Today was the reunion of the 1991 World Champion Twins team at Target Field. They had a really cool pregame event with all the players who came back for it. While reading about the event a few days ago, I found that the guest DJ would be DJSkee. I do not know much about the deejay scene but I did recognize the name as he was the person who designed the Byron Buxton Topps Project 70 card of which I had a pair of. I thought I would prep one and bring it along to the game just in case I went by there and he was available to sign it. He did not let me down. Before the game he was deejaying in the Plaza and I waited until he had a moment. When he looked up and showed him the card and mimicked him signing and he waved me to the booth. He was really neat! He asked my name and signed the card “Thx 4 the love!” I thanked him and he gestured appreciation of me (!) and I went on my way. I was surprised at what a cool experience it was! My night got off to a great start and the Twins clobbered the Rays to finish it! Cami and I had a blast!
When I got home I found that I received a ticket I had sent in for a Jason Bartlett signing. Seton Younggren had a private signing event and I had a second ticket for the game Jason hit his first home run so I sent it in. Jason and Seton did not disappoint! Seton even went so far as to send me a photo of Jason signing my ticket! It looks great and I am excited to have it in the collection!
Category: Topps Twins Project
A Pair of Heritage
Today I received a pair of 2020 Topps Heritage Twins cards signed by Mitch Garver and the other by Alex Avila.
I purchased the Avila from Chris Senn (who I purchased the Cron a week or so ago from) and the Garver came from Michael McCarthy. Both of these were via Facebook posts.
Not Petty In The Least
Today I received a couple items that made me smile. The first was a baseball I bought from Doug Tracy from Authentic Autographs of Southwest Florida that was signed by Chase Petty. Chase included “2021 1st Rd Pick” on it too!
The other item was something I have been trying to track down for a while. Fred Manrique played a short time for the Twins. I had a single hole in my 1990 living player needs and with the 66T card showing up today, I am down to needing just Kirby Puckett to complete the Twins team set. PastPros met up with Manrique and got him to sign some cards and listed them for sale on their website. I was pretty excited when I saw this one listed for sale!
An Old Crony
I recently saw Chris Senn (Cali Graphz on Facebook) post some cards he got signed and noticed a couple I needed. I bought the 2020 Topps Heritage #349 CJ Cron card and received it today. I just bought his 2020 Topps Heritage Alex Avila and should be adding that to my collection in the next week or so. It is nice to knock off some of the cards I was unable to get signed due to COVID.