Mike Piazza Book Signing - Photos & Recap

On Wednesday February 20, 2013, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena hosted a Mike Piazza book signing.  Piazza was scheduled to sign copies of his book, Long Shot, starting at 6 p.m.  This was the first book signing i've attended at Vroman's and was impressed by how orderly and well planned it was.  They used a ticket system and had us line up in that order.  There were 50 tickets per letter and I was in group B.  They printed tickets through the letter F and after that it was first come first serve, so there were at least 300 people in line.  

I arrived at Vroman's at approximately 4:00 p.m. and jumped in line with others in group B.  Time went by as I chatted with folks in line next to me and realized I was a few people in front of Greg from plaschkethysweaterisargyle, as always it is nice to meet fellow bloggers!  As you might imagine people in line were discussing Piazza's comments on Vin Scully and the Dodgers front office.  I finished reading the book on Tuesday night and will save my opinions for another post.

The signing began promptly at 6:00 p.m. and Piazza was signing like a madman.  I estimate I was roughly the 60th person in line and I was out of the store by 6:10 p.m.  In order to keep the line moving there was a Vroman's employee taking your book from you, placing it in front of Piazza and security guard rushing you out once your book was signed.  Piazza was engaging and friendly.  I thanked him for signing my book and told him I was a big fan and he smiled and thanked me for coming out to the signing.  You were allowed to take photos in line and were also allowed to hand your camera to a Vroman's employee to take a photo or two for you while Piazza signed your book(s).  Unfortunately, the pictures she took for me came out really blurry.

I overheard someone ask him if he had any plans to do a memorabilia signing any time soon and he said, he would try and work something out.  I won't get my hopes up to high but it would be awesome for Piazza to have a local autograph signing!  Overall, the book signing was a great experience and I was able to get a few books signed.  Check out my photos below.

Fans taking lots of pictures

Mike Piazza smiling for the cameras

Mike Piazza looking at the next book to sign

One of my signed copies of Long Shot

True to the Blue!

Upcoming Dodger Appearance - Mike Piazza

Wednesday February 20, 2013

Mike Piazza

Event Guidelines:

Tickets will be available at the Will Call department at the main store & at the Hastings Ranch location beginning Tuesday, February 12, the release date for the book.

This is a signing only
Mike Piazza will be signing copies of Long Shot only. Up to 4 copies.

Line ups are according to the group letter on the ticket

Event starts at 6 p.m.

No memorabilia

There will be no personalizations

No posed photos, but photos from the line are ok. A Vroman's employee will be present at the signing table to take unposed photos for customers while getting their book signed.

I picked up my copy of Long Shot today and also got my ticket.  As you can see in the picture, i'll be in group B.  I was informed by an employee of the store, that there will be 50 tickets per letter.  50 in group A, another 50 in group B and so on.  I'll be in the first 100, not bad at all!

True to the Blue!