Let's keep going with this comparison - they had Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, Phil Garner, John Candelaria, Kent Tekulve, Jim Bibby, Bert Blyleven, Bill Madlock... Please point out the comparative talent on this Twins Team.  Nice to have hope, but this one does not work for me.  That was a fun Pirates team.

"We are family"...one of my favorite World Series teams and I was always a big Willie Stargell fan.   Still a lot of season left for our Minnesota Twins, but the ship had better get righted soon if they want to play baseball after September 30.

Let's keep going with this comparison - they had Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, Phil Garner, John Candelaria, Kent Tekulve, Jim Bibby, Bert Blyleven, Bill Madlock... Please point out the comparative talent on this Twins Team.  Nice to have hope, but this one does not work for me.  That was a fun Pirates team.

My point was more about the human side of the game.

That's why I like to go to the SABR conference. Nice to be forced to get away from the non-stop analytic mindset that I usually gravitate toward on the internet.