Enjoying this "Fan Fest" thing

By Eric Sorenson - February 10, 2007

I just took a quick spin around the concourse to see what all the Fan Fest was all about. Obviously, it's really just a flea market for memorabilia hounds to sell their wares. Other than scheduled autograph sessions with legends like Nolan Ryan and the like, it's full of about 50 booths for non-Ebay sports card sellars and collectors. You know, those guys that don't look like you can trust them?

And I'll be damned if it didn't work on me. I just bought a 1979 Big Eight pre-season football magazine, a 1975 Game Plan pre-season yearbook and - are you listening Andy Elrick? - a 1979-80 Street & Smith's college basketball yearbook with North Carolina's Mike O'Koren on the cover.

Game is still tied at 1, but Houston has men at 2nd and 3rd with two out in the top of the 6th.