Category: Tickets

Let It Sano

Even though the Twins were officially eliminated from post season play, today was a great day.  It started with Caden and I having high hopes for a miracle that the Twins could win their final two games and the Astros and Angels would lose theirs as we headed to Target Field.  The game was pretty close until a couple bad plays led to the Royals scoring four runs in an inning.  The Twins ended up losing the game and any chance at the post season.  Caden and I had a blast at his final game of the season.  After the game we headed to my friend Joel B’s place and got him and we headed to Ridgedale where Fan HQ was having a signing with Miguel Sano.  I had a couple things I wanted signed with inscriptions and since Miguel’s English is not too good at this point, I figured the only way to get an inscription is at a paid event.  We got there and hung out.
When it was our turn Miguel signed my ML Debut ticket with “MLB Debut”, first home run ticket with “1st MLB HR” and a baseball with “Let It Sano”.  All three turned out awesome and I could not be happier with how they look.  It was fun hanging out with Joel and his daughter Eve too.

Rockies & Mariner Oh My!

I got my first package from Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN) today.  I have another coming in a week or two.  This one contained the items he got signed for me when the Rockies visited the Mariners.
This package contained the following:
Charlie Blackmon baseball
Nolan Arenado baseball
Jon Gray ML Debut ticket with “MLB Debut!” inscription
Robinson Cano 04.24.2014 Sports Illustrated
Vinnie does a great job on the teams that visit Seattle!

Three’s A Charm!

Today was a fun mail day!  I received three packages today of a couple items I bought and a nice surprise from a Twin!

The first package was the ticket from Luis Severino that I bought from Dustin K (bigvig56 on SCN) from the same event he got my baseball signed.  This is a ticket from Luis’ ML Debut and has the inscription.  It has a Steiner hologram on the back and a plastic card.

The next package I opened was from Kevin M (mrmain18 on SCN) and had two cards he got signed by John Smiley at an event in Pittsburgh.  Kevin got my only two cards I needed signed by John after multiple attempts to get them signed or buy them from others.  John has a ghost signer at the address he is widely known to have.  I even purchased a couple from reputable sellers in the past which ended up being ghost signed as well.  I am happy to FINALLY be able to mark Smiley’s cards off my need list!

My final envelope I hoped was an SASE I sent to Terry Ryan at Target Field.  He graciously signed the 2015 Topps Twins team card I sent and included a pair of his signed business cards that I also requested.  These items reminded me about the time I chatted with Mr Ryan at a Twinsfest event.  It was a highlight of that Twinsfest for me and these items made me think of that time.

Thanks Dustin, Kevin, and Mr Ryan for making my mail day extra fun today!