Back in the game a decade later
Last month, I shared my story of my trip to the 2014 Queens Baseball Convention. After 7 hours at the event and another 4 hours spent in transit, that should have been enough for any weekend, especially when you consider that it included appearances (with autographs) from Ron Darling and Ed Kranepool plus a surprise appearance by Art Shamsky. At least, that was the plan.
Backing up to Friday, January 17, a tweet from Matt den Dekker announced that he would be at the White Plains Card Show on January 18, the same day as the Queens Baseball Convention.
Be at the Westchester Con Ctr in White Plains tomorrow. Mets fans come check it out!!
— Matt den Dekker (@UpperDekker) January 17, 2014
The timing was unfortunate, to say the least. Former Mets Rusty Staub and Jason Isringhausen were among that day’s other guests, with autograph prices starting at $20 for den Dekker and going up from there (the full list of signers is unfortunately lost to history because the event promoter took all show information offline immediately following the event and nobody seems to have copied it down anywhere). The show, however would go on. For one more day at least. It had been a decade since I had been to a card show, I was within driving distance, and there were two Mets on the autograph list for the final day. Might as well stop by.
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