TTM autographs received: Kent Hrbek

Hrbek signed my cards in about four weeks with his unofficial fee being $5 an item - Hrbek was a hulking, slugging first baseman who starred for the Minnesota Twins from the early 1980s through the early 1990s.

Though compared to teammate Kirby Puckett, I considered Hrbek more of a regional, team star - I was familiar with Hrbek for the junk wax era cards I might have seen or had in-hand picturing him.

He played on Twins World Series championship teams in 1987 and 1991 - where he engaged in some chicanery, pulling Ron Gant off the bag in Game 2.