Who Am I? (All-Star Edition)
by Jesse on Jul 14, 2009 2:45 PM EDT
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You guessed it, this time around we focus on Twins who made the mid-summer classic.
Who Am I?
- I made the mid-summer classic just once.
- Former Twin Rod Carew made the squad with me, playing my position.
- In my only plate apperance, I flew out to shallow center field.
- The guy who started at my position during the game was a slugger from Milwaukee.
Who Am I?
- I made three All-Star teams, all consecutively.
- Four pitchers, excluding myself, appeared in the game that would play for the Twins at some point in their careers. One of them was a current teammate, two were former Twins, and one would be a Twin in the near future.
- I pitched 1.1 innings in my first Classic, striking out Eddie Murray, Paul O'Neill and Howard Johnson.
Who Am I?
- I made 18 consecutive All-Star appearances, 12 with the Twins.
Who Am I?
- I made two All-Star teams, back-to-back, but just the first was with the Twins.
- In my lone plate appearance in the game I appeared in representing the Twins, I flew out to shallow right field.
- I came in 12th in MVP voting that season.
Who Am I?
- The year I went, I was the team's representative. I wasn't actually chosen to play.
- I led off the top of the eighth inning, and struck out looking.
- I led the Twins with 16 home runs that season.
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Guesses
Total off the cuff guess coming here:
Two: Reardon?
Four: Coomer?
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
After checking baseball-reference
It looks like Coomer was the right guess but Reardon was not. My second guess was Aguilera which appears to be correct.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Coomer guess was for 5, not 4
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Oh
Oh, and I would guess Carew on number 3, but I’ll have to double check that one too.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
And
And I sorta guess at Brunanski for the first one, but I’m not sure if it’s right, even after looking.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
No, not Brunanski
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
I thought so too.
I was trying to find a famous Twin who made just one appearance. He was my first look.
Guesses without going to baseball reference
1) Hrbek
2) Aguilera
3) Carew
4) Shannon Stewart
5) Coomer
Cheated to find #4
He played excellently the year after he left us, but got hurt the following spring and never played much again.
More questions... theme is Twins Trades involving All-Stars
Player A: Blocked by Killebrew on the depth chart, Twins traded him away. Became a six time All-Star with just short of 400 career homers
Player B: All-star before being a Twin, two-time all-star after the Twins. He was the guy we traded “Player A” for, but he spent most of his time with the Twins hurt.
Player C: Drafted by the Twins, we traded him away when he was still in the minors. Was a leading NL reliever in the 80s — two time AS and won a WS ring for the team he broke into the majors with. After age 30 he became a LOOGY and hung around forever playing for eight more teams including his final eight appearances with the Twins
Player D: The player we traded “Player C” for. All-star in his first two full seasons including a WS championship. Never made the AS team after he was traded to the Twins but he did pitch well for us… winning 20 and 16 for us in his two full seasons with us.
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C-Jesse Orosco
D. Jerry Koosman
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by DedicatedFollowerOfFashion on Jul 14, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I keep cheating, because I have NO idea about these...
…but I haven’t found anyone in the minors behind Killer yet. Might not be looking in the right place…
yeah
I have no idea about the first two.
I knew the last two because I had a lot of Jesse Orosco baseball cards growing up :lol:
by DedicatedFollowerOfFashion on Jul 14, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Had some Twins time....
Player A played parts of three seasons with the Twins before being traded and becoming a full time player immediately after the trade.
The trade was with the Indians… though Player A would become much more famous with another AL team a few years later…
Conversely, Player B does have an ERA title with the Indians, but he is much more known for the AL team he played with after he left the Twins.
More clues A & B
I think I’ve given enough away on A. I could add that after he was traded, his brother came up and played as a 4th/5th OF-er for the Twins for parts of three seasons.
Player B was only a Twin for one season. He won five of his first six starts and was 6-0 when he on the DL at the end of May. (A 19-year old kid named Bert Blyleven ended up taking is spot in the rotation making his debut on June 5th). Player B sat out for a couple of months… was 1-2 3.67 ERA in August and then couldn’t stay healthy in Sept. The Twins cut Player B the following spring. He signed with an NL league team but was cut after a month without making an appearance. He then signed with an AL team and after a year rebuilding his arm went on to win 96 games the in a five year span including three 20-win seasons.
That trade hurt a lot
Because we ended up with neither in the end. Not a bad trade from a perspective before it was made or in the long run but the Twins managed to get the worst of it.
Player 4
I don’t see an answer yet to player 4 so I’ll take a shot. Larry Hisle?
by East Coast Twin on Jul 15, 2009 5:56 AM EDT reply actions
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