2019 Twinsfest- Day 3

Today started the final day of Twinfest. Cami was not able to go because she had a volleyball tournament and since Caden stayed overnight at a hotel with his buddies, I could get there whenever I wanted to. I took my time getting there and ended up arriving around 9:30. I did not need anything from the first set of stations so I went to drop off a Mauer final game ticket and some photos for Tony S and headed to the Royce Lewis line. Everyone there was in line for Royce whereas my main goals were the other guys at his station. I got Jason Castro, Fernando Romero, Gabriel Moya, and Royce Lewis all on cards. Royce finished off a cool Bowman Chrome card that I had gotten signed by Brent Rooker last Twinsfest. Royce commented that it is pretty cool that I finished the card. I then skipped over to the other line and got Rooker, Kohl Stewart, LaMonte Wade, Akil Baddoo, and Stephen Gonsalves. Gonsalves signed a Major League debut ticket and I asked him to inscribe it. He asked if I wanted 1.1 as well. He caught me off guard and I did not know how to react. After he signed it he smiled at me and I laughed back at him and smiled. It was pretty funny. He ended up lasting only 1.1 innings in his debut game. It was a hilarious moment. After that I sent to the Byron Buxton line. I got Buxton, Nick Gordon, and Jim Kaat. I then got back in line at the same station for the final group which was Michael Pineda, Max Kepler, CJ Cron, and Nelson Cruz. I asked Tony’s son Spencer if he wanted to get in line for me and get Kepler on a couple cards and he could have the other guys. He was excited to do that and waited in line with me. He is such a good kid. He got me a couple cards of Kepler and I Kepler on cards, Buxton on a 3 HR ticket (he said he could not inscribe), Pineda on a couple cards, and Cron on his first home run ticket. I asked him if he remembered who he hit it off of and he said “J. A. Happ”. Pretty cool. After that Spencer and I walked back to Tony’s table and Tony had gotten the artist who painted the painting of the Joe Mauer print they handed out to sign three copies of it for me. I said my goodbyes to Tony and Spencer and met up with Caden and headed home. Twinsfest 2019 was a ton of fun and spending it with Shane yesterday and experiencing different parts of it made it even more fun. I was able to knock off a bunch of items I needed ink for the collection with great help from the kids and other people. My tally of items for my collection from today include:
Jason Castro 9/12/17 Topps Now
Fernando Romero 2018 Topps Heritage, 2018 Topps
Gabriel Moya generic Twins signature card
Royce Lewis Bowman Chrome Recommended Viewing card
Max Kepler 2018 Topps team card, 2018 Opening Day Topps Now, 2018 Topps, 4/11/18 Topps Now
Michael Pineda 2018 Topps Heritage
Nick Gordon 2018 Topps Debut, 2018 Topps Heritage Minors
Brent Rooker 2018 Topps Debut
Alex Kiriloff 2017 Topps Heritage Minors
Kohl Stewart Ticket w/”First MLB Win”, Ticket w/”MLB Debut”, 2017 Topps Heritage Minors, 2017 Bowman
Stephen Gonsalves Ticket w/”MLB Debut”, 2018 Topps Debut, 2017 Bowman
Ryan Jeffers 2018 Bowman
Akil Baddoo OMLB, 2017 Topps Pro Debut, 2017 Topps Heritage Minors
Nelson Cruz OMLB
Mitch Garver 2018 Topps Heritage, 2018 Topps
Zach Littell 2018 Topps Debut, 2018 Topps
Byron Buxton 3 HR ticket
CJ Cron Ticket w/”1st ML HR”
Aldaberto Mejia Ticket from his debut game