So we picked up Kelly a little late, closer to 10:30 than 10, and then headed to the dome. We ended up parking in the underground ramp right across the street. It was $10, but the short walk in the cold was totally worth it.
When we got there, we put our coats in some random seats, and headed down to the floor. There we were shocked to find out that the Down on the Farm line for Sano was already ridiculously long. He didn't start signing until 11, and the line was already wrapped around the little kids home run field. Volunteers came by and told everyone by us that getting Sano was "unlikely." But we waited. We figured that at least we'd have a head start on Gibson and Hicks.
As we got closer, I panicked and realized we didn't have anything for them to sign but our baseballs, so I raced to the Sports Authority booth and grabbed 3 pennants. By the time I got back, Christine and Kelly were far up in the line. Thankfully they had told the volunteers to look out for me, and the let me in.
We got really lucky and the line went relatively fast considering how long it was. We made it to the front by 12:20 (they signed 11-12:30).
So we got
Miguel Sano
Alex Meyer,
We did wait in line a lot, but it was fun to visit and we saw a lot of players walk by. Like d-bag Cole DeVries in gold hipster pants,
Joe Mauer,
Trevor Plouffe,
and former Twin Rod Carew.
We even saw Terry Ryan.
And I snuck off to see Plouffe in his signing session. He pretended to sign a baby's head. It was amusing.
After getting those autographs, we went immediately to the end of the line to wait for Gibson and Hicks. They signed from 12:45-2:15. We waited in line for them from 12:30-1:40.
We got Kyle Gibson and
Aaron Hicks.
I knew that Bert Blyleven was over at the photo booth from 1:15-1:45. I thought we'd have plenty of time, but after the Hicks/Gibson line took forever, I feared we had missed out. We made it over there at 1:43. The line was pretty short, but the volunteers taking the money said Bert was done. Sadface. Then one said she would check, but then came back and said he was done. Christine and Kelly started walking away, but I lingered. Then another volunteer actually asked him, and he said he would stay another 10 minutes. Hooray! I gladly forked over $5.
Bert was very personable and asked each of us our names as he shook our hands. After the photo, he asked where we were from and told some story about visiting the Boys & Girls Club in LaC. As we were getting our stuff back, I checked the photo and noticed my eyes were shut! Disaster! Luckily, when I told the guy that took the photo, he said they would just do it again. Bert was super nice about it as well. I'm so glad it worked out.
Here's the lovely eyes closed photo -
We also saw my fav, Skeeta come by with Bullseye.
After lunch, we wandered around and looked at the Baseball Hall of Fame display from Canton, vendor booths, and some of the other players giving autographs like Drew Butera with Alex Burnett and Jared Burton,
and Vance Worley with Tyler Robertson.
By then, the Down on the Farm line was going down, so we waited for about 15 minutes and got Trevor May,
B.J. Hermsen,
and Pedro Hernandez.
On our way out, we listened to Anthony Swarzak's interview at the Celebrate Diversity Corner from 3:30-3:40.
It was a really good time!
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