The Bailey family lives in Marshall, a Minnesota town about three hours southwest of Minneapolis. But even with that great distance to travel, they are no strangers to Target Field.

Cam, the father, estimates he's been to almost 50 games at Target Field since it opened — often kids in tow. There are four of them now, all 7 or under. The oldest, Trae, is developing a love for baseball. When he was selected as a contest winner this past Sunday, getting free tickets and the chance to be on the field before the Twins played Angels, the Baileys packed up the whole clan.

It happened to be a giveaway day — Brian Dozier kids' gloves to the first 5,000 fans 14 and under.

Pretty cool, right?

Yes, but in the family's haste to get inside they neglected one detail: all of the gloves they were given upon entrance were for right-handed throwers. It wasn't until the middle of the game – when Cam asked Trae, a lefty, to put on the glove — that they realized it was for the wrong hand.

A lot of people might have shrugged and said, "Oh well." Cam Bailey decided to try one long shot idea instead: He took a picture of Trae holding the glove and giving a thumbs-down sign and tweeted it with an explanation of the mishap at the three lefties who were on the Twins' roster at the time: Glen Perkins, Taylor Rogers and Ryan O'Rourke.

Bailey has interacted with Twins players on Twitter before, to the point that Trevor Plouffe sent the family tickets for a game last year. Still, he didn't figure on getting a response. But the same day, O'Rourke tweeted back at him: "I have an extra lefty one. Come tomorrow and it's yours !!!" Making another three-hour trip to Minneapolis wasn't in the cards, so O'Rourke took the extra step of having the glove shipped to Marshall — along with a personal message to Trae and an autograph on the glove. "How cool is that?" Bailey said Thursday. "For a Major League Baseball player to respond to you is great." It adds to a growing collection of Twins autographs and bobbleheads that Cam Bailey has amassed over the years. He used to say it was his collection, but Trae corrects him now: it's their collection. And the thumbs down went to a thumbs up in a hurry.