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.

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.

Last of My Younger Son's Items From TwinsFest

On Sunday (1/31), David skipped the first two autograph sessions. He hit in the home run derby, played a little whiffleball, got his face painted, and other kid's stuff. We all got in line pretty early for the Hardy/Kubel/Young signing, which also took up a good part of his morning. We got through that line though, which was lucky. By the time the session started, the line wrapped around the big square around autograph stations #1 and #2. So, people who were at the end of the line, could see the people signing, but then had to wrap all the way around the floor and back the other side. My wife said that not everyone in that line made it, which is rare for the stations on the floor.


David had Delmon Young sign a Twins program that he's had for a while. It looks really nice.

He had Kubel sign a picture.


And J.J, Hardy signed a 2009 Topps Heritage.

All four of us went through this line with a variety of items including a bat, some bobbleheads, cards and pictures. Because of this, our hands were full and I didn't get any pictures of the players signing like I usually do.

That left just one line, where Swarzak was supposed to be, but didn't attend. So that left Jeff Manship and Pat Neshek. David had them both sign a bat that he painted at one of the booths on the Metrodome floor.


That wraps up David's items from TwinsFest. You'll notice a lack of Hall of Famer/retired player autographs. David is really only interested in the current guys that he sees play. My older son, John, is really interested in the older players. I'll start showing his items next.

TwinsFest Items

This morning I scanned in and took pictures of all the stuff my youngest son got signed at TwinsFest. I'll highlight a few of them here.

On Friday night, David and I first went through a line with Matt Guerrier, Jesse Crain and Scott Baker. David got Guerrier and Baker on a team ball, and Crain on a 2009 card.

Scott Baker's autograph on team ball

Scott Baker and David at TwinsFest 2010

Matt Guerrier's autograph on team ball


David and Matt Guerrier at TwinsFest


David and Jesse Crain at TwinsFest

Next, he and I went through J.J. Hardy's line. It was surprisingly short, but he was supposed to be with Blackburn and Mijares, neither of which showed up. David got a ball signed:

David and J.J. Hardy

I'll post the rest of David's autographs later today.