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Interesting side note: Walking through the Minneapolis Airport just now....in the middle of baseball season, Twinkies are red hot and not a SINGLE Mauer jersey or even so much as a Twins hat to be seen....saw people reppin' the Dodgers, Yankees, Sox, Cubs, Cardinals.....also USC, Air Force Academy, Griz, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Packers.

Just seemed odd to me.

Just took another walkabout....2 more Packers fans, Wisconsin Badgers, Texas Longhorns, another Notre Dame, a Seahawks fan, UVa....still not a Twinkies fan in sight.

Twins game on FS1 today showed at least 2 or 3 Mauer jerseys in every crowd shot.

Bad news for the Joe sucks now crowd as well


Since the last 3 weeks Joe is hitting .379/.422/.517 with something like 5 HR 12 doubles

clenz wrote:Bad news for the Joe sucks now crowd as well


Since the last 3 weeks Joe is hitting .379/.422/.517 with something like 5 HR 12 doubles

Hell, that's almost a season's worth of performance for him. Time for a back injury, ain't it?

AZGrizFan wrote:Interesting side note: Walking through the Minneapolis Airport just now....in the middle of baseball season, Twinkies are red hot and not a SINGLE Mauer jersey or even so much as a Twins hat to be seen....saw people reppin' the Dodgers, Yankees, Sox, Cubs, Cardinals.....also USC, Air Force Academy, Griz, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Packers.

Just seemed odd to me.

Just took another walkabout....2 more Packers fans, Wisconsin Badgers, Texas Longhorns, another Notre Dame, a Seahawks fan, UVa....still not a Twinkies fan in sight.

Twins were playing at the time you were at the airport. Anyone with a Mauer jersey was at the game or watching on TV, not driving to the airport just to flaunt their jersey in front of you.

Gil Dobie wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:Interesting side note: Walking through the Minneapolis Airport just now....in the middle of baseball season, Twinkies are red hot and not a SINGLE Mauer jersey or even so much as a Twins hat to be seen....saw people reppin' the Dodgers, Yankees, Sox, Cubs, Cardinals.....also USC, Air Force Academy, Griz, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Packers.

Just seemed odd to me.

Just took another walkabout....2 more Packers fans, Wisconsin Badgers, Texas Longhorns, another Notre Dame, a Seahawks fan, UVa....still not a Twinkies fan in sight.

Twins were playing at the time you were at the airport. Anyone with a Mauer jersey was at the game or watching on TV, not driving to the airport just to flaunt their jersey in front of you.

Sure thing.

For the month of July
.350 BA
.400 OB%
2 2B
2 HR
3 RBI
3 BB
8 RS

Going back to the last 3 weeks
.330 BA
.360 OB%
3 2B
3 HR
6 RBI
7 BB

The last month is .300 with a .370 OB%

He started poorly but seems to be getting back into it.

OK, I'l ask the question that no one else will..

Why the fuck is Z so gawdamn obsessed with JM? Did JM deny him a reacharound in a public bathroom or something?

It's really creepy. I'm beginning to think that JM really did personally wrong Z. I really am.

bandl wrote:OK, I'l ask the question that no one else will..

Why the fuck is Z so gawdamn obsessed with JM? Did JM deny him a reacharound in a public bathroom or something?

It's really creepy. I'm beginning to think that JM really did personally wrong Z. I really am.

More to get/stay under DJH's and Clenzy's skin....they're a tad bit sensitive when you criticize their golden boy.

AZGrizFan wrote:

bandl wrote:OK, I'l ask the question that no one else will..

Why the fuck is Z so gawdamn obsessed with JM? Did JM deny him a reacharound in a public bathroom or something?

It's really creepy. I'm beginning to think that JM really did personally wrong Z. I really am.

More to get/stay under DJH's and Clenzy's skin....they're a tad bit sensitive when you criticize their golden boy.

OK, I can get behind that (no fucking homo). It's kinda fun doing that to cleanse (again, no homo).

WAR = .1
Salary = $23,000,000

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Yeah...

Joe Mauer is the best .269 hitter in baseball.

Mauer's replacement at DH/1B, Miguel Sano is starting off pretty good. First 50 games he has 14 HR's, 41 RBI, and hitting .295. Sano is 22, 6'4" and 260 lbs.

Gil Dobie wrote:Joe Mauer is the best .269 hitter in baseball.

Hey now, they don't keep him around and pay him $23 million for his prowess ON the field...dude sells jerseys, man!

Joe just set a Twins record of 43 consecutive games in which he reached first base.

Gil Dobie wrote:Joe just set a Twins record of 43 consecutive games in which he reached first base.

Amazing, in a year in which despite career HIGH's in PA's and AB's, he's got career lows in BA, OBP, and OPS.

Worth every penny, I'm sure.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Gil Dobie wrote:Joe just set a Twins record of 43 consecutive games in which he reached first base.

Amazing, in a year in which despite career HIGH's in PA's and AB's, he's got career lows in BA, OBP, and OPS.

Worth every penny, I'm sure.

Played more games than any year in his life too. The thing is, Mauer was underpaid when he was winning 3 batting titles, and now he's over-paid while learning a new position.

Logging on again simply to claim victory on a decade old argument, as we are now just mere weeks away from Joe Mauer being named a 1st Ballot Hall of Famer, as I said would happen.

Thank you, and good night.

Eh, Scott Rolen got into the HOF - the doors are wide open now. Nothing against Mauer, I think he was a fine player.

AZGrizFan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:31 pm

Gil Dobie wrote:Joe just set a Twins record of 43 consecutive games in which he reached first base.

Amazing, in a year in which despite career HIGH's in PA's and AB's, he's got career lows in BA, OBP, and OPS.

Worth every penny, I'm sure.

Even with a severe concussion he was a better hitter than 95% of the league.

GannonFan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:09 pm Eh, Scott Rolen got into the HOF - the doors are wide open now. Nothing against Mauer, I think he was a fine player.

Rolen was elected on his 6th ballot, Mauer might be a first ballot Hall of Famer.

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:56 pm

GannonFan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:09 pm Eh, Scott Rolen got into the HOF - the doors are wide open now. Nothing against Mauer, I think he was a fine player.

Rolen was elected on his 6th ballot, Mauer might be a first ballot Hall of Famer.

Rolen shouldn't have been elected on his 60th ballot. There's a dearth of great candidates right now.

DJH wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:57 pm Logging on again simply to claim victory on a decade old argument, as we are now just mere weeks away from Joe Mauer being named a 1st Ballot Hall of Famer, as I said would happen.

Thank you, and good night.

You have to come back if he makes it.

GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:53 am

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:56 pm

Rolen was elected on his 6th ballot, Mauer might be a first ballot Hall of Famer.

Rolen shouldn't have been elected on his 60th ballot. There's a dearth of great candidates right now.

There's at least 20 players in Cooperstown worse than Torri Hunter and Hunter is trending off the ballot. Several of these players have been in the Hall 30+ years.

Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 5:57 am

GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:53 am

Rolen shouldn't have been elected on his 60th ballot. There's a dearth of great candidates right now.

There's at least 20 players in Cooperstown worse than Torri Hunter and Hunter is trending off the ballot. Several of these players have been in the Hall 30+ years.

At least 20?

Let’s hear 5 of em