Today I returned from a weekend in Kansas City watching the Twins play some painful baseball against the Royals.\u00a0 The Royals won both games we were at but we did get to see a rally that just came up short in the 9th and Joe Mauer’s 415 career double in which he passed Kirby Puckett for the Twins all time doubles leader.\u00a0 In between all that, we had a blast.\u00a0 Caden’s buddy planned a trip for a total of six friends to go but one of the parents and Amy and I were concerned about letting a group of 16 year olds go on a trip to KC alone so I took the time off work and would be there if they needed some help or anything.\u00a0 I had to convince Cami to miss a concert at Target Field and to go so I had someone to hang out with as the boys all had their own place to stay, etc.\u00a0 Cami decided she would go if she could go indoor skydiving at iFly KC.\u00a0 We were in KC last year and she saw it and wanted to go but we did not have time in our schedule so we made it happen this time.\u00a0 She loved the skydiving experience.\u00a0 Cami and I had a great time hanging out all weekend and chasing autographs.\u00a0 We go to the ballpark Friday around 10am or so and waited where the players enter the stadium.\u00a0 We did real well and a lot of players stopped and signed for us and others.\u00a0 We got early entrance and picked a spot where I saw players sign last year but we got shut out.\u00a0 Cami did get a couple balls tossed to her during batting practice and gave one of them to a young boy who was from Shakopee and made his first baseball roadtrip with his parents.\u00a0 We enjoyed the game and after the game we waited where the players went out to their cars and were able to get Kyle Gibson on a card.\u00a0 We got up early Saturday and arrived at the ballpark around 10:30 or so and got a few more autographs.\u00a0 We headed back to the hotel right after the game because we wanted to give it one more try as the players arrived before heading home.\u00a0 One of the things Cami really wanted to get signed was a photo of Fernando Rodney.\u00a0 She tried five times before he finally signed her photo Sunday morning.\u00a0 She was so excited.\u00a0 In fact, one time she asked him inside the ballpark in Spanish if he would sign and all he did was looked at her and said “HUH?” really loud.\u00a0 At the end of the trip, the persistence and effort she put into it was all worth it as she was so excited.\u00a0 Here is a list of what I came home with (not including what the kids got for themselves).\u00a0 I had help from Caden, Cami and Tieva on a couple items in this list:
\nHunter Dozier OMLB
\nWillians Austudillo ML Debut ticket
\nEduardo Escobar ML Debut ticket
\nJose Berrios 2018 Topps
\nEduardo Escobar 2018 Topps
\nJorge Polanco 2018 Topps
\nFernando Rodney 2018 Topps
\nEhire Adrianza 2018 Topps
\nKyle Gibson 2018 Topps
\nAddison Reed 2018 Topps
\nMatt Belisle 2017 Topps
\nLogan Morrison 2018 Topps Now
\nJorge Polanco 2018 Topps Now
\nJorge Polanco 2018 Topps Heritage
\nJorge Polanco 2018 Gypsy Queen
\nI also got a Jose Berrios 2018 Topps Now card signed but the autograph was so bad I am not including it and will hope to upgrade at some point.<\/p>\n
During batting practice on Friday both Alex Gordon and Fernando Rodney tossed her a baseball.\u00a0 Before the game on Saturday she got a ball tossed to her from Mike Herman, that Twins travelling secretary.\u00a0 During the game on Saturday, Cami got a foul ball from Alcides Escobar tossed to her by the ball boy.\u00a0 What is cool about the ball is that it has the Royals 50th season logo on it.\u00a0 She ended up coming home with a total of five baseballs with all but one being from batting practice.\u00a0 It was a great time and a fun trip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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