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  1. Longdistancetwins
    Yikes. Don't remember him at all.
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    Oops. Forgot about the "no-all stars" rule. How about Rick Renick? I think he's known for hitting a home run in his first game, but for my brother and me, following the Twins from New Jersey with a very small sample-size of games to see, he never seemed to come through. I have to confess, he became sort of a joke, a symbol of Twins futility. It has a happy ending of sorts: Years later, as an adult, I was able to call my brother and tell him that Renick was now a coach on the 1987 team on their way to the World Series.
  3. Longdistancetwins
    Larry Hisle. Lovely guy, wonderful player. Bostock and Thompson were his two closest friends in the game, and he lost them both before they were 30.
  4. Longdistancetwins
    Yeah, when a coworker who is Cleveland fan complained she was exhausted by this Series, I said, "You don't know what exhausted is." Even Kirby complained of exhaustion in the 1991 Series.
  5. Longdistancetwins
    Me, too. I was riveted on every pitch of Game 3.
  6. Longdistancetwins
    I was willing to commit the ultimate blasphemy and say that this game was "better" than the 1991 Game 7, at least in terms of more twists and turns. Perhaps I was saying it to comfort my Cleveland-fan friends...But having Smoltz around was just perfect. I also think the "curse" and "drought" era is over--if in the last 13 years, the Red Sox, White Sox, and Cubs have won it all, the Indians' year is not far behind (of course I won't be pulling for them once the regular season starts).
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    I'll be at Citi Field also for the game on the 18th. I've never been to Target Field, but I suspect it is the better ballpark. There is no natural rivalry between the Mets and Twins, but a lot of Twins fans tend to show up for the games (possibly because there is no bad history, as with the Yankees). It is also surprising how many players have worn both the Twins and Mets uniforms over the decades (it makes for a good trivia question). As it happens, I will be in Chicago that following weekend--to do my bucket list thing of seeing a game at Wrigley Field. Enjoy your trip!
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    I rather agree, but suddenly seeing Sir Rodney and old clips of him last night at the All Star Game was certainly a pleasant surprise. I was in a NYC bar for my weekly trivia game, figuring I wouldn't have to tune into the game until later. Instead I was pointing all this out to everyone around me and explaining how it has been a hard road back for Carew.
  9. Longdistancetwins
    Good for you! I went to the wrong game--yesterday's. In the miseable category: Yankee fans still talk about the so-called "walk-off" Series. When was that? The spring of 2011? They beat us three or four games in a row in walk-off fashion. Fortunately I was away from New York on vacation and so didn't attend any of those.
  10. Longdistancetwins
    Okay, nice. Let's do that a few times in the regular season. Thanks, ChiTown.
  11. Longdistancetwins
    Good point. Listening to Yankees radio...Joe Girardi was in the booth and had nice things to say about Murphy.
  12. Longdistancetwins
    Not living so very far away, I can do Cooperstown as a (long) day trip. So, I saw Sir Rodney's induction in 1991, Kirby's in 2001, and Bert's in 2011. Do you see a pattern there? I was kind of hoping for a Twin in 2021, but I guess I shouldn't be fussy about timing.
  13. Longdistancetwins
    Nice story about a Killebrew keepsake, in case anyone missed it the first time around: http://www.csnphilly.com/phillies/salisbury-remembering-harmon-killebrew
  14. Longdistancetwins
    I guess my ticket stub from David Wells's perfect game against the Twins at Yankee Stadium in 1998 doesn't really count for much, but it's stashed away somewhere.
  15. Longdistancetwins
    Yes. Really loved them. Great comment about Tiant!
  16. Longdistancetwins
    Couldn't echo this more. I've come to detest "farewell tours." Thank you, Torii!
  17. Longdistancetwins
    My friend, the White Sox fan (yeah, I have one of those) pointed out the both our teams were 70-73 against the other teams they played. The difference was their head-to-head match-ups with the Twins winning the season series 13-6. So, we see it as a successful season, and they see it as a bad one. Interesting "fun with numbers."
  18. Longdistancetwins
    I was at the third game at Yankee Stadium (definitely the least painful of the three). Maybe I brought some good luck? I couldn't believe what happened in Baltimore. We were way up in the grandstand, but a fellow three rows in front of me caught a Miguel Sano foul ball on the fly. He damaged a fingernail but thought it was worth it. I assured him that Sano is likely to have a good career.
  19. Longdistancetwins
    They were talking about Jacob deGrom, as I recall--who also deserved it.
  20. Longdistancetwins
    Definitely noticed this--I was yelling at them to shut up and talk and Brian and the Twins. Then his bat did the talking!! Then I was yelling for joy!
  21. Longdistancetwins
    Actually, I rather enjoyed the whole exercise—I even passed on the ballot to folks who I knew were great fans of other teams so I could hear their opinion on their top four Phillies, Tigers, Indians, etc. Felt I had to vote for Walter Johnson since they gave me that option. Killebrew and Puckett were easy. Number 4 was the harder choice, and I won’t argue with anyone who voted Carew, Oliva, or Mauer. I’d choose Mauer over Carew for overall impact, but the way his career seems to be fading gives some hesitation.
  22. Longdistancetwins
    Fascinating, everybody, thanks. I was hoping to get to Wrigley this year as a bucket list thing, but it will have to wait until next year. Now, I’m thankful if I can use decent bathroom. I did rather like the old Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park in their unrenovated states, but Fenway is indeed more comfortable now.
  23. Longdistancetwins
    Ugh. Just checked the score at work. You are all heroes for staying tuned into this. At least I can bask in the glory of my New York Rangers (only NY team I really root for) for the moment...
  24. Longdistancetwins
    As I’ve said endlessly here, I’ve always been a long distance fan, growing up in northern New Jersey, but, as it happened, my very first live baseball game was at the old Met: My uncle lived in Minneapolis, so when we went on a family visit (my first plane trip, and, in those days you wore your best clothes for air travel) in late August of 1969, we begged for a chance to see the Twins. We were playing the Yankees, of all teams. Dave Boswell was working on a shutout, but he was hit in the head with a pitch. My favorite player, Tony-O, hit a homerun, and if that wasn’t sweet enough, he hit another for good measure. I have a blurry photo of the Twins-O-Gram giving the distance. I ended up with Ted Uhlaender’s and Jerry Crider’s autographs. We won, 6-0: Little did I know how rare those victories over the Yankees would become. I’ve witnessed many, many losses at Yankee Stadium since then. Twenty years later, I visited again and went to the Metrodome but have yet to see Target Field.
  25. Longdistancetwins
    Thought of Mattingly and Ventura right away. As for me, after Frank Quilici, I said I'd never advocate that again. So now I can only hope...
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