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  1. Longdistancetwins
    Not to speak ill of those who are gone, but, from what I’ve heard Willie did not have Tony’s charm and kindness off the field.
  2. Longdistancetwins
    I had the opposite perspective. I was a far-away Twins fan in the days well before the Internet. Tony-O was my favorite player, but I really didn’t know if he was a good guy or not. I was devastated by his knee injury (he was having a career year when it happened, which is saying a lot for him). But I had no idea that he remained so engaged with the team until the Internet age. That continues to delight me: that he is loved for his character and personality as well as for what he did in the 1960s and 1970s.
  3. Longdistancetwins
    Concur all around. We are about the same age.
  4. Longdistancetwins
    I was at Cooperstown for Rod’s, Kirby’s and Bert’s inductions in 1991, 2001, and 2011. I wanted to keep the pattern going: “Whom would I go see in 2021?” I’d wonder. Well, COVID threw us off a year, but that’s my only regret!
  5. Longdistancetwins
    Laid an egg on this one. Not funny…even the best fail occasionally.
  6. Longdistancetwins
    Concur. 2011, 2016, 2021 in no particular order for me.
  7. Longdistancetwins
    But it was the year Tony-O injured his knee! He was so awesome until then, and then he just limped into the batting title with Bobby Murcer trying to catch him. The relief pitching was a train-wreck that season.
  8. Longdistancetwins
    I know this thread is supposed to be about “recent” collapses, but I do remember these. Interesting that the won-lost record in 1968 wasn’t as bad as I recalled. But the rebound was great: I guess with The Killer coming back from his injury, the addition of Leo Cardenas (an overlooked Twins player), and—I don’t know—the Billy Martin factor?
  9. Longdistancetwins
    The mediocre Twins of the 1970s were pretty bad against the mediocre Yankees of the early 1970s. I went (as a Twins fan in the New York area) to some doubleheaders where the Twins would lose both games.
  10. Longdistancetwins
    Same situation for me!
  11. Longdistancetwins
    I appreciate a Cave appreciation! Thanks.
  12. Longdistancetwins
    It was a quiet day at work, but, I forgot!! Maybe I'm not really a Twins fan...
  13. Longdistancetwins
    Just saw this now! I’m delighted! I do have a tradition of watching the game for decades. I also happen to be in Denver tonight for totally unrelated reasons. Don’t think they should have moved from Atlanta, but I have to admit I’ve enjoyed the festive atmosphere. Have met a lot of Twins fans in the last three days. Justin Morneau was at the Convention Center Sunday, being interviewed and chatting up fans.
  14. Longdistancetwins
    Sometimes I really like to face the lights-out reliever because I know the odds have to change at some point. Witness Jason Kubel’s grand slam against Mariano Rivera.
  15. Longdistancetwins
    Me, too, Melissa. Went to sleep in the 8th.
  16. Longdistancetwins
    I’m in New York and not ready to say that, but it’s not just Trevor May: there’s an inordinately large number of Twins who have been Mets (and vice versa) over the years. It makes for a great trivia question.
  17. Longdistancetwins
    Yeah, I heard that, too. I was pretty shocked they actually had that as a statistic!
  18. Longdistancetwins
    Yeah, I’m old and really like unwritten rules in sports—what would hockey be without traditions? But I also think it’s fine to swing on 3 and 0 in any case. And surely one wants to move the game along in this kind of blowout. But ignoring your coach’s sign or manager’s verbal instruction? There really is nothing “unwritten” about that; it’s considered wrong in any line of work or play.
  19. Longdistancetwins
    But didn’t it take Harmon 4 tries?
  20. Longdistancetwins
    Sweet! Merry Christmas.
  21. Longdistancetwins
    Charley Pride’s death prompted me to watch the Letterman segment for the first time. I really came to appreciate Letterman for doing it in his way. Still I felt some sadness, knowing that suffering was ahead for Allison and that Harmon’s life was actually going to pieces at that time. Sorry to be a downer...
  22. Longdistancetwins
    Things seemed either easy or really hard. I did pretty badly. Loved the questions about the 1991 World Series. Ideal trivia!!
  23. Longdistancetwins
    Awesome! Thank you. And Happy Birthday!
  24. Longdistancetwins
    Concur. I’ve kept my M cap only because I associate it with the 1987 and 1991 teams, but I only wear my TC cap. Agree about the uniforms, though.
  25. Longdistancetwins
    YIkes. Shudder. You’re right.
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