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  1. Longdistancetwins
    Absolutely! Thanks. That's why talk (probably unrealistic) in another thread of bringing him to the Twins has made me giddy.
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    For whatever reason (probably because the Yankees were the Yankees, and the early 1960s Mets were pathetic) my older brothers rooted for out-of-town teams. Obviously, I followed in the footsteps of the my Twins-fan brother. But my other brother liked the Pirates, and I can't help embracing them a bit, too. That served me well because I was "all-in" with the Roberto Clemente 1971 World Series and the "We Are Family" 1979 team (that also happened to include Bert Blyleven). The Pirates are not much of a factor now, but seem like a good National League favorite.
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    I had the game on the radio while baking a cake. I wasn't even sure who the ESPN announcers were, but they (male and female) were very critical of the players. As the crazy game went on, I realized they had a right to be: What a mess! Interesting to follow the fortunes of Brian Duensing and Brandon Kintzler, too.
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    Nice; can't argue with any of this. The Tribe for me. I have a friend who is a long-suffering Indians fan, and he's always been gracious when our teams meet. His daughter lives in Houston and loves the Astros, but that's his problem!
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    Interesting. At the ballpark, from my vantage point, it was an obvious catch. What I couldn't see at all was Buxton's catch and had no idea why he had to leave the game.
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    You better believe I thought about it at the time!
  7. Longdistancetwins
    I'm a really patient Twins fan, but losing to the same team over and over again is more than tough. This was also in many ways a repeat of the Wednesday day game at Yankee Stadium two weeks ago, only with the stakes even higher. I guess, as one who attended both games, it hurt even more...
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    Oh, thanks for explaining that play (such as it is). At the ballpark, the Yankee fans sitting next to me kept saying he turned the wrong way, but I had a good view and knew that wasn't true. Thought it was a new example of umpires screwing us in the playoffs.
  9. Longdistancetwins
    On WFAN New York sports talk station, the announcers were saying that this Yankee team is young, plays with abandon, and has fired up the veterans, and even the manager. Then, as an afterthought, they added what I was thinking, "Oh, and that applies to the Twins team, as well."
  10. Longdistancetwins
    They are nervous in Yankee Land! The anxiety of Yankee fans is downright amusing. Yesterday, my fellow softball players on the Central Park fields kept saying things to me like, "Now every time I see your Twins cap, I get a knot in my stomach" or, "Our good fortune against the Twins is going to run out, and everything will be lost." I'm as cool as a cucumber compared to them.
  11. Longdistancetwins
    I hate making arrangements and am always grateful for those who do. Thanks! I'm in.
  12. Longdistancetwins
    My White Sox fan friend (yes, I have one here in NYC) often asks about Escobar, knowing that he's a good guy.
  13. Longdistancetwins
    Yes, Yorkville. No. 4 train does make it much more convenient than when I lived on the Upper West Side.
  14. Longdistancetwins
    I'm traveling about 4 subway stops, but I'm going to the game. Sec. 407, I think.
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    Who? Yeah, you got me on these...
  16. Longdistancetwins
    What was the year we clinched while the team was on a bus? '87? '91? I can't quite remember.
  17. Longdistancetwins
    Ted Uhlaender is no longer with us, but we can follow along the career of his Olympian daughter Katie, in the news just recently: http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2017/09/26/skeleton-slider-olympic-veteran-katie-uhlaender-opens-up-after-losing-her-best-friend-steve-holcomb/
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    I became a baseball/Twins fan 50 years ago as I followed the amazing 1967 pennant race. So, while a Wild Card race is not the same thing, Seth's scenarios about the Angels, Royals, and Rangers, reminds me a bit of following what Detroit, Boston, and Chicago were doing in the last week of the 1967 season. I was disappointed in the final result, of course (hated poor Carl Yastrzemski for years) but was hooked as a Twins fan for life. So, I say thanks to the Twins for giving me a happy "golden anniversary."
  19. Longdistancetwins
    It is indeed an old problem. I speak as one who went out to Yankee Stadium to see my Twins in the early 1970s. These Yankee teams were mediocre, but they still crushed us. I went to quite a few doubleheaders where we lost both games. It got a bit better in the '80s, but, for me, it is an old and tired story. We just remember recent history more because they included playoff games. Was at the game yesterday. I've also punished myself by purchasing a ticket for the potential Wild Card game.
  20. Longdistancetwins
    Willie Norwood seems not to have been mentioned in this thread. Is that because he is indeed "a legend"?
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    One of our "Canada guys," Dave McKay. More well-known as a big-league coach.
  22. Longdistancetwins
    Glenn Borgmann
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    A couple of second basemen from the '70's: Dan Monzon: sadly died in an auto accident in the 1990s Bobby Randall: people in the know said he made the best double-play pivot
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    In that vein, Charlie Manuel, Ron Washington, some guy named Billy Martin.
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    Sergio Ferrer.
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