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Post by brandonwarne52 on Feb 15, 2017 23:38:11 GMT -6
Twins fans check in here. How long have you been a fan? Biggest thrill? Fill us in!
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Post by antlers on Feb 16, 2017 0:09:54 GMT -6
I've been a Twins fan my entire life. I was too young to enjoy either of the world series championships, and it's been pretty disappointing ever since but I still try to stay optimistic. Baseball can be very unpredictable so just because one team looks good or bad at the beginning of the season doesn't mean too much. Anything can happen and it often does.
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Post by rckvm on Feb 16, 2017 9:25:07 GMT -6
Been a fan all my life. Biggest thrill was probably the bomb Mauer hit in his first at bat of the 09 season. Landed just below us, it was my oldest kid's first ballgame. I remember 87 vaguely & 91 pretty well, but I was just a kid and got excited about everything!
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Post by danlong1298 on Feb 17, 2017 17:12:02 GMT -6
Been a fan my entire life, but being born in June 1991, I missed out on really experiencing the World Series.
My favorite Twins experience is still being at game 163 against Detroit. I am hoping that gets topped someday soon, because as fun as it was, it didn't really amount to anything.
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Post by KevinETN on Feb 17, 2017 19:58:22 GMT -6
I have been a Twins fan as long as I can remember. I'm 30 now. I vaguely remember watching 1991 World Series in my family's living room. I really just remember the vivid green Metrodome turf (old tube TVs were obnoxious with their green) and my mom going crazy.
Biggest thrills:
I remember after Twins games at the Dome hanging out by the players parking lot. LaTroy Hawkins would always walk out, roll his Lincoln Navigator around, pop open the back hatch and stand and hang out and blast tunes for a good hour talking to fans. That was always fun. I got so many autographs back there.
I remember game 162 (the one before '09 163) and my ears bleeding at the Dome. Could only imagine what a game 7 sounded like.
Another thrill was walking into Target Field for the first time and welling up with tears of joy and excitement.
I remember hanging out with Joe Mauer at Target Field for a good 30 minutes after a game. Nice guy
I also won a chance to have a HR derby against TC before a game, but it was rain delayed. I got a Brian Dozier autographed ball instead.
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Post by sotafan27 on Feb 17, 2017 22:30:35 GMT -6
Born in 1993, I feel in love with Twins baseball in 2001. This may be nostalgia, but I'm not sure anything will top seeing a Justin Morneau bases-clearing double at the Dome. That is, until I get to see a World Series.
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Post by bfast on Feb 18, 2017 23:01:22 GMT -6
Fan since whenever I became mentally aware (95ish?). Oddly enough, my fondest Twins memories are going to an empty Metrodome during the lousy years of the 90s. I miss that place. Target Field is a bit more of an event/place to be seen now so it's a little different. I was also a huge fan of John Gordon. I think he was an excellent radio broadcaster (good memories with Herb, but I think John would have gone down as a bigger legend if his career was as long).
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Post by plouffefan on Feb 21, 2017 15:51:40 GMT -6
I go back to late 1981 and Kent Hrbek's first game at Yankee Stadium. Watching on TV I was hooked.
Memorable moments in person:
Winfield's 3000th hit
Doubleheader vs Marlins on my birthday
Puckett robbing Beau Allred of the Indians of a HR the same game Joe Carter hit 3 HR
After waiting years since the Winfield game to see a walkoff hit in person, getting to see Dozier hit 2 walkoff HR's in a week
That first Dozier walkoff capping a 7 run 9th inning
Thome's monster shot to CF 2 innings after I was standing in the concourse where it landed
Jacque Jones' return and standing ovation at TF in the 2nd exibition game vs Cardinals
Lohse starting a 1-2-3 double play one inning after Twingo winners were finished as it was what I needed to win
Clinching the division in 2010
Touring TF before it opened and feeling like I was in a cathedral
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Post by sotafan27 on Feb 21, 2017 23:02:15 GMT -6
I go back to late 1981 and Kent Hrbek's first game at Yankee Stadium. Watching on TV I was hooked. Memorable moments in person: Winfield's 3000th hit Doubleheader vs Marlins on my birthday Puckett robbing Beau Allred of the Indians of a HR the same game Joe Carter hit 3 HR After waiting years since the Winfield game to see a walkoff hit in person, getting to see Dozier hit 2 walkoff HR's in a week That first Dozier walkoff capping a 7 run 9th inning Thome's monster shot to CF 2 innings after I was standing in the concourse where it landed Jacque Jones' return and standing ovation at TF in the 2nd exibition game vs Cardinals Lohse starting a 1-2-3 double play one inning after Twingo winners were finished as it was what I needed to win Clinching the division in 2010 Touring TF before it opened and feeling like I was in a cathedral My favorite thing of all these was you being at, and staying through the end, of Dozier's home run to complete the comeback. I was at a bar with friends that night, and I sat watching the sportscenter replay like 3 times while sitting on a pool table. I couldn't get over that game for way too long. |
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Post by plouffefan on Feb 22, 2017 16:37:54 GMT -6
That game is proof anything can happen.
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