:( The A's lost.... :(

customs_official · Post by **customs_official** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:55 am

So much for the 11 - 0 World Series run.

11 - 1 isn't too bad, I guess.

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kmboll · Post by **kmboll** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:44 pm

serves 'em right for beating the Twins!

(although I get more sleep this way)

Ravvy · Post by **Ravvy** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:12 pm

kmboll wrote:serves 'em right for beating the Twins!

I'll second that one!

If Liriano & Radke could have stayed healthy, ...

Many reasons to look forward to next year, Twins fans!

kmboll · Post by **kmboll** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:16 pm

As long as they can afford all the young talent that showed this year. I couldn't believe they picked up Hunter's option. Tough to let him go, but $12M is probably more than he's worth. But, once the new stadium opens they'll do much better financially.

Ravvy · Post by **Ravvy** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:50 pm

Yeah, Hunter could possibly become trade bait also depending upon how things go next year. I expect Nevin, Shannon Stewart, Silva, and Rondell White to all be gone, which is 22.5 million right there to work with. Plus Radke is retiring of course, which was also a good chunk of change.

Ravvy · Post by **Ravvy** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:57 pm

I just looked up Radke's salary and it was 9 million. So if all those guys go (from my previous message), it frees up 31.5 million of existing salary dollars.

What makes you a Twins fan, Kmboll?

ScubaGirl · Post by **ScubaGirl** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:52 am

A's were my fav team when I was a kid, back when they had the ultimate dream team (Canseco, McGwire, Henderson, etc...). Who knew they were on the juice! I used to go to all their games against the sox (white, that is) wearing full A's garb

Which reminds me, I have most of that teams rookie cards back at my mom's place in chicago along with an autographed softball (the one I used on my girls league) by McGwire. Wonder if they'd be worth anything?

kmboll · Post by **kmboll** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:56 pm

sorry to tell you....they're pretty much worth nothing. I collected cards back in that time too. Too many companies flooded the market and made everything worth crap. Maybe if you have something in mint condition in 50 years then it might be something. Unless it is Canseco or McGwire.......they're hated by pretty much everyone now after the 'roids. Public opinion doesn't even consider McGwire or Bonds's home run records valid anymore. This year when Ryan Howard and David Ortiz were on pace to challenge 61 hrs, there were a bunch of articles about the "real" home run record chase referring to the non-juiced players.

kmboll · Post by **kmboll** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:57 pm

Ravvy wrote:What makes you a Twins fan, Kmboll?

Born and raised in the twin cities.

Where in the range are you from?

Ravvy · Post by **Ravvy** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:28 am

kmboll wrote:Where in the range are you from?

Grew up on the shores of Birch Lake, just outside that huge metropolis of Babbitt (15 miles south of Ely). The Finns from Embarrass all came to our high school. I remember we considered Duluth a big city, and Minneapolis was "way down south" where it was so hot that people needed air conditioning in the summertime!

Over this past weekend I attended my 30th college class reunion at Gustavus Adolphus College down in St. Peter.

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