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Justin Morneau Shirt Giveaway
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that each week I give away a shirt to my readers.
So how do you win a shirt? It’s easy.
I post blog entries every day. In fact, I’ve posted about 71 consecutive days now or something like that.
All you have to do to enter this contest is leave a comment or retweet my blog link on twitter.
So, again, to enter:
1) Leave a comment.
You can enter up to seven times per week simply by leaving a comment. Non-pertinent, spam, or inappropriate comments will not be accepted. If you comment multiple times on the same blog entry, it still counts as one entry. For example, if you commented on three different blog posts from this week, you’d have three entries. If you’d comment three times on the same blog posting, it would could as one.
2) Retweet (RT) my posts on Twitter
You can find me on twitter under 333greystreet. Simply retweet my daily posts of my blog link each day and I’ll count that as an entry. My blog is connected to my twitter so that I automatically tweet once I post a new entry. Each day, I’ll search who’s retweeted me and enter those users into a hat along with the commenters. By the way, you do not need to retweet my every tweet, only the tweets that announce a new blog post and url. For example, if I tweeted, ‘I’m going to bed,’ and you retweeted it, it wouldn’t count as an entry, only RT with blog links count.
Anyhow, at the end of the week on Sunday, I’ll have Olivia, Amy or myself choose a name from a hat and announce the winner, or I’ll think of some crazy contest.
This week’s shirt is a Twins shirt:
Here’s the front:
It’s a Justin Morneau shirt:
#33 and former AL MVP:
Still new with tags:
I can give you whatever shirt size you choose from S through XXL. The store I buy these at has tons. I guess no on in Pittsburgh cares much for the Twins.
The Twins lost 99 games last year, but that’s due in part to Justin Morneau being injured for most of the season with concussion symptoms. Throw in an injury riddled season from franchise player Joe Mauer, and the Twins had a disasterous campaign. I actually picked the Twins to make a 12 game improvement in my AL Central preview, but I still think they’ll finish near the bottom of the division, with only the White Sox worse.
It’s a shame what happened to Morneau – when he was injured he was hitting .345 with 18 homers and a 1.055 OPS, and that’s in only a half season of games. He hasn’t been the same player since. There were rumors floating around that he may have to retire.
He’s doing OK this spring though, in 60 at bats he’s hitting .250 with 3 homers. Will he ever be the same player? Let’s hope so.
What do you all think of the Twins and/or Morneau? How will the 2012 season go for them?
Can you believe Opening Day is just 3 days away? THREE! And just two until us PNC ballhawks descend on PNC Park for the Opening Day batting practice the day before the actual opener. I’ve really got to find my sunglasses.
And on a side note,
With the season starting and trips planned to Cleveland, Baltimore, Washington and New York City this month, what a great time for my car to break down too. I’m dropping it off tomorrow and taking the bus to work. I need a new car…
5-1-10 Progressive Field
I wasn’t sure if I was going to go to today’s game at Progressive Field. After continuously checking the weather forecast throughout the morning, it looks like rain that had been moving through Cleveland would be gone.
I left my house a little before 1PM and was first in line at 3PM. When I peeked through the gates, I saw this:
and an even better picture, with a clear view of the Target Field Balls:
Afterwards, we would all go our separate ways. I chose to go to the Twins bullpen area. I had noticed a ball laying in the bullpen.
It was a little too far out to do the glove trick, so I elected to wait and see if I could get the ball tossed up to me.
Pitching coach Rick Anderson made his way into the bullpen,
and tossed me up ball #8 of the day.
During the game, I started in left field foul territory, 
but eventually started playing the outfield for home run balls.
For lefties, I sat over in right field.
And I stayed on the home run porch occasionally for righties.
I stayed until the very end of the game – the 11th inning.
And watched the Indians win in exciting walk off fashion:
Also, this was likely the last game that I’ll have the #1 game on mygameballs.com, as Zack Hample is poised to remove me from the top spot on Monday.
Here are today’s baseballs:
And the sweet spots:
STATISTICS:
Game: 8 balls (5 hit, 3 thrown)
Season: 69 balls (43 hit, 13 thrown, 7 device, 6 found)
Games: 10 games
Average: 6.90 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 647 balls
Streak: 106 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 13,832
4-30-10 Progressive Field
I decided to attend today’s Twins vs Indians game to try and snag a Twins Target Field commemorative ball.
Surprisingly, I wouldn’t have to wait long at all. Within 30 seconds of entering the stadium, I found my first ball of the day laying in the bleachers. Upon later inspecting it, I found out that it was indeed a 2010 Target Field ball.
Unfortunately, the logo was badly beat up. 
There was no other Easter Eggs to be found.
Batting practice was rather slow today during the Indians portion, so I attempted to get a few toss ups. I got Chris Perez to toss me a ball, but some guy reached in front of me and robbed me. 
When I saw the ball stayed in the trees and didn’t bounce out, I was off sprinting to Heritage Park.
Also running towards Heritage Park in front of me were Nick and Bryan Pelescak, as well as some other local Cleveland ballhawk.
We all got to the area at about the same time. As I was searching for the ball, I heard a fellow fan saw, “it hit farther down.” Myself and the local Cleveland ballhawk got to the spot at the same time. There it was. Justin Morneau career home run #168. The ball was impossible for anyone to get as it was lodged in the base of one of the hemlocks, between three thick branches.
It didn’t matter though, as I reached in with my stick (collibsible yard stick), poked the ball loose, and grabbed ball #10, and my third game ball of 2010.
The ball didn’t come without controversy, as the other ballhawk was real upset that he wasn’t able to get it. He wasn’t prepared. Luckily a cop was ri
ght there, and told me and the other guy that it was mine to get, as I “had something to get it with.”
Of course the other guy was a really sore loser and complained and heckled me the rest of the night. Apparently he reads this blog and takes exception to me and the fact that I catch a lot of baseballs. Whatever though. I dropped it and spent the rest of the game in left field foul territory, and came close on at least three foul balls.
I would finish the game with ten.
Nick snagged 11, and his brother Bryan 7. 28 between the three of us.
A good night at Progressive
Here are today’s baseballs: (Morneau HR #168 in foreground)
and the sweet spots:
By the way, this is the video of Justin Morneau’s home run in the first inning.
STATISTICS:
Game: 10 balls (4 hit, 3 thrown, 1 device, 2 found)
Season: 61 balls (38 hit, 10 thrown, 7 device, 6 found)
Games: 9 games
Average: 6.78 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 639 balls
Streak: 105 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 14,124
2009 through 8 games: 42 (Currently I am 19 balls ahead of last year’s career high season pace)
4-24-09 Progressive Field
I kicked off this weekend with the last of my April games. I had wanted to snag 60 balls this month, but in retrospect, that’s probably unreachable.
I went to Cleveland with one goal: snag a Minnesota Twins’ HHH Metrodome final season ball. It was the first time I’d been back to Cleveland since August 2008.
I got the stadium, almost an hour early, so I took some pictures.
STATISTICS:
Game: 6 Balls (2 hit, 4 thrown)
Season: 48 Balls (17 hit, 25 thrown, 6 device)
Games: 10 Games (8 with BP, 2 without)
Average: 4.80 Balls per Game
Career: 214 Balls
Attendance: 20,215
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