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

[TwinsWin]

Dumb question but who is all going to TwinsFest??

 

[showoff]

Ill be at twinsfest

 

[Musial Collector]

I'll be there Friday and maybe Sunday. Group usually meets up Friday at Huberts. I'm sure we'll either talk about it in here or someone will make a Twinsfest Roll Call thread soon.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Dumb question but who is all going to TwinsFest??

I should be. TwinsFest is usually my only guarantee every year.

 

[devin]

ill be there Saturday

 

[Mudpuddlehuddle]

I'll be there

 

[clarkzac]

I wont be able to be there

 

[TGutta]

I'll be there. Haven't decided which day(s) yet though.

 

[clarkzac]

I really wanna get Span on an OMLB but I live way too far away to make any of the signings

 

[TwinsWin]

Mud you having a booth?


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.224048,-99.998250

 

[TwinsWin]

Speaking of span does anyone els Edsel that the twins will try and trade him before this years over?

 

[clarkzac]

Speaking of span does anyone els Edsel that the twins will try and trade him before this years over?

I really hope not. He's one of my favorite Twins. And if they would happen to trade him, I hope its not for just a closer like Drew Storen.I really feel like if Capps does horrible like last year that they could put Perkins into the closer role and have Capps just be another horrible bullpen member.

 

[TGutta]

Speaking of span does anyone els Edsel that the twins will try and trade him before this years over?

I would assume that with both Kubel and Cuddyer gone now that we are done with OF moves and it will be Revere, Span, and Willingham. Although I wouldn't be surprised if he was traded with the questionable moves that have been made the past couple years.

 

[clarkzac]

Speaking of span does anyone els Edsel that the twins will try and trade him before this years over?

I would assume that with both Kubel and Cuddyer gone now that we are done with OF moves and it will be Revere, Span, and Willingham. Although I wouldn't be surprised if he was traded with the questionable moves that have been made the past couple years.

But at least we have Terry Ryan in charge and not Bill Smith right now. I kinda don't blame hime for letting Cuddyer go. Cuddyer, Span, and Mauer were my top 3 favorite Twins players, but I don't feel like Cuddyer was worth the money he got from the Rockies. He got a great deal from them, and I don't blame him for leaving or the Twins for letting him leave for that. They got almost the same player, just not quite the same leader, for cheaper

 

[Mudpuddlehuddle]

Mud you having a booth?


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Nah just a few high end items I'll have at a few different tables as consignment. With the games out they'll have a tougher time making money at the tables. Be sitting in lines like all the other nuts out there.

 

[TwinsWin]

Ill miss the games those were half the fun I had

 

[TwinsWin]

Anyone going for Mauer or Morneau?

 

[TGutta]

Anyone going for Mauer or Morneau?

I haven't tried for either one of them the last two years (only years that I've gone) but I'm debating whether or not to try for Mauer this year. I think once the schedule comes out I will see when they are signing (Mauer likely being early in the morning).

 

[TGutta]

Got this in the mail today. Waited long enough for the price to come down so I think I got a pretty good deal on it considering where they were selling at before.

Oswaldo Arcia 2011 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor /50

Also have to say that I had a pretty poor experience the other day at Three Stars Sportscards. I haven't been there in a couple months and I had only been there a couple times but I heard a couple discouraging things that kept me away for a little bit. Well I went in there yesterday looking to pick up some supplies and hopefully get a little closer on the 2011 Topps Diamond Anniversary set that I've been working on. Well I brought in some Twins extras that I had that I figured I could use to trade in for them, 31 total cards including 15 Cognac Diamond Parallels. Well I'm going through and I pick out 15 Diamond cards that I need (note that the only star was Longoria). I proceed to ask the main person there what he was looking to get on them, figuring it wouldn't be too much since I was trading in more Twins players of the same set. Well he spends about 20 minutes looking up each individual card online and proceeds to ask $25 for only 15 cards saying that some of them are $3-$4, basically asking full BV for them. He seemed pretty surprised when I told him that I wouldn't pay anything near that for them. IMO it seemed to me like he thought I was just some uneducated kid that he could pull a fast one on. Well all I've got to say is that it clearly turned me off from ever going back there again. I'll likely stick to buying/trading for individual set needs online and picking up supplies from Shinders in Minnetonka. There was one guy in there who was nice enough to offer me leaving him a list of stuff I need since he goes to shows, about the only positive thing that came from going there. Just thought I would share my 2 cents.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

TG, who do you need for your diamond set?

I was working on it but I decided to stop, so I have a ton of leftover cards I could send you.