On the day of the Twins home opener, my final package from spring training showed up! Matt H (mattyice on SCN) spent spring training getting autographs for my Twins collection. Matt has helped me in previous years and is one of the good guys. Today’s package included:
Kyle Farmer 2023 Topps #US57
Max Kepler 2019 Topps #438
Jose Miranda 2023 Topps #505
Jose Miranda 2023 Topps #US305
Bailey Ober 2023 Topps #US301
Caleb Thielbar 2023 Topps #US258
Kyle Farmer 2023 Topps Heritage #442
Ryan Jeffers 2023 Topps Heritage #659
Edouard Julien 2023 Topps Heritage #589
Ryan Jeffers 2022 Gypsy Queen #265
These are all great cards and it is so fun to mark them off my need list! I cannot wait for next spring training!
Author: Kevin
Fish Sammich
I met my buddy Rob M when he was my ticket rep when I first got Twins season tickets back in 2001. The first time we spoke we chatted for over an hour and it began an awesome friendship. Over the years we have quirky traditions like meeting up at Twinsfest, or the Twins Opener or whatever event we will be at together. One of the best ones is that we meet for McDonald’s fish sandwiches on a Friday during Lent before the season. Back in the Metrodome days, I would bring the kids and we would sit in a suite and eat, chat, and watch some random division iii baseball game being played under the Teflon sky. This year I took the day off and met him at his new office location next to the ballpark. We had a fantastic time chatting and he showed me the new office area. We then went across the street and checked out the ballpark. It was so nice to see the ballpark and all that was going on there in preparation for the season. When I left, Rob gave me a bag of items and one of the items within it was an Emilio Pagan signed baseball. To his surprise, I did not have one in my collection so this is an awesome addition to it. I hope to see Rob at the home opener next week. Thanks pal!
Spring Has Sprung!
I love this time of year. The snow is (usually) gone, spring training is over and the regular season about to begin and I start receiving the signed items from spring training!
Today I received two of the three packages of autographed cards I am expecting. It was so fun to mark these cards off my need list!
The first package came from Brian P (ka0grp on SCN). Those signed items included:
Carlos Correa- 2023 Allen & Ginter #47
Kyle Gibson- 2019 Topps #597
Griffen Jax- 2023 Topps #595
Joey Gallo- 2023 Topps #604
Max Kepler- 2023 Topps Heritage #217
Max Kepler- 2020 Allen & Ginter #243
The other package came from Robbie L (robbielee on SCN). Those signed items included:
Byron Buxton- 2022 Topps #576
Max Kepler- 2022 Topps #221
Max Kepler- 2020 Topps Heritage #479
Max Kepler- 2021 Topps Heritage In Action #120
Alex Kiriloff- 2022 Topps Heritage #151
Jose Miranda- 2023 Topps Heritage #548
Alex Kirilloff- 2021 Allen & Ginter #116
I also bought some cards that Robbie pulled from packs and got signed. Those are:
Ronny Henriquez- 2023 Topps #372
Royce Lewis- 2024 Topps #208
Bailey Ober- 2024 Topps #121
Jordan Balazovic- 2024 Topps #263
Jhoan Duran- 2024 Topps #227
Matt Wallner- 2024 Topps #91
Willi Castro- 2024 Topps #285
I could not be more happier with how these turned out and how excited I am to mark them off my need list!
Buck’in It
I reached out to Mark Cooper via SCN (psugator1 on SCN) when he posted he had some success at Twins spring training getting a couple autographs. I asked which he got and it turned out that he got a Byron Buxton card signed that I need. I bought it and it showed up today. I added the 2019 Allen & Ginter #263 to my collection!