August 7, 201511 yr Deacon McGuire - 26 seasons played - 11 franchises (Late 19th early 20th centuries)
August 7, 201511 yr His career spanned 10 years and 2 decades.. but only played a total of three years in the MajorsMade his MLB debut with the Twins in 1994. Never returned again to the majors until with the Twins again in 2003 and a few games in 2004. Carlos Pulido
August 11, 201511 yr Next opponent: Rangers Ivan "Pudge" RodriguezI'll stick with the Rangers and throw out Ken Caminiti. And although Buddy Bell has already been named, I can't help but think of Buddy Bell when I think of the Rangers. Specifically, I think of the time I was sitting in the lower deck left field seats at the Metrodome with a sightline just above the plexiglass, when Buddy Bell hit a hooking rope of a home run. It started to my left, and ended up three seats to my right in the aisle where it made direct contact with the nose/upper teeth of a boy about my age (maybe 12 at the time) who was carrying 2 malt cups in each hand. The malt cups went flying and the ball ricocheted about 5 rows back down and further right, where a man caught it and celebrated. Meanwhile, a responsible adult hollered at the nearest Coke vendor and proceeded to pour cup after cup of ice onto this kid's mashed face while he bled all over the steps. What a sight. Anyway, Ken Caminiti.
August 14, 201511 yr My favorite baseball card of the grey-bordered Topps 1969 series. George Mitterwald.
August 19, 201511 yr Only 809 players to go... Playing the Yanks... The Jazz guitarist.. Bernie Williams Edited August 19, 201511 yr by WxMan17
August 20, 201511 yr How about a theme to get things going... Alphabetical order per post, former or current Twins who has their first and last name start with the same letter. If no letter (Q, X, etc) for any player, go on to next letter. If there is not a Twin with a particular letter, then select an non-Twins player I'll start with "A" Allen Anderson Twins have had plenty of double "B's" in recent years... select a good one! Edited August 20, 201511 yr by WxMan17
August 20, 201511 yr My favorite Twins player as a kid: Greg Gagne Pretty sure he was my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.
August 20, 201511 yr Legion baseball, summer of 1982, playing in a tournament in (I believe) Cloquet. It was so foggy that the opposing center fielder told us, after the game (as both teams were staying at the same hotel), that he took a leak in center field during an inning because no one could see him, and, anyway, their starting pitcher had things well in hand. Brainerd pitcher - me vs Bemidji pitcher Bryan Hickerson 1991- 95 with Giants, Cubs and Rockies.
August 20, 201511 yr His MLB career spanned a whole two seasons, all with the Twinkies, 1970-71Hal Haydel
August 21, 201511 yr "F" and "I" have been skipped because there are have been no Twins players with those initials. That brings us to "J" and I'll go with the immortal Jake Jacobs, the man of 10 career plate appearances (8 with the Twins). It looks like we'll need to skip "K" and "L" also. Who has an "M"?
August 24, 201511 yr I don't believe there have been any Twins with "O.O." or, surprisingly "N.N." initials, so I'll add the underachieving Paul (I wish I was as good as Boog) Powell to cover the letter "P". Edited August 24, 201511 yr by puckstopper1
August 27, 201511 yr I'm assuming no Twins have every had the initials "Q.Q.". Several options for "R", but I'll go with Rich Rollins.
September 3, 201511 yr I'll nudge this along by adding the forgettable Steve Shields and his 7.79 ERA for the Twins in 1989 to cover "S.S."
September 8, 201511 yr Since my All Time fave was already mentioned (Winfield), and I'm guessing Will Ferrell doesn't count, I'll go with my All Time NL Fave....Will "The Thrill" Clark Edited September 8, 201511 yr by davidc3915
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