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ORIGINAL: David Levine

How did anyone not vote for Beltré?

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

Feeling real good about Joe getting in first time!

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Hows it going boys? Any Twins news?


(Seriously I hope all is well)

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

No way. Surely those that know baseball around the nation would never allow that. I was told he would never have a chance at getting in, let alone first ballot and countless national stories and peers tell tales of his greatness.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

It's time for 80% of this board to eat crow. Every metric on earth says Joe Mauer is a HOFer. And now he is an elite FIRST BALLOT HOFer. One of the Top 10 catchers of all-time. And...get this...only the THIRD catcher ever to get in on first ballot (Bench and Rodriguez are the only others). A majority of you were wrong and I'm going to point it out right now. I give you an opportunity for a mea culpa, or just keep being belligerent and sour. Whatever suits you.

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

It's so weird. We have so little really good news in the Minnesota sports world, but on a day when we have some there are still people who are driven to be buzzkillers. Maybe it's part of their pathology of living through so many disappointments.

I had the opposite reaction. BECAUSE we have so many sports-related disappointments I cherished the fact that today brought really great news (oh, and the Wild won too). I know that some people just always look for a way to turn a happy moment into a sad one, but why do they have to share that pathology out loud (or in print)? I didn't pay any attention to the names of the posters who were the buzzkillers, because I actually didn't want to know who wrote them.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

It's time for 80% of this board to eat crow. Every metric on earth says Joe Mauer is a HOFer. And now he is an elite FIRST BALLOT HOFer. One of the Top 10 catchers of all-time. And...get this...only the THIRD catcher ever to get in on first ballot (Bench and Rodriguez are the only others). A majority of you were wrong and I'm going to point it out right now. I give you an opportunity for a mea culpa, or just keep being belligerent and sour. Whatever suits you.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

It's time for 80% of this board to eat crow. Every metric on earth says Joe Mauer is a HOFer. And now he is an elite FIRST BALLOT HOFer. One of the Top 10 catchers of all-time. And...get this...only the THIRD catcher ever to get in on first ballot (Bench and Rodriguez are the only others). A majority of you were wrong and I'm going to point it out right now. I give you an opportunity for a mea culpa, or just keep being belligerent and sour. Whatever suits you.

Weird that you say that. We are the biggest fans of Mauer. Seen him play basketball and football. Baseball was probably his 2nd best sport. The disappointment isn't that he is in the Hall but what could of been. 3 elite years and 3 great years. 0 championships....people will forget about him where they won't about Kirby, Viola, Blyleven and Jack/Tapani/Erickson/Gladden because of the championships they brought. I can remember our third pitcher from 1987 and 1991 because they brought us championships....in 30 years will you remember specific games about Mauer?

Do you think he maximized his potential like Kirby?

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Hows it going boys? Any Twins news?


(Seriously I hope all is well)

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ORIGINAL: Pete M.

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Hows it going boys? Any Twins news?


(Seriously I hope all is well)

I hear a certain St. Paul native son made the Hall of Fame on the first ballot?

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

It's time for 80% of this board to eat crow. Every metric on earth says Joe Mauer is a HOFer. And now he is an elite FIRST BALLOT HOFer. One of the Top 10 catchers of all-time. And...get this...only the THIRD catcher ever to get in on first ballot (Bench and Rodriguez are the only others). A majority of you were wrong and I'm going to point it out right now. I give you an opportunity for a mea culpa, or just keep being belligerent and sour. Whatever suits you.

I'm with you 100%.

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

It's so weird. We have so little really good news in the Minnesota sports world, but on a day when we have some there are still people who are driven to be buzzkillers. Maybe it's part of their pathology of living through so many disappointments.

I had the opposite reaction. BECAUSE we have so many sports-related disappointments I cherished the fact that today brought really great news (oh, and the Wild won too). I know that some people just always look for a way to turn a happy moment into a sad one, but why do they have to share that pathology out loud (or in print)? I didn't pay any attention to the names of the posters who were the buzzkillers, because I actually didn't want to know who wrote them.

Or maybe it's a simple case that some of us simply don't believe his career merited the HOF and we get branded as buzz killers for having an opinion contrary to the herd.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

It's time for 80% of this board to eat crow. Every metric on earth says Joe Mauer is a HOFer. And now he is an elite FIRST BALLOT HOFer. One of the Top 10 catchers of all-time. And...get this...only the THIRD catcher ever to get in on first ballot (Bench and Rodriguez are the only others). A majority of you were wrong and I'm going to point it out right now. I give you an opportunity for a mea culpa, or just keep being belligerent and sour. Whatever suits you.

Weird that you say that. We are the biggest fans of Mauer. Seen him play basketball and football. Baseball was probably his 2nd best sport. The disappointment isn't that he is in the Hall but what could of been. 3 elite years and 3 great years. 0 championships....people will forget about him where they won't about Kirby, Viola, Blyleven and Jack/Tapani/Erickson/Gladden because of the championships they brought. I can remember our third pitcher from 1987 and 1991 because they brought us championships....in 30 years will you remember specific games about Mauer?

Do you think he maximized his potential like Kirby?

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

It's so weird. We have so little really good news in the Minnesota sports world, but on a day when we have some there are still people who are driven to be buzzkillers. Maybe it's part of their pathology of living through so many disappointments.

I had the opposite reaction. BECAUSE we have so many sports-related disappointments I cherished the fact that today brought really great news (oh, and the Wild won too). I know that some people just always look for a way to turn a happy moment into a sad one, but why do they have to share that pathology out loud (or in print)? I didn't pay any attention to the names of the posters who were the buzzkillers, because I actually didn't want to know who wrote them.

Or maybe it's a simple case that some of us simply don't believe his career merited the HOF and we get branded as buzz killers for having an opinion contrary to the herd.

I propose we penalize Sweeney by taking away his Admin title for 3 days.