Today Josh Willingham and Drew Butera were signing autographs at the Festival Foods in Brooklyn Park from 10:30 to 11:30. Cami and I decided to head up there and got there around 9am. We were numbers 79 and 80 in line. I tried to talk Cami out of getting Willingham to sign her baseball and to sign an extra card of mine but there was nothing doing there! So, we got up to the table and Drew Butera signed her baseball and asked where she got the pretty Twins shirt. Cami smiled and said Justice! I got a ticket from the game Drew got his first Major League hit in and asked him to sign it with 1st MLB Hit and he did. It turned out real nice.
Then we went to the Hammer. He said hi to Cami and signed her baseball. He then signed a 2012 Allen & Ginter card for me. We headed home happy!
I must say that the person who ran the event (I think she said her name was Julie) did an INCREDIBLE job. She kept everyone up to date and provided Klements brats, beverages, Old Dutch potato chips, Kemps ice cream. She was friendly and was happy to be there. Kudos to Julie and everyone else at Festival Foods!
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Like A Rock!
Today was one of the more interesting in person autograph events in a while. We are on a family vacation to Rapid City, SD and while at Mt Rushmore today, we noticed Nick Clifford was there signing and selling his book about when he worked on Mt Rushmore at the gift shop. Earlier today the kids purchased a Passport to National Parks and will try to get to as many of the parks as they can over their lifetime. I thought it would be cool to have Mr Clifford sign the area where it was stamped with the date and logo. Both kids decided to do that and we bought a book from him. One of the more interesting autographs that is for sure!
Yet Another Kids’ Day Autograph Session
The kids’ autograph session today was Darin Mastroianni and Liam Hendriks. Since Cami wanted both autographs, I was just along for the ride. I did tell Cami though that she should say “Thanks mate!” to Liam because he is an Aussie. Darin signed her baseball first and then she handed it to Liam. I had not paid any attention to who Cami had on her ball but apparently she already had Liam on it. When she handed it to Liam he said “Looks like I already marked this one up!” in his Australian accent. Cami went “Oh! Thanks mate!” which had the security guy standing next to him and Liam himself laughing. It was pretty funny.
Another Kids’ Day Autograph Session
Today’s kids’ autograph session has Jeff Manship and Scott Diamond signing. When Cami and I got to the ballpark we went to get in line and I was nearly tackled by Rick who was there with Nick, Abby and Tami waiting in line. We stayed in line with them so we could chat to kill the time. I tried to talk Cami in to getting a 2012 Topps Heritage team card signed by them but she wanted her ball signed. Tami volunteered Abby to get it signed for me since she did not want anything signed. Abby was nice enough to get my card signed by both players. Thanks Abby! Cami got her team ball signed too.