As a Ponson-esque pitching performance by Steve Trachsel has the Mets in a 8-4 hole (and the denizens of the Hot Foot chatroom debating the merits of the Fleshlight), Kevin of So Much Silence turns our attentions to the entrepreneurial scheming of Marlins rookie Dan Uggla.
Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins, believed to be the first player iselected in a Rule 5 draft to make the major league baseball All-Star Game in the same year, will sign autographs Aug. 12 at a card show at North Phoenix Baptist Church, 5757 North Central Ave. Fee is $20 per autograph, and Uggla, a former Diamondbacks farmhand, will sign from 11 a.m.-noon.”
Kevin seems to think this is an exhorbitant sum for Uggla to charge, and I can’t say I disagree. For $5, Bob Feller will autograph a ball, cap or baseball card, and he’ll urinate on a 8X10″ photo of Pete Rose.