Curtis Terry was a member of the Twins for a very short time but long enough to have a Gypsy Queen card made. He never played at the Major League level but did in St Paul (AAA). He was long gone by the time the card came out if I recall correctly. I found that he was currently playing for the Lexington Legends and found Cameron F (camgraphs7 on SCN) who said he would work on getting him to sign my cards so I sent him a pair of 2022 Gypsy Queen cards #181. Today they arrived perfectly signed, although his signature is basically CT2. I am excited to knock this one off the need list!
Jax of All Trades
The Twins had a season ticket holder event today where we could get Griffin Jax and Matt Wallner’s autographs. So, my brother and I headed down to the ballpark with our items and pens!
I ended up getting a Jax OMLB and two Matt Wallner cards, both 2025 Topps, #547 and #688. All turned out great and both guys were cool. It was a fun event and I cannot wait to see who is there for the August session!
Kirilloff Is DONE!
Ryan S (Rls2239 on SCN) had a private signing with Alex Kirilloff recently. I was sad to see Kirilloff had to retire at such a young age due to health issues. He retired with me needing ten Twins cards signed! (I know, selfish of me).
Through Ryan’s private signing I was able to get the following cards signed beautifully:
2023 Topps #415
2024 Topps #148
2023 Topps Heritage #448
2021 Gypsy Queen #5
2022 Gypsy Queen #234
2020 Bowmen Next #BA-27
2020 Topps Now #341
2021 Topps Now Opening Day #OD-133
2021 Topps Now #143
2023 Topps Now #268
I now have all the Alex Kirilloff cards signed that I collect!
Some Minor Guys Majorly Needed
I met Mike E via Facebook a year and a half or so ago. He helped my out with some minor league guys as well as some Twins during spring training. He has really helped me out this year! Today I received a package of some minor league guys with Rich Hill and Kenta Maeda being guys I really needed. I took these Rich Hill cards to a couple Twins games as well as my games a couple summers ago in Pittsburgh and had no luck getting them inked up. Mike was successful and did an awesome job for me with the Iowa Cubs and their visitors. Today’s awesome package includes:
Rich Hill – 2020 Topps #413
Rich Hill – 2020 Topps #U-111
Rich Hill – 2021 Topps Heritage #437
Kenta Maeda – 2020 Toipps #U-205
Kenta Maeda – 2022 Topps #622
John Gant – 2022 Topps #280
Every package I get from Mike is like Christmas morning!