Aside from the money for charity, I'm most excited about the little insights it gives into the boys I watch on the field every night. You can find the list here.
The Sandlot boys are some of my favourites on the team - probably because whenever the commercial comes on, I think of them as little kids playing a pick-up game in the backyard and that makes me smile. They did not disappoint me:
- Michael Cuddyer - He includes the Natural gift set (which totally plays into my image of him as a ten-year old kid dreaming of playing baseball when he grows up). Love the Sandlot signed poster! And he likes Skittles. How can you not love someone who loves Skittles?
- Joe Mauer - His basket seemed well thought out, cohesive, and more focused on experiences than things. I like that. Plus, I think a morning of golf followed by lunch at Cosetta's is a fantastic way to spend the day :) I'm a little bit anti-fishing (ever since I partially fell down an ice fishing hole when I was a kid), but I can't hold that against him.
- Justin Morneau - Okay, I'm not that enamoured of this basket - not that I dislike its contents, it just seems a little less personable than some of the others. I mean, iPod + iTunes giftcard? From that we can conclude...that he likes music? He did include a lot of different types of snacks. And I like snacks. So I still like him. But the basket didn't make me like him more than before.
- I don't know that I'd get along with Boof Bonser. Based on his basket, he'd make me read car/muscle magazines while watching bad movies.
- I have no need for Jesse Crain's cologne or watch - but I am addicted to Chapstick and the fact that he thought to include Chapstick in his favourite things basket makes me think he is too.
- Do you think Jason Kubel is aware of the intense Packers v. Vikings divide and that he's squarely placed himself on the Green Bay side?
- I'm not really into Mike Lamb's taste in movies, but I could listen to the iPod and play sudoku and crosswords while he watched dvds.
- Based on the baskets alone, I'd pick Pat Neshek as my favourite. Not because I particularly want to receive the basket (I haven't collected baseball cards since I was about 12). But because it shows so much personality! He (and/or his wife) put a lot of thought into it, and I find it supercute.
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