Countdown to Opening Day

[ashbury]

Name this guy. (Might be easy, it's just that this was the largest photo I could find of him that has the number visible.)

[snepp]

Frank Quilici?

[snepp]

[twinsnorth49]

 

Heh, heh, more Mauer, more better.

[ashbury]

Heh, heh, more Mauer, more better.

 

Jackie Robinson day, right? I guess we could find a lot of photos for today, then.

[ashbury]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130415224955-12-robinson-day-horizontal-gallery.jpg

 

"Getcher scorecards, right here. Yah can't tell the playahs without a scorecard."

 

[twinsnorth49]

Jackie Robinson day, right? I guess we could find a lot of photos for today, then.

 

Yep, definitely expands the rather thin choices for #42 over the years.

[Thrylos]

http://twinstrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Gardner.jpg

[KirbyHawk75]

[ashbury]

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"You youngsters think Rick Anderson is the first Twins pitching coach to ever catch a load of grief."

[snepp]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Drew_Butera_on_June_26,_2012.jpg/240px-Drew_Butera_on_June_26,_2012.jpg

[Guest USAFChief]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Drew_Butera_on_June_26,_2012.jpg/240px-Drew_Butera_on_June_26,_2012.jpg

Man, I was SO enjoying this thread.

[jokin]

Proof positive that even "beloved" Bullpen-level Catchers have tangibly intangible value (to somebody).

 

Thanks for the memories, Drewby, and thanks for your part in bolstering our minor league pitching depth......I have a sneaking suspicion you'll be back again someday.

[GCTF]

Ugh, will this day never end?

[jokin]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Drew_Butera_on_June_26,_2012.jpg/240px-Drew_Butera_on_June_26,_2012.jpg

 

Snepp, you are an editing genius....a picture really is worth a thousand (curse) words.

[twinsnorth49]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Drew_Butera_on_June_26,_2012.jpg/240px-Drew_Butera_on_June_26,_2012.jpg

 

http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/fighting/setting-himself-on-fire.gif

[twinsnorth49]

 

Memories....

[LimestoneBaggy]

This thread is painful, right?

[ashbury]

And...

 

The prize obtained for Milton (also with throw-ins Silva and Punto). His lifetime BA of 1.000 remains unexcelled.

[Paul Pleiss]

....days until Spring Training. I'll always miss hating you so completely while you and your .220 average haunted the lineup. #BoatAnchor

[snepp]

Señor Smoke

 

http://twinstrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Berenguer-19871.jpg

[Guest USAFChief]

Is that "The Rat" in the background?

[twinsnorth49]

 

Wonder how the tan is doing these days?

[John Bonnes]

Coaches are eligible, right?

 

 

(I love this thread.)

[snepp]

Is that "The Rat" in the background?

 

It's gotta be, that 5-o'clock shadow is a dead giveaway.

[Thrylos]

http://images.monstermarketplace.com/autographed-sports-memorabilia-and-display-cases/ron-davis-autographed-8x10-photo-minnesota-twins-295x369.jpg

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

http://images.monstermarketplace.com/autographed-sports-memorabilia-and-display-cases/ron-davis-autographed-8x10-photo-minnesota-twins-295x369.jpg

 

Two possible captions.

 

1. "Here's the awkward delivery, and whiplash..."

 

and,

 

2. "Your friendly neighborhood blown saves leader is..."

[snepp]

http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Juan+Rincon+Minnesota+Twins+v+Florida+Marlins+Yc5noFZVLvJl.jpg

 

Factoid: Juan effectively had no platoon split, holding righties to a .692 OPS and lefties to .690.

[Guest USAFChief]

http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Juan+Rincon+Minnesota+Twins+v+Florida+Marlins+Yc5noFZVLvJl.jpg

 

Factoid: Juan effectively had no platoon split, holding righties to a .692 OPS and lefties to .690.

If I recall correctly, though, he struggled against older switch hitters late in playoff games.

[snepp]

If I recall correctly, though, he struggled against older switch hitters late in playoff games.

 

So much for my near total suppression of that memory. Thanks, Chief.

 

 

 

Here's how that inning went for Juan, for those looking for a punch in the gut to start the day...

 

Single

Wild pitch

Walk

Single (run scored)

Strikeout

Home run (3 runs scored)

Double

Shower