I have two. I am from St. Louis so I go to every game the Sox are ever in town so in 2012 (19 at the time) I was at every game, there way early to try and get autographs. I had a picture of US Cellular field before a World Series Game with the American flag in the outfield and I brought that in a protective sleeve to hopefully get it signed by Paulie. Well he went down a big line of Sox fans on the 3rd base side of Busch Stadium and luckily I was the last one he signed for, it was pretty cool.
The other one was just last year at another Sox vs Cards game. I was on the 3rd base side near the dugout during the game and of course I was on here b****ing about the game while at the game and I saw someone mentioned they were showing Buehrle on the TV broadcast and was in the stands. A few people helped out to figure out the exact area he was in to let me know. My wife finally spotted him after scanning the crowds for an inning, it was probably the 5th or 6th and he was 2 sections over from me. I told myself whenever he gets up to leave I am going to up to the concourse and try and say hi to him and get a picture. Well around the 7th I see him and his family get up to leave, I race up to the concourse and wait for him like a creep but this was probably a once and a lifetime opportunity. So he gets up to the top, standing 5 feet from me and my wife talking to someone and he gets down and I make my move and apologized right away for bothering him and his family but asked if I could grab a picture real quick and he was more than happy to do so. I let him know I grew up watching him and he was my favorite pitcher of all time and that I was from the Jeffco area where he went to JUCO and my step dad was good friends with the hitting coach there who was around when Mark pitched and he laughed but I can't remember a damn thing he said to me lol. But he was such a down to earth guy and looked like just a random dude from St. Charles