The Last of My TwinsFest Autographs

Almost done!  Tonight I'll post the last of my TwinsFest autographs that I got with my older son on Sunday, the 29th.

First, I was lucky enough to have the wristband color that allowed me to get a Justin Morneau autograph, so I had him sign a bat for me.

I had time to go through another line in that same session.  Brian Raabe and Gene Glynn signed my Target Field picture, Rick Stelmaszek signed a 1975 Topps and Al Newman signed a 1991 bobblehead for my set.

 

I even had time to get through a third line in the first session: this time with Rod Carew and Brad Radke.  It was close, but we made it.  I had Carew sign a 1972 Topps In Action for my set, and Brad Radke signed a ball.

 

After this session, we found a couple of game used Denard Span bats in the Twins Pro Shop on the Dome floor, and we went to get in his line even though it didn't start for  a couple hours.  While we were waiting, my son ran through a line with Jamey Carroll and Ben Revere for me.  Carroll signed a 2009 Topps Heritage and Ben Revere signed a 2011 Allen & Ginter.

Finally, the Span line started and we got our bats signed.

The last line was Tom Kelly, Kevin Tapani and Jack Morris.  I had Morris and Kelly sign their bobbleheads from the 1991 set, and Kelly insisted that the silver pen wouldn't work well, so he signed his in black.  Ugh.  Tapani signed a 1990 Donruss.

Whew.  That's it.  Another TwinsFest over.  I have only sent out one ttm request since the initial bunch I sent out at the beginning of the year, so I may not have a lot to post about for a while.

My Saturday TwinsFest Autographs

Saturday was just me and my older son.  It was the first day we tried to get wristbands for Mauer and Morneau autographs.  We decided to get different colors to increase our chances of getting at least one autograph.  We agreed that if either of us were drawn to get Mauer's autograph, we'd get a bat signed for me, and if either of us were drawn to get Morneau's autograph, we'd get a bat signed for my son.

My son got luck and was drawn for both, so we both got our bats signed.

Anyway, while my son was in line for Mauer in the first session, I went down to the Dome floor and went through a line with Dave Goltz, Dick Stigman, Juan Berenguer and Tim Laudner.  Since my son was getting an autograph for me, I got all of them on cards for him, except Stigman, who I had sign a 1964 Western Oil giveaway portrait by Nicholas Volpe.

 
I also had time to get through another line in the first session: Jamey Carroll, Liam Hendriks, Chris Parmelee and Jeff Manship.  I had Carroll sign a 2007 Topps Heritage, Parmelee sign a 2006 Bowman Heritage, Liam Hendriks sign my Target Field picture and Jeff Manship sign a picture.

Next I went over to the Fergie Jenkins booth and had J.R. Richard and Fergie Jenkins sign their 1972 Topps.

 
While my son got his Morneau bat signed, I got in line for Danny Valencia and Glen Perkins.  The line was really long so my son was able to join me after he got done in Morneau's line.  I had Valencia sign a 2011 Allen & Ginter and Perkins sign a 2008 Topps Heritage.  This was the line where the two of them were talking with each other, and not even looking at the fans that they were signing for.

By the time we got to the Pavano and Marquis line in the next session, it was empty so I was able to get through twice, mainly because I had a couple of cards I wanted Pavano on.  I had him sign a 2011 Topps Heritage and 2010 Allen & Ginter.  I had Marquis sign a 2010 Topps Heritage and a 2010 Allen & Ginter.

After sitting around a bit, we finally decided to get Denard Span's autograph.  I had him sign a 2011 Allen & Ginter.

 Our last line of the day was Josh Willingham and Josh Doumit.  Willingham signed a 2010 Allen & Ginter and Doumit signed a 2009 Topps Heritage.

My Friday Night TwinsFest Autographs

It's been a week since TwinsFest ended and I'm just getting close to having all our autographs scanned in and added to our web sites.  Today I'll post the autographs I received on Friday night that I spent with my younger son.

Our first line was Joe Benson, Ben Revere, Scott Diamond and Kyle Waldrop.  I had them all sign cards except Diamond, who signed my Target Field picture.

In the second session, I got through Bert Blyleven's line and had him sign his 1972 Topps for my set.

Next, we saw Shannon Stewart, Jacque Jones, Jerry White and Joe Vavra.  I had Jones sign a bobblehead, Stewart and White sign cards, and Vavra signed the Target Field picture above.

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During the same session, we also went through a line with Brian Duensing, Ryan Doumit, Trevor Plouffe and Rene Tosoni.  I had Duensing sign a 2011 Topps Heritage, Doumit sign a 2009 Allen & Ginter, Plouffe sign a 2004 Bowman Heritage, and Tosoni signed the Target Field picture.

 

Finally, we saw Josh Willingham and Jason Marquis, who each signed cards for me.

My "Wife's Autographs" from TwinsFest - Friday Night

Although she has become a baseball and Twins fan, my wife isn't much of a collector, and certainly doesn't collect autographs.  When the whole family goes to TwinsFest, my wife and I each take one son and go to whatever lines they have selected.  Since my wife is going to go through the lines anyway, I create a binder for her and she gets autographs for me.

She only went Friday night this year, but she got me some nice autographs.

First, she went through the line with Blackburn, Baker, Casilla and Capps.  She got them all to sign cards, except Casilla, who signed a picture for her (me).

 

Next, my wife and older son saw Butera and Span.  She had Butera sign a game used bat for me, and Span signed a 2011 Topps Heritage.

The next line was Shannon Stewart, Jacque Jones, Jerry White and Joe Vavra.  She had Vavra sign a Target Field picture, Jacque Jones sign a Twins Magazine from 2002, and White and Stewart sign cards.

After that line, they had time to get through another line during the same signing session which included Brian Duensing, Ryan Doumit, Trevor Plouffe and Rene Tosoni.

 

Finally, the got in a very long line for Dan Gladden, Kent Hrbek and Brad Radke.  This was the line that my wife and older son barely got through, as the ushers had cut it off right in front of them (right up at the front of the line too).  Somehow, my wife got them to let them through.  This was a tough line too, because she was getting me three bobbleheads signed.  Two of them from the 1991 Twins World Series set.

The worst part of TwinsFest is that it usually falls on my wife's birthday too.  This year, her birthday was on the Sunday of TwinsFest.  I'll have to make it up to her somehow.