Today I received a 1974 Topps Twins Manager card I bought from Brian L (brl212 on SCN). What makes this one special is that it is signed by Ralph Rowe and Bob Rodgers in addition to Frank Quilici. I had one signed by Mr Quilici already but needed the other three. This card has two of the other three I needed so it is a nice upgrade!
A Veteran and a Rookie
Today I received two packages that each had a baseball I purchased. One had veteran pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka with his typical English autograph on the sweetspot and his name in Japanese on the right panel. Jon B (boswell423 on SCN) hooked me up with that one.
The other package had potential Rookie of the Year Matt Harvey on it. Derek A (urmomluvsme on SCN) had a pair of Harvey signed balls and sold me one. I probably paid a little more than if I had waited because Harvey has a buzz about him now but I wanted to make sure I got one in my collection before he went really big time.
Cami & The Twins!
As I mentioned before in this blog, Sundays are Kids Day at Target Field. Whenever we get a chance to go on a Sunday, Cami and I head to the ballpark. Today was one of those days.
We got to the ballpark about five minutes before the gates opened. Once they opened, she got her Josh Willingham jersey for kids and we headed to the kids’ autograph line. Cami was the fourth kid in line! She added Chris Callabello and Samuel Deduno to her Twins ball. She said Samuel said “You’re welcome” after she thanked him and Chris said “Thank you for saying thank you!”. She thought that was funny.
After the game she had a ton of fun running the bases. That is another fun event for the kids on Sundays.
More Future Stars!
My buddy Paul C from Ft Myers came through for me again. This time he sent the following prospects on baseballs:
Aaron Sanchez
Drew Vettleson
Felipe Rivero
Byron Buxton
He does a great job for me and I am already getting him my next list of players! Thanks Paul!