Twins Fans Living Vicariously Through Rosario

[tarheeltwinsfan]

My wife and I I watched Eddie Rosario have a nice interaction with a young couple and their small son at Ft. Myers one sunny spring day. The father and son were pitching ball, while Eddie was across the chain link fence in left field. After practice was finished, Eddie walked over to the little boy, knelt down and talked to him and his dad for a while. Eddie was so patient with the little boy who said: "Eddie, you're my favowit pwayer".  The next year we were at a spring training game and Rosario was announced over the loud speaker as coming to bat. Behind us , my wife and I heard a little voice say: "Rosario?" We turned to look and it was the same little boy, eyes aglow, watching his "Favowit Pwayer". We reminded his parents that we had seen the interaction  between Rosario and their family the prior year and we all shared a really nice moment. Therein lies a problem for me...I come to care about these players when they are in the minors chasing their dreams, I watch them mature. Most don't make it for long in the big leagues, if ever ....but some, like Eddie Rosario do. Then they get dropped, waived, or traded.  I personally think of Torii,  LaTroy, Berrios, Dozier, Kyle Gibson, Gardy, Nelson Cruz, Morneau, Mark Davidson, even Rod Carew and Harmon Killebrew, all were disposed of by the Twins. And don't forget Harold Mains and his son, Mike, who ran the Elizabethton Twins as a family franchise for years, which was recently abandoned by major league baseball. Baseball can be a cruel profession  for those of us who are sentimental  fans, but especially for the players, coaches and staff and the Elizabethton Twins "family". But baseball and the Twins have such a hold on me that I continue to dream with the minor leaguers, and those who make it to the Twins, and cheer for them all, and grieve with them when it inevitably ends.

[MN_ExPat]

On 10/21/2021 at 1:32 PM, RpR said:

At this point we have no outfielder that has an arm like him or a bat like his; unless .200 hitters whose fielding skills are lessor than Rosario's are the new norm for the Twins, we made an error not bringing him back.

Umm.. no

[PopRiveter]

On 10/21/2021 at 11:47 PM, RpR said:

That is only assuming that being released from the only team he ever knew did not affect his performance or that he would have had identical at bats with the Twins; his fielding arm would have made a difference as Larnach and Rooker on their best days came up short.

Not too mention Eddie’s entering his prime years while Larnach, Kiriloff and Rooker are all still a few years before what should be their peak career stretches.

The decision to move off Eddie was made a year prior when the FO chose to make Josh Donaldson the financial centerpiece of the team. That oversized domino has already pushed Rosario and Berrios out and it is about to push Buxton out.

It made me emotionally check out on the lame 2021 season even before the losses started piling up.

Passing on the JD signing would’ve been a much better decision than choosing not to retain ER.

Fun baseball is happening in Atlanta. Go Braves!

 

[USAFChief]

1 hour ago, PopRiveter said:

Not too mention Eddie’s entering his prime years while Larnach, Kiriloff and Rooker are all still a few years before what should be their peak career stretches.

The decision to move off Eddie was made a year prior when the FO chose to make Josh Donaldson the financial centerpiece of the team. That oversized domino has already pushed Rosario and Berrios out and it is about to push Buxton out.

It made me emotionally check out on the lame 2021 season even before the losses started piling up.

Passing on the JD signing would’ve been a much better decision than choosing not to retain ER.

Fun baseball is happening in Atlanta. Go Braves!

 

I don't think signing Donaldson had any impact on the Rosario decision, but it's possible.

However, signing Donaldson had zero impact on Berrios. None. 

And Donaldson will have zero impact on their ability to sign Buxton. If anything, it might make it easier to convince Buxton thr team is serious about contending. 

[mikelink45]

Eddie Makes the New York Times

[Vanimal46]

This is a much needed reminder that playoff baseball is the biggest crapshoot of the 4 major US sports. You never know who will be the unsung hero to carry you to a WS berth. Twins fans shouldn’t be surprised to hear that Rosario got red hot for 2 weeks. We’ve seen it countless times during his tenure with Minnesota.