Memories Behind my Clothes: Baseball Player Edition

One thing you should know about me, when I love something, I LOVE something. I become all consumed, and must know everything about it. I can't help it, I've been this way my entire life. So today's edition of Memories Behind my Clothes is about the day I met one of my favorite baseball players.

This was taken 6 years ago!! Time flies!

Ryan Garko was a first baseman for the Cleveland Indians. He was adorable, and talented, and seemed like a really nice guy off the field. Plus, he was from Pittsburgh! So because of those reasons, I became a fan. I went to a lot of games, (before they broke my heart!) and even had a special shirt made because you couldn't find his in the team shop.

Every year, the Indians host a caravan where several players and coaches come to a location and sign autographs and have a Q&A session. (I've went to several of these with my parents when I was younger, and met a lot of players that way.) So I found out that Ryan was coming to the caravan in Youngstown, OH. There was no way I was going to miss meeting one of my favorite players! What do you do when you are going to get your picture taken with a professional athlete? You go shopping!

My red silk blouse was from JC Penney's. I paired it with simple black jeans, and black shoes. So many memories in this shirt! I will remember giving him my customized Fred Flintstone (inside joke with the team) picture in this shirt. I will remember getting my picture taken with him for the local news station in this shirt. I will remember getting my customized shirt signed, and another picture taken with him in this shirt. I said it before, and I'll say it again, how can one article of clothing hold so many memories?

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