4/8/10-4/11/10 Lehigh Valley Ironpigs vs Syracuse Chiefs

Due to my lack of updates, I have decided to try to expedite the process by moving the Syracuse Chiefs games into series. So this was our first matchup with Lehigh Valley (Triple A affiliate of Philadelphia). The coolest part of the series was the nearly empty game, where Kevin Mench was in the store signing. He asked to take one of my cards (of course a numbered card I liked and had only one of..), but then he signed the rest of what I had, which was cool.

Cards:

Lehigh Valley
Brian Bocock - 2
Brandon Duckworth - 1
Chris Duffy - 3
Scott Mathieson - 6
Cody Ransom - 2
Joe Savery - 1
Wilson Valdez - 3
DeWayne Wise - 2 (1 extra)
Mike Zagurski - 2 (2 extra)

Syracuse
Roger Bernadina - 1
Seth Bynum - 1
Devin Ivany - 1
Marvin Lowrance - 2
Carlos Maldonado - 2
Kevin Mench - 8 (Including 1 game used)
Doug Slaten - 6 (1 extra)

Cards This Series: 43, Overall: 43

4/10/10: Rochester Americans vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the last game of the season. I didn't need squat from Rochester, so I tried to get some Syracuse guys, from the set we were just given that night. Unfortunately, I didn't get much done. I also got ex-Syracuse Crunch player David Ling in the stands. Overall, not a bad season.

Cards:

Misc
David Ling - 1

Syracuse
Trevor Frischmon - 1
Jon Mirasty - 1
Dan Fritsche - 2

Cards Today: 5, Overall: 225

4/9/10: Hamilton Bulldogs vs Syracuse Crunch

Next to last game of the year, yet this is our first time facing Hamilton (Montreal's AHL affiliate) at home this season. Sadly, I really had nothing at all I needed from them. All I got were some repeats..

Cards:

Hamilton
Ryan White (Extra)

Syracuse
Karl Gohering (Asst Coach) (Extra)


INSERT PUCKS/LOGO SHEET HERE

4/6/10: Hershey Bears vs Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse played Hershey, yet again. Not much left, but I was able to kill off most of what I needed, as well as a Syracuse guy.


Cards:

Hershey
Braden Holtby - 2

Syracuse
Maksim Mayorov - 1


Cards Today: 3, Overall: 220


LOGO SHEET HERE

3/31/10: Hershey Bears vs Syracuse Crunch

Another matchup between Syracuse and Hershey. Having heard in the past that ex-New Jersey Devil Kevin Todd had been in the stand a few times, I was dragging my cards for him around half the season. Finally, I was able to get him. It's always nice to grab some autos in the stands!

Cards:

Hershey
Grant Lewis - 1

Misc
Kevin Todd - 8

Cards Today: 9, Total: 217

LOGO SHEET HERE

3/27/10: Albany River Rats vs Syracuse Crunch

Last matchup between Syracuse and Albany (Carolina's affiliate). Finally got Tlusty to show up with a team, which was good.

Cards:

Jiri Tlusty - 3 (Plus 1 extra)
Oskar Osala (Extra)

Cards Today: 3, Overall: 208


INSERT LOGO SHEET HERE

3/26/10: Toronto Marlies vs Syracuse Crunch

This was our only matchup against the Toronto Marlies (AHL affiliate of Toronto). Not a whole lot to say about this matchup.

Cards:

Joey MacDonald - 2 (Plus 1 extra)
Derek King (Asst Coach) - 11
Alex Foster - 2 (Plus 2 extra)

Cards Today: 15, Overall: 205



INSERT PHOTO/LOGO SHEET HERE

3/20/10: Hershey Bears vs Syracuse Crunch

Kind of sad when you play a division rival for the first time at home, under a month before the end of the season. It's even more sad when 3 of the final 7 home games are against this team. But this was the case when Syracuse played Washington's AHL affiliate from Hershey.

