Twinsfest

[chakes89]

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Ask and you shall receive.

Now that is AWESOME!!!

[cuddyer collector]

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-a couple of Cuddyer basebll mitts, INCLUDING the actual first-baseman mit he used in the famous "game 163" vs the Tigers in 2009. By far the coolest game used item for sale at the entire event. Shaun just got a box of stuff directly from Cuddyer (he does his website) and Cuddy put that glove in. It's signed and inscribed as being used in game 163. It's really awesome. He hasn't sold it yet, and wants like $800 (money goes to Cuddy's charity). It's freakin awesome. Someone on here has to buy that thing!

Ask and you shall receive.

[thomecollector]

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Day Three of Twinsfest is in the books. Overall a pretty good year for me. I picked up one very nice game used bat from a HOFer and autographs from Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek, Jeff Reardon (x2), Jim Kaat, Jim Mudcat Grant, Ben Revere and a number of Twins prospects (Hicks, Wimmer, Gibson, Bromberg, etc.). I also got two jerseys I've owned for a few years signed by Jeremy Hellickson.

The game used selection was pretty spotty with only a couple of dealers with vintage and/or modern Twins game used items. The Pro Shop (read: the Majestic Store) continues to ask way too much for the 2010 game used jerseys and I think they are going to need to build onto their warehouse in the near future to hold all of the unsold jerseys as I saw very few sold all weekend.

The lineup this year left a lot to be desired with Killebrew, Morneau and Nishioka unable to attend and the Twins didn't do a great job of spacing out the marquee players as Sunday's lineup of signers wasn't very interesting (which lead to the largest line I've ever seen for the Twins prospects). The Twins did the best they could with the new space (since the Metrodome was unavailable) but the National Sports Center clearly wasn't made to handle the crowds (even with 10,000 less fans in attendance this year). I'll be happy to be back in the Dome next year.

The auction prices (as in most years) were mindboggling. The Mauer game used bat sold for $2,550, a Thome game used jersey, nameplate and ball sold for $3,300 and the Mauer game used jersey sold for $7,100. All money raised goes to charity so some people ought to have healthy tax writeoffs in 2011.

Despite anything herein to the contrary, I had a great time. Its a can't miss event for me and I can't wait until we've got some ST games to watch.

So, Who here bought the Thome ??

[punch]

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I went on Friday when the doors opened as I needed a 2010 road grey. Thought they might be marked down for the event. Nope. Still $400 for a coach. The nice thing about the Blaine site is that I was able to go home until Hrbek signed at 8pm.

Went back on Sunday thinking maybe they marked down the gamers as they always have done on Sunday in the past. Again, nope. I overheard another game used collector try to explain to the Twins Pro Shop employee how rediculous the prices are this year. His response was "well, there will be only one inagural year". I took that as verbal vaseline.

Would like to know how many jerseys the Pro Shop sold this weekend. My guess is less than 10.

That's funny because a few of their overpriced gamers are from seasons previous to 2010. Wonder what their explanation is on that?

[punch]

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Cabrera bats??!!!! I will take them all! Please email me if you can help me out.

Thank you,

Dude, there were like 4-5 of them in the $20 bargain bin when I was there. All with MLB holo's. If I were you I'd call the Twins Pro Shop @ Target Field this week to see if they have any left. I bet they got a bunch of them.

[mlbforeverhomer]

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Mark, I kept my eye open and I didn't see any Hughes stuff. Definitely no bats. The $20 bin was full of Harris and Cabrera by the time I got to it. I didn't look through the jerseys though.

Cabrera bats??!!!! I will take them all! Please email me if you can help me out.

Thank you,

[sylbry]

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I went on Friday when the doors opened as I needed a 2010 road grey. Thought they might be marked down for the event. Nope. Still $400 for a coach. The nice thing about the Blaine site is that I was able to go home until Hrbek signed at 8pm.

Went back on Sunday thinking maybe they marked down the gamers as they always have done on Sunday in the past. Again, nope. I overheard another game used collector try to explain to the Twins Pro Shop employee how rediculous the prices are this year. His response was "well, there will be only one inagural year". I took that as verbal vaseline.

Would like to know how many jerseys the Pro Shop sold this weekend. My guess is less than 10.

[harleighb]

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Day Three of Twinsfest is in the books. Overall a pretty good year for me. I picked up one very nice game used bat from a HOFer and autographs from Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek, Jeff Reardon (x2), Jim Kaat, Jim Mudcat Grant, Ben Revere and a number of Twins prospects (Hicks, Wimmer, Gibson, Bromberg, etc.). I also got two jerseys I've owned for a few years signed by Jeremy Hellickson.

The game used selection was pretty spotty with only a couple of dealers with vintage and/or modern Twins game used items. The Pro Shop (read: the Majestic Store) continues to ask way too much for the 2010 game used jerseys and I think they are going to need to build onto their warehouse in the near future to hold all of the unsold jerseys as I saw very few sold all weekend.

The lineup this year left a lot to be desired with Killebrew, Morneau and Nishioka unable to attend and the Twins didn't do a great job of spacing out the marquee players as Sunday's lineup of signers wasn't very interesting (which lead to the largest line I've ever seen for the Twins prospects). The Twins did the best they could with the new space (since the Metrodome was unavailable) but the National Sports Center clearly wasn't made to handle the crowds (even with 10,000 less fans in attendance this year). I'll be happy to be back in the Dome next year.

