What a fun day. I left work at 2pm to get to the Metrodome to wait for the Justin Morneau bobblehead. Heidi & Bob showed up shortly after I got there and Amy showed up around 4:40 or so. We got our bobbleheads and Amy left to go to my parents’ home to get the kids. I chose today to be the game we have our pregame Fantastic Fan hospitality party for season ticket holders. After getting the bobblehead, I headed to where I thought the party was next to where the players park. I was told it was on the other side of the Dome so I walked around. As I got to the Plaza, I noticed a line for autographs from a Twins Alumni player. Much to my surprise, I found out it was Frank Viola. I was real excited as I do not have a Frank Viola single signed ball in my collection so I waited. After waiting outside for three or so hours for the bobblehead, I did not feel like waiting longer but for Frankie V, I would. He showed up late but it was WAY worth it. He was really happy. Smiling and thanking US! I was thinking about which inscription I would ask for and decided on “Sweet Music”. As a 17 year old cheering on the team back in their World Series Championship in 1987 I remember the banner that always hung in right field for all his home starts and it had his nickname of Sweet Music on it so I went with it. I asked if he would please sign it with “Sweet Music” and he said no problem and did it. It was really neat. After I got it I headed to the hospitality party and by that time it was pretty much emptied out but I did grab some really good food. Unfortunately, I missed the featured speaker. In fact, I do not even know who it was. BUT, I am sure it did not beat getting a Frankie V autograph!
\nAlso, today I received a really nice baseball signed by David Eckstein from my buddy Vince H. It is cool addition to my collection. I owe him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What a fun day. I left work at 2pm to get to the Metrodome to wait for the Justin Morneau bobblehead. Heidi & Bob showed up shortly after I got there and Amy showed up around 4:40 or so. We got our bobbleheads and Amy left to go to my parents’ home to get the … Continue reading “Sweet Music”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}