Wow! Today’s package was a long time coming but well worth it! I had sent a number of items to Matt H (MattyIce on SCN) to get signed by the Twins in spring training. Matt did an awesome job of my items. Once we heard Miguel Sano was going to be rehabbing in Ft Myers, I sent some Sano cards to Matt. Sano just finished his Ft Myers rehab session and I received my package. Matt got me the following items signed:
Willians Astudillo 2018 Topps Now 711
Jose Berrios 2018 Allen & Ginter
Mitch Garver 2018 Topps Now 531
Zack Granite 2018 Allen & Ginter
Zack Granite 2018 Gypsy Queen
Max Kepler 2018 Gypsy Queen
Adalberto Mejia 2018 Topps 494
Addison Reed 2018 Topps Heritage
Miguel Sano 2017 Allen & Ginter
Miguel Sano 2018 Gypsy Queen
Jason Castro 2018 Topps 538
Ronald Torreyes Debut ticket
I could not be more pleased! Thank you Matt! I cannot wait until next spring training!
Category: Tickets
Yhency
Today I received a ML Debut ticket signed by Yhency Brazoban. Yhency signed via Past Pros. I picked up the ticket somewhere along the line years ago. I never thought I would get it signed. One day recently I was scrolling through Past Pros player list and say his name so I thought I would give it a shot. It turned out great!
My Friend Vinnie
Today I met up with Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN). Vinnie swung by our hotel in AZ to drop off most of what he got signed for me so far in spring training. He still had to sort out the cards but got me most of the other items he completed. It was really cool to meet Vinnie as I he has been getting things signed for me for more than a few years now. He was everything you could imagine. He was so nice and personable. I really appreciate guys like Vinnie who I really trust and who really puts in the work to get things signed for me. The items I picked up are:
Joey Bart OMLB vinnie’s ball
Dylan Cease OMLB
Yisei Kikuchi OMLB
Matt Harvey 05.20.2013 SI
Hideo Nomo 07.10.1995 SI
Theo Epsten 11.21.2016 SI
Michael Kopech ML Debut ticket
Chih-Wei Hu ML Debut ticket
Matt Harvey ML Debut ticket
Amir Garret ML Debut ticket
Mason Williams ML Debut ticket
Chi Chi Gonzalez ML Debut ticket
These were great items but meeting The Man, The Myth, and The Legend was pretty cool too!
2019 Twinsfest- Day 3
Today started the final day of Twinfest. Cami was not able to go because she had a volleyball tournament and since Caden stayed overnight at a hotel with his buddies, I could get there whenever I wanted to. I took my time getting there and ended up arriving around 9:30. I did not need anything from the first set of stations so I went to drop off a Mauer final game ticket and some photos for Tony S and headed to the Royce Lewis line. Everyone there was in line for Royce whereas my main goals were the other guys at his station. I got Jason Castro, Fernando Romero, Gabriel Moya, and Royce Lewis all on cards. Royce finished off a cool Bowman Chrome card that I had gotten signed by Brent Rooker last Twinsfest. Royce commented that it is pretty cool that I finished the card. I then skipped over to the other line and got Rooker, Kohl Stewart, LaMonte Wade, Akil Baddoo, and Stephen Gonsalves. Gonsalves signed a Major League debut ticket and I asked him to inscribe it. He asked if I wanted 1.1 as well. He caught me off guard and I did not know how to react. After he signed it he smiled at me and I laughed back at him and smiled. It was pretty funny. He ended up lasting only 1.1 innings in his debut game. It was a hilarious moment. After that I sent to the Byron Buxton line. I got Buxton, Nick Gordon, and Jim Kaat. I then got back in line at the same station for the final group which was Michael Pineda, Max Kepler, CJ Cron, and Nelson Cruz. I asked Tony’s son Spencer if he wanted to get in line for me and get Kepler on a couple cards and he could have the other guys. He was excited to do that and waited in line with me. He is such a good kid. He got me a couple cards of Kepler and I Kepler on cards, Buxton on a 3 HR ticket (he said he could not inscribe), Pineda on a couple cards, and Cron on his first home run ticket. I asked him if he remembered who he hit it off of and he said “J. A. Happ”. Pretty cool. After that Spencer and I walked back to Tony’s table and Tony had gotten the artist who painted the painting of the Joe Mauer print they handed out to sign three copies of it for me. I said my goodbyes to Tony and Spencer and met up with Caden and headed home. Twinsfest 2019 was a ton of fun and spending it with Shane yesterday and experiencing different parts of it made it even more fun. I was able to knock off a bunch of items I needed ink for the collection with great help from the kids and other people. My tally of items for my collection from today include:
Jason Castro 9/12/17 Topps Now
Fernando Romero 2018 Topps Heritage, 2018 Topps
Gabriel Moya generic Twins signature card
Royce Lewis Bowman Chrome Recommended Viewing card
Max Kepler 2018 Topps team card, 2018 Opening Day Topps Now, 2018 Topps, 4/11/18 Topps Now
Michael Pineda 2018 Topps Heritage
Nick Gordon 2018 Topps Debut, 2018 Topps Heritage Minors
Brent Rooker 2018 Topps Debut
Alex Kiriloff 2017 Topps Heritage Minors
Kohl Stewart Ticket w/”First MLB Win”, Ticket w/”MLB Debut”, 2017 Topps Heritage Minors, 2017 Bowman
Stephen Gonsalves Ticket w/”MLB Debut”, 2018 Topps Debut, 2017 Bowman
Ryan Jeffers 2018 Bowman
Akil Baddoo OMLB, 2017 Topps Pro Debut, 2017 Topps Heritage Minors
Nelson Cruz OMLB
Mitch Garver 2018 Topps Heritage, 2018 Topps
Zach Littell 2018 Topps Debut, 2018 Topps
Byron Buxton 3 HR ticket
CJ Cron Ticket w/”1st ML HR”
Aldaberto Mejia Ticket from his debut game