Twins Daily Contest: What Would You Give?

I would give up watching the NFL ever again if the Vikings won a super bowl.

Hey, nobody said you had to give up anything after the championship!

I thought about this for a bit, but I think that knowing your team would win would take away all the fun. I prefer the non-Faustian system we've got now, even if it means waiting a lot longer.

 

I'd watch Ricky Nolasco pitch until he died of old age if it meant a World Series.

 

You should have struck this bargain with the devil before the Twins signed him. Now we don't even get a ring!

I wouldn't give up a thing.  May the best team win, and it is supposed to be that way.

That is the beauty of sports. 

What would I give up for a sure thing? Since It would mean the end of ripping management, players, random fans, TD mods, posters and the like, I'm not willing to give up anything. Sorry, that's just a bridge too far.

In fact, the suggestion borders on heresy.

I would give up watching the NFL ever again if the Vikings won a super bowl.

This. I would even rephrase to say that I would be relieved of ever watching the NFL again if the Vikings won a super bowl.

I also agree with this:

I wouldn't give up anything for a guaranteed World Championship.  The games are the things that are important to me. The players are the thing that is important. The good players the good plays. The bad players and the dropped balls. Even Aaron Hicks.  It is the season that is important. The story that the season tells.  The thrill of watching Buxton running the bases or the agony of watching Joe strike out.  The story is the thing and I would never trade it for a guaranteed World Series Triumph.  Never. 

It wouldn't be magical if it were guaranteed. The magic is believing in your chances, maybe even against odds. 

I would give up, without hesitation but heavy heart, any of the following: Byron Buxton, Twins Daily, a Twins winning record for the next 10 years, etc, in exchange for the permanent removal of video review/challenges, the infinite promise of no pitch clock or any other clock to "speed up the game", the removal of the all-star game deciding home field advantage in the world series, and an infinitely replenishing veto card for any other nonsense the league/espn cooks up to mar the game.

Is this kind of like the question, 'What would you do for a Klondike bar?' :-)

Brian Duensing

Naturally.  He must be involved in any trade.

As for what I would give up.  I don't know.  I'm too young to remember the '87 championship and vaguely remember the '91 one.  So all I really remember is the end of the Kelly era and all of Gardy's.  So really all I know is solid regular seasons and bowing out quickly to the Yankees.  A championship that I could really remember would be oh, so sweet.

Back to what I would give up.  I would give up my unrelenting pessimism that the worst can and will happen every year for the Twins and Vikings if it meant they each would win just one championship each.  It's worse for the Vikings for me than the Twins as far as my pessimism goes.

I'd give up playing golf one day a week.

And, as much as I'd hate it, I'd get off of Poof's ass. 

I'd give up anything (as long as it's legal, moral, and ethical) for a Twins World Series championship or a Vikings Super Bowl victory. Especially for the Vikes since they don't have one yet. There is no next year or worrying about the next decade - ask the 1998 Vikings.

I may sound like a curmudgeon, maybe age has softened me. But, I would not give up much if anything. To me it's not the winning one last game, it's about playing well, being competitive, and of course being entertaining. Seasons that run into late September with you watching other box scores to see how the Sox or Tigers did. Games 163's. Great players. If you don't it all, you don't win it all. 7 months of effort, and excitement should not be diminished by losing the last game of the year. Sure it'll suck for a few days, but think of how enjoyable getting up every morning and checking scores was all summer. as my four yr old granddaughter says "it's not all about winning"