Cards:

Kyle Wilson - 1
Jay Beagle - 1
Sean Collins - 1
Francois Bouchard - 1 (Plus an extra)
Jason Bacashihua (Extra)

Different Cards Today: 4, Overall: 190


INSERT LOGO SHEET/PHOTOS HERE

3/19/10: Bridgeport Sound Tigers vs Syracuse Crunch

The New York Islanders' AHL affiliate from Bridgeport faced the Crunch for the only home game this year. Didn't have too much, but I was happy to see NHL player Brendan Witt down with them. He signed alright, so it worked out.

Cards:

Brendan Witt - 4 (plus an extra)
Scott Munroe - 1

Cards Today: 5, Overall: 186


Insert Logo Sheet Here

3/17/10: Manchester Monarchs vs Syracuse Crunch

Yet another team making their only trip to Syracuse. This time it was Manchester (AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings). They had a lot of players that I needed, unfortunately a few snuck out. I was quite happy to get Jonathan Bernier though.


Cards:

Jonathan Bernier - 3
Bud Holloway - 1
Scott Pellerin - 1 (and an extra)
Joe Piskula - 2
Kevin Westgarth - 1

Cards Today: 8, Overall: 181


Insert Logo Sheet/Pucks Here

3/15/10: Breaking Benjamin Concert in Rochester

I won tickets to the Breaking Benjamin/Chevelle/Red/Thousand Foot Krutch concert in Rochester. I was able to get the full band of Thousand Foot Krutch to sign my ticket stub, which was nice. Class act guys and a great night.


Ticket Stub - Thousand Foot Krutch

3/13/10: Rochester Americans vs Syracuse Crunch

Another trip by Rochester. Killed off a few extra items, but nothing too big.

Cards:

Rory Fitzpatrick - 1
Steve MacIntyre - 1
Tyler Plante - 1
Clay Wilson - (extra card)

Cards Today: 3, Overall: 173

Insert Logo Sheet Here

3/12/10: Lowell Devils vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the only trip to Syracuse by Lowell (AHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils). I was quite happy to see that their coach, John MacLean, signed a lot more than I heard he had been. Guess he was in a good mood!

Cards:

Cory Murphy - 1
Alexander Vasyunov - 1
Patrick Davis - 1
Mike McKenna - 1
John MacLean (Coach) - 15

Cards Today: 19, Overall: 170


Insert Logo Sheet Here

3/6/10: Portland Pirates vs Syracuse Crunch

This was Portland's (AHL affiliate of Buffalo) only trip to Syracuse. It was great to see good prospects, as well as 2 great coaches. Dineen was pissed due to a bad game ending call by the ref, but he was still willing to sign. Got refused by Jhonas Enroth, which sucked. Of course, he played horrible crappy. Oh well.

Cards:

Kevin Dineen (Coach) - 6
Tyler Ennis - 1
Nathan Gerbe - 1
Marc-Andre Gragnani - 2 (Plus an extra)
Eric Weinrich - 14 (Plus 2 extra)

Cards Today: 24, Overall: 151



Insert Logo Sheet/Pucks Here

2/28/10: Norfolk Admirals vs Syracuse Crunch

This is the last matchup between Norfolk (Tampa Bay's AHL affiliate) and Syracuse. Happy to see Mark Parrish again, ex-NHL all star but also a huge class act. The rest of the players were decent, too..as they hung around to watch the Olympic hockey gold medal game. Even Adam Hall (usually one per) was nice.

Cards:

Adam Hall - 4
Vladimir Mihalik - 1 (Plus an extra)
Mark Parrish - 2 (plus 3 extra)
Ryan Craig - (2 extra)

Cards Today: 7, Overall: 127

Insert Logo Sheet Here

2/27/10: Springfield Falcons vs Syracuse Crunch

This was Springfield's (Edmonton's AHL affiliate) only trip to Syracuse. Unfortunately, the few guys really needed happened to exit the opposite way that none of us saw. No cards signed.


Insert Logo Sheet/Pucks here

2/20/10: Syracuse Crunch - Outdoor Game vs Binghamton

This was the Outdoor Game for the Crunch. Bob Nystrom and Rob Ray were supposed to sign autographs, but I never saw Rob Ray go anywhere. Also, Country Artist Jessie James signed autographs. Overall, not a bad day at all.

