It’s time for our comprehensive review of this year’s FanFest.  We went both days, spent significant time participating in activities, and yes, Rue wants me to mention, once again, that she got her picture made with Buddy Carlyle, even though the rest of the BravesBlast staff can’t quite figure out the obsession.  So after many hours spent, we feel we can offer our opinion on FanFest and the craziness within.

The interactive activities.  Seeing John Smoltz and Sid Bream pitch batting practice to little leaguers, and watching kids running sprints, hitting batting practice, playing home run derbies, and testing their throwing arm had to be the highlight of yesterday.  The lines moved relatively quickly and I think everyone could have gotten in on this action.

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Lines on Saturday were downright nasty.  Sunday was significantly better than Sunday, but the number of people in that building on Saturday was absolutely outrageous.  There need to be more autograph stations to spread the crowd out.  When you see people standing in line by a “5 hours from this point” sign - at an event that is only open for 7 hours - it’s a little bit sad that they’ll spend most of the event waiting for an autograph - and it may be Jair Jurrjens, who may be a great guy, but he’s not Smoltz or Glavine