Stoicism, pragmatism, optimism, pessimism. That's a lot of ism's. And most of them don't go well with fanaticism. (Fan). I consider myself a pragmatist to a degree. But pragmatism doesn't really fit in well with being a (fan)aticism when sports are involved. Frankly in many cases a pragmatist doesn't seem as invested in the team he follows. He may accept or suspect the warts they have more readily than a "fan". That doesn't make the pragmatist right all the time either. I didn't think the Twins SP would be this good this year, and while I thought their offense was somewhat of an illusion last year, I never thought it would be this bad. I wasn't surprised about Sano after I saw the first pics of him this year, but I have been disappointed in Buxton. He is the straw that has to stir the drink. At one time I thought we were gonna run with the big dogs, the Astros and Cubs. Now? I guess we will have to be satisfied with simply being competitive. And we don't seem to have reached that level yet. We should be thankful we have the GT to distract us.