Friday, December 3, 2021

Bob Casey's Dream Team

 

Bob Casey was the Twins Public Address Announcer for 55 years, from the beginnings of the franchise in 1961 until his death in 2005. If you are a longtime Twins fan you probably have Casey's "Now batting, #34 Kirrrrrby Puckett" well etched in your memory. 


In honor of Bob and to combat the baseball winter lockout doldrums I offer you a Twins all-star team,  a "greatest name" lineup that would tickle Bob Casey’s tonsils.  This is my take on the most announcer pleasing names in Twins history. Note: nothing official here, just my musings. 





Imagine Bob Casey’s “Now batting ..” call in your head as you read these names.

First Team 


C     A.J. Pierzynski 

1st   Doug Mientkiewicz

2nd  Tim Teufel

SS   Zoilo Versalles

3rd  Trevor Plouffe

LF   Bombo Rivera

CF   Kirby Puckett

RF   Michael Cuddyer

SP   Camilo Pascual

RP   Eddie Guardado


Second Team


C     Butch Wynegar

1st   Harmon Killebrew

2nd  Steve Lombardozzi

SS   Christian Guzman

3rd  Mike Pagliarulo

LF   Cesar Tovar

CF   Torii Hunter

RF   Tony Oliva

SP   Mudcat Grant

RP   Rick Aguilara


Honorable Mention
Mike Cubbage, Tom Brunansky, Sal Butera, Dan Gladden, Kent Hrbek, Gary Gaetti, Bert Blyleven

Can you come up with a better lineup?



                        

 Bonus question. Did Tim Teufel ever face Jim Gott?  If so, what was the outcome?


Copyright ©  2021  Dave Hoplin 

1 comment:

  1. Not a baseball fan, so I'm doing well if I can recognize about half of these names. And that's even given my self full credit for Mudcat Grant and Bombo Rivera - who could ever forget names like that.

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