Author: Kevin

I was reading the signingshotline.com listings and saw Kent Hrbek was signing at a grand opening for Fleet Farm in Blaine, MN so I decided to head up there.  I just decided to work on the Twins Topps team sets from 1980 to 1986 and he is in there a bunch of times as well as team leaders so I had 8 cards plus a couple for a couple friends plus a ball for another friend.  I thought if I could get through the line 4 or 5 times, I would get them all.

I drove the 50 minutes to get there and to my surprise, nobody was in line.  This was about 20 minutes after it started so I thought maybe it was poorly advertised.  I saw a note where it is limited to two autographs per person.  I was bummed.  I was alone and thought I would only get two.  Well, I walked up with a notepad sheet with four cards on it.  He looked at them and said I will sign these four for you.  He did and I left.  I drove the
50 minutes home wondering what if I had someone with me, etc.

So, almost two hours for four autographs.  I did need them for my sets but I really had hoped to help the others too.  Maybe at Twinsfest.

Today Amy had something going on in the morning so Caden and Cami and I headed to the Mall of America because Joey Browner was signing there.  I do not collect anything other than baseball but my friend Mark in San Diego needed Browner on a couple football cards so I told him if he sent them to me, I would get them signed.  He did and I did.  Appearing with Browner was Bob Lurtsema.  Bob took his giant NFC champion ring off and let Cami try it on.  She thought that was pretty cool.  He then signed a picture “Cami, You’re a doll”.  That was pretty cool and she thanked him without any prompting.

Today the Twins Pro Shops had their monthly signings and I decided to head to Apple Valley to get Nick Blackburn because he was the only current Twins I needed/wanted on a ball.  I got there about 15 minutes before it started and was around 100th in line.  I was able to get through the line in a half hour.  I got him on a baseball and an Allen & Ginter card.

I then decided I had time to get the to Pro Shop in Minnetonka where Brian Bass was signing.  I drove up there and got him on an Allen & Ginter card and an Upper Deck card.  I walked right up to him as nobody was in line.

Denard Span was signing at the Roseville location but I already had him on a ball from Twinsfest so I skipped him.

Today Brendan Harris was signing at the Twins Pro Shop in Roseville.  I would not have gone except Greg from Washington needed a Topps 52 card of him signed.  I got there and could not believe the line for him!  There must have been 150 people.  Cami wanted to get her mini bat signed so she came with me.  We waited until the line got shorter and headed in.  She went first and got her bat signed “To Cami, Best Wishes” and he asked he how old she was.  She held up three fingers and said thank you.  I got the card signed for Greg and we headed home.