Carlos!!!!

This past Friday night, I had the opportunity to take the family to the Charlotte Knights AAA baseball game. We met some of the kids from our church for a "boys nite" out. I had looked at the roster for the Knights before we left and noticed Carlos Quentin was re-habbing with them right now. Carlos is an all-star outfielder for the Chicago White Sox which are the parent club for the Knights. He is one of the white sox best young talents (his salary this year is $550,000.00) and will probably be back playing with them by next week.

With the recent baseball cards packs the boys and I have opened lately, it was not a problem to find one of his cards. So I had the idea that we would go down near the dugout before the game to try and get his autograph. So with gloves, cards, and a sharpie in hand we found the perfect spot. After about 5 minutes, we spotted #20 Carlos Quentin. He walked right by us (20 feet) and didn't even look as we yelled his name (of course, very politely). He went on the field and stretched and took a few swings and came back by us toward the dugout. Of course, we called his name again; he did not even turn his head as he entered the dugout. We were a little disappointed that we missed on getting a major league all-stars auto, but I am very thankful to #17 and #39 who made my boys night by signing their ticket.

We left a little early to get the kiddos in bed, but not before we hit the concessions stand. 6 hot dogs, 2 drinks, 6 ice cream cones, one thing of nachos, and two autographs later, we loaded up. We came, we saw, we conquered! By the way, the knights beat the braves 7-6. Take care Carlos and I hope the yankees take it to you and the white sox the rest of the year!