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  1. Longdistancetwins
    My only perspective was as a scoreboard watcher at the Mets game here in New York. Very disconcerting when you are sure it was says MIN 3, and it becomes MIN 2! Fortunately, I had a friend with me who confirmed what I had seen and that I wasn't nuts.
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    I'm in New York without access to MLB network, etc., so one can imagine how old this gets for me. (BTW, our troubles with the Yankees go back to the early '70s). I know this is a pity party, but, after 50 years of being a fan, last night was the first time I got really, really mad at my team for losing. Literally cursing them out. Still I keep hoping we can split the series...Silly me.
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    Yes, well done, Matt. Although, Blyleven was traded away from Texas after the 1977 season (and his no-hitter), no? And, um, well, maybe I'd avoid the term "bad blood" when writing of Calvin's ugly treatment of Danny Thompson, unless you meant it for a grim pun.
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    Get your point, and this is nitpicking, but give Leo Cardenas credit for playing in lots and lots of games for the three years he was here.
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    I'm not sure anybody on this site can top that! Thanks for your loyalty. -From a 50-year fan.
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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!
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    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.
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    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."
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    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.
  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
    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."
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    Nice story about a Killebrew keepsake, in case anyone missed it the first time around: http://www.csnphilly.com/phillies/salisbury-remembering-harmon-killebrew
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    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.
  19. Longdistancetwins
    Yes. Really loved them. Great comment about Tiant!
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    Couldn't echo this more. I've come to detest "farewell tours." Thank you, Torii!
  21. 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."
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    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.
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    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...
  24. Longdistancetwins
    I sometimes wonder if there isn't a different standard for stars and superstars as far as "softness" goes. They are, after all, a bigger investment, and keeping them from getting a further or more serious injury is a part of protecting that investment. I remember how Rod Carew's teammates grumbled about his taking himself out of the linueup for injuries. It may have all been true, but he and team management had more of an interest in prolonging his career. A marginal player, or even an average-to-good player, doesn't have that luxury. He wants to keep his job and his place in the lineup. It doesn't apply to all stars (some Torii Hunter types will continue to crash into walls), but it may be a reality, even more in this era of huge, multiyear contracts than in Carew's day.
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