Spare vs. Spare

Touring the lower level of the ballpark today, we ran into a couple interesting people. One was David Sessions who was on a mission with the Fort Worth Star Telegram at the time. Then, we discovered four arguably spare Rangers players at the corners of the stadium signing autographs.

Of course, we grabbed our dollar hot dogs and went autograph seeking. Our first option was Mickey Callaway. We passed, hoping for better. But then came the highlight: Dave Dellucci. I got the outfielder to sign my hat. And after I asked him about the kiss he got from Anna Kournikova, we debated whether we made the best bet going with Dellucci or going for our fourth or fifth option. We later learned that if we had passed on the Delucci autograph, we would have been forced into some no-name long reliever or Brian Shouse. We win.