--- In thewashingtonsenators@yahoogroups.com, thigisni <no_reply@...>
wrote:
>
> I just realized that the Twins won the AL pennant in 1965 in only
their
> 5th year in Minnesota. After a franchise dry spell going back to
1933.
>
> I also notice that the Twins win in '65 was only the eighth non-
Yankee
> pennant win in the last 40 years. Pretty prodigious.
>
> How did fans of the old Senators feel at the time about their old
team
> pulling it off so soon after years of frustration? Or were you
glad-at-
> heart to see some of the players you knew as rookies share a drink
of
> champagne? And ... were you rooting for the Dodgers in the WS?
>
> P.S. not trying to rub it in. As a Browns fan*, I believe that
> frustration is a good and healthy thing!
>
> *and Senators sympathizer.
>
I remember it well and my attitude was outright indignation with a
heaping of jealousy thrown in on top. Remember, we were the proud
possessors of Senators when the Twins won the W.S. Team #2 much like
the present one had too many over-the hillguys and way too many
unproven minor leaguers. I remember well before the 1960 season,
Wow! with guys like Battey, Zorro and this new kid coming up, Jim
Kaat, the Senators are on the right road. Little did I know that
road was charted for Minnesota. Senators