Today Caden, Cami, Cami’s friend Skyla and I all went to the Hall of Fame exhibit by the Mall of America. It was really neat. While there, Juan Berenguer was signing autographs. We did not know that until we got there so we did not have anything for him to sign but the kids got their exhibit tickets signed. Afterwards was the coolest part of the experience. I told Cami to go up to Juan and ask him to hit his fist and throw his hand in the air like he did in 1987. He did it for her and laughed. I asked him what was in his briefcase that he was always seen carrying around. He laughed and said just photos of his family. He said he was afraid of flying so he always looked at them and said a quick prayer “in case they were going down.” It was pretty dang funny. Juan was full of smiles and had a lot of fun interacting with us.
While on our family vacation, we went to an Oakland A’s home game and Cami had the time of her life at the game.
Before the game she got the following players on signature cards:
Bruce Maxwell
Ross Detwiler
Ron Washington
During the game she had the aisle seat and after each top of the inning finished, she ran down a couple rows above the dugout with her glove to try to get a ball. After the top of the 3rd inning finished, Max Muncy tossed the final out ball to her! She was PUMPED!
If that was not enough, she ended up getting on the big screen waving her hand later in the game!
She will not soon forget going to the A’s game!
Today we went on a tour of Alcatraz while on our trip to San Francisco. We were all pretty excited about it but it turned out to be even neater than we thought.
After the tour, Bill Baker, a former inmate at Alcatraz, was signing his book. Of course Cami could not pass up getting him to sign her National Parks passport as well as a book we bought. Mr Baker was inmate number 1259 at Alcatraz and was incarcerated from 1961-1963 there. We chatted with him for a couple minutes after he signed her book.
A week or so ago I saw where Dan Gladden, Scott Leius, and Gene Larkin were going to be at the Mall of America signing autographs today. I asked Cami and Caden if they wanted to go and Cami said she did so we planned on going.
We got there and waited anxiously to start.
The first person we encountered in the line was Dan Gladden. Cami had Dan sign a photo of the collision at home plate from the 1991 World Series.
He asked if he could personalize it and Cami said sure. He wrote a pretty cool inscription. She was on Cloud Nine.
Next up was Scott Leius and then Gene Larkin. Cami got a card signed by each.
I got Gladden to sign a large photo of Randy Bush’s slide home from the 1987 World Series. I got Leius and Larkin to sign the team celebration World Series Sports Illustrated from 1991 where they were both pictured.
It was a fun time. Later on we went to the Twins game and Cami got Carson Fulmer to sign a card for her!
During the game she had the aisle seat and after each top of the inning finished, she ran down a couple rows above the dugout with her glove to try to get a ball. After the top of the 3rd inning finished, Max Muncy tossed the final out ball to her! She was PUMPED!
If that was not enough, she ended up getting on the big screen waving her hand later in the game!
She will not soon forget going to the A’s game! 