Today’s mail brought a package from my friend Greg N from Olympia, WA. In it was a 03.19.1986 Sports Illustrated signed by Jay Buhner. Jay does a lot of signings up in the Seattle area and Greg hooked me up with him signing his SI. Thanks Greg!
Twins Visitors
Today I met up with Nick K who gave me the items he got signed previously and recently of visitor teams in Minneapolis. Nick does a real good job for me and hooked me up big time. I got:
Daniel Norris ML Debut ticket
11.09.2015 Royals SI signed by Alcides Escobar and Raul Mondesi Jr
06.17.2013 SI signed by Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder
They all look awesome! Thanks Nick!
Berenguer Boogie
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.
A Great Ball Anyway You Gage It
Today I received a baseball signed by the 2015 J G Taylor Spink recipient Tom Gage. Brad C (thekid1 on SCN) got it signed at a banquet and I bought it from him. I tried to find a way to contact Mr Gage after he received the award from the Hall of Fame but was unable to. I am really excited to add this to my collection. Tom signed it with “HOF Spink Award”. It looks great! Thanks Brad!