Twins Analogies Thread
Complete the following analogy with your own take.
To me, the Twins are:
the Velveteen Rabbit. All tattered and shabby and torn and frayed. But, because we love them, THEY'RE REAL. And that's all that matters. Their eyeballs can be dangling off their faces, and they can be sent off to be burned behind the barn for the scarlet fever carried in their furry mustaches. But it won't matter. They'll live forever, dancing in a field of poppies on the edge of the (Great North) woods, under the moonlight.
Is it too early to get a Thome jersey? I'm not sure how this is different than Brett Favre joining the Vikes, except for the polar opposite public personae, but good lord, it's been 80% of one season and I'm already mancrushing on the guy. I want him back with this team next year to hit his 600th tater in a Twins uni. I know there are arguments against his pending Hall of Fame candidacy, but he's becoming more and more of a no-brainer every week to me. Especially poignant was the other night when he caught, and then passed Mark McSurly on the career homerun list with a completely pure, 40-year-old, 450 foot bomb to the upper deck in left center at Target. He's like 6th on the all-time no steroid taint homerun list now.
$1.5 million!!!!!
6 Comments:
That would be right center. Duh.
September 6, 2010 at 10:05 PM
I might say it might be too late to get a Thome jersey. Like you might have missed getting a jersey by 6 years. I think 30 is pretty much the end of the age range that a grown man should be buying and wearing jerseys. But what do I know? I hate flip flops and live in freebie golf shirts.
I completely understand the love for Thome. He has 20 dongs while playing sporadically. I would be happy if he had played every game and had 20 dongs. If the Twins had signed Frank Thomas, that would be closer to a Favre scenario.
The Twins are a high school friend to me. We were real close growing up but drifted apart while I was in college, partly because they were striking and sucking and I was too wrapped up in my own warped world. We saw each other a couple of times at Comiskey durning my Chicago years, nothing real meaningful though. Once I moved back to Minneapolis it was back on like we had never missed a beat.
September 7, 2010 at 8:56 AM
This isn't all that creative, but I see the Twins as our own Rocky Balboa. We don't have all the flash, glamour - and in some cases, the talent - as our competitors, but we fight hard, take some hits and ultimately emerge victorious because of our heart. Throw in Rocky's stubbornness (Gardy), and you've got a pretty good analogy.
BTW, the White Sox are on a 7-game winning streak and, I believe, only gained 1 game on us in the standings. That is phenomenal, and we have to feel very fortunate, given the health concerns MCA elaborated on last week. This race is by no means over, so we need to keep it up...I just think it has to be a little demoralizing for Chicago to go on a tear like this and NOT gain on us.
September 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM
I can tell you it's bugging the holy shit out of Sox fans, that's for sure. All they can do is grouse about Texas rolling over and playing dead, while not paying any attention to the fact the Red Sox just did the same damn thing for them, only at home. I don't know why, but I listened to some sports talk radio here last night (actually, I do know why, and it was provided in spades) and all they could talk about was "3 games in the loss column...still have 3 head-to-head...ergo, Sox control their own destiny."
One moron called in to talk about how terrible Tampa is and the Sox should be gunning for the Wild Card (never mind that the Rays are 6 up on Chicago and finish with Baltimore, Oakland and Cleveland or somesuch). Another called in and all he could do was complain about how lucky the Twins are, and that they need to keep this entire Sox team together for next year. Be my guest, ace. A.J., Konerko, Jones, Vizquel, Ramirez, Buehrle - these guys 'aint gettin' any younger, son.
September 7, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Not sure I have an analogy for the Twins, RTS was pretty spot on with the 'high school friend' one.
MCA - question, is ther really any argument against Thome not getting in the HOF? I can't imagine he wouldn't be a first ballot guy.
Love to hear the Sox get busted up about the recent streak. Good that it is killing them. DTK and I are on a road trip in the greater New Jersey area and got to listen to tonight's game on his fancy-satellite-radio-machine, nothing like a 6 run third inning to make your trip up the New Jersey turnpike into a blissful adventure (who ever said that before?)
September 7, 2010 at 10:08 PM
Yes, there is a case against him. Based on the fact he's been a DH the latter 1/2 of his career, and that he wasn't ever "dominant" enough. I'm not a big fan of the wishy-washy subjective "dominant" criterion, as it's too touchy-feely to me. And I especially hate that it's often driven by bullshit like MVP and Cy Young voting and All-Star appearances, which are horrible indicators of overall quality of a player. This is what's keeping Bert out of the Hall, too. But, Thome played a long time in Cleveland, and even when they were good they got no attention and what attention they did get went to Albert Belle and Robbie Alomar and Manny and not Thome. And it is true that he never had that 3-year burst of brilliance where he was clearly one of the best 3-4 hitters in the game and compiled ridiculous statistics. He was always overshadowed by Thomas and ARod and Griffey and whoever else.
But, top ten all-time in walks and to eight in homeruns can't be denied. His career OPS+ is right there, and better than a lot of current members, so adjusting for the ludicrous offensive numbers of his era, he still stacks up pretty well. He's basically Harmon Killebrew 35 years later. I don't think he's a first balloter because of the subjective stuff noted above, but I think he'll get in within 3-4 years of being on the ballot. The writers love him and they want to reward someone from the steroid era who they see as unimpeachably clean.
September 8, 2010 at 10:51 AM
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