Whenever we throw a veteran on the squad they either bomb (usually) or they succeeed and then they’re out of here. He did neither. Buy the jersey. He’s my hero.

Sounds like you admire Red Dawg as a guy who plays hard, knows his limitations, and tries to rise above them when given the chance without whining about, say, not being called up when he still can’t find the strike zone with both hands and a pair of binoculars.

To answer your question, I have a Radke jersey and love it =)

Big minus – he’s in the last year of his contract. There’s a good chance that your jersey is “obsolete” after this year. I personally wouldn’t care – I often break out my Mitch Berger jersey when watching Vikings games – but that bugs some people a lot more than me.

Otherwise, though, it’s a great idea, one of those jerseys that will give you instant street cred among the Twins faithful – it’s almost as awesome as a LeCroy jersey.

Went the retired route, no chance of a repeat of either my Randy Moss or Daunte Culpepper Vikings jersey issues. At least the Vikings have a “Peterson” now…

I like the idea of a Redmond jersey. IMO, he probably won’t be a Twin in 2010. The question is whether he’ll end up playing for Chicago, etc at that point.

I’m getting psyched at the idea of making the purchase now.

since he might be gone soon, get the number and omit the name. Also, pray that the next guy that picks up the number is not a douche. Currently I am trying to decide between a Gomez jersey and a Cleveland Indians Roger Dorn jersey.

I don’t think Redmond is a good idea unless you are prepared to replace the name and numbers and/or buy a new jersey in like a year or two. Unless you’re fine having an EX-backup catcher on your jersey.

I’m of the opinion that if you don’t want one of the current big name players on your back (too “well known,” afraid they’ll leave and want it to be timeless, etc) you go with a great player from team history YOU SAW PLAY. For me, that means Radke alone right now, hopefully someday Mauer. If you saw the WS wins, you could go with a somewhat less known player like Larkin or Pagurillo (sp?) or something.

As our AAA hitting coach….