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  1. Longdistancetwins
    Interesting, too bad I hadn't noticed that. The only time I wasn't living on the east coast was when I lived in Colorado and Wyoming. The Denver Bears were a Montreal AAA club at the time, and they were great (Tim Raines, etc.)!
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    Right before a series against the Dodgers? Flat out wrong, if you ask me; I'm not gonna make excuses for that (and I'm one who does not get angry when our free agents sign with the Tigers or White Sox).
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    Seriously? Hosken has got the best name on TD!
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    The same. Also, thanks to Deduno I could see my guys get a rare win at Yankee Stadium last summer.
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    Yes, of course he was the life of the party; what I meant was that after Puckett was being pilloried by the national media (some of it deserved), it seems that none of his teammates came out and said, "Yeah, he was just out for himself," "It was all an act," "Selfish guy," "It was just the media guys who liked him." And that includes the Christian guys, Harper, Gags, etc.
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    Yes, most of it seemed to be true (although the womanizing was hardly unique to him among ballplayers). But it's strange that I heard nothing negative about Puck from his teammates or coaches, even when Sports Illustrated and others were dumping on him. He must have still been a good clubhouse guy. (This is more of a question, than an assertion.)
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    From my far-afield viewpoint, I thought Harmon had that lack of personality and figured all that "quiet leadership" talk was just talk. Then when I read the tributes during his final illness and after his passing, I realized what a real thing it was. I was sort of floored by it, in fact. So quiet leadership can be a real thing, although I'm not sure Joe has it.
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    Yeah, I get that one, too, although living in New York City, I didn't mind having a couple of Yankees that I could root for. Since my disillusionment came in 1976, when Wynegar was a rookie and Smalley was the young player we got for Blyleven, it sure felt like things had gone full circle. But, I think in some intuitive sense I felt that things had hit rock bottom when it came to losing players, and that it would have to get better.
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    The time between the advent of the hideous uniforms and Tony-O's retirement was only 1972 to 1976, so I knew it was Braunie. I believe he yielded his no. 4 to Mauch when he arrived in '76. The weird things I remember...
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    ​Thinking about something JB_Iowa said in another thread about being a longtime Twins fan with some "ebbs and flows." Life events usually have something to do with it, as well, but when were you least interested in the Twins and what turned you off? (Saying "now" is not allowed!). For me it was the advent of free-agency and all the ugliness about the Bert Blyleven trade in mid-1976 (would never have believed that he would come back, be instrumental in winning their first World Series, and become their broadcaster). I was absolutely right, of course, in that all my favorite players would depart as free agents in the late 1970s. The 1980 season is a particular blur to me, I can remember Ken Landreaux's hitting streak and Gene Mauch's resigning, but little else. It was what a friend termed "the Dark Ages." What brought me back was a rookie who grew up in Bloomington (!), playing in his first game and winning it in extra innings with a homerun in Yankee Stadium. Calvin selling the team would help also. When were your Dark Ages? Did something in particular bring you back?
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    That's great! How did you find such a picture?
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    Is he still wearing No. 5? Roy Smalley sure wore it for a lot of years. Before him Danny Thompson, and before him, Leo Cardenas wore it for a year or two. So, maybe you are on to something.
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    Here my Twins are on Channel 11 in NYC, and I have to work.
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    Awesome, ChiTown!
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    Thanks. I did start watching on my old clunky work computer (after hours, of course ). I had only gotten to the second batter (interesting to see superman Yaz sort of bobble the ball) when my computer spontaneously started shutting down, step by step. My hands were nowhere near the mouse or the keyboard. It didn’t just “End Program” or “logoff,” it actually shut completely down—something I never do—all by itself. Obviously this is too painful even for my computer.
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    I first saw the Hall of Fame Museum in Cooperstown in 1972. Then it was more like someone’s attic, a real, wonderful hodgepodge of memorabilia. I walked by a case and did a double take when I saw a ticket “World Series 1967 Twins vs. Cardinals.” So the tickets to the World Series That Never Was made it to Cooperstown. 1987 was charming for a host of reasons, but I also thought of it as the World Series that I waited 20 years to see.
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    Me, too! I was in New Jersey following along with my brother who had decided some years earlier to become a Twins fan (he defected as an adult when he moved to Red Sox country, but since he always wears a David Ortiz jersey, I can’t really give him too hard a time). Even at age 10, I realized that I had stumbled into the greatest pennant race in history, so, yes, I stayed hooked on baseball. Sure was disappointed, but I didn’t watch the last game. We went out hiking on a family outing on the last day of the season, and a waiter at a Howard Johnson’s told us the bad news. When my mom brought something called “Yaz bread” into the house, we refused to eat it.
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    Thanks for keeping Tony-O in the conversation.
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    A gal's opinion agrees fully with all of this. I'd just add that if you judge Carew on the leadership aspect, he might not make my top 10, either.
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    I love that answer; it fits me. Maybe, with your permission I'd use it sometime (I hope never because I've been in this job forever and wouldn't even know how to interview for a new one).
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    Thought-provoking; I really can't venture an informed opinion, but I'm in NYC and I've had these semi-conscious thoughts. Thanks for saying it.
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    I happened to be at Fenway Park for Mariano’s last visit there in September (“happened” in that I won this in a contest, but that’s a whole ‘nother great story). So, yes, the Sox did the whole nauseating gift presentation thing, with one exception: It was more about Mariano being such a good sport about the giving up the winning runs in the Sox’s utterly amazing 2004 comeback against the Yankees. It was pretty hilarious for me (a rather neutral observer), how, in the end, the tribute was more about Red Sox history than Rivera’s achievements. Our Twins did have a couple great moments against Mariano, too, but certainly not when it really counted
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    I do wish we could reign in the farewell tours. I’m not sure when they got started in modern sports; my guess it was with Wayne Gretzky in 1999. The Great One deserved it, but enough already!
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