Yes, how different would this team look? I thought Minky was going to be the next Twins manager until, well, you know. Love me some Jim Kaat in the booth though. Still one of my favorite people and baseball man with a mic.
I think the most common out come for the Twins this year with runners in scoring position and one out = the strikeout. No runners get moved and now there are two outs. Rally killers.
Bobby Darwin was a fun player to root for in the early 70's. Converted Dodger pitcher to outfielder. Could hit 25 homers, drive in some runs. Played an almost adequate CF but mostly was the right fielder 1972-75 before being traded to the Brewers for Johnny Briggs. Kind of a long swing (lead the AL in strikeouts 3 straight years) but when he timed one, "Boom."
Falvey and Levine get a temporary pass due to the shutdown; makes it really hard to evaluate players when they aren't playing.
Rocco . . . not so much.
Killebrew (62-64), then Jacque Jones (2000-03), then Bob Allison (65-69). Honorable mention to Danny Gladden and Eddie Rosario.
I liked the outfield of Bob Allison (lf), Jimmie Hall (cf) and Tony Oliva (rf).
I thought Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner) was the guy who bonked all the family Huttinger women who the Mrs. Robinson song was supposedly based on. ? (Ya ya, different spelling, I know.)