On 07.22.2024 at 3:42 pm the Little Bambino was born. The Little Bambino is my niece’s son Felix and the superstar who made my brother a grandpa for the first time. I have seen so many photos and even a Facetime call to see the little man that I cannot wait to meet him face to face. He is absolutely adorable! He is going to be the biggest Twins fan in Montana! On my way into Target Field for the concert, my brother and his wife presented me with a baseball that has Felix’s foot print stamped on it with all the details of his birth. It is one of the coolest baseballs in my collection! Plus, it has a Twins logo on it. PERFECT! Just like Felix!
Ahh Nuts!
Today’s mail brought in a fun pair of items. Jerry D, via a Facebook group, posted that his father used to work with Gaylord Perry and he had a number of burlap peanut bags from Gaylord’s peanut farm that were signed and he was offering them for sale. I purchased a pair and they arrived today. Pretty cool oddball item for the collection!
What A Gamer!
Fan HQ had a couple Twins players come in for signings recently. It is a bit of a drive for me to get there so I just pay the extra and mail it all to them. They really do a fantastic job on items and take care of them as they were their own. When I saw Royce Lewis and Jhoan Duran appearing there I knew I had to send in since they offered inscriptions and I had a few items that needed to be signed with inscriptions. The items I received back today are:
Royce Lewis:
5/6/2022 game used baseball signed with “MLB Debut 5/6/22”
5/6/2022 ticket signed with “MLB Debut:
5/13/2022 ticket signed with “1st MLB HR”
Jhoan Duran:
4/8/2022 game used baseball signed with “MLB Debut 4/8/22”
5/2/2022 ticket signed with “1st MLB Save”
I am excited to knock these items off with inscriptions. Fan HQ has a few items of mine for a Joe Mauer private signing that I hope to get back within the next couple weeks. What fun!
What A Roster!
Before I left on vacation, I decided to send a baseball to Greg Gagne to see if he would write the roster of the 1987 Twins team on it. He did! It is pretty cool to see all the player’s names listed on it and the memories of that ’87 team. I now have to figure out who to ask to do a 1991 roster ball!