September 16, 20179 yr Al NeumanQuickest transition from catch to throw ever. Ball didn't stop in his glove, just rebounded as part of his throwing motion. Beautiful.
September 16, 20179 yr Pat Mahomes.....nuff said.I thought Mahomes was gonna be a superstar. Not quite, but he was pretty good. His son is now a very promising rookie QB for the Chiefs. Great arm.
September 16, 20179 yr OK...LOVE this idea! So will stay away from Smalley and Wyneger. Or do those two apply now? LolMike MarshallPete RedfernDoug CorbettMarshall, great screwball, wrote a book on how to throw it without wrecking your arm.Redfern was supposed to be a front line starter. Whoops.Corbett's sinker was well nigh unhittable, until his arm fell off.
September 16, 20179 yr Lyman Bostock. **** you, Calvin Griffith.I felt bad when he left the Twins, then much worse when he was murdered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Bostock RIP, a great ball player, good guy.
September 16, 20179 yr Marshall, great screwball, wrote a book on how to throw it without wrecking your arm.Redfern was supposed to be a front line starter. Whoops.Corbett's sinker was well nigh unhittable, until his arm fell off.Correct me if I'm misremembering after all these years, but didn't Redfern's career end to a fall or diving accident when he broke his neck?
September 17, 20179 yr Glenn Williams at the time his career came to an end he had an active hitting streak of 13 which was the longest hitting streak to start a career, not sure if it was the longest to end a career too.
September 17, 20179 yr The last three posts all contained players named before. There are a lot of players, we can do better!
September 17, 20179 yr Here's a little turn on this thread: I'm going to list a bunch of players who played for the Twins. Besides that, what do they have in common? Joe Altobelli, Russ Nixon, Pete Mackanin, Billy Gardner, Chip Hale, Frank Quilici, Sam Perlozzo, Jim Lemon and Johnny Goryl.
September 17, 20179 yr Andrew AlbersJesse CrainPedro FlorimonScott BakerJason KubelWilson RamosJason RepkoDanny ValenciaDenny HockingLuis RivasCristian Guzman Edited September 17, 20179 yr by Reider
September 17, 20179 yr Here's a little turn on this thread: I'm going to list a bunch of players who played for the Twins. Besides that, what do they have in common? Joe Altobelli, Russ Nixon, Pete Mackanin, Billy Gardner, Chip Hale, Frank Quilici, Sam Perlozzo, Jim Lemon and Johnny Goryl.I have no idea, but you left out 267. Paul Molitor
September 17, 20179 yr Andrew AlbersJesse CrainPedro FlorimonScott BakerJason KubelWilson RamosJason RepkoDanny ValenciaDenny HockingLuis RivasCristian GuzmanI noticed that Florimon had been playing some center field for the Phillies recently .... until he suffered a pretty bad injury to his leg last week. He had also --- if can believe it --- been hitting well!
September 17, 20179 yr Here are a few more that I don't think were named yet:Bob TewksburyGeorge MitterwaldKeith Atherton
September 18, 20179 yr Phil Hughes. I heard him doing an ad on Twins radio the other day and I was like "huh. I remember that guy!" Paul SorrentoJohn MosesBrian HunterRon DavisJohn Castino
September 18, 20179 yr I don't think Joel Zumaya counts, so I will have to put forward a name that should have already been mentioned many times (many more than Paul Sorrento has been)....a name that has been steeped in TD lore from time in memorium..... 281. Brian Duensing!!!
September 18, 20179 yr I had to go back page 1 and re-read all the posts after realizing that I had duplicated a few names already mentioned. Sorry! Anyway, here are a few new ones, or so I think. Carlos Gomez, Pat Neshek, and Kurt Suzuki were All-Stars at least once, so they don't count, but how about:Doug BernierWilson RamirezClete Thomas
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