Got a sweet pickup that my daughter is going to LOVE ;)

[thenavarro]

I'm blessed to have a fun, good, beautiful, daughter that shares a love of the Rangers with me. Her favorite player for the past 4 years or so has been Nelson Cruz. She has met him a couple times and he's been nice to her when she met him. Ive even got a video somewhere around here where he tells her she is really cute. Ever since he did that, she has been enamored with Nellie. She's been asking me for years to get her a real Nellie bat, hat, or something. Last night, I bought her a present. A 2013 MLB Authenticated Nelson Cruz game worn jersey. She doesnt know yet and I might save it for her birthday in December or I might just give it to her next time we go to a game, just depends whrn I get the urge, I should have it in my possession by the end of the week. She is probably gonna want to sleep in this thing, LOL. In casr you can't tell, her old Dad is a little bit excited to get this for her. Im sure in a couple years this jersey will have kool aid stains and have its MLB authentication sticker lost in the wash, but thats OK by me. I'd rather have her enjoy it instead of putting it in a frame.


Here's her photo with Nellie last September. She's the little girl with eye black looking quite enamored

[HRBAKER]

Good stuff Mike!

[thenavarro]

Whoops. I'm sorry guys. Just realized I put this in the vintage forum

[Scott Garner]

Mike,

It's never a problem to post a thread like this anywhere on net54.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing...

[GrayGhost]

Wonderful post.

[JollyElm]

She better buy you a 'Father of the Year' mug!

[thenavarro]

Got the jersey and hat in Friday and decided I wanted to see her excitement . I hid the jersey at the house, and was wearing the hat when Maven got home. She didn't think much of it, until I asked her to read the little hologram on "my" hat since I didn't have my glasses on. She did, and I told her about the MLB authentication program and told her we could go online to find out what that number meant in regards to the hat. I gave her my IPAD and she began to read the screen. She quickly started squealing and asking if she could try the hat on since she realized that Nellie had worn it. She put it on and literally started jumping up and down. I smiled and told her wait, the hat was for me as it fit me and not her, but I told her I had gotten her something too and gave her the poem you see. She was reading it slowly and all of a sudden came to the realization of what it meant. She jumped into my arms and was squealing and laughing. I went to retrieve her jersey and she loved it. Needless to say, the hat is hers too. They are a perfect fit LOL as you can see in the pics. She absolutely LOVES them. One really cool thing for me is I went to tuck her in Friday night and discovered that she has hung my poem up on her keepsake wall. Very, very cool

[MGHPro]

Awesome!

[Scott Garner]

THAT is awesome! I love it!
Nice job, Mike!

[Jay Wolt]

Mike, that's fantastic. Love her smile wearing the jersey.

[71buc]

Wow you gotta love that smile! You are very blessed and lucky man my friend. I also think she did pretty well with her selection of a father. I have a 10 year old daughter who could care less about baseball. However, every night she asks me, "How did the Pirates and Cutch do today Daddy"?