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  1. Devereaux
    I have the 20-game flex plan, and I go to 25-30 Twins games every season. I also take a trip each year to see the Twins on the road. This year I was in San Diego when the Twins visited. The teams had the same records, but the Padres drew 40,000 for each of the two heartbreaking losses I attended. I can say I prefer the Target Field experience over almost any other: the park is nice, the concessions are good and varied, the audio-visual show is cool. Honestly, downtown San Diego was interesting but not more fun than downtown Minneapolis. It's homelessness and drug problems are more obvious than here. Still, the ballpark vibe could not have been more different. There was an electric buzz at Petco that I almost never feel at Target Field, and have never felt at a Monday or Tuesday evening game at home. I'm starting to come down on ashbury's side. Do the people who stay at home and blame everything except their inertia truly care about the team? You can buy a $20 ticket and bring in food if you can't afford more. Are the locals just not fans of top-tier baseball?
  2. Devereaux
    And if you're really serious at beating the cold, swing at the first pitch in the Caribbean Winter Leagues!
  3. Devereaux
    I feel for you for your impending loss. I wore my "Santana/Nathan 2004" long sleeve from the Batgirl site until long after the neck hung down to my chest.
  4. Devereaux
    I'll sign the petition. Gibson can stay for a WS ring.
  5. Devereaux
    Agreed. Great read, thanks.
  6. Devereaux
    My daughter - two of my three daughters - has a Yankees fan boyfriend who is very gently giving me business via text. I wrote that I always keep my expectations low because I have lived through many seasons. It's true, and it helps, but then I started to think: Yankees fans don't necessarily have to understand this phenomenon.
  7. Devereaux
    Bad postseason baseball is better than no postseason baseball. Got me to hang out with my nursing home dad two days in a row.
  8. Devereaux
    I saw a Gladden jersey at the park last night which was cool. But I don't think I'd trade it for my Florimon 25 shersey.
  9. Devereaux
    How was Miguel Sano ever a superstar? And how is this line anything but self-exposing baloney? "The age issue hasn’t been brought up in recent years and that’s probably a good thing for Twins Territory." Do you still think he's going to be deported as a terrorist?
  10. Devereaux
    Eddie Rosario, since Dozier left. Team MVP, he exemplifies the young talented outfield defense, the aggressive batting line up, the predominately Caribbean-born roster. He plays with a desire and panache that is spreading.
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    Very conspiratorial. Which of the drugs of abuse do you think it was then? Was he mixing weed and PCP? What's the rumor? http://mlb.mlb.com/pa/pdf/prohibited-substances.pdf
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    Are you inferring Rosario lied to the Star Tribune? http://www.startribune.com/twins-prospect-rosario-has-nothing-to-do-but-wait/257268071/
  13. Devereaux
    Maybe... Are you inferring Rosario lied to the Star Tribune? http://www.startribune.com/twins-prospect-rosario-has-nothing-to-do-but-wait/257268071/ Source: Article: Longest Tenured Minnesota Twins - 2019
  14. Devereaux
    Rosario's "drug of abuse" is now legal for medicinal use in Minnesota (and Arizona, where he was tested) and for recreational purposes in 10 states.
  15. Devereaux
    Thanks for the shout out, John. Didn't see that coming. Have enjoyed your work from waaay back. Win Twins!
  16. Devereaux
    John, hi. I found it through the excellent Classic MN Twins blog. I don't know anything about the intro. I tried to find the post about in on the blog just now, but got tired of scrolling through the many Killebrew tales. I have been interested in this HR since I read Cool of the Evening. I was 4 when it happened. I have a collection of bookmark's about the home run. There's a great story on SABR. My interest was recently rekindled when I read Red Barber's autobiography. He was a Yankees announcer at the time. The way he describes the day made it sound like it was THE nail in the coffin to the multi-decade Yankees dynasty. That always makes me happy to contemplate.
  17. Devereaux
    Here's to 11 years of beating the Yankees! Harmon Takes Down The Yankees: July 11 1965
  18. Devereaux
    I say cry me a homer hanky, grumpy old glorified warehouse. And see you at the May doubleheader.
  19. Devereaux
    I'm saving Florida for retirement, which is on the horizon now. I did go to Arizona once, in 1994, and had a grand time for all of the reasons you mention. I saw three games. We watched a Giants "home" game against the Cubs from the grass hill near left field. Two memories: One, Sammy Sosa was walking around near us before the game, ignoring the fans who were yelling for him. He had just got a big raise - so I yelled, "Sammy, lend me $20!" He did not acknowledge me, but moments later he came over to our section and started signing autographs. The same game, someone cracked a sharp base hit to Barry Bonds's right, in left field. We had an excellent close-up look as Bonds tracked down the rolling ball and threw over his body to second base to keep the man to a single. First, I would have never reached that fast-rolling ball; and second, if by some miracle I had, I would have thrown a 15-hopper to second base. That's when I realized how good these professionals are.
  20. Devereaux
    In 1992 I brought my family to Minnesota, where I grew up, from San Francisco. On our winding way, we saw a Portland Beavers baseball game on July 4, 1992. My recollection is that Scott Brosius beat the Beavers for the Tacoma Tigers. I want to say that Mahomes started for the Beavers in his up and down rookie season. I may be making that part up - I do that sometimes. I dug but can't find a box score. I remember Twins fans having high hopes for Mahomes. I think of him as a pitcher who threw hard but didn't fool a lot of batters. I was glad he had some success later with the Mets.
  21. Devereaux
    Enjoyed watching the HRs and the Nelson Cruz Facetime, thanks. The DR Round Robin is getting SERIOUS! Teams are pulling out the stops. https://www.oddsportal.com/baseball/dominican-republic/lidom/standings/
  22. Devereaux
    All fine and well - I love me some optimism. Only thing is I recall we had the same thing going after 2013. We had the best minor league system in the majors, and the web sages told the fans we had to be patient another season or two. I'll be more excited to read the post on how the Twins started winning regularly again.
  23. Devereaux
    I should be in KC
  24. Devereaux
    Pretty sure I've heard Joe enough times this season to know he wants to keep playing - and for the Twins. If the Twins are going nowhere for a while, I'd be happy to see him return on a team-friendly contract for a season or two to take more good at-bats and break more club records. As other people have said, I have no idea what the FO wants. Will the FO be seen as less maverick and more Ryan-like if they sign Mauer? What options are there to replace him? I don't see any on the roster now.
  25. Devereaux
    My baseball consciousness goes back to 1967-1968. With all deference to Killebrew, I go with Puckett as far as franchise impact. Killebrew led a winning team that laid down solid fan roots in the sixties, but that fandom looked like it was dying thanks to stingy, racist Cal Griffith and the Metrodump. Killebrew was an all-or-nothing player. Even as a kid in the sixties, I was more of an Oliva fan. Killebrew did not even end his career here, and he turned his back in bitterness on the town for a period. Puckett and crew brought the area a two-time championship sports team and fans into the Dome, and Kirby did it with a workman's ethic and well-spoken charisma. He was only on the scene for a dozen years, but he was a reliable dynamo for all of them, and he came through in the biggest of sports moments. Notwithstanding his lost years after his career was cut short, Puckett has been my favorite ballplayer for 34 years and counting.
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