Minnesota Twins

[Mark Wiersbeck - The Spud / 8-249-4859]

Here's one "true" Twins fan. I have been following them since the early 70's
and suffered through all the .500 seasons with only a glimmer of a hope, once
August rolled around. In 1984 they were finally in a pennant race. Last year
everything seemed to fall apart.

This year there is reason to be optomistic. Ray Miller will be starting the
season fresh and Blyleven is back in Minnesota. I think the Twins top four
starters (Viola, Blyleven, Smithson and Butcher) can match anyone in the AL.
If Hrbek and Brunansky can put it together at the SAME time they would have
a powerful front end of the lineup.

All in all it should be an exciting year and I look for them to be in the race.
It sure would be fun to see them come back and stick it to some of the teams
that drove them into the ground, back in '82 & '83 when they were mostly all
rookies.

GO TWINS!!!

Mark Wiersbeck

Digital Equipment Corporation

Bedford, MA