Today was bittersweet. \u00a0It was the last game of the 2015 season for the Twins. \u00a0It was the first time in a long time they were playing meaningful games all the way up to the final weekend. \u00a0The season certainly exceeded my expectations.<\/p>\n
As was our Sunday tradition, Cami and I headed to the game early enough for her to get autographs in the kids autograph area. \u00a0Today it was Logan Darnell and JR Graham. \u00a0I had just received a Twins Topps Heritage High Number set a few days ago and in it was JR Graham. \u00a0I happened to put one in the pile of cards we take to the game just in case and it paid off! \u00a0Cami got Logan on a signature card and when she got to JR, he looked at it and said it was his first MLB rookie card. \u00a0He had not seen it before then! \u00a0Cami asked if he would sign it with first time I sign this card or something like that and he did! \u00a0He signed his name on the front and on the back wrote “10-4-15 1st RC signed J.R. G”. \u00a0It was pretty cool! \u00a0She was really excited.<\/p>\n
Later on during the game Cami asked me if she could go to the restroom and I let her go. \u00a0When she came back and had a Kennys Vargas signed baseball in her hand. \u00a0She was stoked and told me an usher noticed her volunteer shirt (she had volunteered at the Twin Cities Marathon with Amy earlier that morning) and asked what she volunteered for. \u00a0She told him and he asked if she volunteers anywhere else and she mentioned her family goes to Feed My Starving Children about once a month. \u00a0The usher said keep up the good work and gave her the baseball. \u00a0Later on he came to our seats and explained why he did it and why her. \u00a0I am always proud of the kids and their volunteering so this just reaffirmed to Cami that she is doing the right thing.<\/p>\n
The Twins lost the game but afterwards Cami ran the bases and we walked out looking forward to being back there in January for Twinsfest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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