Today I received a signed 1994 Topps Pedro Munoz card that I traded a 1982 Topps Terry Bulling signed card for in a trade with Justin M (jdmurphy315 on SCN). Both cards were obtained by each of us via a private signing at some point in the past. Pedro now lives in Venezuela and is a hard autograph to come by. Terry passed away earlier this year and he was a tough autograph even when he was alive. It leaves me down to needing just a 1995 Munoz card to complete the Munoz Topps Twins cards.
Category: Topps Twins Project
Mission Accomplished!
Today I received an awesome package. It contained two cards only but one of those cards was a milestone maker. Mark C (psugator01 on SCN) was able to get me my last two Mark Guthrie cards I needed for the collection signed at the High School Perfect Game event in Florida last weekend. The set Mark completed for me was the Twins World Champion 10 Year Anniversary set. My most favorite card of Kirby Puckett is in that set and I was fortunate to have gotten that one and finally finished it a number of years later. Thanks Mark!
A Couple Nice Items
Today’s mail brought a surprise and a package of some prospects. Back in the beginning of the season, I mailed a baseball card to Paul Molitor at Target Field. Today I received my 2013 Gypsy Queen card signed beautifully in blue!
The other package was probably the last one I will get from my friend Paul C in Florida until next spring. He worked the instructional league games for me and picked up baseballs signed by the following guys:
Austin Meadows w/”1st RD Pick ’13”
Josh Bell w/”Futures Game 2014″
Alen Hansen
Kyle Schwarber
As always the last few years, Paul has done a great job and I cannot wait until next spring!
The Final 2014 Twins Game For Us
Today was the final Twins game of the 2014 season that I was going to. Last week when we were discussing which kid was going to go to a Twins game with me I was not so kindly reminded that Caden has only been to four games this season and he wanted to go. It worked out that I was able to leave work early and get home to get Caden. We waited until Cami got home and headed to the ballpark because Oswaldo Arcia and Eduardo Escobar were signing autographs at the Clubhouse Store before the game. I used my Sweetspot card to enter the ballpark a half hour before the non-season ticket holders and was able to catch a little more batting practice. Caden brought his glove and was hoping for a homerun ball. Turns out one of the Diamondbacks hit a ball that bounced into the stands and Caden was able to go over there and found it so he did come home with a baseball. We then got in line in the Clubhouse Store and met up with Caden’s friend Cayden and his mom and two brothers. They were the same family who we went to the All Star Fanfest with on one day. As we were waiting in line, Cayden’s mom asked if I had something else I wanted to get signed and I did have an extra Arcia card so she offered to get it signed for me which was awesome. So, Caden got Cami’s homemade photo card of Eduardo Escobar signed and the 2013 Topps card for Arcia signed. I got a 2014 Gypsy Queen card signed by Arcia and a 2012 Topps card signed by Escobar and Cayden’s mom got my a 2014 Allen & Ginter card signed by Arcia. After that we went down to the right field area to see if we could get anyone else and the only other one who signed while we were down there was again Arcia and Escobar. Dozier signed closer to the dugout though. Caden and I headed to our seats while Cayden and his family sat in their seats. While walking to our seats though we stopped and picked up our season ticket holder bobblehead and a last pair of brats for dinner. We ended up leaving after the third inning though as we had to get Cami at her grandma and papa’s house since Amy was out of town and we all had to get home to get some sleep for the work/school day ahead.
While the Twins record was not anything anyone wants to remember, the memories we made over the season will be something we will.