Wow! WHAT AN AMAZING TIME!!! I was VERY fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the Twins Field of Dreams game today. Cami flew in last night and we headed down to Dyersville, IA early this morning. We met up with our friends Rob and Kate at the hotel we both were staying at and headed to the Field of Dreams. We drove down in pretty constant rain and there were concerns about rain all day and evening. Mother Nature must be a baseball fan because the weather was perfect! Cami and I played catch on the field, walked through the corn and just took photo after photo and video after video to remember the moments. The one autograph we got was from Tim Parks. You might ask “Who is Tim Parks?” Tim is the person who created the MLB Passport program and he was there stamping the pages for the game. Cami was able to get her page stamped and a photo. He signed the “Witness” area. I could go on and on about how magical the whole event was but I might crash the internet with the story being so long! Let’s just say the Twins losing did not diminish the experience at all. The final outcome was an after thought asterisk to all the amazing memories created with Cami and I.
Category: Misc
The Hawk
Today’s mail brought in the final 1986 Expos Provigo card I sent out. Andre Dawson signed his card in perfect blue Sharpie. The Hawk has an awesome signature too!
Caught a Trout!
Today is one of those days that I am really excited with the mail. More so than usual! During Spring Training, Legends Memorabilia had a signing, like they do every year, with Mike Trout. I had two of my 2014 All Star Game ticket strips signed by the Futures Game MVP (Joey Gallo) and the Home Run Derby winner (Yoenis Cespedes) and just needed the All Star Game MVP, Mike Trout to complete it. I mailed one in due to the expensive fee for the autograph and it arrived signed by Trout today. It is something that has a ton of memories in it as well as ink on each ticket. Hopefully next spring I will be able to send in the other strip and complete that one too!
The other item I received today was my second to last 1986 Expos Provigo card… this time signed by Jeff Reardon. I wonder if he thought it was odd a MN address was sending him an Expos card instead of a Twins card. It looks awesome signed.
Rolls Royce
Today’s mail brought a couple really cool items for the collection. First, Royce Lewis signed four Topps Now cards that I sent to the ballpark back in August. Those cards are:
2023 Topps Now 05.29.2023 #359
2023 Topps Now 10.03.2023 #959
2023 Topps Now 10.11.2023 #995
2024 Topps Now 06.21.2024 #326
I also received a pair of the oversized Major League (the movie) cards that I picked up at the 2014 All Star Fanfest signed by Chelsie Ross. Chelsie played Eddie Harris and included each inscription I requested. On his card, #MLC-EH, he signed it with Eddie Harris and “You tryin’ to say Jesus Christ can’t hit a curveball?”. On the Jobu card, #MLC-JB, he signed it with Eddie Harris as well and included “Yo bartender. Jobu needs a refill.” and “Up your butt Jobu!” Those are three of the top quotes from the Major League movie!