Ticket Stub - Jessie James (Musician)

Puck - Bob Nystrom

2/19/10: Lake Erie Monsters vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the only trip to Syracuse by Lake Erie (Colorado's AHL affiliate).

Cards:

Lake Erie
T. J. Hensick - 3 (Plus 2 extra)
Dan Laperriere (Asst Coach) - 3 (plus 1 extra)
Brett Skinner - 2

Syracuse
Tom Sestito - 2

Cards Today: 10, Overall: 120

Insert Logo Sheet Here

2/17/10: Texas Stars vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the only game Texas (AHL affiliate of Dallas). Didn't have that much for them.


Cards:

Garrett Stafford - 1

Cards Today: 1, Overall: 110

Insert Logo Sheet Here

2/6/10: Adirondack Phantoms vs Syracuse Crunch

Adirondack's final trip to Syracuse. Not too much was needed for this one.

Cards:

Andreas Nodl - 1

Cards Today: 1, Overall: 109

Insert Logo Sheet Here

1/30/10: Binghamton Senators vs Syracuse Crunch

Another game against Binghamton. Nothing noteworthy.

Cards:

Brian Lee - 2

Cards Today: 2, Overall: 108

Insert Logo Sheet here

1/29/10: San Antonio Rampage vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the yearly trip to Syracuse by San Antonio (Phoenix's AHL affiliate). I was very happy to get from #3 pick, Kyle Turris, to sign..and sign a bunch! Also, we lucked out as San Antonio had a team meeting after the game, somewhere upstairs at the War Memorial. This allowed us to get players that we otherwise would have missed, especially since San Antonio usually walks to their hotel, exiting many different exits.

Cards:

Ryan Hollweg - 2
Joel Perrault - 1
Justin Pogge - 3
Kevin Porter - 1
Kyle Turris - 3

Cards Today: 10, Overall: 106


Insert Logo Sheets/Pucks here

1/23/10: Worcester Sharks vs Syracuse Crunch

This was Syracuse's only matchup against the Worcester Sharks (San Jose's AHL affiliate). Happy to have gotten Couture.

Cards:

Logan Couture - 1
Jamie McGinn - 1
Dwight Helminen - 1

Cards Today: 3, Overall: 96


Insert Logo Sheet/Pucks here

1/22/10: WBS Penguins vs Syracuse Crunch

Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate from Wilkes Barre-Scranton came again. Not much needed besides logo sheet sigs and 1 card.

Cards:

Chris Conner - 1

Today: 1, Overall: 93

Insert Logo Sheet Here

1/16/10: Rochester Americans vs Syracuse Crunch

Another matchup with Rochester and Syracuse. Of course, since we see Florida's affiliate for the AHL about 8 times in the year.

Cards:

Clay Wilson - 2
Alexander Salak - 1 (Florida Team Logo Card)
Brady Calla - 1
David Brine - 2

Cards Today: 6, Overall: 92


Insert Logo Sheet/Photos here

12/19/09: Albany River Rats vs Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse played Albany (Carolina's AHL affiliate). Everyone was in good spirits with this being both teams' final game before the holiday break.

Cards:

Zach Fitzgerald - 2
Zach Boychuk - 1
Jeff Daniels (Head Coach) (extra card)

Cards Today: 3, Overall: 86


Insert Logo Sheet/Pucks

12/16/09: Syracuse Crunch Season Ticket Holiday Party

The annual holiday party held by the Syracuse Crunch. Pretty much every player is available to sign. Great to get items done. The only player not there was injured Tom Sestito. I also won a team signed hockey stick!

Cards:

Jared Aulin - 3
Brendan Bell - 4 (Including 1 game used)
Dan Fritsche - 4
Nick Holden (1 extra)
Dan LaCosta - 2
Jordan LaVallee - 1
Alexandre Picard -1 (Game Used + 2 extras)
Jonathan Sigalet (1 extra)
Danny Taylor - 2
Daniel Tkaczuk - 1

Different Cards Today: 18, Overall: 83

12/11/09: Adirondack Phantoms vs Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse faced Philadelphia's AHL affiliate from Adirondack. It was ex-Crunch player Stefan Legein's first return to Syracuse. Was happy to get my game used card that I purchased before he got traded, signed.

