At least one Twin will win an award this year. Joking aside, this is pretty cool he got to be the first Twin to win this. Thank you for your service, Griff!

Jax Wins Award

Well deserved award for Jax! Thank you for your service Griffin!

 

https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-griffin-jax-named-mlb-recipient-of-bob-feller-act-of-valor-award

Well-deserved!! I hope you can win tonight. Thanks for your service, Captain Jax!

Continue to believe in this young man, who I believe will work on what he learned this year and become a solid starter for the Twins.

Interesting seeing the award is named after Bob Feller.  Met him once when I was probably 10 or 12.  Two guys from Milwaukee had an agreement to hunt in the marsh on our farm in Central Wisconsin.  I often hunted with them.  One day they showed up with Feller as their guest.  Remember he wrote a personal message on the baseball he gave me.  Seemed like a great guy who was more successful than I realized back then.

Unfortunately, my Mom tossed it along with lots of stuff when we sold the farm while I was in college.  Didn't realize at the time I should have had it in a bank safety deposit box.

Kudos to Jax! One guy I want to see succeed in the majors. He's taking a beating, especially with the home run ball, but I think of ALL the other Twins starters that had high ERA campaigns in their first season (most of them?).