MYAS Bobblehead Version 2

I hadn't seen this version before, but it appears that MYAS (Minnesota Youth Athletic Services) has 2 different bobbleheads, each for the Gopher State Baseball League!  The other one can be seen here.  Picked this version up recently and happy to add it next to the other one!

Mini Joe Mays Bobblehead

Another new addition to the collection is a mini Joe Mays bobble from the Wisconsin Timber-Rattlers.  Mays was on the team in 1997 and this bobblehead is from 2004 and part of a "mini bobblehead series" the team did!  Pretty hard to find and even tho I didn't get it in its original packaging, it's still a great add!

Doug Simunic Bobblehead

Here's a new addition to the collection, finally found it for something less than a small fortune - Doug Simunic, the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks manager!  This has been on my Want List for a while, but never near the top because I knew at some point I'd find one for less than $20 as thats what they typically sell for - when they sell.  It's a nice heavy AGP bobble!

LaTroy Hawkins Bobblehead

I blogged about a recent addition of a Hawkins bobblehead a couple weeks ago, read about it here. This is the other bobble I was looking for!  Funny how things work at times, found this through a guy on eBay.  I was interested in a couple other items he had and ended up getting this and a few other things he hadn't listed yet.  Asking questions proves to work at times, other times I'm sure sellers just get cranky and pissed.

This is LaTroy in his Gary Southshore Railcats days!  Awesome and heavy bobblehead!

Twinsfest 2016

Twinsfest 2016 has come and gone.  I wasn't nearly as fortunate as I was last year or even the year prior (it's first year at Target Field).  It was still fun and I took advantage of a few decent deals.  I went into it thinking about different things I'd do, but the major focus of Twinsfest is the autograph seekers, the lines they stand in and the areas the players sit in, ready to scribble their name hundreds of times.

I have to think, even tho the Twins would love to keep Twinsfest at Target Field for several more years, the whole 3 day event would be much better served at a larger venue.  I think US Bank Stadium would be a great fit.  I've been fortunate enough to see detailed plans and maps of how the Vikings plan to draw larger events like Twinfest and it almost makes too much sense.  Everything is so clustered at Target Field, since the Twins can only truly use the space behind the dugouts and the Club level as everything else is outside.  And moving this event to a bigger space such as the Vikings stadium would help solve several issues.

Twitter & Facebook lit up with pictures and posts from the weekend and it was fun to see a lot of baseball related stuff in January!