Cards:

Stefan Legein - 1 (Game Used)
Kjell Samuelsson (Asst Coach) - 1
Danny Syvret - 1
Jason Ward - 1

Cards Today: 4, Overall: 65



Insert Logo Sheet and Photos here

12/9/09: WBS Penguins vs Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse's first matchup with the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins (Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate). Overall, not too bad. Was even able to get an injured Crunch player exiting on the away side.


Cards:

WBS
Adam Berkhoel - 1 (Plus an extra)
Wyatt Smith - 1
Ben Lovejoy - 1
Konstantin Pushkarev - 1

Syracuse
Tom Sestito - 1


Cards Today: 5, Overall: 61


Insert Logo Sheet here

12/5/09: Binghamton Senators vs Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse faced Binghamton (Ottawa's AHL affiliate) in yet another matchup with them. I can't remember any particulars on this day.

Cards:

Drew Bannister - 1
Martin St. Pierre - 1
Chris Holt - 1

Cards Today: 3, Overall: 56

Insert Logo Sheet

11/29/09: Rochester Americans vs Syracuse Crunch

Another meeting between the Crunch and Rochester (Florida's AHL affiliate). Ended up going after mostly Crunch that day, although I did still fill in a Rochester card.

Cards:

Syracuse
Jared Aulin - 2 (Both Game Used)
Pascal Pelletier - 2 (Plus 1 extra)

Rochester
Jeff Taffe - 1

Today: 5, Overall: 53


Insert any Logo Sheet/Photo here

11/27/09: Houston Aeros vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the only meeting between Syracuse and Minnesota's AHL affiliate from Houston. This is always a tough team, since they usually stay overnight and walk to their hotel..often leaving through many different exits.

Cards:

Wade Dubielewicz - 1
Duncan Milroy - 1
Colton Gillies - 2

Cards Today: 4, Overall: 48

Pucks/Logo Sheet will be updated later

11/21/09: Hartford Wolfpack vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the game I was waiting for. With Hartford being the AHL affiliate of my New York Rangers, I went all out for this one. I was happy to get a bunch of pucks signed, as well as the logo sheet.

Cards:

Bob Sanguinetti - 1
J. J. Daigneault (Assistant Coach) - 5 (6 Overall, 1 was repeat)
Ryan Garlock - 0 (Repeated 1)
Corey Locke - 1

Cards Today: 7, Overall: 44


All Pucks and the Logo Sheet will be added later.

11/13/09: Providence Bruins vs Syracuse Crunch

Had absolutely nothing for the players of Providence (Boston Bruins' AHL affiliate). All I had were 5 of the same card for the coach. Pointless, except for the puck and logo sheet.

Cards:

Rob Murray (C0ach) - 1

Today: 1, Overall: 37

Pucks/Logo Sheet will be added later.

11/11/09: Albany River Rats vs Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse faced Carolina Hurricanes' AHL affiliate from Albany. I was happy to see decent prospect, Zach Boychuk around and signing.

Cards:

Zach Fitzgerald - 1
Zach Boychuk - 1
Steven Goertzen - 1
Nicolas Blanchard - 1

Cards Today: 4, Overall: 36


Logo Sheet/Pucks will be entered later.

11/7/09: Norfolk Admirals vs Syracuse Crunch

Second time out of 5 games into the year that we saw Norfolk. Was able to kill off a couple odd cards I still needed, as well as some of the logo sheet.

Cards:

Mike Lundin - 1
Blair Jones - 1

Cards Today: 2, Overall: 32


Logo Sheet/etc will be added later.

10/24/09: Rochester Americans vs Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse played the first of MANY against Rochester (Florida's AHL affiliate). Disappointing to play 20% of your home games against the SAME team, that's not even in your conference.

Cards:

Rochester
Clay Wilson - 1
Chris Taylor - 1
Shawn Matthias - 2 (4 total, but only 2 different)

Cards Today: 4, Overall: 30

Photos/Logo Sheet/Pucks will be added later.

