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Fantasy eye for the old-school guy: how two die-hard Twins fans might view a game

Sporting News, The,  August 12, 2005  by Chris Bahr

                     Old-School Guy's reaction   Fantasy Guy's reaction

SITUATION 1:         "Excellent job of moving    "Just great, Castro!
Runner on second,    the runner over. A          You get, what, two RBI
nobody out late in   sacrifice fly will          chances a month for my
a tie game, Juan     score him."                 A.L.-only team? And
Castro grounds out                               you just blew one of
to first base.                                   them! Where's Jason
                                                 Bartlett?"

SITUATION 2:         "I'll buy some of that      "How about turning off
Twins pad their      insurance! Not even a       the offense, fellas? I
lead from 3-1 to     grand slam can hurt us      need a save from Joe
7-1 in the bottom    now."                       Nathan. Now I have to
of the eighth.                                   pray that Terry
                                                 Mulholland gives up
                                                 some runs in mop-up
                                                 duty."

SITUATION 3:         "You've got to love that    "What, now you're
Torii Hunter takes   aggressiveness!"            Charlie Frickin'
an extra base on                                 Hustle? I needed you
a hit, sliding                                   to steal second base.
headfirst into                                   And third!"

second.

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