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June 24, 2011

What does your favorite Twins player say about you (updated!)

Joe Mauer- You were born and raised in Minnesota. You are generally a good person. Listening to Twins game up at the cabin is heaven on earth. You want to win the right way in whatever sport it is. No steroids, no scandals and no punks. You drink Grain Belt.

Justin Morneau- You can never take the number 1 option, you always have to be slightly different but still main stream. You are on the other side of every argument. You think that Simon gave Garfunkel the shaft. You drink Labatts Blue.

Blackburn/ Baker/ Liriano- You like to be ahead of trends and you let people know what is going to be the next big thing. The problem is that you invested money in one of these jersey's and you are not willing to let that money go to waste, so you are just hanging on waiting for one of them to become a #1 starter. This is the same problem with your stock portfolio filled with internet stocks. You drink higher end local brews where ever you are: Fat Tire, James Page, Sweet Water 420...

Nishioka- You are Asian or Indian. You work at 3M or Honeywell. In your study is a trophy cabinet as well as a ribbons of shame monument. You drink Sapporo.

Valencia- You are more decisive than the Baker/Liriano/Blackburn crowd. You were part of that group but moved on. You are a high energy person. Your stock portfolio turns over regularly. Peroni is your favorite beer, replacing Stella Artois which replaced something else fancy.

Cuddyer- You see the good in everyone. You go to church on Sundays. You remember the times he carried this team instead of all the times he let you down. If Gopher football won 7 games, 6 against really crappy teams with 1 quality win, that would be good enough for you. You are a buy and hold investor. You drink Coors Light.

Span- You were a Tori Hunter fan and did not skip a beat moving to Span. You are an action junkie. You once jumped off a cliff and got hurt but it was so worth it. You drink red bull and vodka.

Young- You just want to win. You were a late bloomer yourself so you are willing to let go some youthful mistakes. You don't need the flash in the field just results at the plate. At work you are a bottom line guy, it does not matter how it gets done just as long as it gets done. You are a little too rough for everyone to like you but you are alright with that. You drink Budweiser.

Casillia- You are a douchebag and in general your opinion does not count. You drink Mikes Hard Lemonade. Not that there is anything that wrong with Mike's. It is good on a hot day don't get me wrong. But can you really drink more than 2 of these things without starting to feel like you want a beer?

Kubel- Above all else you like dingers. You like outliers and will argue those points like they are the norm. Back in your day if you went 3-4 with a couple of runs scored but the team lost, so be it, you did well. You like bars with very large beer selections and you go for micro brews.

Matt Capps- He nailed your wife in highschool and now much to her chagrin you brag about it anytime you get a couple of beers in you. You drink keg beer and lots of it.

Joe Nathan- You never think the good times are going to end. You make a lot but spend just as much. You are way under water on your house wondering what you are going to do next while driving your leased Mercedes to work. You have no stock portfolio. You drink expensive wine.

Carl Pavano- You are really a Yankee hater and picked up on Pavano when he was stealing their money while on the DL. You are not from Minnesota and the Twins are your second favorite team behind the team from wherever it is you are originally from. You drink Sam Adams.

Jose Mijares (courtesy of Jan)- You are an imposter of a person. People confuse you with someone else from a bygone era but you will never measure up to fill anyone's shoes (or fedora, as the case may be.) You are also slovenly and somewhat slow and infuriatingly inconsistent. People want to like you but when they peel back the layer of your "personality onion" they find there was just the one layer - dim. Your portfolio is the $50 bond your grandma gave you for your golden birthday when you turned 10. You face a long, uphill climb. You drink Tecate.

Duensing- You are DTK. You live in Jan's basement where there may or may not be someone chained to a radiator. You drink piss warm beer.

Glenn Perkins- You used to be the man. From 16-21 you were tagging chicks left and right. Now, not so much. You are bitter. People tell you you could be the man again if you lost your crappy attitude. You hate those people. You drink Pabst Blue Ribbon, most likely alone.

Thome- There is no way you are a Twins fan. He is just too much of a hired gun. It is okay to like him him but he can not be your favorite. You drink Old Style.

Anyone else- They are your relative. You drink Miller Lite.

6 Comments:

Blogger Jan said...

RTS - That is fucking great. Genius in fact.

I'm kinda angry with Joe right now so I fancied myself a DYoung fan and you nailed it. I would only add:

"You're not a risk-taker by nature so when you finally make a deal, you go all in. You are just as bad at making Fantasy Football trades, holding out hope you've hit the proverbial "home run" when you traded for Mike Alstott because "he scores a lot of touchdowns."

June 24, 2011 at 10:27 AM

 
Blogger MCA said...

Awesome stuff, rts. Well done.

I immediately scanned down to read the Kubel part, since everyone here thinks of me as his biggest fan or whatever. And damned if you didn't nail me on a couple of the descriptions there. I am appropriately shamed.

June 24, 2011 at 12:31 PM

 
Blogger BG said...

RTS - sorry to be so late to the party. Can I nominate this for a Mil Lacky (FTLOSBW blog award akin to a Dundy or an Oscar)? Could be the best post of 2011.

I am a blend between a Mauer, DYoung and Cuddy fan (the horror).

I think Glen Perkins and Kubel were the best descriptions. Laughing out loud over here.

July 1, 2011 at 9:11 PM

 
Blogger BG said...

BTW - I read both Morneau and Valencia and immediately thought of friend-of-blog P Wasser. Contrarian!

July 1, 2011 at 9:15 PM

 
Blogger RedTigerShark said...

Thank you all. My favorite is Nathan. Let's face it MCA was right when he called for trading him. I am a spiteful person at times and that bio sticks it to a group of people that I loathe. We all have some Mauer love and description is us otherwise we would not be on here, right? Outside of Joe, I am in the Valencia camp while still pulling for Blackburn and Baker.

July 5, 2011 at 9:47 AM

 
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