MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee television station TMJ4 told a Jacob Misiorowski story on Thursday that you might not believe if there weren’t the photos and video to prove it.
Seven-year-old Aaron Shorey and his dad, Ryan, went to a Milwaukee-area card shop on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. As they walked up, dad asked Aaron a question on a whim about Milwaukee’s most famous collector.
“I said to Aaron, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if we saw The Miz there?” Ryan Shorey said.
Misiorowski grew up in suburban Kansas City and developed a love for trading cards from his own dad, Tom, whom Brewers fans have gotten to know a bit since Jacob’s Major League debut a year ago. Fans have also gotten to know just how avid a collector he’s become, as part of a circle of Brewers players who visit card shops all over the country during their travels with the team.
Last year, he made headlines when he ripped a rare Pokémon card in the clubhouse. And earlier this year in Spring Training, Misiorowski visited a card shop in downtown Phoenix for a Topps Rip Night event.
So, it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility to see him out and about.
But what are the odds?
“We walked right up to the door and we looked inside, and there’s 6-foot-7 Jacob Misiorowski,” Ryan Shorey said.
“Oh my gosh,” Aaron said, “I can’t believe that.”
They introduced themselves and even dared to ask if Aaron could open a box of cards in front of Misiorowski to see if he pulled a Miz card.
If that happened, would Misiorowski sign it?
“Miz said, ‘Absolutely, but I have to buy the box,’” Ryan Shorey said.
Misiorowski paid for the box of cards and watched the young fan open a few packs.
And would you believe it? The card appeared.
“Getting to rip the pack and pull myself out of the pack, and then signing in front of him, it was pretty cool,” Misiorowski told TMJ4.
It was an experience the Shoreys won’t forget. And the best part, Aaron told the television station, wasn’t the autograph. It was the way a big leaguer treated a 7-year-old.
“It was kind of like he already knew him,” Ryan said. “He wasn’t in a rush, he treated Aaron like he was the star.”