Back in October 1987, I was just starting my senior year of high school and the Twins did something they had never done and that was win a World Series. \u00a0I have a lot of great memories of that fall and most of them are related to the Twins.
\nFast forward thirty years to today when the Twins honored the 1987 team with an on field ceremony. \u00a0Before the game though, Cami and I had some autographs to get!
\nFan HQ had a signing with over twenty players from that 1987 team and I had some items that needed some ink (or Sharpie). \u00a0I purchased the tickets at the door of the event and got in line. \u00a0The line was long and hot but rewarding at the end. \u00a0While waiting in line, they announced that people with one or two players could go in and get their items signed. \u00a0While I was not moving, I thought it would be easier on me for when I did get in there to have less items to dig out and mess around with so I had Cami take a couple items and get them signed so I would put them away. \u00a0The first thing she did was went to Tony Oliva and got a couple older magazines signed. \u00a0I asked how Tony was and she said “He was classic Tony”. \u00a0That meant friendly and happy. \u00a0(Side note: \u00a0Tony O is one of her favorites of the old timers and has a few interactions with him and he has been awesome each time.) \u00a0Once she brought those back to me I gave her a large photo of Randy Bush’s slide in game 2 of the 1987 World Series that I already had signed by Dan Gladden. \u00a0Randy signed it and Cami came back to wait with me. \u00a0All that was left was a couple Sports Illustrateds and a baseball. \u00a0Our turn finally came up and we started with Roy Smalley. \u00a0Roy signed one of the SIs and said that “Jeff still tells me how my hand is blocking his face on that photo!”. \u00a0Then it was over to Sal Butera. \u00a0Sal signed both issues and I told Cami that Sal is Drew Butera’s dad. \u00a0Her eyes lit up when she made the connection. \u00a0Sal had on his champion ring and showed it to Cami and said “Drew’s is much bigger!” \u00a0Then I hopped in line for Dan Gladden while Cami took the magazine to Mark Davidson. \u00a0She said he was really nice and polite. \u00a0We waited in Gladden’s line and when we got up to him he signed the SI and looked at Cami and said “You are too young to have seen this” and that “you missed a good time!” \u00a0I gave Cami the SI and she got in line for Steve Lombardozzi. \u00a0Steve greeted her with “Hi cutie!” so she thought that was just awesome. \u00a0Then it was to Tim Laudner’s line. \u00a0Tim, or rather the back of his head, is featured in the bottom right corner of the cover. \u00a0Tim commented about having hair back then to Cami and then said “You know, I have hair on my dresser that I forgot at home today. \u00a0I usually wear it on Sundays.” she laughed and he said “I am just kidding” and gave her knuckles. \u00a0She thought that was neat. \u00a0Then we went to Jeff Reardon’s line. \u00a0Jeff signed the cover and commented that “That was the only time Roy ever touched my face and it happened to be on the cover!” \u00a0This completed both Sports Illustrated magazines and all that was left was a 1987 World Series baseball and Frank Viola. \u00a0We got right up to him and he signed the ball under the World Series logo with “87 WS MVP” and Cami and I packed everything up and high fived each other for a job well done!
\nWe had an hour or so to kill before our next event so we grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed to Target Field. \u00a0One of the things I signed up for in my Sweet Spot Rewards was to be a part of autograph signing events. \u00a0Cami and I went to our event which had Brandon Kintzler, Eduardo Escobar, and Jose Berrios. \u00a0Cami had a photo for each person and when she got to Kintzler, she congratulated him on being an all star. \u00a0He signed her photo with “2017 A S” and signed my Topps Now Road to Opening Day card commenting “There is a card of me with the Twins!” \u00a0Next up was Escobar. \u00a0Eduardo signed Cami’s photo and a pair of cards for me. \u00a0My cards were from Topps Series 2 this year. \u00a0Then Berrios signed Cami’s photo and my Topps Now card from May 18th. \u00a0We had tickets to the Twins game tonight but it was so hot that we decided to go home so I could shower and change clothes rather than staying at the ballpark. \u00a0We did just that and got back to watch the pregame ceremony honoring the 1987 team. \u00a0The Twins won the game and after the final out Cami looked at me, high fived me, and said “Today was pretty successful dad!” \u00a0Yes, Cami, it sure was. \u00a0Thanks for letting me tag along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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