed all 3 card we had left. I love his signature. He is not doing as well as Craig, but is 2 years younger with a clearly path to the majors.
Unlike the first Indians game we attended, we stayed until the end. The home team won 4 to 1. After the game, the team put on a great fireworks show that would put a lot of July 4th shows to shame.
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