Today I received a card from Noel A (bluejay50 on SCN) that I bought from his recent signing with former Twin Juan Agosto. It is the 1987 Topps card. I already had this card but it had a slight smear in it so this was a nice way to upgrade it.
A Butcher, A Baker, A Candlestick Maker
Today I received a few cards from Kenneth W (kgwatson on SCN) that I traded him for. I needed just one more card to complete my 2012 Topps Heritage Twins set and that was card #26, Scott Baker. Kenneth had this card and was cool enough to work out a trade. We made it a little larger of a trade as he needed some older signed cards I had and I thought I would help him with more cards he needed while getting some Gypsy Queen cards for the kids. In addition to the Baker card, I got the following:
2013 GQ Ian Desmond
2013 GQ Starling Marte
2013 GQ Trevor Rosenthal
2013 GQ Torii Hunter
2015 GQ Charlie Blackmon
I let the two kids decide who got what cards and everyone was happy. Thanks for the trade Kenneth!
A Dutch Treat
Today I met up with Nick K who gets Twins and the visiting teams’ autographs for me. When the Rockies were in town he was able to get Greg Holland to sign his Sports Illustrated magazine from 10.27.2014. I was able to give Nick a bunch of Twins cards to get signed for me over the next month or so too!
Just The Artifact
Today I experienced a few seconds of my 15 minutes of fame. As a follow up to a tweet I posted as a reply to a Twins Radio Network post, I was contacted and asked to discuss a signed ticket I have in my collection. Here is the interview as it aired on the Twins Pregame Radio show on July 7, 2017.