10/23/09: Binghamton Senators vs Syracuse Crunch

For this game, Syracuse faced the Binghamton Senators (Ottawa's AHL Affiliate).

Didn't have too much on the card side for these guys. Lucked out and saw that Jesse Winchester was making a conditioning start a few minutes before I left for the game. As usual, Brian Lee was pricky.

Cards:

Binghamton
Brian Lee - 1
Jesse Winchester - 1

Cards Today: 2, Overall: 26


Logo Sheet will be added later.

10/16/09: Norfolk Admirals vs Syracuse Crunch

I'm horrible at updating. Ya know, being a YEAR behind...oops.

This was the second game of the season for Syracuse...this time against Tampa Bay Lightnings' AHL affiliate, Norfolk.

Ex-NHL All Star Mark Parrish was on the team and was really cool.

Cards:

Norfolk
Mark Parrish - 8
Vladimir Mihalik - 1
Ryan Craig - 2
Ty Wishart - 1
Jim Johnson (Assistant Coach) - 2
Darren Rumble (Coach) - 2

Cards Today: 16, Overall: 24


Logo Sheet and/or Pucks will be added later.

10/10/09: Adirondack Phantoms vs Syracuse Crunch

This was opening night for the Crunch. Adirondack is Philadelphia Flyers AHL affiliate. I tried to get the guest, Ralph Macchio, to sign but it was an utter clusterfuck. Not worth missing half the game to get a has been who came off as a bit of a prick. Oh well. Was able to kill off a bit, but still had a few left over, especially of Kjell Samuelsson.

Cards
Randy Jones - 1
Kjell Samuelsson (Coach) - 2
Greg Gilbert (Coach) - 3

Cards Today - 6
Overall Cards - 8


Adirondack Phantoms Logo Sheet (15 Players Signed):
#7 - Oskars Bartulis
#20 - Josh Beaulieu
#24 - Rob Bellamy
#5 - Marc-Andre Bourdon
#26 - Sean Curry
#6 - Randy Jones
#37 - Jonathon Kalinski
#23 - Lukas Kaspar
#12 - Garrett Klotz
#16 - Patrick Maroon
#4 - Kevin Marshall
#11 - Jon Matsumoto
#14 - Andreas Nodl
#35 - Nic Riopel
#18 - Jared Ross (Top of Logo)

Preseason: Syracuse Crunch Season Ticket Pickup

I'm not positive of the date, but for the season ticket holders, we had a day to pick up our tickets. They had a few players there and I was able to start off my hockey season for autos.

Cards
David Liffiton - 2

Overall Cards This Season - 2


Photos
Jon Mirasty - 1

FINAL 2009 BASEBALL STATS

Different cards signed this 2009 season - 732



2006 Book:
Started 2009 with: 172/900
Ended 2009 with: 241/900
Total Gained in 2009: 69 Signatures

2008 Book:
Started 2009 with: 112/900
Ended 2009 with: 199/900
Total Gained in 2009: 87 Signatures

2009 Book:
Started 2009 with: 0/900
Ended 2009 with: 118/900
Total Gained in 2009: 118 Signatures

9/6/09 and 9/7/09: Pawtucket Red Sox vs Syracuse Chiefs

Last series of the year. The last game, I had to show up midway through, which was awful. Thanks work!... It wasn't a bad year, set my new high (oh so tough to do when this is only my 2nd full year since getting back into autographs lol). Overall.. there were a lot of high and lowlights. I wish I had gotten out to Binghamton more often, as well as going to the golf tourney in Cooperstown. I think I will have to invest some money and time and head out there next year. I'll make a post after this just putting up my total stats involving the cards and books, for an easier lookup next year. PS - Angel Chavez is a douchebag.

