{"id":1222,"date":"2016-01-31T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2016-01-31T18:00:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T00:00:50","slug":"twinsfest-2016-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/?p=1222","title":{"rendered":"Twinsfest 2016 \u2013 Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I woke up when my alarm went off with a headache. \u00a0I think it was from a lack of quality sleep and the excitement that comes with Twinsfest weekend for me. \u00a0I knew it was not going to stop me though! \u00a0I walked out to the living room and Cami was already awake and dressed ready to go. \u00a0Someone was even MORE excited for today than I was! \u00a0Caden said he had a real bad headache and could not go and stayed sleeping. \u00a0Cami and I got to the ballpark around 8am and was in the exact same spot we were at Friday night when we hopped in line. \u00a0Cami really wanted to get a card signed by Polanco and Berrios so she decided to head to that line first and would meet me in the Mauer line after I got through it. She was really excited to get the card signed and unfortunately Polanco smeared it when handing it back to her. \u00a0She said he apologized and felt bad and she was not too bummed because he felt bad. \u00a0She got me a couple Kurt Suzuki cards signed and walked to the Mauer line. \u00a0I had just gotten done with Joe’s line and went to get back in the line and she was just showing up. \u00a0It was perfect timing. \u00a0When I went through the line, I mentioned to Corey Koskie that I was eating breakfast while reading the\u00a0article he wrote<\/a> a couple days ago when I hit the toilet part. \u00a0He laughed and asked if I finished breakfast. \u00a0It was pretty funny. \u00a0We were both able to get through the line twice. \u00a0We then decided to head to the Phil Hughes line and got Phil on a couple cards as well as Glen Perkins (I screwed up and got a card signed I already had and missed on the one I needed) as well as a Ryan O’Rourke ML Debut ticket. \u00a0I got Stephen Gonsalves to sign a baseball as well. \u00a0Cami wanted an Eduardo Nunez card signed so she headed to that line and then was going to meet up with me in the kid’s game area where she was working on earning more Boardwalk Bucks for the kid’s auction later today. \u00a0I went to the Mauer line at the Twins Wives area and got him to sign one card for me there. \u00a0I then headed to the Kyle Gibson line (where I got him to sign a card I already had an missed the one I needed… dang!). \u00a0I got Tyler Duffey to sign a ticket with “1st ML Win” and a John Ryan Murphy ML Debut ticket. \u00a0I then went and found Cami and we went to the Twins Yard Sale again where we bought a couple small things. \u00a0We then headed down to the Radio Stage and listened to a pretty moving chat featuring Rod Carew. \u00a0It was pretty special to hear him talk about his experience and the people who helped him get through it… so far. \u00a0You could tell the fans were extremely grateful that he was still alive and able to be at Twinsfest as he got a couple standing ovations and many claps. \u00a0After that was done, it was time for the kid’s auction. \u00a0Cami had collected 315 of the Boardwalk Bucks from playing all the games she did in the kid’s area. \u00a0She thought she had a pretty good chance at winning something. \u00a0Well, not so much. \u00a0There were only five items that were auctioned off and she immediately found out that 315 was not going to win her anything. \u00a0She still bid and was high bidder on one of the items for all of about a half second. \u00a0She really wanted the Brian Dozier 4’x5′ autographed sign\/photo. \u00a0Once the bidding on the final item got over 315 she kind of just sighed and looked at me and smiled. \u00a0What happened next was the kind of thing that makes me so proud of her. \u00a0She is so unselfish in day to day things and she proved yet again just how cool she is. \u00a0The little kid next to us had her mom bid 400 on the Dozier photo. \u00a0He thought she won it at that point and started walking up to get it when everyone laughed and said he did not win it. \u00a0Someone then bid 450 which was over what the little boy had and you could see his mom look deflated. \u00a0I looked at Cami and said what do you think about giving your Boardwalk Bucks to the little kid so he can keep going and without hesitating, she said yes. \u00a0As Dick Bremer started saying “450 going once!” I handed the little kid’s mom Cami’s 315 Boardwalk Bucks and she exclaimed “600!” to which nobody else had that many and the kid won the photo and went bananas. \u00a0The mom was extremely grateful and moved by Cami doing that and thanked us a few times. \u00a0I told Cami that while she did not win anything, she can know that she made the little kid’s day and that is more special than winning the photo. \u00a0She smiled. \u00a0She is so awesome.
\nAfter the auction was done we headed down to say good bye to my buddy Tony S and Joel B who both have tables in the dealer area. \u00a0We chatted with them and I told her it was time to leave. \u00a0She said “But dad! \u00a0I don’t want to go! \u00a0There is still an hour left!” \u00a0She did not want Twinfest 2016 to end. \u00a0We did end up leaving but man, did we have fun and make some awesome memories.<\/p>\n

A wrap up of my\u00a0weekend’s autographs (with help from multiple people– Caden and Cami have a bunch of their own items but this is just my list):
\nNeil Allen- 2 Sports Illustrated magazines
\nOswaldo Arcia- 5\u00a0cards (1 for Mark C)
\nJose Berrios- baseball
\nBert Blyleven- 08.16.1980 Lanny Frattare Scorecard
\nTom Brunansky- 3\u00a0cards (for Mark C)
\nByron Buxton- ML Debut ticket, 4 cards
\nButch Davis-\u00a04 cards
\nPat Dean- 2 cards
\nBrian Dozier- 4 cards
\nTyler Duffey- 1st Win ticket
\nEduardo Escobar- 1 card
\nMitch Garver- baseball,\u00a0signature card
\nKyle Gibson- 1 card
\nStephen Gonsalves-\u00a0baseball
\nJohn Gordon-\u00a0signature card
\nJR Graham- 2 ML Debut tickets, 1 card
\nMudcat Grant- baseball,\u00a0signature card
\nJohn Hicks- 6 cards, 2\u00a0signature cards
\nTrevor Hildenberger- signature card
\nPhil Hughes- 5 cards
\nKevin Jepsen- 2 cards
\nBrandon Kintzler-\u00a0signature card
\nCorey Koskie- 2\u00a0signature cards
\nJoe Mauer- 14 cards (and a whole lot of money spent to get them!)
\nTrevor May- 2014 All Star Game Future Stars Edition Program
\nAlex Meyer- ML Debut ticket, 2 cards
\nJohn Ryan Murphy-\u00a0ML Debut ticket
\nRicky Nolasco- 3 cards
\nEduardo Nunez- 2 08.15.2011 Sport Illustrateds, 3 cards
\nRyan O’Rourke-\u00a02 ML Debut tickets, 2 cards
\nByung Ho Park- baseball
\nGlen Perkins- 5 cards
\nTrevor Plouffe-\u00a04 cards
\nJorge Polanco- 2 cards
\nJake Reed- baseball, 3 cards
\nMichael Restovich- 1 card
\nRandy Rosario- 1 signature card
\nDanny Santana-\u00a04 cards
\nRoy Smalley- 11.02.1987 Sports Illustrated, 1 card
\nKurt Suzuki- 2 cards
\nStuart Turner- 2 cards
\n117 total autographs for the three day weekend. \u00a0I owe a lot to others who helped me with these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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