Jay Bruce

Who: Outfielder Jay Bruce

Team: Cincinnati Reds

Card: 2008 Topps Heritage Rookie Performer

Acquired: In Person

Comments: This autograph came along in a pretty out-of-the blue manner. I ended up getting a last minute invite to a meet & greet that the Reds Hall of Fame was hosting. I ended up getting to chat with Jay for a few minutes. He's a great kid and seems to have a real good head on his shoulders - even though he's just 22 years old. I'm really rooting for the guy to succeed.

Of course, I came to the event prepared and Jay kindly signed my card for me. What a great looking card too. This is one of my favorite subsets. Joey Votto also has a card like this as well. I'll have to get that signed sometime too so that this Jay will have some company in the binder.

Jay Bruce

Who: Outfielder Jay Bruce

Team: Cincinnati Reds

Card: 2009 Goudey

Acquired: In Person, Redsfest 2009

Comments: Two words: JAY BRUCE.

Nice. Really nice one to get. These Goudeys are great for the signatures. I've got a nice little Reds set going with BP, Volton, and Votto.

Jay Bruce

Who: Outfielder Jay Bruce

Team: Cincinnati Reds

Card: 2007 Dayton Dragons SGA

Acquired: 2007 Redsfest, In Person

Comments: Whoa! Jay Bruce! Total awesomeness, right. Yes, total awesomeness.

To be quite frank, I knew very little about Jay Bruce when I was at last year's Redsfest. All I kept hearing was that this guy was going to be awesome and he had just won the 2007 Minor League Player of the Year award. I figured I would get in his line once I heard that. I was able to snag this pack of Dayton Dragons cards and luckily, it had a Jay Bruce card in there to get autographed. Otherwise, I would have had to use something else, and it just wouldn't be as cool. At this year's Redsfest, I'm sure his lines will fill up QUICK. Not sure if I will mess with that or not, but I would love to get his auto on a Reds card.