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Permalink Reply by Steel on March 13, 2013 at 7:09am

Do you know what year this event occurred??

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Permalink Reply by Mike White on March 13, 2013 at 11:59am

It's been quite a few years now.. I want to say around 2004'ish.

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Permalink Reply by Steel on March 13, 2013 at 1:24pm

So I figured out the second one.  It is signed by former NASCAR driver Carlos Contreras, who was the first Mexican born driver in NASCAR.  He attended the 2006 charity softball game.  Here is a link that matches the signature:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-CARLOS-CONTRERAS-40-BUSCH-SERIES-PARTY...

 

As for the first photo, I didn't have any luck matching any NASCAR drivers from that year or any other year that softball game was held (at least 3 years 2004-2006 from what I can tell).  I then looked at the inscription and at first glance it appeared as "To Mike, Go Boxes," which doesn't make any sense, but then I realized it actually says "To Mike, Go Bears."  Like you said, this charity game was held in Chicago.  During that time Desmond Clark wore #88 for the Bears but the signatures don't really match up.  So I'm still not too sure about that one.

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Permalink Reply by Mike White on March 13, 2013 at 6:20pm

Thank you so much!

Yeah, "Go Bears" was my first thought, and I've looked through hundreds of Desmond Clark's to see if they matched.

I actually think that it's close to a partial match for a very rushed Carl Edwards, who was #88 at one point, but I can't tell for sure.

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