Comments on: T.G.I.F. http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=t-g-i-f "Like butterflies with hiccups" Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: lisatwink http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4090 lisatwink Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:21:47 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4090 Delmon as underwear model, eh? No complaints here…

]]> By: Kirsten http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4077 Kirsten Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:44:16 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4077 Not gonna lie, my eyes might explode if I saw Delmon Young wearing very few clothes, but to each their own.

Some of us have favorites that other people are not as enamored of, and like I told my dude friends, I don’t care what you think about it, I WILL be upset if my boy gets traded. Unless he gets traded to a place I plan on working this summer.

Apparently I have my own level of grouchy to contend with just now. Must be the surgery.

]]> By: Jim Crikket http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4063 Jim Crikket Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:53:16 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4063 Bert Blyleven credits Perry and Jim Kaat as being his mentors when he was called up to the Twins as a teenager, but I’m not sure either of them taught Bert the “hotfoot”. My recollection of Perry back then is simply that he was perceived to be one of the nicest guys you’d want to meet. He had a reputation as being very fan-friendly. I know I was always happy to find out he was pitching for the Twins if I was attending a game in person. I knew the Twins had a good chance to win.

He was a pretty good hitting pitcher. In fact, how many pitchers can you name who were switch-hitters like Perry was? In fact, in 1968, Perry doubled up the number of home runs that his HoF team mate, Rod Carew hit that season. Carew managed only 1 while Perry hit 2.

There’s a pretty good argument to be made that, without Perry, the Twins would have struggled to win the AL pennant in 1965. He wasn’t used much out of the pen the first half of the season and, from some sources I’ve read, he came close to being traded or released before the season started. But by July, Camilo Pascual was hurting and manager Sam Mele needed someone to start the first game of a double header. Perry got the call and pitched a 7-hit shut out.

Of course, his best Twins years came after that pennant season, including his Cy Young Award season in 1970. I wouldn’t swear to it, but I seem to recall that Jim is one-half of the only brother combination to both win Cy Young awards in MLB history… his younger brother is famous spitballer, Gaylord Perry.

]]> By: James http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4061 James Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:53:38 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4061 does anyone have any Jim Perry stories? He was out of the league before my parents met each other LOL. Was he a jokster? a ‘pro’s pro’? etc… I just know him because he is on a lot of Top 10 lists in Twins history

]]> By: jamar1700 http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4056 jamar1700 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:49:17 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4056 to each their own…

I’m not grumpy. Just sayin’ :)

]]> By: Jim Crikket http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4054 Jim Crikket Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:23:14 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4054 Oh my… I dunno, jamar… but I just prefer not to imagine Delmon in a thong and bra on the pages of Victoria’s Secret’s spring catalog.

]]> By: jamar1700 http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4052 jamar1700 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:53:02 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4052 Well I don’t know about anyone else but the interview with Dimitri Young saying Delmon is looking like an underwear model perked my spirits right up. :)

]]> By: lisatwink http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4037 lisatwink Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:28:23 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4037 I can commiserate, JC. I’ve had one of those “*that* kind of a week” weeks myself. Thank Gwynn that the first and most important sign of spring is just weeks away!

]]> By: CapitalBabs http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4035 CapitalBabs Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:10:16 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4035 ok, I can’t help but giggle at that picture and yeah, I’m really looking forward to the weekend – just about done with the necessary stuff for today and about ready to go play. Hope your weekend improves your mood!

And for the record, you had posted like 5-6 times in a row before your blog vacation so I don’t think anyone – including you – should/will fault you the break. I’m looking forward to the return of the season so that I get my baseball muscles back in shape…

]]> By: Jim Crikket http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/01/28/t-g-i-f/#comment-4034 Jim Crikket Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:02:23 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=5329#comment-4034 Gotta admit… when I found that picture, I smiled. Hasn’t happened much this week. I think my face may have cracked.

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