The auction prices (as in most years) were mindboggling. The Mauer game used bat sold for $2,550, a Thome game used jersey, nameplate and ball sold for $3,300 and the Mauer game used jersey sold for $7,100. All money raised goes to charity so some people ought to have healthy tax writeoffs in 2011.

Despite anything herein to the contrary, I had a great time. Its a can't miss event for me and I can't wait until we've got some ST games to watch.

[jobathenut]

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Feel better now-

Somebody has to correct you.

[sylbry]

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"Others ask questions and i provided an accurate response"......BRAVO!!!! CLAP,CLAP,CLAP...Thank god we have you on here for accurate responses

Somebody has to correct you.

[punch]

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Again, if anyone stumbles across Luke Hughes game USED (not issued) items for cheap, please let me know. Maybe he was in the $20 bin! Grant Balfour also spent some time there 2001-2005. If there is any certified gear from either two I would be keen!

Thanks,
Mark.

Mark, I kept my eye open and I didn't see any Hughes stuff. Definitely no bats. The $20 bin was full of Harris and Cabrera by the time I got to it. I didn't look through the jerseys though.

[Klattsy]

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Again, if anyone stumbles across Luke Hughes game USED (not issued) items for cheap, please let me know. Maybe he was in the $20 bin! Grant Balfour also spent some time there 2001-2005. If there is any certified gear from either two I would be keen!

Thanks,
Mark.

[harleighb]

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Just wanted to drop my two cents about Twinsfest (although Punch's update is right on in my opinion).

First, the alternate site worked o.k. today (although I wasn't one of the thousands that braved the line for the Mauer or Thome autographs -- so many people so little time that there are always complaints) but it is tough to imagine that it is going to be sufficient to handle the typical Saturday crowds at Twinsfest.

Second, a number of third-parties brought in athletes (current and former) to sign this year which has happened in the past but this year some former Twins players are in the mix (Reardon and Kaat) and that lead to some pretty lengthy lines at those tables (which aren't located in areas where lines are meant to be formed). It was also nice to see Jeremy Hellickson signing for two days at the event. Since this is Twinsfest (focus on the Twins part of that title), most of the people would stand in line all day for a middle of the road Twins prospect that won't ever reach the bigs whereas Hellickson sat without a line for most of the two hours he was signing today. I plan on doing my part to remedy that tomorrow!

Third, events like Twinsfest remind me about the best parts of this hobby. I got to meet Reardon, Hrbek and a number of other guys that were genuinely happy to be a part of the event and meeting fans. I also got to hang out and/or speak with Andy Benish (thanks again for helping me out) and sylbry today and tomorrow will try to unearth some game used items with Tay1038 -- a group of really good guys that I've met through the hobby that have taught me a lot about Twins game used memorabilia.

Looking forward to Day Two!

[punch]

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Ooops, his store's website is www.fanhqstore.com. Look for his table at Twinsfest!

[punch]

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Just a quick game used update from Twinsfest. The Twins Pro Shop is selling some bats, some locker nameplates, 3 helmets, and a ton of jerseys. They had a ton of bats in the $20 cheapy bin, but they got picked through really quickly. I grabbed the last Alexi Casilla and all that was really left were a ton of Brendan Harris and Orlando Cabrera. In the pro shop's "good bin" they had 2 Morneau's, a bunch of Cuddy, a bunch of Delmon, and a couple Span's. Morneau's were $650! Rest were 150-200. All MLB holo'd.
Their helmet prices were insane. They had a Kubel for $600! Same with the locker plates, they wanted 400 bucks for Morneau and like 300-350 for everyone else. I didn't even bother to look at the Jerseys because they had so many of them.

As far as game used items NOT in the pro shop, again Shaun over at FanHQ had by far the best selection. All that I found outside of FanHQ was a really early Gladden bat for $175, and some guy with a few garbage pales full of a hodgepodge of bats (all really beat up, and not from game use). He had a Hunter and then a ton of no-names. Nothing I'd buy. Really there wasn't anything of note.

Shaun however, at www.fanhqshop.com has a TON of cool stuff at his table. He gets this stuff from players that either do in-store signings or players for whom he runs their websites. Some of his items:

-Valencia game used 2010 jerseys signed
-Valencia game used rookie season bat signed
-Valencia stars & stripes game used hat (no holo, Valencia's personal one) signed
-Few pairs of Valencia batting gloves
-JJ hardy cleats and gloves
-Hunter game used helmet
-Sidney Rice game used cleats
-Morenau batting gloves
-Cuddyer batting gloves
-a couple of Cuddyer baseball mitts, INCLUDING the actual first-baseman mit he used in the famous "game 163" vs the Tigers in 2009. By far the coolest game used item for sale at the entire event. Shaun just got a box of stuff directly from Cuddyer (he does his website) and Cuddy put that glove in. It's signed and inscribed as being used in game 163. It's really awesome. He hasn't sold it yet, and wants like $800 (money goes to Cuddy's charity). It's freakin awesome. Someone on here has to buy that thing!