Foldout (selected cuts)

the scanner cut this off at the bottom a bit

Mark Hoyle sent out a message on Twitter that he had an extra set of 1983 Topps Foldouts that he was making into individual players. I jumped at the chance to add some Twins, but unfortunately, Topps did not. There were no current Twins in the set.

Here's Bert's 1983 Topps card for reference- The foldouts are roughly the size of a postcard.

Hall of Famer and former Twin Rod Carew. Love the background of various people milling around during batting practice. I wonder if this show was taken at an All-Star Game?

The back side also has a photo, as the foldouts came with 17 images on each "card" folded accordion-style. Mark will know why it was an odd number, there must have been a checklist or title card at one end of the accordion. 3 former Twins and an Iorg! Thanks to Mark for mailing these to me, I should have a PWE to send you this week.

Former Twins in the Postseason

The Twins are outside looking in on the playoffs, but that doesn't mean that the Twins' fans have no rooting interests. Former Twins are on several Postseason Rosters, which makes the games more interesting for me to watch (not that playoff baseball was uninteresting in the first place).

Houston Astros:

Carlos Gomez:

Pat Neshek:

Honorable mention: Alex Presley and Sam Deduno

New York Yankees:

None.

Honorable mention: Jim Kaat is still doing TV now and then for the Yankees, and Garrett Jones, a former Twins farmhand played in the regular season for New York.

Chicago Cubs:

None.

Honorable Mention: Ron Coomer does radio for the Cubs.

Pittsburgh Pirates:

Pedro Florimon:

Francisco Liriano:

Vance Worley:

Honorable Mention: Deolis Guerra on the Pirates 60-Day DL, was part of the trade that sent Johan Santana to the Mets. He was the last player to play in the Twins org. from that trade, but was granted minor league free agency following the 2014 season.

Texas Rangers:

None.

Toronto Blue Jays:

Chris Collabello:

Ben Revere:

R.A. Dickey:

what gives? I don't have a Twins card of R.A. ? Do you?

Liam Hendriks:

LaTroy Hawkins:

this card is from 1995. 1995!!!

Honorable Mention: Steve Tolleson, Danny Valencia (now with Oakland), and Andrew Albers all played for the Blue Jays at some point in the season.

New York Mets:

Michael Cuddyer:

Sean Gilmartin:

Rule V selection in 2015, never pitched for the big league Twins

Tim Stauffer:

A disaster out of the pen for the Twins, he didn't last long enough to get a card.

Los Angeles Dodgers:

None.

Honorable Mention: Scott Baker started two games for the Dodgers this year. Also Vin Scully, who was no connection to the Twins, but who should always be mentioned honorably.

Saint Louis Cardinals:

None.

Kansas City Royals:

Kendrys Morales:

Another Free Agent that couldn't make a dent in the Twins record books.

Drew Butera:

Honorable Mention: Yohan Pino appeared in 7 games for the Royals including one start during the regular season.

The Blue Jays are the team with the most Twins, so they are the team I am pulling for now. It was a bummer that Hawkins got the loss in game 2, hoping for that series to go a little longer.