Today Cami and I went to the Twins game against the Cubs. As is our Sunday tradition, Cami wanted to get autographs in the Kids Only Autograph Line before the game. She found out the signers were Kennys Vargas and Kurt Suzuki. She asked if I had anything for them and I told her I had the two Heritage cards from this year and she said she would get them signed for me for Father’s Day. That was pretty cool. So, I have my first two 2015 Topps Heritage cards signed for my set! Thank you Cami! It was awesome going to the game with you! Love you!
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Happy For Javy!
Today I went to the Iowa Cubs game with the kids and Caden’s baseball team. We were all in Des Moines for a baseball tournament and it worked out that the Cubs were in town so we got forty tickets and everyone went. It was a blast. Cami, Caden’s friend Cayden, and I got to the ballpark just as the gates opened. It had rained up to that point so the tarp was on the field and the players were not out taking batting practice. The three of us waited where the players take the field and most walked past us. Cayden and Cami saw that Corey Seager (the number five prospect in baseball) was going to the Dodgers’ dugout and decided to head there. I had a ML debut ticket of Javier Baez that I was hoping to get signed so I waited halfway down the third base line watching him warm up. Once he was done, we went to a couple kids and signed for them and posed for a photo and then signed my ticket. I was really excited. On the other side of the field Cayden and Cami were able to get Corey Seager. They also got another player after the game. Cami conned me into buying her a game used signed bat but Chris Valaika.
We all had a blast and the kids got on the scoreboard video screen twice! Unfortunately for the Cottage Grove Wolfpack, they only won one game and lost three on the weekend. It was fun though!
Florida Baseball Autographs
While in Florida, we, as a family, went to three baseball games. I drove to watch a fourth game when Amy and the kids and my nephew decided to go kayaking. Over those four games we did not actively pursue autographs but if the opportunity came up, we did go for it. I have purchased a pack of 25 baseball autograph cards that worked well for players I had no idea of or had nothing for. I did bring along some Sports Illustrated magazines but they did not get out of my backpack even once. I did manage to get a baseball signed by one player for me though and a pair of autographed cards for Cami while she got a pair of the cards signed herself. Most of the time we showed up to the game just as first pitch was about to happen so there was not much of an opportunity for autographs.
We ended up getting the following autograph cards:
Aaron Barrett- 03.11.2015- Nationals
Tyler Moore- 03.11.2015- Nationals
Chris Stewart- 03.13.2015- Pirates
Steve Clevenger- 03.14.2015- Orioles
I got Dylan Bundy on a baseball at the Orioles game.
While we did not get many autographs, we had a great time seeing all the ballparks and watching a lot of baseball in the sun!
“Astronautically” Awesome!
Today we went to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. While checking out the day’s events I noticed a former astronaut would be signing autographs in the gift shop in the afternoon. I did not tell Cami in case it did not work out time-wise. We did our bus tour and checked out a lot of things and I asked if she wanted to get an autograph of an astronaut and she was really excited and said yes. So, the two of us headed to the gift shop and went right up to John Blaha and got four photos signed. On Cami’s he wrote “Cami, Shoot for the stars!”. We went to the check out line and paid for the photos and we back with Amy and Caden before they knew it! It was awesome to finally add an astronaut to the collection!