Adventures in Autograph Collecting
I am sure back in the day Rick Hummel wrote about Rod Carew at some point. Today they were reunited once again.
I received another addition to my baseball collection from Rick Hummel. He signed the baseball on the sweetspot and included the requested inscription “2006 HOF- J. G. Taylor Spink Award”. Nice ball to add to the collection!
I also received a card I needed for my Topps Twins collection. I bought the 1974 Topps All Star card signed by Rod Carew. Another card down!
I bought a 2010 Topps Kevin Slowey card from a person on Pat Neshek’s Website’s Message Board recently and got it yesterday. With Kevin no longer on the Twins team, and a notorious tough autograph to get when he was, I am glad to add it to my Twins Topps collection. I think I need two more Slowey cards to finish him off.
Today’s kids’ autograph session has Jeff Manship and Scott Diamond signing. When Cami and I got to the ballpark we went to get in line and I was nearly tackled by Rick who was there with Nick, Abby and Tami waiting in line. We stayed in line with them so we could chat to kill the time. I tried to talk Cami in to getting a 2012 Topps Heritage team card signed by them but she wanted her ball signed. Tami volunteered Abby to get it signed for me since she did not want anything signed. Abby was nice enough to get my card signed by both players. Thanks Abby! Cami got her team ball signed too.
Every Sunday is Kid’s Day at Target Field. The Twins have two players available to sign autographed before the game and then the kids can run the bases after. Cami loves going on Sundays to get autographs. Today Cami and I went to the game. The two players signing autographs were Jared Burton and Kyle Waldrop.
Every Sunday is Kid’s Day at Target Field. The Twins have two players available to sign autographed before the game and then the kids can run the bases after. Cami loves going on Sundays to get autographs. Today Cami and I went to the game. The two players signing autographs were Jared Burton and Kyle Waldrop. I brought a new baseball for Cami to start her 2012 Twins ball after she filled up one each of the last two years. I asked if she would be willing to get me Kyle Waldrop on a baseball card that I needed and I would buy her whatever food she wanted. She said deal! She got Burton as the first autograph on her 2012 Twins baseball and the 2012 Topps Heritage card with a couple other Twins on it signed. Cool stuff! While waiting in line, Rick and Tami and Nick and Abbey met up with us and Nick went through the line too. It was cool seeing those guys. What did Cami want for food? Turns out she wanted a meatball and the nachos in a helmet. It was the second meatball we got this season and it was as good as the first. The nachos are her most favorite food at Target Field and I must admit, they were pretty darn good!