TwinsTube: Twins ‘99, Morneau Talks BP, Prospect Chats With Young Fan

[Tom Froemming]

Looking for something to watch? Let’s take a look back at the 1999 Twins, revisit a creative live feature Fox Sports North rolled out a couple years ago and listen in on a great conversation a young baseball fan and collector has with Twins prospect Ben Rortvedt.Here are a few things I stumbled upon over at YouTube and enjoyed:

 

"Twins '99": Minnesota Twins Magazine Show

 

I started to follow the Twins closely back in 1999, so this video really speaks to me. The Twins were in the midst of a terrible stretch, and the ‘99 season wound up being another doozy, but they were starting to do a great job of marketing the team.

 

There were no superstars on this club, even the guys we know well now were anonymous rookies to most Minnesota sports fans at that time. This was a couple years prior to the Get To Know ‘Em campaign, but you can see the beginnings of that philosophy of trying to put the players front and center in this video.

 

The channel this is on, Classic Twins, boasts 169 videos. Hours upon hours of great Twins content, so dig in!

 

Twins Live: Batting Practice

 

This is one of the most creative things I think FSN has done the past few years. This is a live broadcast of the Twins taking pregame batting practice in September of 2018. If you’ve ever wondered what the players are up to during BP, or just would like to hear Justin Morneau talk about hitting for awhile, check this out.

 

Later on in this video is a clip of Jason Castro talking about nutrition and how that’s changed over the years of his playing career to that point. I think that evolution has gone largely underappreciated.

 

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Young Fan Interviews Ben Rortvedt

 

Rortvedt was an honorable mention on Twins Daily’s 2020 Top Prospects list, but with Brusdar Graterol’s departure he would have slid into the No. 20 spot. In this video he talks with a young fan about his earliest baseball memories, day-to-day life in the minor leagues and more.

 

The young man who runs this channel, Max’s Corner, has been publishing a ton of videos of late.

 

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[Seth Stohs]

That Ben Rortvedt interview is fantastic!!

[Halsey Hall]

Great job by Max, he's got a future 

[Melissa]

Man, that 1999 show. I can't believe all those Twins greats came up as rookies that same season: Dougie M., Christian Guzman, Corey Koskie, Jacque Jones, Torii Hunter, Joe Mays ... Fun how these household names are interspersed with players and pitchers I don't even remember (after 21 years, to be fair).