Why should autographs just be for kids? I don't have any use for autographs, so don't think I'm one of those guys.... I'm just not understanding why adults shouldn't get them.
Isn't that like saying adults shouldn't try to catch foul balls, we should let the kids have them? I go after fouls when I'm at a game. I figure those kids have their whole lives to catch a foul ball, while me - I'm half dead already! I don't have the time to wait!
True story - I got a foul ball at a SaltDogs game their first year in Lincoln. Bounced in some empty seats and rolled down to me. All I had to do was pick it up. I'd been looking for a foul ball for 25 years, from a kid to an adult, and that was my first.
But there's this little guy, like four years old or something, sitting two seats away from me giving me these puppy-dog eyes all game long. ALL GAME LONG. About the sixth inning or so he's turning into a pumpkin so his mom packs him up to go home, and he leaves with this one last, heartbreaking look. So.... like a schmoe, after waiting all those years, I chased the kid and mom halfway up the steps and gave him the ball.
I got a standing ovation from our section as I went back down. My wife was super proud of me and I got a reward when we got home
BUT. I'm 40 and I still have no foul ball from any game, ever, anywhere.
So screw those kids. I'm getting my foul ball when the time comes. No more puppy-dog eyes.
I can just imagine it's the same for guys who collect autographs.
Why? if I get an autographed football from Martinez there's already a good chance that he goes pro. Maybe he'll become one of the greatest QBs of all time, and that football will be worth a fortune!
As an adult I have never been impressed or fasinated enough by any sports figure or movie star to feel the need to have their autograph, seems like a kids thing to me. Now if I had the chance to pick 2 or 3 people to sit down and talk to for an hour or so I would be all over that. As far as the million dollar autograph goes, I guess if Martinez goes pro I will kick my kids butt for not getting it when he had the chance.