My Younger Son's TwinsFest Autographs

I'm finally going to start posting our TwinsFest autographs.  I finally got done with both of my sons' items, adding them to their web sites along with pictures of them getting them signed.  It takes quite a bit of time.

Today I'm going to show the items that my younger son got signed.  He only attended Friday night but still got quite a few autographs.

First, we all went to a table with Nick Blackburn, Jason Repko and Jason Kubel.  David had Blackburn sign a 2009 Topps Heritage and Kubel sign a 2008 Topps Heritage.  He had Repko sign a Target Field picture (which is what we all used for players that we didn't have an individual item for).

 

After that line, he went to see Delmon Young, Eric Hacker, Pat Neshek and Alex Burnett.  He had all but Young sign his Target Field picture and had Young sign a 2010 Allen & Ginter.

 

His main goal for the night was to get Denard Span to sign the game used cap that he bought at the Twins Pro Shop.  So rather than risk getting stuck outside the main building by trying to get Gardy and Nathan at the other building, he stuck around and waited in line.  In addition to Span, Glen Perkins and Scott Baker were signing.  He had Span sign his cap, Perkins sign a 2009 Topps 206, and Baker sign a 2010 Allen & Ginter.

 

Finally, he made his way to the other building to see Michael Cuddyer and Kevin Slowey.  Cuddyer signed a photo for him, and Slowey signed a 2009 Topps Heritage.

Here's his Target Field picture as well as a few of the guys that signed it: Jason Repko, Eric Hacker, Pat Neshek and Alex Burnett.

 Not a bad haul for just Friday night.  He was a little disappointed in the lack of activities for kids and was a little stressed out about the movement between buildings and the possibility of not being able to get back in.  I think he's happy with what he was able to get though.

Last of My TwinsFest Autographs - Sunday

Sunday's main goal was to get Jason Kubel on the game used bat I had bought. After taking Johnny to a couple of the shorter lines during the first shift, we joined my wife and younger son in line, even though there was nearly 3 hours before that shift started. During this time, my younger son went and played a few games, and my older son walked around the card show a bit.

Before the first shift ended, Johnny ran to another line for me. He got Denard Span on a 2009 Allen & Ginter, and got Jerry White and Scott Ulger on my team ball.



While waiting for Kubel, Young and Hardy, I decided to run through the second shift line which was Kevin Slowey, Alexi Casilla and Francisco Liriano.

I had Slowey and Casilla sign their 2009 Topps Heritage, and Liriano signed a 2007 Topps Heritage.Then we got back in line and waited, a long time, for Kuble, Young and Hardy. My wife was along, so I got two autographs of each of them. I had Kubel sign the ticket stub from his April 2009 game in which he hit for the cycle.


Young signed a bobblehead.


And I had J.J. Hardy sign another ball for me since the one I had got on Friday night was smudged.


My wife had Kubel sign my game used bat, Young a 2009 Topps Heritage, and J.J. Hardy, a 2009 Allen & Ginter.



We were some of the first to get through the Kubel line, so we had time to also go through another one during that session. I went through Blyleven's line to get a ball signed for a friend, and Johnny ran to the Joe Nathan/Carl Pavano line. He got Nathan to sign a 2005 All Star Game ball for me (and got Pavano on his hat).


Johnny and I spent the last session looking around the card show. David and my wife went through one last line, and my wife got Pat Neshek on a picture for me, and Jeff Manship on my team ball.





That wraps up our TwinsFest autographs for 2010. Things will really slow down for me now. I haven't sent out any ttm requests. I have a few paid signings that I've sent to, including Morneau.

Denard Span in Person

Today my younger son and I headed out to Family Fresh Market in Hudson, Wisconsin (about a 30 minute drive) to go see Denard Span. He was scheduled to start signing at 11:30. We arrived at about 9:30 and were about 12th in line.

Rather than have us stand around and be in the way of all the shoppers, they gave us numbered tickets to come back later and get in line. We bought my son a "giant cookie" and went and sat in the car for about a half an hour. My son didn't really seem to trust the whole ticket system and wanted to go back and stand in line, so we did.

My older son was playing in his second State Tournament game so he couldn't make it. He won his first game last night, and had a 2-RBI bloop single to center field to help his team to an 11-8 victory. Today didn't go quite as well, although he had a solid single, stole second, and then third, and scored on a passed ball. They lost 6-3. He's a catcher, and also had a nice play where he caught an attempted bunt and threw back to first base to catch the runner who had left early. He has one more game this evening, and if they win, he'll have some games tomorrow.

Anyway, since he couldn't make it, the first time through the line I got a bat signed for him. My younger son got a ball signed. Since we were so close to the front of the line, and Denard showed up a little early, we were through the line before it was even scheduled to start. We went back to the car and I got a bat for myself, and my son got a 2008 Topps Heritage card. The line was pretty long by this time but we thought we'd give it a try.

We got through the line a second time and there was still about 15 minutes left. Denard recognized my son and said, "Back again"? After getting through the second time, there was still 15-20 minutes left, so we decided to go through one more time.

Again, Denard recognized my son and asked him if he was cutting in line (jokingly). We had a successful morning, getting through the line three times and getting two bats, a ball, a mini helmet and two baseball cards signed. Well worth the drive and the wait, and a fun day for my son to meet his favorite player.