Josh Board's Blog – June 2014 Archive (4)

Recent Comic Strips and Documentary with Autographs

There were a couple of cute comic strips this week that were autograph related. In the great Bizarro, by the talented Dan Piraro (who I had the pleasure of meeting at a party, and a week later buying an autographed copy of his book at Comic Con) – his strip had a woman coming home and showing her husband a picture. She is saying, “Guess whose autograph I got today?”

The man is looking at it and says, “Pt Sjk?” (now at this point in the comic strip, autograph collectors are…

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Added by Josh Board on June 20, 2014 at 11:27pm — 3 Comments

My Days With Tony Gwynn

Tony Gwynn and Kasey Kasem had something in common. Both dealt with lots of hits.

I worked in radio a long time, but never met Kasem. I met Gwynn, who passed away the day after Kasem, on several occasions. He was always a class act.

One bit I did on the radio was calling the San Diego Padres and trying to convince them to let me throw out the first pitch. After…

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Added by Josh Board on June 16, 2014 at 11:26pm — 8 Comments

Chris Paul Gets the Best Birthday Gift Ever -- An Autographed Photo!

If you want to make your wife happy on her birthday, a gift from Tiffany’s works. If you want to get one of the wealthiest NBA players something for his birthday, apparently something from Tiffany worked. No, not the store – actress Tiffani Amber Thiessen.

It’s always fun when stars talk about being thrilled by an autograph they received. Usually it’ll be a baseball…

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Added by Josh Board on June 7, 2014 at 10:48pm — 5 Comments

Autographs Can Solve Crimes -- The Hunter Pence Story

I love when famous people have stuff stolen from them. They’re often able to bribe the thieves into returning it with a meeting and an autograph.

San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence, who was acquired in a trade with Philly in 2012, had a customized motor scooter which he wrote a few blocks from home, to every home game. It was stolen outside a restaurant on…

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Added by Josh Board on June 2, 2014 at 12:23am — No Comments