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  1. Ben B
    I have no opinion except that, years ago, when Chacin was first in the majors, a friend of mine named his fantasy team "When Jhoulys Expect It." For this reason alone, I'm in favor of this signing.
  2. Ben B
    I love this idea. I once saw a Bret Boone Twins jersey -- jersey, not a shirsey -- at the Dome. A friend of mine has a Nishioka one he got on clearance somewhere for a couple bucks. Personally, I have Carl Pavano and Bartolo Colon shirseys that I wear regularly, along with my more standard Johan Santana one.
  3. Ben B
    I got one in 2000. We were sitting about halfway between home and first near the top of the lower level of the Dome. Ron Coomer hit a bullet toward the empty seat in front of me, and I reached down and caught it on the fly in my glove. The people around me even clapped! I still have it, and it's one of my favorite memories from a game.
  4. Ben B
    Probably the Indians. I was a big fan of Kenny Lofton back in the day, and they're such a fun team now I always root for them when they're not playing the Twins. Just wish they could get over the hump.
  5. Ben B
    Dozier's was to left though, it seems a little tougher to hit it out that way. A moderately hard line drive to right field goes over the fence. The whole park is ridiculous.
  6. Ben B
    Yeah, the Yankees are just better. It's disappointing but pretty much what I expected. Besides the false hope of the first inning, this wasn't some heartbreaker or late blown lead like so many of their Yankees postseason losses. Can we talk about that right field fence though? I think the Gregorius and Gardner homers (and Rosario's) went about 250 feet each.
  7. Ben B
    I didn't grow up a football fan. Got moderately into it in my 20s when Peterson broke out and paid attention to the Vikings for a few years. Agree with all the posts about concussion issues, domestic violence, NFL being a horrible organization, etc. One thing though, is the games are absolutely BRUTAL to watch. Snap the ball, action for 3 seconds, time out. Commercial. Another snap, action for 3 more seconds! Oh wait, a flag. Time out. Commercial. Rinse and repeat. I know baseball has some similar pacing problems, so maybe I'm just used to it in baseball. I also noticed, just in the short time I was watching games, they started cutting the camera away extremely quickly when a guy got injured. Like they were trying to hide the fact that the sport is violent.
  8. Ben B
    I wonder if this season is a tryout for LaTroy and Torii with an eye on one of them maybe replacing Bert in the future. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part. Bert is obviously checked out and has been for years. He only does, what, 100 games a year? He must be getting sick of it.
  9. Ben B
    Based on talent alone, it should be Santana, Gibson, May, Berrios as your top 4. Hughes can slot in there somewhere if he's healthy but that seems like a big if and I tend to agree that he'd be better used in the bullpen. I still can't fathom why they kept Santiago around. I'd rather see somebody like Mejia or Duffey in the rotation than watch Santiago throwing meatballs every five days. They would likely equal his numbers and have some semblance of upside.
  10. Ben B
    Got my ticket! At last year's Twins Fest I asked Scott Erickson if he was going to the Meltdown again (I knew he wasn't, I just wanted to chat). He tried to play along, but clearly had no idea what I was talking about, lol. I guess the appearances run together for a professional athlete after a while.
  11. Ben B
    Sidney Ponson. Absolutely baffling how that guy kept getting work. His last OK season was 2003. From 2004-09 he had a 5.82 ERA in 663 innings.
  12. Ben B
    I'm in favor of a Dozier trade, but what I'm looking forward to most are the scorching takes on Star Tribune and other sites on whatever we get back. I was just talking to a diehard White Sox fan who is PISSED about the Sale and Eaton trades. Most fans don't understand stars-for-prospects trades...
  13. Ben B
    They could've just filmed 80 games of the Twins media guide sitting on a table and it would've provided as much insight as Bert.
  14. Ben B
    Valencia gave it a try with a bad 2014 season, but he's managed to continue the Twins' perfect record of players getting better after they leave Minnesota.
  15. Ben B
    I've taken this quiz a few times. Best result was 255/260. I can't remember everyone I missed, but I know that Lew Ford was one of them. I forget him every time.
  16. Ben B
    I was at Twins Fest tonight and got Scott Erickson's autograph. Just to make conversation, I asked him if he'd be at the Twins Daily Meltdown again (I know he wasn't an announced guest, but you never know). He tried to play along, but he clearly had NO idea what I was talking about. Funny stuff...I guess for a professional athlete it all just runs together.
  17. Ben B
    After I bought my ticket I got an email that said "We will send you another email when your items have been shipped." I thought all tickets were will call?
  18. Ben B
    I used to live in Willmar, and Anthony Swarzak and Trevor Plouffe came through one year. Plouffe was on the mic giving out signed balls as prizes. They gave out some single balls first. And then he said something like "and for this prize Anthony and I put our balls together..." And the whole room busted out laughing. Plouffe then accused us all of having dirty minds. Another year, everybody laughed at Aaron Hicks because he thought "caravan" literally meant they would get a party bus or something and pick up a bunch of fans and go for a ride.
  19. Ben B
    I'm a longtime autograph collector. At one point I had over 5,000 signed baseball cards before I recently sold the bulk of it to focus primarily on collecting Twins players. From many years of going to Twins Fest, I had amassed autographs of roughly half of the players to ever suit up for the Twins in their history - through 2015, I believe the total number was 765 players. I recently started a project to get that other half - autographs of every former player, including the guys who came up for 15 at-bats or whatever and were never heard from again. It's been a ton of fun combing through old rosters, remembering some long-forgotten players, and learning about the older teams of the 60s and 70s. Many of the guys I needed were easy to locate, and I'm down to needing autographs from about 150 former Twins to complete the project. Many of them deceased or living in foreign countries. Some will be nearly impossible - Herman Hill and Don R. Williams, for instance - but that won't stop me from trying! P.S. - if any other collectors feel like helping a guy out, I can send the list of players I need :-)
  20. Ben B

    Dozier

    Ben B replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    I hadn't thought about the shift, but that's a good point too. Purely anecdotal, but he seems to hit into more hard outs than anyone on the team. Lots of line drives right at the third baseman and left fielder.
  21. Ben B

    Dozier

    Ben B replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    I wonder if he could do with a few more games off. He's only sat three times this season, and only six times last season. Move him down or give him a couple days off. He looks gassed and frustrated out there.
  22. Ben B
    I think unless the Pohlads decide to totally clean house, it is a 100 percent chance the next GM is Antony. The Twins have too long of a track record of making the least imaginative hire every time.
  23. Ben B
    The entire department is the gap.
  24. Ben B
    That is an 80 grade headline.
  25. Ben B
    I went to my first game when I was five. It was 1991 - good year to start a fandom! It was bat day, and back then they actually gave out real, full size bats. There's a picture of me standing in the dome bleachers posing with this bat that was as big as I was. I used it for years playing ball in my yard. I remembered it was in June against the White Sox and Jack Morris pitched. That was enough to figure out the date: June 30, 1991. Morris had a complete game shutout.
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