Thanks, guys

It may have taken a few days, from the time that Dunedin's Eric Thames gave this bat to Colin until the Dunedin Blue Jays outfielder/designated hitter signed it, but it was well worth the wait. Especially, too, after this exchange:

Colin: Eric, can you sign this bat?
Thames: You mean you didn't throw that away?
Colin: Why would I do that? It's sweet. So, you gonna sign it?

As you can see, Thames did, indeed, sign the bat. That wasn't the only thing Colin got signed by D-Jays players during two visits to Dunedin Stadium to see his favorite Florida State League team, the Charlotte Stone Crabs:

Though we don't have too many cards to get signed, we were psyched that Dunedin's Kevin Ahrens, Andrew Liebel and John Tolisano knocked out what little we had;

Signing the Dunedin Blue Jays team ball during the Charlotte series were, from top, Sean Shoffit, John Tolisano and Kenny Rodriguez (yes, it's upside down); and

Ahrens, whose folks were in town for the series, also signed the D-Jays team ball.