Well, I figured I'd post this as I'll be attending everything aside from the HR Derby. I took some pictures, but I need to get them uploaded first. Just bought this digital camera so hopefully they turned out good.
I went to the All Star Fanfest from 10am-4pm today. It was great. Any baseball fan who also loves to see baseball history would LOVE this. Negro League area with jersey's of Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston and many others. HOF area with jersey's, shoe's, glove's, bat's, ball's and other stuff from guys like Ruth, Mays, Ted Williams, Clemente, Jimmie Foxx etc... Just tons of stuff to look at and read.
They also had an auction area. Autographed stuff from Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Honus Wagner and many others. Even seats from Forbes Field and the Polo Grounds were on sale. Bats from today's stars were selling for $300 or so and anything from the past was over $1000.
They also had a merchandise area with baseball cards, posters, paintings, jersey's.....just about anything you'd want to buy. However, the pricetag's were steep. One lifesize, signed painting of Muhammed Ali had a $100,000 pricetag.
There was also an area for kids. Video games, batting cages, pitching cages, fielding area and many other things.
Lots of celebrities as well. I ran into Earl Weaver, Orlando Cepeda, Gary Carter, Bill Mazeroski and a few other people.
Anyhow, there was even more than what the pictures and this brief overview can cover. Just too much to digest. Time to try to upload them. Hope everyone enjoys.
I went to the All Star Fanfest from 10am-4pm today. It was great. Any baseball fan who also loves to see baseball history would LOVE this. Negro League area with jersey's of Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston and many others. HOF area with jersey's, shoe's, glove's, bat's, ball's and other stuff from guys like Ruth, Mays, Ted Williams, Clemente, Jimmie Foxx etc... Just tons of stuff to look at and read.
They also had an auction area. Autographed stuff from Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Honus Wagner and many others. Even seats from Forbes Field and the Polo Grounds were on sale. Bats from today's stars were selling for $300 or so and anything from the past was over $1000.
They also had a merchandise area with baseball cards, posters, paintings, jersey's.....just about anything you'd want to buy. However, the pricetag's were steep. One lifesize, signed painting of Muhammed Ali had a $100,000 pricetag.
There was also an area for kids. Video games, batting cages, pitching cages, fielding area and many other things.
Lots of celebrities as well. I ran into Earl Weaver, Orlando Cepeda, Gary Carter, Bill Mazeroski and a few other people.
Anyhow, there was even more than what the pictures and this brief overview can cover. Just too much to digest. Time to try to upload them. Hope everyone enjoys.
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