Author: Kevin

What a fun day today! A month or so ago my friend Greg N (justgreg on SCN) reached out and told me that his friend Spencer N (SLNoble01 on SCN) was going to be in the Twin Cities for a work conference and wondered if I could connect with him regarding how to get to Target Field and places to eat, etc in the area. I found out that Spencer was planning on going to the Twins game today and I happened to have tickets to the game so I said I would show him around and take him to the ballgame. I figured a friend of Greg’s is a friend of mine. We had a blast! It turned out that Spencer did charity work with one of the Blue Jay coaches so he was able to get field passes for batting practice for us! I have never had field passes at Target Field so this was a great experience for me too! During batting practice Rocco Baldelli came over and signed a ball for Spencer and I got a picture with him. He was very friendly. I mentioned to him that he had signed tickets for me long ago from the game he hit his first HR and first grand slam HR (both in MN) and they were still in my collection. He told me he remembered signing those because he had never seen them before. I told him this was my 25th season as a season ticket holder and he thought that was really neat. Dan Gladden signed a couple cards for Spencer too. I was hoping to get Jose Berrios but BP finished before he came back from his between start throwing in the bullpen. Myles Straw came out of the Jays dugout and signed for Spencer. I grabbed two cards from him to get signed for him and he offered one to me so I got the 2023 Topps #474 signed. Spencer also gave me a signed Byron Buxton debut ticket as thanks for the game. That was pretty cool! We had a great time and it was awesome meeting Spencer.