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  1. mickeymental
    ich bin ein berliner.
  2. mickeymental
    so did the twins just win the world baseball classic?
  3. mickeymental
    well, i was on "twins daily" and its "forums" section had a story on the vikings. just now there's one on the t-wolves. is that how the site is supposed to work? (not trying to be snarky ... just curious.)
  4. mickeymental
    is peterson gonna switch to baseball? otherwise i don't get the relevance.
  5. mickeymental
    take heart: the 2016 cubs were 11-19 in spring training. (and the 2016 twins were 19-11.)
  6. mickeymental
    did joe mauer retire?
  7. mickeymental
    seems like there's a pretty simple way to sidestep the "immortal brien taylor" syndrome: resist any and all urges to throw wayward trailer-park haymakers.
  8. mickeymental
    so is joe mauer on the disabled list?
  9. mickeymental
    i'm lookin at you, phil cuzzi.
  10. mickeymental
    it's sure to happen within 24 hours.
  11. mickeymental
    lest we forget:
  12. mickeymental
    well done everyone.
  13. mickeymental
    free parking?
  14. mickeymental
    in a van down by the river.
  15. mickeymental
    well, i can think of at least one way: as a right fielder.
  16. mickeymental
    seems like a lot depends on whether sano sticks at 3b or clogs up the roster spot as dh.
  17. mickeymental
    punto is probably still in shape.
  18. mickeymental
    throughout this episode i couldn't help thinking of the smart-alecky sign that appears in cheeky dive bars: free beer tomorrow.
  19. mickeymental
    What a difference a day makes Twenty-four little hours Brought the sun and the flowers Where there used to be rain My yesterday was blue, dear Today I'm a part of you, dear My lonely nights are through, dear Since you said you were mine
  20. mickeymental
    Tommy "The Blade" Hall was indeed a thing of wonder. A long reliever, a spot starter and a strikeout machine, he was six feet tall and maybe 150 pounds after dinner. The Twins had him four years before trading him to Cincinnati after the '71 season, which seemed like a big mistake -- especially to a 13-year-old diehard. He went 10-1 for the '72 season, then gave up one run in 15.1 postseason innings (reds lost to a's in the series). By then he was 24 and his strikeout rate started slipping. He was done at 29 but had an amazing several-season run after reaching the majors at age 20. Infatuation warranted.
  21. mickeymental
    remember the weekend in seattle? that was awesome.
  22. mickeymental
    a twins fan since the early '60s, my boyhood favorites included tony o and mudcat grant. i witnessed a massive upper-deck harmon homer among many games at the met and still recall racing out of my grade-school classroom only to hear the wrenching news on the street: the twins had lost game seven to the great koufax. much of my iron-range youth was spent playing baseball with and against movie stars (slapshot) and olympic gold medalists (more hockey), which taught me at a young age that my abilities were a notch below major-league caliber. my college career flamed out before it began, but i wound up in the press box writing about mlb (and most other sports, prep to pro) for 10 years. i saw six world series games at the dome -- including two game sixes and two game sevens -- and my favorite team won them all. living in nyc in '91, i scored tix from a friend in the twins front office who was impressed that, on a hunch, i'd made airline reservations months in advance. for the last 20-plus seasons, i've been in portland, oregon -- where i played 15 years of adult baseball with and against a significant sprinkling of former minor and major leaguers, which allowed me to pitch 500+ innings but reconfirmed that my abilities were a notch below big-league caliber. now, five years "retired," i check out twins daily, well, daily. how lucky are we?
  23. mickeymental
    remember the weekend in seattle? that was awesome.
  24. mickeymental
    ac/dc: dirty deeds done dirt cheap
  25. mickeymental
    prince: how come u don't call me anymore
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