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As some of you know my name is Benjamin and I have been a huge Randy Moss fan since 1998 his rookie season and have literally only followed him and the teams he's been on since day one! I am 25 years old and was only 12 when Moss came into the league! Obviously my all time dream was to meet him in person and get to talk with him even if just for a few minutes. Well I am posting this thread just to share what I will always treasure as my favorite Moss item, while at the same time my all time favorite Moss memory...
Ok I live in northern California and even though I loved seeing Randy play in Minnesota, i'd be lying if I said I wasn't thrilled to see him get traded to Oakland so i'd finally get a chance to see him play in person! So anyways about 3 days after the trade was announced there was an announcement on our local radio station that said Randy Moss himself would be making a personal appearance to meet & greet the Oakland fans along with signing autographs and taking pictures!!! I knew I had to be there for that no matter what and bought a ticket within minutes of the announcment!!! So the day came finally in September of 2005 just a few days before the Raiders second game of the season and first HOME game of the year! The Raiders had just returned from New England after having lost their opening night game. Moss however was brilliant in that game and had 5 rec, 130 yards, and a TD against the defending SB champs! So obviously the atmosphere was great up to this point!!!! anyways let me share my PERSONALIZED AUTOGRAPH THAT I GOT FROM RANDY MOSS HIMSELF!
I met him and was able to tell him in person how huge a fan had always been and told him that even though the media portrays him as this "bad guy" that his true fans will always have his back. He thanked me, shook my hand, and asked for my name! I said my name was Benjamin and then he signed my picture (looking back I wish I didn't get a Raider picture signed LOL)
HERE ARE SOME CLOSE UP PICTURES
Global Authentication was on site and offered free authentication so I got it..
HERE IS RANDY MOSS HIMSELF SIGNING MY PICTURE.
I took the picture myself and didn't have anybody with me to hold the camera so I could get a pic with him. Guess I was to nervous to even think to ask one of the security guards to hold the camera. My friends that I went with were getting autographs from other Raiders that were in attendance including Jerry Porter! Moss was very nice to me and even after the autograph I told him "thanks so much Randy, take care, and good luck on the season!"... and he responded this word4word "thanks alot Benjamin it means alot to meet a real fan man, you take care too and see you at the game"... It was the best sports related day of my life!
And just to show how big this day was to me... here I was at only 20 years old after having got to the meet&greet a whole 5 hours early before everyone else just so I could get the best seat in the house to see Moss arrive and to buy my photo to get autographed!!!
Thanks for allowing me to share my experience and I know it may not be enough to change anyones mind.. but contrary to what people say and the media report.. randy moss is a very nice guy and really cares about his TRUE fans. he looked me in the eye when talking like a genuine human being and didn't treat me like many athletes treat the fans. he treated me and everyone else there with total class and I will always treasure that day! When this had taken place I had already put together an unbelievable Moss collection that had to be seen to believe but in 2007 I was forced to sell because my parents fell on hard financial times. I'm back to the hobby now though and plan to put another great collection together of my alltime childhood hero!!! and so far I only have three cards.. but I think their good ones
and then my Holy Grail!!!!!!! A card that will always be the centerpiece of my Moss collection no matter how big it gets or what rarer items I ever add....
TAKE CARE EVERYBODY!
Sorry Mods for making a different Moss thread.. I kinda didn't want to post this in the previous one because the other seemed to have gotten out of hand. It's friday fella's!!!
As some of you know my name is Benjamin and I have been a huge Randy Moss fan since 1998 his rookie season and have literally only followed him and the teams he's been on since day one! I am 25 years old and was only 12 when Moss came into the league! Obviously my all time dream was to meet him in person and get to talk with him even if just for a few minutes. Well I am posting this thread just to share what I will always treasure as my favorite Moss item, while at the same time my all time favorite Moss memory...
Ok I live in northern California and even though I loved seeing Randy play in Minnesota, i'd be lying if I said I wasn't thrilled to see him get traded to Oakland so i'd finally get a chance to see him play in person! So anyways about 3 days after the trade was announced there was an announcement on our local radio station that said Randy Moss himself would be making a personal appearance to meet & greet the Oakland fans along with signing autographs and taking pictures!!! I knew I had to be there for that no matter what and bought a ticket within minutes of the announcment!!! So the day came finally in September of 2005 just a few days before the Raiders second game of the season and first HOME game of the year! The Raiders had just returned from New England after having lost their opening night game. Moss however was brilliant in that game and had 5 rec, 130 yards, and a TD against the defending SB champs! So obviously the atmosphere was great up to this point!!!! anyways let me share my PERSONALIZED AUTOGRAPH THAT I GOT FROM RANDY MOSS HIMSELF!
I met him and was able to tell him in person how huge a fan had always been and told him that even though the media portrays him as this "bad guy" that his true fans will always have his back. He thanked me, shook my hand, and asked for my name! I said my name was Benjamin and then he signed my picture (looking back I wish I didn't get a Raider picture signed LOL)
HERE ARE SOME CLOSE UP PICTURES
Global Authentication was on site and offered free authentication so I got it..
HERE IS RANDY MOSS HIMSELF SIGNING MY PICTURE.
And just to show how big this day was to me... here I was at only 20 years old after having got to the meet&greet a whole 5 hours early before everyone else just so I could get the best seat in the house to see Moss arrive and to buy my photo to get autographed!!!
Thanks for allowing me to share my experience and I know it may not be enough to change anyones mind.. but contrary to what people say and the media report.. randy moss is a very nice guy and really cares about his TRUE fans. he looked me in the eye when talking like a genuine human being and didn't treat me like many athletes treat the fans. he treated me and everyone else there with total class and I will always treasure that day! When this had taken place I had already put together an unbelievable Moss collection that had to be seen to believe but in 2007 I was forced to sell because my parents fell on hard financial times. I'm back to the hobby now though and plan to put another great collection together of my alltime childhood hero!!! and so far I only have three cards.. but I think their good ones
and then my Holy Grail!!!!!!! A card that will always be the centerpiece of my Moss collection no matter how big it gets or what rarer items I ever add....
TAKE CARE EVERYBODY!
Sorry Mods for making a different Moss thread.. I kinda didn't want to post this in the previous one because the other seemed to have gotten out of hand. It's friday fella's!!!
