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Sunday Morning Comic Relief
This is a Big Day!
Do you know why Election Days are on such a weird time as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November?
Yeah, because it used to be a LOT harder to vote! People sometimes needed to travel overnight to get to their polling place. Given the culture at the time, scheduling a vote on Tuesday did not conflict with Sunday days of worship and hopefully allowed the participants to be back for Wednesday Market Days. Scheduling for November after the first Monday also provided that it was after All Saints Day, and harvesting was completed or nearly so allowing farmers to be away.
My point is this: standing in line for a few minutes is NOT a hardship. Do your part. It’s not a just a right and privilege, it’s a responsibility.
/off soapbox]
Sunday Morning Comic Relief
In honor of our recent news about Mike Redmond, I thought this would be a great choice.. (I’ve been saving it for a LOOOONG time)
It’s Officially the Baseball Off Season.
I know it seems quick but the post season is OVER. Yep, the San Francisco Giants completed the sweep of the Detroit Tigers to win the 2012 World Series.
Of course, they did take a LITTLE more than the minimum amount of possible time because it took them 10 innings – nothing like a little bonus baseball.
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| Detroit |
In addition, Pablo Sandoval has been voted the World Series MVP! Congrats Panda!
Congratulations to the Giants and we hope to have that experience again sometime soon here in Minnesota.
And as ERolf pointed out to me this morning, 106 days until Pitchers & Catchers!
Sunday Morning Comic Relief
Sunday Morning Comic Relief
this is what can happen when you don’t have a team to cheer for in the post-season…
Thank You 2012!
Sharing from the Minnesota Twins to all Twins Fans.
That’s baseball.
Sometimes you get thrown out at the plate.
Sometimes you throw it over the first baseman’s head.
Sometimes you hit a long fly ball, only to see it get caught at the warning track.
That’s baseball.
It humbles you.
But there’s something else about baseball. Something great.
And that great thing is that tomorrow is a brand-new day. With a brand-new game. With brand-new at-bats.
Strike out one day, grab a 34 oz. piece of redemption, get back in the batter’s box, and whack it out of the park the next.
That’s baseball too.
And that’s our attitude.
Yes, we made errors and struck out.
But our tomorrow begins today.
We’re working diligently to make this team better.
Striving to get back to a level to which we know we’re capable of playing.
We have a strong list of players to build around.
Players who chased batting titles, made head-turning catches, hit towering home runs and emerged from nowhere to pitch solid innings.
We have talent in our farm system.
We have a general manager with a history of winning, who is willing to make tough decisions.
And if our own past has taught us anything, it’s that you can never count out the Minnesota Twins, no matter where they finish the year before.
So as we move toward 2013, we hope you join us in dusting the dirt off our collective uniforms and running full-speed back out onto the field, ready to play ball. We hope you’ll be there with us.
Thank you for your continued support, and we’ll see you next year in Twins Territory.
Sunday Morning Comic Relief
Seemed appropriate for the ‘season’..
News To Start Off The Post Season
Sad News:
The first thing I’d like to share came out late in the night – asking for all your thoughts and prayers to be extended toward Pat Neshek & his wife, Stephanee, and their families. Their newborn son died in his sleep in his mother’s arms suddenly and with no obvious cause of death. Little Gehrig hadn’t even finished his first full day – not that that would have made it any better. Both Pat & Stephanee have expressed their grief, confusion and pain to those on Twitter. I simply can’t imagine their feelings right now. I hope that they are able to find some closure and peace in whatever form it comes as they learn more in the next few days and months. I’m simply heart-broken for them. So many of their fans and baseball colleagues have reached out to them already. I hope they are able to gain strength from those who surround them.
Happy News:
In better and more baseball-related news, an event happened today that has not occurred since 1967. We have a triple crown winner: leading in all three categories of Batting average, RBI, and Home Runs is Miguel Cabrera. It’s an immense accomplishment and something to be honored no matter who he plays for. Congratulations Miguel! If someone had to beat Mauer for the batting title, it’s almost worth it that you were able to do it with admirable flair!
BIG TWINS NEWS!
Additionally, in current Twins news, it was announced this morning that some turnover in the Twins coaching staff has already begun. Rick Stelmaszek has been let go. I have to admit that I doubt ANYONE expected them to start with the longest tenured coach in Twins history. I seriously doubt it will be the last change to take place before next spring but it really wasn’t a change that was high on my list – so they must have their own list. We’ll see what happens next!
[UPDATE] Steve Liddle has also been let go and Joe Vavra has been reassigned so the coaching shakeup has only just begun. According to LaVelle E Neal III at the Strib:
Pitching coach Rick Anderson was scheduled to meet with Ryan around noon. Bench coach Scott Ullger was to meet with Ryan at 1 p.m. and Jerry White was expected to meet with Ryan at 2 p.m.
Class AAA Rochester manager Gene Glynn and Rochester hitting coach Tom Brunansky could be in line for promotions. So could Rochester pitching coach Bobby Cuellar.
I will continue to add updates to this post as we get more information so stay tuned!
[UPDATE 2] news on a couple more members of the staff from a couple different sources: Rick Anderson will be staying AS pitching coach. Jerry White however is an additional casualty of the turnover. Head Trainer Rick McWane is also gone. According to Rhett Bolinger, Scott Ullger will oversee outfield instruction while Joe Vavra will oversee infield instruction.
It was also noted by several beat writers that Gardenhire has one year left on his contract – it may be a situation where he’s been informed or will be that it will not be renewed unless there are dramatic changes in results. I believe the same is true for every person who is still under contract with the Twins.
This is the final list of departing staff from the Twins as presented by LEN III and Phil Mackey. No word yet on who will be taking on most of the open spots for sure but as you will read, there is a lot of speculation that the AAA staff will be moving up.
ALSO: Target Field is getting another facelift – this time in the RF bleachers.