ON JUNE 16,2012 THE OC DUGOUT HOSTED A KENDRYS MORALES AND VLADIMIR GUERRERO AUTOGRAPH SIGNING, ALONG WITH CHRIS EPTING AND THE 2011 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. WHAT A TURN OUT. I ARRIVED TO THE OC DUGOUT ROUND 9AM AND THE LINE WAS LONG! BY 10AM THE LINE WAS WRAPPED AROUND INTO THE PARKING LOT. THE FIRST PERSON IN LINE SHOWED UP AT 7AM, AND HE DROVE FROM OXNARD,CA. NOW THAT'S A FAN. NOT ONLY DID THE OC DUGOUT HOST A GREAT SIGNING. THERE WAS FREE STUFF. FREE 8x10 YELLOW SURPRISE ENVELOPES WITH 8x10 AUTOGRAPHS, FREE ALBERT PUJOLS CARDS, FREE PIZZA, FREE BOXES OF CRACKER JACKS, AND A FREE RAFFLE TO WIN AN AUTOGRAPH ALBERT PUJOLS ITEM. WHO DOSE THIS KIND OF STUFF FOR CUSTOMERS?! THE OC DUGOUT THAT'S WHO!
FIRST UP TO SIGN WAS KENDRYS MORALES, AND MORALES WAS AWESOME WITH THE FANS. KENDRYS TOOK HIS TIME WITH THE FANS OF ALL AGES.SHAKING HANDS, GIVING HI FIVES, AND EVEN HOLDING BABIES FOR PICTURES. THE KIDS WALKED UP TO MORALES'S TABLE AND STARTED TALKING BASEBALL. SOME FANS TOLD MORALES THAT THEY WERE HAPPY TO SEE HIM BACK IN UNIFORM AND PLAYING LIKE HIS OLD SELF. KENDRYS WAS HAVING JUST AS MUCH FUN AS THE FANS WERE. IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE EVERY ONE HAVING A GOOD TIME. MOST PLACES RUSH YOU IN, JUST SO THEY CAN RUSH YOU OUT. NOT HERE AT THE OC DUGOUT. YOU WALK AWAY FEELING LIKE A KID AGAIN.
SECOND TO SIGN WAS VLADIMIR GUERRERO. VLAD IS A FAN FAVORITE AND WELL MISSED IN ANAHEIM. VLAD WAS RELEASED BY THE BLUE JAYS ON JUNE 12,2012 AND THE OC DUGOUT PICKED HIM UP FOR THIS SIGNING RIGHT AFTER HEARING OF HIS RELEASE BY THE BLUE JAYS. AROUND 10AM IS WHEN I NOTICED THAT VLAD WAS ADDED TO THE MORALES SIGNING ON THE OC DUGOUT'S FACEBOOK PAGE. THE WORD SPREAD THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT ANGELS PAGES ON FACEBOOK. WITH ONLY 4 DAYS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT. THERE WAS A HUGE TURN OUT FOR VLAD.
BIG VLAD WAS HAPPY TO BE BACK HOME IN ANAHEIM, AND SEEING ALL THE FANS COMING OUT TO SEE HIM. MADE HIM HAPPY TO BE BACK. NOT ONLY DID VLAD SIGN AUTOGRAPHS, BUT HE TOOK PHOTOS WITH FANS THAT JUST WANTED TO MEET HIM. THIS YOUNG FAN SEEN IN THE PHOTO WITH VLAD CAME OUT TO SEE KENDRYS MORALES, BUT WHEN HE NOTICED VLADIMIR GUERREO AT THE NEXT TABLE. YOU COULD TELL THAT HE WANTED TO MEET VLAD. CO-OWNER (LANCE) OF THE OC DUGOUT NOTICED THE YOUNG FAN AND CALLED HIM OVER, SO HE CAN MEET VLADIMIR GUERRERO. THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE. ONCE AGAIN THE OC DUGOUT PUT ON ANOTHER GREAT EVENT. THERE WAS A LOT OF SIGNINGS GOING ON THAT SATURDAY, BUT THIS WAS THE ONE TO BE AT. IF YOU DID'NT MAKE IT OUT TO THIS ONE. YOU MISSED OUT... BIG TIME! I WANT TO GIVE THE OC DUGOUT A BIGG THANK YOU, FOR PUTTING ON THESE EVENTS FOR US FANS. KEEP EM COMING. TILL NEXT TIME. I'LL SEE YOU IN THE AUTOGRAPH LINE.
