I traveled from Houston to Orlando in December 2005 to attend the IPT Orlando event. The event was invitational to all BCA Hall of Famers so there were lots of HOFers there that don't usually go to all the big events. Machine Gun Lou, Ewa, Buddy, Sigel, Rempe, Loree Jon, Varner, and on and on. Even the Miz was there in a wheelchair.
I had several days to get all the autographs so I was in no hurry. There were poster booklets that lots of fans were getting signed. I had a stack of 3x5 cards that I got individual signatures on. Pretty cool atmosphere all around. Rempe signed a 3x5 card for me on day 1.
Mike Sigel, Buddy Hall, Jim Rempe were standing outside the doors leading into the main playing room chatting on the second day. I approached them with my cue ball and showed them the few signatures that were already on it. I asked them if they'd sign it. Sigel said, "Sure" and took the ball, signed it and said something to Buddy who took the ball and signed it. Jim Rempe walked away toward a table that had been set up for autographs and sat down. Maybe 30 feet away. Buddy said he didn't see Mike Massey on it yet. Massey just happened to be standing nearby and Buddy called out to him to come sign it. He did, no problemo.
I take the ball from Mike and walk over to Jim Rempe who is now sitting behind the autograph table and ask him to sign the HOFer cue ball. He tells me that he can sign it but it will cost 100 dollars. At first, I thought he was joking. He wasn't. I just walked away. There was nothing else going on.
Now whenever I think of Rempe, I think of that.
