Old school

Rather than wake up early, wolf down some breakfast and stand out in the sweltering sun for a couple of hours, we took an old-fashioned approach to getting autographs this past weekend -- we stood near the dugouts.

With Colin and I working the Rays side, and Lisa using her Cal Ripken jersey to its full advantage along the Orioles side, not only did we add to the Rays team ball, but we also scored a pretty solid two-player ball.

Colin was able to get Rays pitchers Gary Glover and Jason Hammel to sign his baseball, raising the total to six. It was Lisa, though, who snagged Baltimore's Miguel Tejada, top, and Kevin Millar on the baseball shown above.

We learned, too, to stick around, right up until game time. By heading back to our seats early, we missed out on others from both teams.

With the Rays heading to Detroit after the game, we didn't bother working the team's parking lot. Cleveland and Boston are coming back in a couple weeks.