2020 started out great for the Minnesota Twins and for my collecting of Minnesota Twins autographed baseball cards. Sadly 2020 did not progress well for either. The pandemic cut the Twins season short and when they did play they looked underwhelming. They managed to make the playoffs, but lost yet again.
Roster changes will be needed are already underway with the rival of Alex Kirilloff and Brent Rooker. I luckily got both of them to sign for me when they were back in the minors. I had hoped to send out a bunch of cards to Twins minor leaguers this season, but the minor league season was cancelled. We will have to see what the baseball season (both Major and Minor) looks like in 2021.
Alex Kirilloff, Brent Rooker, Edwar Colina, and Aaron Whitefield were all guys who I got as minor league and made their debut with the Twins this year. It pays to send to minor league guys. I now have signed baseball cards from 685 current and/or former Twins. Below is a list of my successes:
Sean Poppen
Randy Dobnak
Ryan Jeffers
Tom Norton
Larry Pashnick
Jose Berrios
Zack Granite
Luis Gomez
Jason Tyner
Mike Trombley
Wayne Granger
Dan Graham
Chuck Nieson
Mike Milchin
Jack O’Connor – responded after 8 years 3/1/2 months (3035 days). This is my second longest wait for a card to be return. R.A. Dickey returned a card to me after 3065 days.
Dave Engle – responded after 8 years 2 months and 29 days (3008 days)
John Ryan Murphy – responded after1001 days
Hopefully, I will get a few more by year’s end.
