Last
Sunday I made my annual trek down to Target Field for Twinsfest 2018. My father
came with me and we spent all our time trying to get autographs. I ended up
getting signed cards from 34 players and one coach. I now have signed cards from
615 current and former Twins, and since I got several top minor prospects this
year, the number of signed cards of current and former could go up.
Here are
my successes (All were on cards unless noted):
Zach Duke
Ryan
Pressly
Alan
Busenitz
LaMonte
Wade
Alex
Kirilloff
Lewis
Thorpe
Tyler Jay
Travis
Blankenhorn
Max
Kepler
Mitch
Garver
Fernando
Romero
Torii
Hunter
Joe
Nathan
LaTroy
Hawkins
John
Curtiss
Tyler
Duffey
Aaron
Slegers
Darin
Mastroianni
Fernando
Rodney
Kyle
Gibson
Trevor
Hildenberger
Taylor
Rogers
Dietrich
Enns
J. T.
Chargois
Brent
Rooker
Jose
Berrios
Adalberto
Mejia
Stephen
Gonsalves
Royce
Lewis
Jorge
Polanco
Robbie
Grossman
Trevor
May
Michael
Pineda
Garvin
Alston – new pitching coach
Roy
Smalley – photo
Gonsalves,
Jay, and Romero will probably be called up to the Twins sometimes this year
while Rooker should rise through the system pretty fast. Lewis is suppose to be
a future superstar, and he was quite popular with the fan.s
I thought
it was great that I could get new Twins Rodney, Duke, and Pineda. Rodney and
Duke might not be with the Twins in 2019.
I was also
happy to have gotten Polanco, Berrios, and Kepler. I was not going to get into
the Hunter, Nathan, and Hawkins line as it was $30 (most stations were $10-$20),
but there was literally no waiting in line so I decided to go for it.
Phil
Hughes, Kenny Vargas, and newest Twins Addison Reed did not make it. Hughes and
Vargas cancelled out for various reasons which was a bummer as I wanted to get
cards signed by them.
On the
whole though it was a great experience and hopefully I will be able to make
Twinsfest 2019.