Books:

Pawtucket
Randor Bierd (2008)
Dustin Richardson (2008)
Mark Wagner (2008, 2009)
Bubba Bell (2008)
Aaron Bates (2008)

Cards:

Pawtucket
Aaron Bates - 1
Bubba Bell - 2
Randor Bierd - 1
Enrique Gonzalez - 1
Norris Hopper - 1
Jed Lowrie - 2
Russ Morman (Coach) - 2
John Otness - 3
Mark Wagner - 1

Syracuse
Matt Whitney - 1

Cards This Series - 15, Overall - 732


Syracuse Chiefs Yearbook (4 Signed):
Marco Yepez
Brad Eldred
Marco Estrada
Gustavo Molina

9/2/09: Batavia Muckdogs vs Auburn Doubledays

Made our last trip out to Auburn for the year to see them take on Batavia (Short A for St Louis). Didn't get too much on the logo sheet, got a couple things signed so it wasn't too bad. Can't believe that I'm still finding cards from the 1991 AAA Line Drive set to get signed lol.

Books:

Batavia
Niko Vasquez (2009)

Cards:

Batavia
Niko Vasquez - 1
Mark DeJohn (Manager) - 1

Cards Today - 2, Overall - 717


Batavia Muckdogs Logo Sheet (11 Players Signed):
#41 - Matthew Adams
#45 - Daniel Calhoun
#44 - Kyle Conley
#14 - Jon Edwards
#6 - Devin Goodwin
#40 - Deryk Hooker
#13 - Ryan Jackson
#17 - Tyler Leach
#23 - Travis Mitchell
#28 - Jesse Simpson
#1 - Michael Swinson (Signed with no number)

8/31/09 and 9/1/09: SWB Yankees vs Syracuse Chiefs

This series was the typical Yankees clusterfuck. Of course, the fair weathers love the fact that Francisco Cervelli and Ramiro Pena were there, at least for the first game. The shitty thing about the date of this series, is that Sept callups occur on Sept 1st, and the Yankees are the type of team that says fuck it, lets call up whoever we want..we got the money. Lines down the whole 1st base side, made this shitty. They had security on the field *rolleyes* and even Yankees player Mike Dunn and I had a laugh about them being up the players' asses. AAA ballplayers shouldn't be treated like $20 million dollar men. But I digress. PS - Cervelli blew everyone off, Ramiro Pena was a douche, as was Ivan Nova. Over three months later, I can remember this..if that shows how douchey they were. On the contrast, Jason Hirsh was hilarious.

Books:

SWB
Jason Hirsh (2006)
Kevin Whelan (2006, 2008)
Mike Dunn (2008, 2009)

Cards:

SWB
Shelley Duncan - 1
Jason Hirsh - 3
John Rodriguez - 1
Josh Towers - 1
Butch Wynegar (Coach) - 1

Cards This Series - 7, Overall - 715

8/29/09: New York State Fair

We had gone to the State Fair, in hopes of watching Shinedown's free show. Needless to say, when it poured most of the day, we gave up. Ended up watching the last game of the Chiefs/Leigh Valley doubleheader. But while we were there, just so ended up that there was a WWE autograph signing. It was free, brought to us by Time Warner. So I said, why not? WWE personalities Jimmy Hart and Hacksaw Jim Duggan were there. Talk about bringing back childhood memories from when I actually used to watch this stuff lol. Ended up running into a guy I knew who gave me a Jimmy Hart card, which was cool. They also handed out photos of an empty ring, which both signed for me.


Cards:

Jimmy Hart - 1

Other:

Photo of wresting right, signed by Jim Duggan and Jimmy Hart

8/28/09-8/30/09: Lehigh Valley Ironpigs vs Syracuse Chiefs

As you can tell, I slacked off about 5 months, so now I get to makeshift very quickly. This was the last series between Lehigh Valley (Philly AAA) and Syracuse. I don't remember much..soooo here goes.

Books:

Lehigh Valley

Jack Taschner (2006)
Joe Savery (2008, 2009)
John Mayberry (2009)


Cards:

Lehigh Valley
Gustavo Chacin - 1
Rodrigo Lopez - 3
John Mayberry Jr - 2
Rod Nichols (Pitching Coach) - 1
Joe Savery - 1 (nice numbered card)
Jack Taschner - 1

Cards This Series - 9, Overall - 708