Back From The AZ Fall League - My thoughts on Brewers Prospects. Pics

[bobbledude25]

Hey guys, a couple of weeks ago I was down at the AZ Fall League for 3 days checking out all the teams including Peoria with some of the Brewers prospects. I was very interested to see Jed Bradley and was able to see him pitch a night game. Jed is a BIG kid and I'm happy to say he's very nice as well. I had him sign a ROMLB and an AZ Fall League ball for me and I got my picture taken with him. As for the game he was throwing anywhere from 90-93 (I was watching the scouts radar gun) he pitched pretty well. He reminds me of Eric Arnett but 100 times better.

 

Other Brewer prospects included Schafer, Scooter, Kentrail Davis, Kintzler. For a little dude Scooter can sure hit. I think he finished 3rd or 4th in the league in hitting. Schafer looked very good as well.

 

On a side note: I was also to get autographs from this years number 1 and 2 picks in the draft Gerrit Cole and Danny Hultzen. Cole signed two balls for me and Hultzen signed 3 balls and 2 8x10's for me. Hultzen was really cool. Cole was a huge jerk but at least he signed. Got a ton of autos from other top prospects as well

 

Here are some pics (sorry the Bradleys are fuzzy)

 

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/JedBradleypitching.jpg

 

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/JedBradleythrowing.jpg

 

 

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/JedBradley.jpghttp://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/ScooterGennettbatting.jpghttp://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/ScooterGennett8x10-1.jpg

 

 

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/DannyHultzenautographII-1.jpghttp://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/HultzenAutograph.jpghttp://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/DannyHultzen-1.jpghttp://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/numberonewadefan/AZ%20Fall%20League%202011/GerrittCole.jpg

[DHonks]

congrats bobbledude25. Now you mention one guy was a jerk...were you waiting outside by their players' exit or did you get him to sign on the field? I never understood why the AZ Fall League didn't hire security to protect the players on the way to their cars, as they get bothered by the same 10 or so autograph hounds EVERY day

[bobbledude25]

congrats bobbledude25. Now you mention one guy was a jerk...were you waiting outside by their players' exit or did you get him to sign on the field? I never understood why the AZ Fall League didn't hire security to protect the players on the way to their cars, as they get bothered by the same 10 or so autograph hounds EVERY day

Thanks. As for Gerrit Cole being a jerk, no, there was no need to wait for players by their cars or anything. Everyone signed inside the stadium. I can honestly say about 99% of the kids/players were super nice minus Cole. He seemed to be super pissed to sign autographs, like you said maybe cuz he's signing for the same people over and over? He wouldnt say a word and would hand the ball back to you forcefully.

 

Yeah, its quite the relaxed atmosphere. I dont think there is a need for security however. If you want autographs they are easy enough to get where these crazed collectors dont have to harass anyone

[paul253]

I don't mean this negatively against anyone here or anyone that collects anything. But I would probably be upset with someone handing me something to sign, like a ball, when I know I've already signed a ball for them. I'd probably refuse to do it if I could. Unless of course I see someone who is clearly a parent with three kids and he has three balls to be signed or something like that. But if someone just shoves three items in my face to be signed I'd sign one and refuse to take the others. I'd have no problem with people making money off of my autograph. But if that's the case I'm going to try to get everyone their first autograph before I start signing multiple things for the same person. I'm not saying that's why Cole was a jerk. Some people just have ego problems or think they are above this kind of thing. Some people don't realize, or care, that without the fans not only would their autograph be worth nothing, they also wouldn't be making nearly as much money as they do.

[DHonks]

Cole may be a jerk..I don't know. I remember in the AFL, Stephen Drew had no idea what all the fuss was about. He generally signed everytime something was infront of him, but for the 8 weeks of the league, it was pretty much the same 5-10 guys there every day. Stephen just didn't get why people wanted his signature, and it reminded me of the line in For Love of the Game when Billy Chapel insists kids buy the baseball cards for the gum.

 

Most guys will sign. Most are good about it. But some don't really understand. Frankly, I would expect that after reading the Zack Greinke stories this year, most fans hopefully leave him alone.

[bobbledude25]

I don't mean this negatively against anyone here or anyone that collects anything. But I would probably be upset with someone handing me something to sign, like a ball, when I know I've already signed a ball for them. I'd probably refuse to do it if I could. Unless of course I see someone who is clearly a parent with three kids and he has three balls to be signed or something like that. But if someone just shoves three items in my face to be signed I'd sign one and refuse to take the others. I'd have no problem with people making money off of my autograph. But if that's the case I'm going to try to get everyone their first autograph before I start signing multiple things for the same person. I'm not saying that's why Cole was a jerk. Some people just have ego problems or think they are above this kind of thing. Some people don't realize, or care, that without the fans not only would their autograph be worth nothing, they also wouldn't be making nearly as much money as they do.

Good points, I can say I never saw someone give him more then one thing to sign. As was the case with me, I only had Cole sign one ball for me and my dad had him sign one after the game. I'd have to lean more towards your ego problem statement.

 

Hultzen on the other hand would have sign 50 of those pics for me if I had multiple copies. I saw him sign at least 10 16x20's for someone and the guy gave him a bunch of photos

[paul253]

Hultzen on the other hand would have sign 50 of those pics for me if I

had multiple copies. I saw him sign at least 10 16x20's for someone and

the guy gave him a bunch of photos

Ha, maybe Hultzen gets a cut of every photo of him that sold and he was thrilled some guy bought 10 http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif I'm just kidding. Every guy is different which is fine. They can do what they want. But if there was a line of people I personally would only sign one item. And I'd try to sign for as many different people as possible.

[bobbledude25]

Hultzen on the other hand would have sign 50 of those pics for me if I

had multiple copies. I saw him sign at least 10 16x20's for someone and

the guy gave him a bunch of photos

Ha, maybe Hultzen gets a cut of every photo of him that sold and he was thrilled some guy bought 10 http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif I'm just kidding. Every guy is different which is fine. They can do what they want. But if there was a line of people I personally would only sign one item. And I'd try to sign for as many different people as possible.

Thats the best part about the Fall League. There is no line