Today was the final day of Twinsfest. \u00a0Over the last few years Sunday’s turned into kid’s day as I bring the kids and do not focus on autographs. \u00a0This year we invited Caden’s friend from his baseball team to come along. \u00a0This was going to be Cayden’s second time at Twinsfest and he was pretty excited for it.<\/p>\n
We left the house and got to Cayden’s house just after 7am. \u00a0We headed to Target Field and got in line in the skyway as we were hoping it would block the wind better than being out in the open of Gate 29. \u00a0We waited for the hour in the cold. \u00a0I kept telling the kids that waiting in the cold would insure they got the player they wanted; Byron Buxton. \u00a0Caden and Cayden headed to Buxton’s line which was still over an hour away from starting to get in line. \u00a0It was a good thing they did. \u00a0They ended up being around number 60 in line still over an hour before he was scheduled to sign. \u00a0I told them they could decide who they wanted but they were not going to be able to get both Joe Mauer and Byron Buxton because of the length of the lines and they wanted Buxton so they headed there. \u00a0Cami and I went to Joe Mauer’s line and were were around the 150 or so number. \u00a0We got through and Joe signed his 2007 and 2008 Allen & Ginter cards. \u00a0All four cards I got signed by Joe this weekend were the last cards I needed to complete my Twins team sets for those sets. \u00a0There are about 35 more cards I need signed by Joe for my sets so I will be at it for a long time with him! \u00a0After that Cami and I headed to meet up with Caden and Cayden. \u00a0I noticed there was not much of a line for the group that was signing at that time so Cami and I went through and Cami got Tom Kelly on the TV Guide issue he was on the cover of while I got a ticket with the inscription 1,000th Win. \u00a0Frank Quilici signed Cami’s ball for her while I got him on a 1973 manager card already signed by Bob Rodgers and Al Worthington. \u00a0Then Cami got Ron Gardenhire to sign her baseball while I got him on the 2011 team issue Topps card already signed by Tsuyoshi Nishioka as well as his 2013 Topps Heritage card for Mark. \u00a0I asked Gardy if he ever talks with Nishi and he said he does communicate with him via a translator. \u00a0I told him it was too bad the things ended up and he said “he was an all star this year! \u00a0He was just too overwhelmed here”. \u00a0I could tell Gardy liked Nishi and was happy things are going better for him back in Japan. \u00a0Cami and I let Caden and Cayden walk around and sat in their spots as they were stuck there for a while. \u00a0While sitting there, they found out a classmate from their school was there and he met up with the boys and hung out for most of the day. \u00a0It was then time for Buxton to start signing. \u00a0At that time the line must have been over 400 people. \u00a0All weekend long the Buxton line was incredible. \u00a0We went through the line and I did not have anything for the other people in line so I got Buxton on a card I had. \u00a0I did not expect to get Buxton at all over the weekend as I tried to avoid his line. \u00a0The kids all got a baseball signed by him and when we walked out, all four kids (Caden, Cami, Cayden and their friend from school) had smiles from ear to ear. \u00a0I even took a photo of the four kids holding up their Buxton autographs they were so proud of. \u00a0I asked each if it was worth standing out in the cold an hour before just for that moment and each one said “Well duh. \u00a0Of course!” \u00a0This past season I caught a foul ball at a game I was at with Cami. \u00a0She was all excited when I did and told me she wanted to get Brian Dozier to autograph it some day. \u00a0Today was the day. \u00a0We got in his line and Cami added Darin Mastroianni to her baseball and I got a 2013 Topps signed. \u00a0Next up was Brian Dozier. \u00a0He remembered me from yesterday when he called Tyler and asked how I was doing today. \u00a0Cami gave him the foul ball he hit and proudly said “My dad caught this!” \u00a0I told him it was the first one I ever caught. \u00a0He signed a 2013 Topps card for me and we moved on to Mudcat Grant. \u00a0Cami told him that he had already signed her baseball and he gave her a smile and a high five. \u00a0Mudcat is a kind, kind man. \u00a0All of us then headed down to the dealer area and got in line for the next group that was signing there. \u00a0Cami got her baseball signed by all the players and Caden got a team ball started. \u00a0I got Kevin Correia to sign a 2013 Topps card. \u00a0Scott Diamond signed his 2013 Allen & Ginter card for me and his 2013 Topps Heritage for Mark. \u00a0Vance Worley then signed his 2013 Allen & Ginter and his 2013 Topps update for me. \u00a0Cami got Brian Raabe on her baseball and we walked to the Champions Club to sit down and listen to the events going on there. \u00a0We decided to get in line for the final group of the day. \u00a0For this group, Cami wanted Glen Perkins on a baseball card instead of her baseball and Caden wanted a sweetspot baseball signed. \u00a0Cami added Pedro Florimon, Jason Bartlett and Michael Tonkin to her baseball while I got Perkins on\u00a0his 2013 Topps for me and his 2013 Topps Heritage for Mark. \u00a0I also got Pedro Florimon on his 2013 Topps Heritage for Mark.<\/p>\n
I headed to say goodbye and safe travels to Tony Swann and talked with my buddy Joel and we all headed home. \u00a0We talked about all the fun we had and autographs we got on the way home. \u00a0Twinsfest 2014 was a crazy good time and great times had by all! \u00a0We cannot wait until Twinsfest 2015!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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