Today was the first day of the MN State Fair for me. I took the kids along and we had a good time. It worked out that Byron Buxton and Eddie Rosario were there and we got a few autographs from both of them. The kids got me a couple cards I needed as well as items for their own collections. The cards I ended up with were:
Byron Buxton- 2017 Topps Now Road To Opening Day
Byron Buxton- 2017 Topps Now 08.18.2017 13.85 Seconds Inside the Park HR
Byron Buxton- 2017 Allen & Ginter #33
Byron Buxton- 2017 Topps #590- Triplet of Twins card that was already signed by Eduardo Escobar (now it just needs Sano)
Eddie Rosario- 2017 Topps Now Road To Opening Day
Eddie Rosario- 2017 Topps Now 06.13.2017- 3 HR Game
Eddie Rosario- 2017 Topps Now 06.13.2017- Franchise Record 28 Hits
Eddie Rosario- 2017 Topps Heritage #80
Eddie Rosario- 2017 Topps #304- Team card already signed by Eduardo Escobar
Cami got a couple photos signed by Buxton and Caden got a Buxton card for his collection.
We all had a great day at the Fair but to get to meet Twins players makes it so much more fun!
Category: Topps Twins Project
Bang The Drummond
Today I received a pair of cards I bought from Scott V (Cooptown on SCN). They are the 1991 Topps and 1991 Donruss cards of former Twin Tim Drummond. Strangely enough this was the final card I needed to complete my 1991 Topps Twins team set. Both are signed beautifully in blue Sharpie. Thanks Scott!
Juan A Go Go gosto
Today I received a card from Noel A (bluejay50 on SCN) that I bought from his recent signing with former Twin Juan Agosto. It is the 1987 Topps card. I already had this card but it had a slight smear in it so this was a nice way to upgrade it.
A Butcher, A Baker, A Candlestick Maker
Today I received a few cards from Kenneth W (kgwatson on SCN) that I traded him for. I needed just one more card to complete my 2012 Topps Heritage Twins set and that was card #26, Scott Baker. Kenneth had this card and was cool enough to work out a trade. We made it a little larger of a trade as he needed some older signed cards I had and I thought I would help him with more cards he needed while getting some Gypsy Queen cards for the kids. In addition to the Baker card, I got the following:
2013 GQ Ian Desmond
2013 GQ Starling Marte
2013 GQ Trevor Rosenthal
2013 GQ Torii Hunter
2015 GQ Charlie Blackmon
I let the two kids decide who got what cards and everyone was happy. Thanks for the trade Kenneth!