1.   And that is why Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra take time to sign the baseballs thrust forward by the hardball pilgrims.

2.   Another teammate asked him to sign a baseball.

3.   Cone signed a baseball that Ray clutched near his heart.

4.   Greg Plate and his cousin, Danny Noonan, arrived on the ferry looking for their hero Joe DiMaggio to sign three baseballs.

5.   He did agree to a request to sign a baseball from a young fan who had caught one of his weekend homers.

6.   Jackie O had Rohr sign a baseball.

7.   Jimmy Key went looking for fans so he could sign baseballs after he worked out.

8.   Kennedy said Kile asked him to sign a baseball for him when the Angels were in St. Louis this week.

9.   Mota, whose inner-city youth baseball clinic helped sponsor the event, was on hand to sign baseballs and teach batting fundamentals.

10.   She signed posters and at one point, she took on the task of signing a baseball, which she described as no easy task.