The 12 Stages of Willians Astudillo Fandom

is there a .5 level. He lost his luster with me when i saw him showboat that homer in the Dominican or Venezuela or wherever it was this winter.

I'm at stage 13.

is there a .5 level. He lost his luster with me when i saw him showboat that homer in the Dominican or Venezuela or wherever it was this winter.

 The Stage 8 fella needs to immediately ban this guy for heresy. #Stage12ForLyfe

I'm Uncle Pete? Damn, never thought that would happen....

We have a turtle crossing near our home (yes, with road sign and everything) and I've named it the Astudillo Expressway.

It really depends on the player and the setting, IMO. For me, that was a fantastic moment. If he had done that in a division game with the Twins down by 7 runs, it might play differently. I don't see this as a cocky move at all, just more La Tortuga goodness.

Not to mention, in Latin countries a little bit of bat flipping and fun on a big play isn't considered an insult to the game and every fan's grandpappy like it is in America.

I would add a stage. Going to MLB and checking Astudillo’s rookie status. He is eligible for the rookie of the year award. This is going to be exciting. A Twin has not won Rookie of the Year since Marty Cordova in 1995.

El Cherubo, El Peloton, La Tortuga...I just like cooking new nicks for him.

I would add a stage. Going to MLB and checking Astudillo’s rookie status. He is eligible for the rookie of the year award. This is going to be exciting. A Twin has not won Rookie of the Year since Marty Cordova in 1995.

Speaking of Cordova, it's too bad he debuted with the steroids era in full swing. Had he debuted five years earlier or fifteen years later he would have been considered more valuable and he would have had a longer career.

He dropped a notch with those two double plays

He is still just a human.

He is still just a human.

Non-concur.

The man, the myth, la Tortuga.

Wasn’t one of the TNMTs named Willians? (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).

Whatever he is, he is NOT just a human.

Love this article and the responses,  Go Twins!  Go Willians!

We have a turtle crossing near our home (yes, with road sign and everything) and I've named it the Astudillo Expressway.

El Primerito!!

Quite the novelty, having a Spanish-speaking player on our team. :)Hey...I live in Arizona now! You can take the boy out of Minnesota, but you will never EVER, take the Minnesota out of the boy.✌️ dontcha' know?

 

^{_{(I've gone to that well myself plenty of times.)}}

Like TK used ta say, just split on the road. Tomorrow is the rubber match. Suddenly we arent overmatched by the Phillies now are we?

If you wear a Turtle costume are you a furry?

Thats ridiculous. Not only can't turtles read, what do you expect them to do? Hurry up? Walk faster? Look both ways?

If turtles can't read, how come they know it's a turtle crossing there? Ahah. 

The best is when I'm driving home and up ahead there is a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road with its flashers on, and I'm thinking, "now what?". As I get closer I see it's my wife, and she's out there like a freaking crossing guard escorting some "speeding" turtle across the road so it doesn't get squashed by some other driver. God bless that woman.