Twins miss Santana already ... in their ads With spring training in full swing (now that's wordplay), Major League Baseball teams have begun to grind out the commercials. The Minnesota Twins, who finished 79-83 last year and are preparing for their 17th consecutive year of not winning a World Series, trot out young pitcher Pat Neshek, who looks concerned (and rightly so) at the prospect of a season without ace Johan Santana, who recently defected to the New York Mets for big money. Even the kids in the ad (students at Neshek’s alma mater, Minneapolis’s Park Center High School) seem to know the score (wordplay again), as they ask silly questions about the team’s catcher, Joe Mauer. It’s about as funny the Twins sub-.500 season will be. Go Yanks! —Posted by David Gianatasio

March 11, 2008 in Baseball, Minnesota Twins | Permalink

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Santana was traded to the Mets. He did not leave via free agency.

Posted by: clintonc | Mar 11, 2008 10:28:55 AM

Conceited, spoiled fans who think the
world revolves around them.

Yankees suck.

Posted by: ChrisM70 | Mar 11, 2008 11:47:54 AM

What a hack. Stick to sucking at ad writing David. Sports isn't your thing, but I'll bet you've heard that one a few times already...

Posted by: Jason H | Mar 11, 2008 6:45:28 PM

Clearly, another arrogant New Yorker who doesn't understand (or care to understand) the quirky, self-depricating sense of humor that defines the people of the Midwest. It should also be noted that Joe Mauer (another homegrown Minnesota talent) is a potential MVP candidate, the team's biggest star, and one of the best young catchers in the game. Also, a sub-.500 prediction for the Twins' season is naive - everyone knows that the AL central is the most unpredictable division in baseball.

Jonathan
New York, New York

Posted by: | Mar 12, 2008 9:20:41 AM

Jon, the season has started yet, how the hell is Joe Mauer an MVP candiate!?

Posted by: mikelite | Mar 14, 2008 4:02:08 PM

The Minnesota Twins have thousands of fans all over the world. Here, I may consider myself as one of the big fans of this wonderful team. Whenever I’ve time I try to attend their games, though sometimes it becomes a little difficult to get Twins tickets and this is due to these great fans that the team has. Minnesota Twins tickets are a little pricy or hard to be found but the team, as a professional and essential team of MLB, worth any price to watch their games. And when we love a team we try as much as possible these financial obstacles.

Posted by: Jason | Jul 14, 2008 6:29:57 AM

Minnesota Twins should be always competitive enough to keep pace with the others. I really like them; they’ve always been my favourite teams in MLB. Just read about them here:

http://www.twinsportal.com

Posted by: Louise | Jun 12, 2009 12:44:58 PM

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