Kevin McHale
April 5, 2010
Once again, the NCAA put on an autograph session the morning of the final game of the NCAA Championship. This year, it was Kevin McHale, former Celtic Great. Sara decided to take an additional day off of work after Spring Break, and the whole family went to Indianapolis!
We arrived at the Convention Center about forty minutes before the doors opened, and I was surprised to see that we were about twentieth in line to get in the event. Once the doors opened, we were even closer than that in the autograph line! While we were waiting, there was an announcement made that there was a policy of only one autograph per person. I had brought four things to get signed, but I did not expect to make that a reality.
The signing was scheduled to start at 12:30, but Kevin was introduced and sat down at the table a few minutes early. This day was turning out to be full of pleasant surprises! Sara went first, with Will in the stroller. She got the group picture and my NBA at 50 book signed. She even managed to sneak in an additional signature on an 8 x 10 for Will’s collection!
I slid the litho out of the sleeve so that McHale’s picture was accessible, and he said he knew what that was before I even set it down. I shot pictures as he signed, and I asked him if he could add his Hall of Fame year. As I asked, he was already in the process of doing just that, just like the “others had done!” I thanked Mr. McHale for his time, and we left the autograph table.
Sara and I discussed it later, and it seemed like this signing went almost perfectly. That doesn’t happen often.
I saw Kevin play a lot on television, and it was really neat to meet him.
