Aaron Slegers

Back when Twins Daily hosted an Adopt-A-Prospect project, I chose Aaron. The two photos at the bottom of this player page are from that. I had fun working in a corny reference to his height in each game writeup. The page still seems to exist if you know to look for it, although I can't find it in the normal indexes. To save searching, here it is: https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/25500-aaron-slegers-2017/

On Thanksgiving 2015, I was visiting my son and soon-to-be daughter-in-law in New York City. We made a point to attend the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. I had a Twins jacket on and a tall woman asked me if I was a Twins fan. I said that I was and she told me her son was a Twin. I asked his name and she said Aaron Slegers. I had heard of him, but knew very little of his background. She went on to tell me that he had been in the minor league system for a few years after pitching for the Indiana Hoosiers in college. She told me of his off season training regimen and his hopes to get to Triple A in 2016. Then she told me that her parents were residents of Minnesota, north of the Twin Cities and that the family made annual trips there. Aaron's mom was joined by her daughter, also very tall, and we watched the parade standing side by side. She gave me her card--real estate in Arizona (last name wasn't Slegers)--and I told her I'd follow Aaron's career with extra interest.