{"id":802,"date":"2015-01-25T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/?p=802"},"modified":"2020-03-11T12:28:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T17:28:45","slug":"twinsfest-2015-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kemmetmueller.com\/?p=802","title":{"rendered":"Twinsfest 2015 \u2013 Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

My expectations were exceeded in the first two days of Twinsfest so anything I got today would be icing on the cake. Traditionally Sunday is the day I take the kids so they can have fun and get excited for the upcoming Twins season and this year was no different. I picked up Caden’s friend Cayden<\/a> at 7:05am and the four of us headed to Target Field<\/a>. It was a little colder this morning than the previous two but we waited and at 9am entered Target Field. We were about 40th or so in line so we were in good shape. I thought maybe I could get through Joe Mauer’s line twice. While waiting in line, Caden’s friend Noah showed up and I offered him $10 if he would get a card signed by Joe Mauer with me. He was all over that so Noah and I went to the Mauer line and Caden and Cami went to Ervin Santana’s line. Ervin puts #smellbaseball on a number of his Twitter posts and Cami thought it would be cool to ask for the incription on her baseball. He did not let her down! He signed it on the ball and she was STOKED! Caden got a card and they both got the others in the line. When they were done, Cami came over to the Mauer line with me and Caden and Cayden walked around for a really short time. While the kids were getting Ervin, Noah and I got Joe. We then got back in line and Cami joined us and the three of us got Joe. Then Noah left to get someone else and Caden joined us and Caden, Cami and I got Joe. I could not believe it! I needed about 40 or so Mauers and finished the weekend with 17 signed cards. The third time I went through the line I told Joe he was on too many cards that I needed signed and he said “You are coming up with some good ones!” I handed him a card with him and Roy Halladay in the Topps Heritage set and he said he had never seen that card. That was pretty cool. Joe was very friendly and talkative which was really neat. After that, Caden and Cami headed to the Brian Dozier, Michael Tonkin and Tyler Duffey line<\/a> and I headed to the Jordan Schafer and Nick Gordon line. I stayed in the same area and got the following players in the next group; Ricky Nolasco, Eddie Rosario and Trevor May. The kids went through the Kurt Suzuki, Ryan Pressly, Kohl Stewart and Blake Schmit line. Caden got Pressly on a ML Debut ticket for me. I joined Cami for the next group with Phil Hughes, Tommy Milone, Max Murphy and Tom Quinlan. Caden hung out with his friends and ended up getting in the line later on on his own and got a REALLY cool card signed by Hughes for his collection. The kids went to the Pop a Shot area to shoot hoops with some Twins players. While there, Cami joined them and Oswaldo Arcia was standing behind her. She was draining shot after shot and I saw Oswaldo look over at the other player and mouthed “WOW!” It was pretty cool. Once they were done, Caden and Cami each got a card signed by him and Cami got a picture<\/a>. Cami then did the Speed Pitch<\/a> and hit 32 mph! At this point I figured I was done and I would let the kids do what they wanted to. Turns out Caden and Noah and Cayden went in the Tony Oliva and Miguel Sano line while Cami and I went ot the Oswaldo Arcia<\/a>, Eduardo Escobar<\/a>, Jorge Polanco<\/a> and Mark Hamburger<\/a> line. On the way there, we headed to the Twins Wives table again and Cami got Danny Santana on a couple cards. Cami went through the line and got an autograph from each. We then headed down to the vendors and I talked to a couple of my favorite guys and Cami wanted to go to the Metropolitan Club and check it out. She saw that Paul Molitor<\/a> was in the Selfie Station and got a photo with the Hall of Famer and new Twins manager. Once we spent a few minutes in that area we decided to walk to the boys and on the way there took a tour of the Twins clubhouse and then Cami took a few swings in the player’s batting cages. She did pretty good! We found the boys and I took one final photo of Cami in the lower level of Target Field<\/a>. We headed home tired but really excited.
\nThe tally for the day includes:
\nErvin Santana: (Cami) OMLB w\/”#smellbaseball”, (Caden) 2014 Topps
\nButch Davis: (Cami) Index card
\nFrank Quilici: (Cami) 1972 Topps Twins Team, (Caden) 1971 Topps
\nMike Kvasnicka: (Cami) Index card
\nCole DeVries: (Cami) Index card, (Caden) 2013 Topps
\nJoe Mauer: (Me) 2010 Allen & Ginter, 2012 Allen & Ginter, 2006 Topps Heritage, 2007 Topps Heritage, 2008 Topps Heritage, 2009 Topps Heritage, 2009 Topps Heritage All Star, 2011 Topps Heritage All Star, 2010 Topps Heritage High Powered Battery, 2010 Topps Heritage All Star, 2014 Topps Heritage, 2014 Topps Heritage Batting Leaders (WOW! What a day!)
\nBrian Dozier: (Cami) 2014 Topps Heritage, (Caden) 2011 Topps Heritage High Number
\nMichael Tonkin: (Cami) Index card
\nTyler Duffey: (Cami) Index card
\nJordan Schafer: (Me) 2009 Allen & Ginter, 2014 Topps
\nNick Gordon: (Me) 2014 Bowman Chrome, 2014 Topps Insert (with Kyle Schwarber)
\nTaylor Rogers: (Cami) Index card
\nKurt Suzuki: (Cami) 2014 Topps Update All Star, (Caden) 2014 Topps Update
\nRyan Pressly: (Me) MLB Debut ticket w\/”MLB Debut”
\nKohl Stewart: (Cami) 2014 Topps Heritage Minors, 2014 Topps Pro Debut, (Caden) 2014 Topps Heritage Minors, 2014 Topps Pro Debut
\nBlake Schmit: (Cami) Index card
\nRicky Nolasco: (Me) 2014 Allen & Ginter, 2014 Topps
\nEddie Rosario: (Me) 2014 Topps Heritage Minors, 2014 Topps Pro Debut
\nTrevor May: (Me) ML Debut ticket w\/”ML Debut”
\nPhil Hughes: (Me) 2 @ 2014 Topps, (Cami) 2014 Topps, (Caden) 2014 Topps Heritage, 2011 Allen & Ginter Future Stars
\nTommy Milone: (Me) 2014 Topps Heritage, (Cami) 2014 Gypsy Queen, (Caden) 2014 Topps Heritage
\nMax Murphy: (Cami) Index card
\nTom Quinlan: (Cami) Index card
\nTony Oliva: (Caden) 1969 Topps All Star
\nMiguel Sano: (Caden) 2011 Topps Heritage Minors
\nOswaldo Arcia: (Cami) 2013 Topps, (Caden) 2014 Allen & Ginter
\nEduardo Escobar: (Cami) 2014 Topps
\nJorge Polanco: (Me) ML Debut ticket w\/”ML Debut”
\nMark Hamburger: (Cami) 2011 Bowman Chrome
\nDanny Santana: (Me) 2 @ 2014 Topps<\/p>\n

It was an amazing weekend that exceeded my results by a whole day. It was fun to see the players all excited to see the fans. I saw Torii Hunter walking the halls a few times and he was smiling from ear to ear and giving hugs with everyone. It truly is great he is back with the Twins.<\/p>\n

We cannot wait for Opening Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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