Meeting Fergie Jenkins

On Sunday August 14th, 2011, my girlfriend and I went to meet Hall of Fame Cubs pitcher, Fergie Jenkins. It was a last minute signing that I had just found out about once I had gotten home from a weekend away at Springfield for the State Fair. The signing was at a grand opening for the new Sports Authority in Orland Hills. We showed up at around 4:45 and he wasn't signing until 6:00, we were only about 25th in line at that time so we knew we would get his autograph. He actually arrived at the signing fifteen minutes early which is extremely rare when it comes to autograph signings, normally everyone is at least fifteen to twenty minutes late. We got through the line pretty quickly and I had a picture signed for my brother and my girlfriend had a baseball for me signed. We then got back in line and got all the way through the line a second time and I had another baseball signed and my girlfriend got my Cubs hat signed for me too. We took a picture with him and then we left after that. It was a great signing because not only did he show up twice, but we got four different items signed by him. That was autograph number sixty-three for me and it was the thirty-third autograph singing that I have been to. The next signing for me will be on Thursday right back at Sports Authority for current Chicago Cubs closer, Carlos Marmol.