Congrats to Morneau

"Michi Gander" <ShyPicker RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> For winning the HR derby.

and the name is pronounced......."MOR" neau!!! And his name is Justin
NOT Jason.

Fun to watch!!! Congrats to all!

AnnE Yeah for the TWINS, nice feather in the cap
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:53:38 -0700 (PDT), Michi Gander <ShyPicker RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:

>For winning the HR derby.

Yes, that was actually fun to watch this year. First Hamilton's record
breaking first round, then Morneau coming on strong to win it all in the
final rounds.

This is turning out to be quite the season for Twins fans!



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"Matt" <AcesWired.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 14, 10:33 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm....RemoveThis@iphouse.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:53:38 -0700 (PDT), Michi Gander <ShyPic....RemoveThis@aol.com>
> wrote:
> >For winning the HR derby.
>
> Yes, that was actually fun to watch this year. First Hamilton's record
> breaking first round, then Morneau coming on strong to win it all in the
> final rounds.

I missed the first two rounds (actually listened to the end of
Hamilton's run on the radio in the car ... it loses something in
translation). But I had a suspicion Morneau would win the final. We've
seen it before. The guy who mashes in the first round has nothing left
by the end.

Not Justin's fault by any means, but I think he sent a lot of fans
home unhappy.

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With that many people disappointed in his late long bombs, he probably
thought he was back in Detroit.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200807100.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200608090.shtml

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> On Jul 14, 10:33 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm... RemoveThis @iphouse.com> wrote:
> then Morneau coming on strong to win it all in the
> final rounds.


I hope it is foreshadowing for the 2nd half of the season, i.e.
Morneau turning loose the HR power for the Twins.
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:29:05 -0700 (PDT), Matt <AcesWired RemoveThis @gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Jul 14, 10:33 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm... RemoveThis @iphouse.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:53:38 -0700 (PDT), Michi Gander <ShyPic... RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:
>> >For winning the HR derby.
>>
>> Yes, that was actually fun to watch this year. First Hamilton's record
>> breaking first round, then Morneau coming on strong to win it all in the
>> final rounds.
>
>I missed the first two rounds (actually listened to the end of
>Hamilton's run on the radio in the car ... it loses something in
>translation). But I had a suspicion Morneau would win the final. We've
>seen it before. The guy who mashes in the first round has nothing left
>by the end.
>
>Not Justin's fault by any means, but I think he sent a lot of fans
>home unhappy.

Yeah, it was pretty much the Hamilton show last night. His record
breaking first round (28 homers!) was definitely the highlight of the
derby.

Still, rules are rules and Morneau won the contest, so Hamilton's
great first round shouldn't detract from Justin's overall win.




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> On Jul 15, 9:51 am, "Hosmerica" <BigOneCom....RemoveThis@IveGotGas.com> wrote:
>
> All that aside...Good for Jeff Morneau.  He's been a beast this year and
> deserves the spotlight.
>
> DISCLAIMER:.............I know his name is Justin...not Jason nor Jeff.

I hope plenty of Twins personnel start calling him "Jason". As I
recall the guy that made the gaffe is VP of Communications for
Farmer's Insurance. Way to communicate, Bubba.
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"powrwrap" <powrwrap.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 14, 10:33 pm, Scott Smith <scott.sm....DeleteThis@iphouse.com> wrote:
> then Morneau coming on strong to win it all in the
> final rounds.


I hope it is foreshadowing for the 2nd half of the season, i.e.
Morneau turning loose the HR power for the Twins.

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And I'm hoping he spent all of his power and energy in the HR Derby.

All that aside...Good for Jeff Morneau. He's been a beast this year and
deserves the spotlight.















































DISCLAIMER:.............I know his name is Justin...not Jason nor Jeff.
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> On Jul 15, 12:23 pm, "Hosmerica" <BigOneCom....DeleteThis@IveGotGas.com> wrote:
>
> Also, a notable mention for Mauer who's been playing really solid ball this
> year.  I still think some of you guys are nuts with what you would've done
> about his power numbers, but at least he has hit 5 homers and is leading the
> team in runs, doubles and walks.

That was me back in late May, lamenting the fact that Mauer had zero
home runs in two months of play. At the time he was batting .330 or so
and slugging around .400. Now he's batting .322 and slugging .455, the
sort of change in his stats I wanted to see. He's got 3 HR's in June,
2 so far in July. Maybe he will hit a couple more this month, 5 in
August and 5 in September and bury the idea that he doesn't hit many
HRs.
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>"powrwrap" <powrwrap RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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>> On Jul 15, 9:51 am, "Hosmerica" <BigOneCom... RemoveThis @IveGotGas.com> wrote:
>>
>> All that aside...Good for Jeff Morneau. He's been a beast this year and
>> deserves the spotlight.
>>
>> DISCLAIMER:.............I know his name is Justin...not Jason nor Jeff.
>
>I hope plenty of Twins personnel start calling him "Jason". As I
>recall the guy that made the gaffe is VP of Communications for
>Farmer's Insurance. Way to communicate, Bubba.


Well, that's rather ironical.


Also, a notable mention for Mauer who's been playing really solid ball this
year. I still think some of you guys are nuts with what you would've done
about his power numbers, but at least he has hit 5 homers and is leading the
team in runs, doubles and walks. He's second on the team in total bases
(Jason Morneau is 1st with 187) with 137.
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:23:25 -0400, "Hosmerica"
<BigOneComing.TakeThisOut@IveGotGas.com> wrote:

>
>>"powrwrap" <powrwrap.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Jul 15, 9:51 am, "Hosmerica" <BigOneCom....TakeThisOut@IveGotGas.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> All that aside...Good for Jeff Morneau. He's been a beast this year and
>>> deserves the spotlight.
>>>
>>> DISCLAIMER:.............I know his name is Justin...not Jason nor Jeff.
>>
>>I hope plenty of Twins personnel start calling him "Jason". As I
>>recall the guy that made the gaffe is VP of Communications for
>>Farmer's Insurance. Way to communicate, Bubba.
>
>
>Well, that's rather ironical.
>
>
>Also, a notable mention for Mauer who's been playing really solid ball this
>year. I still think some of you guys are nuts with what you would've done
>about his power numbers, but at least he has hit 5 homers and is leading the
>team in runs, doubles and walks. He's second on the team in total bases
>(Jason Morneau is 1st with 187) with 137.


Yes, there are reasons they are both All-Stars.





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