Author: Kevin

A Veteran and a Rookie

Today I received two packages that each had a baseball I purchased.  One had veteran pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka with his typical English autograph on the sweetspot and his name in Japanese on the right panel.  Jon B (boswell423 on SCN) hooked me up with that one.

The other package had potential Rookie of the Year Matt Harvey on it.  Derek A (urmomluvsme on SCN) had a pair of Harvey signed balls and sold me one.  I probably paid a little more than if I had waited because Harvey has a buzz about him now but I wanted to make sure I got one in my collection before he went really big time.

Cami & The Twins!

As I mentioned before in this blog, Sundays are Kids Day at Target Field.  Whenever we get a chance to go on a Sunday, Cami and I head to the ballpark.  Today was one of those days.

We got to the ballpark about five minutes before the gates opened.  Once they opened, she got her Josh Willingham jersey for kids and we headed to the kids’ autograph line.  Cami was the fourth kid in line!  She added Chris Callabello and Samuel Deduno to her Twins ball.  She said Samuel said “You’re welcome” after she thanked him and Chris said “Thank you for saying thank you!”.  She thought that was funny.

After the game she had a ton of fun running the bases.  That is another fun event for the kids on Sundays.

Another One Game Career

Today I received another One Game Career signed baseball.  This one is from Chuck Lindstrom.  Chuck’s father is Hall of Famer Fred Lindstrom.  Check signed the ball with his game being a thrill and batting 1.000 was icing on the cake.
Chuch holds the records for the highest slugging percentage (3.000) and OPS (4.000) in major league history over an entire career!