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  1. Longdistancetwins
    Interesting, but I'd like more details. The Rangers didn't exist yet, and I think Gaylord was in the National League. Anybody remember who was pitching?
  2. Longdistancetwins
    Oh, dear. That was at Boston? He could have felt like Walter Matthau in movie The Odd Couple, who misses a triple play when Felix calls him.
  3. Longdistancetwins
    Good mention. I swear I did not read or know anything about this in advance: I was just glancing at the box score the next day (in New York, I didn't get much Twins news in the pre-Internet days), and my eye fell upon the "TP, Min, 2." Couldn't believe it. I did cut out the box score and still have the curled up yellow piece of paper. I did have a strange gut feeling about the 1990 Twins: that they really weren't a last place team, and that they would do something with their good pitching and defense.
  4. Longdistancetwins
    Hey, it's got to be Mauer beating out Jeter for his first batting title in 2006, at the same time we were surprise winners of the division on the last day of the season. Mauer became the first AL catcher to win. It's hard to get better than that!!
  5. Longdistancetwins
    I know I am getting old when I can remember most of the iconic moments for the other MLB teams. I guess that's part of the joy of being a fan.
  6. Longdistancetwins
    Yes, I can directly testify to that: As I’ve mentioned countless times, I live in New York City. I was not at Yankee Stadium that evening, as my interest in the Twins was at its lowest in the late 1970s and very early 1980’s. I was watching the game on TV, but for one of the first times in my life, turned it off to go to sleep in the 11th inning. Nonetheless, I was so excited by what I heard the next morning that it single-handedly revived my interest in the Twins (the New York press did make a big deal of it). Thereafter, I followed the “Terrible Twins” of 1982 very loyally and could feel the full satisfaction of seeing things come to fruition in 1987.
  7. Longdistancetwins
    I watched Game 6 of the 1987 World Series in a NYC bar because I had just gotten out of work. When Herbie hit the grand slam, it took my breath away. When I had recovered it, all I could say to the complete stranger next to me was, “That was the best thing I ever saw, ever.” I’m sure it sounded overdramatic, but, skipping up Broadway on my way home after the game, I was listening to Jim Kaat commenting on the radio on my headphones. He described Herbie’s slam as the best moment in the history of the Twins. I thought, “Wow, who better than Kitty to know that? He’d been there for every other possible best moment.” Yes, it has since been overshadowed by Kirby’s Game 6 in 1991, but don’t forget how big it was.
  8. Longdistancetwins
    I remember once having a substitute teacher in elementary school who was playing basketball for the old New Jersey Americans (now the Brooklyn Nets). We didn't realize it until most of the day was gone, but we thought it was cool.
  9. Longdistancetwins
    This is a good choice, as well. I remember turning on the TV in New York and being fascinated by the enthusiasm. It wasn't at all a given with Twins fans. Actually, I think that making noise and waving things is common nowadays, but then it was novel and "ours."
  10. Longdistancetwins
    We really need the "Like" button back for things like this...
  11. Longdistancetwins
    Strange things happen: there are some of us old enough to have never believed Bert Blyleven would come back. And then Roy Smalley, also.
  12. Longdistancetwins
    I really enjoyed seeing him pitch out in CitiField at the very end of this season. Met fans are amused by my affection for him. I remind my fellow New Yorkers that he is an answer to a trivia question, "Who was the losing pitcher in David Wells' perfect game?" Actually, I don't think he pitched badly that day in 1998, but I was about the only one in the ballpark who noticed.
  13. Longdistancetwins
    Thanks, Asbury. Really helpful--albeit depressing, since I don't think of Molly as old, and I'm Gardy's age.
  14. Longdistancetwins
    As to the future manager status: I have no interest in someone who hasn't managed at any level before (coaching doesn't count). I realize that Hall of Famers aren't likely to want to get experience riding the buses in the minor leagues, but that's where I'm at. I still have some bad memories of the Quilici years.
  15. Longdistancetwins
    I seem to remember that being Ron Washington's role in '82. Sometimes you just need to bring in that veteran.
  16. Longdistancetwins
    Yep, that was the moment. Thanks for the memories.
  17. Longdistancetwins
    Me, too, I guess because I relate to people here in NYC who root for these out-of-town teams. I pull for Cleveland, Detroit, and the White Sox (but have no feeling at all for KC) when the Twins are out of it. The last four-game series against Cleveland was painful, but, on some level, I did want the Indians to get in. The Pirates have always been my favorite NL team, so it is a sad day.
  18. Longdistancetwins
    "They've been brutal at Target Field" and it makes one nostalgic for being "Under the Dome."
  19. Longdistancetwins
    Me too, but there was humor and hope in '82. Lots of media coverage,too, and that meant something for me, living far away in the per-Internet days. Still have the Sports Illustrated cover of Herbie entitled "Best of the Worst" or something like that.
  20. Longdistancetwins
    This All-Star game sure was a "former Twins" bonanza.
  21. Longdistancetwins
    So happy for Perkins. Keep enjoying your time in NYC!
  22. Longdistancetwins
    Was there for the game. Doubly sweet.
  23. Longdistancetwins
    Isn't there some suggestion that Frankie wasn't all that loved in the clubhouse? It might have just been a "pitcher thing."
  24. Longdistancetwins
    Did anyone else have a soft spot for Jim Holt? He seemed to have a way of coming through in the small sample of games I could follow on the East Coast.
  25. Longdistancetwins
    Phil Roof! Finally learned to hit in his last year, too.
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