Signing bonus

As we walked toward Bright House Networks Field on Saturday, we could hear the sounds of a baseball game going on - the announcing of a batter, the crack of solid contact and a smattering of applause.

At first, we thought we had arrived late to the Jupiter Hammerheads-Clearwater Threshers game, part of our Shark Week activities during out Summer of Baseball. Thankfully, that wasn't the case.

Instead, we learned after arriving inside the park, it was a charity Legends game for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Among the former Major League Baseball players taking part in the game and nice enough to sign a foul ball Colin collected during the contest:

~ Pitcher Dick Drago, who played 13 years for the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Mariners.

~ Catcher Mike Heath, a Tampa native, who played 14 seasons with the Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Oakland A's and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Scoring four

After getting just one or two autographs on one of his hand-drawn team sheets, Colin went deep -- in terms of autographs -- with his latest Major League Baseball effort of the summer baseball-hounding season. Last Thursday, before the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Rays, Colin got four Royals players, including star pitcher Zack Grienke, to sign his latest team sheet.

The others to sign were also pitchers: Doug Waechter, a St. Petersburg, Fla., native who added a Bible verse (Colossians 3:23 (New International Version) - Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.); Ron Mahay and Jamey Wright.

This Sunday, he'll have one for the visiting Washington Nationals.