Don Demeter and TwinsFest Pictures

Today is all about my older son.  He got another 1958 signed through the mail.  Don Demeter signed his card for him in about 2 weeks. He has 54 autographs on 1958 Topps now.

My older son also got a few pictures signed at TwinsFest this year.  He had Danny Valencia signed a nice action photo.

He had Michael Cuddyer sign an action photo as well.

He also came across a cool 8x10 of a painting of Cuddyer from one of the vendors that he got signed on the Sunday of TwinsFest.

Finally, he added another John Wheeldon 1970 Super Valu giveaway portrait of Tony Oliva to his collection.

My TwinsFest Autographs - Friday Night

I finally got all of my TwinsFest items scanned and photographed. My wife attended Friday night and Sunday. Since she has no interest in autographs, she gets autographs for me. I organize a binder and backpack for her, and put items in there to get signed by whatever players are at the lines she is going through with one of our sons.

Since she attended Friday night with us, I got double the autographs. Unfortunately, since she waited in the Morneau line with my older son, she didn't get many for me that night.

My younger son and I didn't waste any time. We went right to a line with Guerrier, Baker and Crain. I got Guerrier on my team ball, Baker on a 2009 Topps Heritage, and Crain on a 2004 Bowman Heritage.



After that, we got in the line for Mijares, Blackburn and Hardy. As I mentioned before, Hardy was the only one that was there. I had him sign a ball, which got a little smudged.

After Hardy, We went to see Ron Gardenhire and Joe Nathan. I had Ron Gardenhire sign my team ball and Joe Nathan sign a jersey. My photos of jersey's never turn out well. It actually looks much nicer than it looks in the picture.




Finally, we went to a line with Michael Cuddyer and Jon Rauch. I had bought a game used Cuddyer bat on eBay. I have no proof that it was actually used by Cuddyer, but it's his model and engraved, which is what I was really after. He took the time to switch to a gold pen, which I didn't even consider, to match the engraving and signed it very nicely. This might be my favorite item from the whole weekend.


Jon Rauch signed my team ball.


My wife and son also went through the Cuddyer and Rauch line, so my wife had Cuddyer sign a bobblehead for me, and had Jon Rauch sign a 2008 Topps Heritage.



Friday seemed pretty busy and we just had time to get through one line per session. Probably because we didn't split up.

Johnny's TwinsFest Autographs

Despite waiting in Morneau's line for the first two sessions of Friday night (and not getting Morneau), my older son Johnny still got through a couple of lines.

He went to Jim "Mudcat" Grant's line, which was also supposed to have Jim Perry, but Perry didn't attend. John got a nice older picture of Mudcat signed, and personalized.

After that, John went to Michael Cuddyer and Jon Rauch. He had Cuddyer sign a ball, and Jon Rauch signed a 2008 Topps Heritage.




I think that John has learned his lesson over the last two years and won't try to get the big names, at least not on Friday night. There is an upcoming signing via Lojo Sports for Morneau, and an SCN contact is taking mail order for it. Unfortunately, they aren't taking bats, but I plan to send in a jersey, and the boys are getting mini helmets signed.

More From TwinsFest

After J.J. Hardy, David and I went to go see Ron Gardenhire and Joe Nathan. David had each of them sign his team ball. Nathan's signature got a little smudged.


The last station of the night was Michael Cuddyer and Jon Rauch. David had Cuddyer sign the brim of his flat-bill cap, which looks pretty cool.

Then he had Jon Rauch sign a 2008 Topps Heritage.


That's all of David's autographs for Friday night, not too bad. He didn't go on Saturday. Tomorrow I'll post what he got on Sunday.