Luis Arraez was a huge fan favorite when he played for the Twins and still is even on his third team since then. Fan HQ set up a signing with him so I sent in my last three cards I needed and received them back signed perfectly! I received:
2023 Topps #289
2023 Topps Heritage #201
2022 Topps Now 10.05.2022 #1028
That closes the book on my Arraez needs for my Twins sets!
Category: Topps Twins Project
A Super Return
Jim Perry won the 1970 AL Cy Young award while pitching for the Twins. I sent him a 1971 Topps Super card to sign. Today I received it. He signed it real nice but forgot the zero in his “1970 Cy Young” inscription. Oh well. Close enough!
Twins and a HOFer!
I love mail on Mondays! There is usually extra mail that arrives due to the mail moving on the weekend. Today I received a pair of packages. The first was from Pat Gillick who signed my 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame yearbook. The second was from Mike E who lives in Iowa and was able to get me a bunch of Twins stuff signed when the St Paul Saints played the Iowa Cubs. Mike got me:
Zebby Matthews game used baseball from his debut game with the date
Zebby Matthews 2025 Topps Heritage #309
David Festa 2025 Topps #178
David Festa 2025 Topps Heritage #249
David Festa 2025 Topps Now Opening Day #OD-89
Edouard Julien 2025 Topps Now Opening Day #OD-82
Kenta Maeda 2023 Topps #US97
Jose Miranda 2025 Topps Heritage #4
Jose Miranda Topps Living Legends #564
Jose Miranda Topps Now 7.4.2024 #376
Jose Miranda Topps Now 7.6.2024 #389
Jose Miranda Topps Now 4.7.2023 #68 (already signed by Kyle Farmer)
A great day of mail!
Twins Minors
I found Mike E in a Facebook group around January this year when he offered a card for sale I needed. Since then we communicated a little via Messenger and he helped acquire Twins AAA autographs when the Saints visited Iowa. He has another batch now for next week when the Saints revisit Iowa. He does a great job on autographs for my collection. Today’s batch included:
Zebby Matthews ticket w/”MLB Debut!”, 2025 Topps #283
Randy Dobnak ticket w/”1st MLB Win!”
Jair Camargo ticket w/”MLB Debut”, 2024 Topps Heritage #633
Austin Martin 2024 Topps Heritage #649
I am really excited to add these to my collection and to see how successful Mike is with the next batch! Thanks a lot Mike!