This past March I went to Phoenix, Arizona to see the Milwaukee Brewers in Spring Training. I spent most of my time at the Brewers facility in Maryvale. While I heard from other autograph collectors who were there that the Maryvale ballpark is not the best for getting autographs, I did fairly well.

Here are a couple of reasons while I did well at Maryvale. First and foremost, the Brewers are one of the most accommodating teams when it comes to autographs. The best were Jeromy Burnitz, Jeffery Hammonds, Ben Sheets and Ron Belliard. The toughest one is probably Richie Sexson. I did however see him sign for about half a dozen people one day. I was not one of them.

Another reason why I did OK collecting autographs at Maryvale is that there wasn't much competition. The most people I saw going for autographs were two dozen on a weekend when the Brewers played the D'Backs.

Overall my trip to Phoenix for Spring Training was GREAT. I want to try and make it an annual thing.

Below is my list of my Spring Training autograph successes.

Brewers Baseball: Davey Lopes, Valerio de la Santos, Jimmy Haynes, Jamey Wright, Tyler Houston, Jeffery Hammonds, Kane Davis, Chad Fox, Geoff Jenkins, Ben Sheets, Paul Rigdon and Luis Lopez.

Combo Baseball One: James Mouton, Tim Flannery, Alan Trammell, Alan Embree, Marvin Bernard, Calvin Murray, Dusty Baker, Skeeter Barnes, Gene Altman, Horacio Estrada and Jose Garcia.

Combo Baseball Two: Tony Fernandez, Luis Salazar, Curtis Leskanic, Mark Loretta, Paul Rigdon, Kyle Peterson, Brent Mayne, Ed Romero, Henry Blanco, Don Money and Bengi Gill

Single Signed Baseballs: Jeromy Burnitz, Jeffery Hammonds, Ben Sheets (2), Jeff Cirillo, Jeff D'Amico, Geoff Jenkins, Shawn Estes, Ted Higurea, Cecil Cooper and Nick Neugebauer.

Baseball Cards: Gary Allenson (2), Davey Lopes, Tyler Houston (2), Jose Hernandez, Tony Fernandez, Ron Belliard (4), Jeffery Hammonds (2), Jeromy Burnitz (2), Curtis Leskanic (2), Bill Schroeder, David Weathers, Ray King, Lou Collier, Devon White, Ben Sheets (2), Mark Loretta, John Snyder (2), Chad Fox, Paul Rigdon, Jeff D'Amico, Jimmy Haynes, Raul Casanova and Kyle Peterson.