About a month ago I received a text from a coworker and friend wondering if I had any baseball cards for Adam Mazur. She said her husband works with Adam’s father and he would love to give him some cards. I told her I was on it! I picked up a large variety of cards from eBay and SportLots.com and got them to her and her husband. Today I received a text that her husband picked up a ball for me signed by Adam! I had my son run over and pick it up and it is a nice addition to my collection! Adam grew up in the city next to mine and my son was a year older than Adam. They almost played against each other at the VFW level in some tournament but my son’s team lost just before that was to happen.
Category: Gift
The Last Straw
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.
The Little Bambino
On 07.22.2024 at 3:42 pm the Little Bambino was born. The Little Bambino is my niece’s son Felix and the superstar who made my brother a grandpa for the first time. I have seen so many photos and even a Facetime call to see the little man that I cannot wait to meet him face to face. He is absolutely adorable! He is going to be the biggest Twins fan in Montana! On my way into Target Field for the concert, my brother and his wife presented me with a baseball that has Felix’s foot print stamped on it with all the details of his birth. It is one of the coolest baseballs in my collection! Plus, it has a Twins logo on it. PERFECT! Just like Felix!
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!