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"Mother Machree?"

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Everyday baby.....best 18 ever.

 

I must have told you my Eddie Guano story, right?

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If he's comin' down the baseline, I ain't blockin' no plate.

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The player Eduardo Escobar wants to be when he grows up:

 

This calls for another '87 bobblehead

 

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A boyhood hero blocks the plate.

 

"Who the hell decided to put the toilet all the way up of these freaking stairs"!!

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It was hit right at him. Decent arm though.

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The best trade of a player the MN Twins Made that never really benefited them.

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George Mitterwald (West Texas, June 1980)

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I can't explain it, but one of my all time favorite Twins.

 

For about a year there, he looked like he might be an answer...

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No Country for Old Catchers, you're saying?

No Country for Old Catchers, you're saying?

Double Like!

 

Nice to know he'll be around for a lot longer.

It's Kent Hrbek day on TD.

 

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It's Kent Hrbek day on TD.

 

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Ahh... the good old days, when drinking Miller High Life, Ice Fishing, and eating Double Bacon Cheeseburgers was a ballplayer's off season workout regimen.

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It's Kent Hrbek day on TD.

 

 

Somehow it seems fitting to have Kent Hrbek day on a day when a lot of beer is consumed .... maybe his mama is Irish?

A rare photo of the Twins manager with his uniform number visible in the front:

 

 

/ there's a reason it's rare...unique in fact....

It's Kent Hrbek day on TD.

 

Not many players have worn this number. Must be considered unlucky, or something.

Ahh... the good old days' date=' when drinking Miller High Life, Ice Fishing, and eating Double Bacon Cheeseburgers was a ballplayer's off season workout regimen.[/quote']It can still be the days of a fan's workout regimen.

It can still be the days of a fan's workout regimen.

 

So you are rounding into shape for the season, even as we speak, Chief?

So you are rounding into shape for the season, even as we speak, Chief?

Rounding? More like fully rounded.

A day late ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... and a dollar short:

 

 

 

We now return to Kent Hrbek.