And Twins! (The Twins talk and pick-up thread).

[ideal0024]

Pretty stoked about this win...specially after I got outsniped on this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/280732928258?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649
This card has been listed for awhile...originally as a BIN of $199....I offered up to $100 for it, but he wouldn't budge down below $150...it was relisted a few times, then relisted with a $399 BIN, then again with a $499 BIN, then back to $399...then finally listed as a straight auction with a $.99 opening bid. I won for $52.66....it's #'ed 7/9.

I am glad you won that. It always came up on my searches for Morneau stuff and I was sick of seeing it. I couldn't understand how they raised the price 300 bucks after making a storage box for it. Great price and great card congrats.

Was the seller larry123l ?

Yes it was.

 

[ideal0024]

These have been popping up a lot lately & there are a few more listed so it's been fun searching lately.

7/50...$30

 

[TBTwinsFan]

I know it's a long shot, but does anyone have a Mike Pomeranz signed index card? I want one for my odd-ball historic collection. He played minors for the Twins so I figured I would give it a shot.

 

[Guest]

Anyone here have Worthpoint or another ebay auction lookup?

 

[Guest]

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2277115.shtml?cat=1

Days before 9/11, current Minnesota Twin Michael Cuddyer was a minor leaguer hitting a dramatic home run for the Class AA New Britain Rock Cats.

The moment he hit it, the homer saved the Rock Cats season.

Nobody knew it would eventually save a life.

Cuddyer's game-winning home run to left field on September 7th, 2001 tied New Britain's playoff series against the Norwich Navigators. Had they lost the game, the Rock Cats would have trailed the best-of-five series 2-0.

But the heroic homer paved the way to a series victory and a berth in the league championship series.

The championship series was scheduled to begin on September 11th. It would never be played, as the world would be forever changed.

"Smoke was coming out of the tower, I didn't know what was going on," Cuddyer says of his 9/11 experience. "Watching live, I saw the second plane hit the tower. I went to the field that afternoon and a lot of people were crying."

Among those overcome with emotion was Cuddyer's teammate - pitcher Brad Thomas.

"You have to make flight arrangements not knowing how long the season will go. If you make the playoffs, you just cancel," Cuddyer explains. "We knew the playoffs could end September 9th, so many of us made arrangements for September 11th."

When he arrived at the stadium, Cuddyer recalls Thomas was sitting near his locker holding an unused plane ticket in his hands.

"Brad's from Australia, and he was on that Boston to L.A. flight," Cuddyer continues. "He was sitting there, shaken up. Had we not won that first round, he was on that flight."

Cuddyer's emotional rollercoaster continued later that week. After the AA league championship series was cancelled, he was informed he was being called up to make his major league debut with the Twins.

With commercial air travel still completely shut down, Cuddyer made a 24-hour all-night, all-day drive from New England to the Twin Cities. He made his big league debut the first day MLB resumed play after 9/11.

Cuddyer thinks about Thomas, and everyone affected by the events of 9/11, when the date rolls around each year.

"Never forget what happened, " Cuddyer says, echoing a common refrain from September 2001. "It's been a great ten years. We are all lucky to have had these last ten years. Any one of us could have been in that tower. Your heart goes out to the less fortunate. That's what you continue to think about, especially this time of year."

 

[TwinsWin]

i got goose bumps reading that story. so many stories like that.

im in pittsburgh for a few days this week and i have to say it was weired gonig into a card shop and seeing steelers and pirates alla over lol

the owner helped me find some Twins cards but mostly i wasnt intrested, he told me that mauer sells really fast out here for some reason. im gonig to the game tommaro at PNC park and i have to say im pretty excited to see a game at a diffrent stadium besides the Metrodome and Target Field.

 

[TGutta]

Haven't had time to post much lately with school starting but I finally had some time today to scan some of my recent pickups.

Denard Span

Other Twins

And I know this one isn't Twins related but it was definitely one of my best pickups. Thanks to GoldenBuckeyes for bringing this card to my attention..

Seth Blair

 

[devin]

Haven't had time to post much lately with school starting but I finally had some time today to scan some of my recent pickups.

Denard Span

Other Twins

And I know this one isn't Twins related but it was definitely one of my best pickups. Thanks to GoldenBuckeyes for bringing this card to my attention..

Seth Blair

i live the look of that hunter very nice card

 

[TGutta]

i live the look of that hunter very nice card

Yeah I was actually just on eBay one day and was searching for some different Twins and came across this Hunter. Thought it was pretty cool and got it for $0.99 + shipping

 

[Guest]

Anyone get any of the $25 Gophers tickets for today?

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Benson with his first hit.

Anyone going to pick a stub up? I might, because it would be cool to get one signed.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Get well Coach!

So, Perk gave up a Walk-off to Inge today... crap

 

[Guest]

The game got dead silent there for a long time. Scary seeing him flailing on the sideline

 

[Musial Collector]

The game got dead silent there for a long time. Scary seeing him flailing on the sideline

Missed it what happened?

 

[TBTwinsFan]

The game got dead silent there for a long time. Scary seeing him flailing on the sideline

Missed it what happened?

Kill had a seizure with :20 left in the game. Ambulance took him to the hospital.

 

[Musial Collector]

Oh so not Twins related

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Oh so not Twins related

Nope.

But Perk's boo-boo was very much Twins related.

 

[Musial Collector]

Wasn't refering to u TB

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Wasn't refering to u TB

My bad. Thank you for clarifying.

I am still sickened at Perk's walk-off tonight. I might just cry a little.

 

[showoff]

Last weekend I got some Salcedo Cleats and various other game used items. My brother got a Sano bat. I also ended up winning a Oswaldo Arcia BP jersey. I am pretty much done posting here for now but might be at twinsfest.