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Your authority on Twins players’ batting stances

Posted on August 28th, 2008 – 10:45 AM
By Michael Rand

Sassbottom passed this along to us a couple of days back, and we regret not opening it sooner. We had not seen the fine work of the man who calls himself Batting Stance Guy. He has an entire web site devoted to mimicking the stances of past and present players from particular teams. If you’ve seen the montage of the Twins before, sorry — you’re about to see it again. Hilarious and often spot-on. Please do enjoy.

13 Responses to "Your authority on Twins players’ batting stances"

lattewarrior says:

August 28th, 2008 at 10:51 am

That, my friends, is top of the pops. Gladden, Morneau, Torii, Gaetti, and Fatest Kent Hrbek are standouts.

Merx says:

August 28th, 2008 at 11:16 am

priceless

StraightCashHomey says:

August 28th, 2008 at 11:16 am

I think after the “Knocked Up” guys found out about Mr. Skin and abandoned their business plan, they founded battingstanceguy.com … And I’m glad.

Mr.Shoes says:

August 28th, 2008 at 11:41 am

Like any good caricature, the exaggerations are the best part. I love every single one of these.

Check out the 2008 All-Start Starting Lineup. The Joe Mauer gets even better.

Dave MN says:

August 28th, 2008 at 11:49 am

The Joe Mauer in the 2008 All-Star one was fantastic.

newbie says:

August 28th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

is that… is that a wiffle ball bat? Awesome!

jama says:

August 28th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

Do you think he uses the:

“I’m the batting stance guy” line to pick up ladies at the local watering hole? Do you think that line works? Female Randballers would you be impressed?

Dave MN says:

August 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Female Randballers would you be impressed?

Probably not as impressed as they would be if you walked up in a RandBall T-shirt*

*T-shirt does not exist

jama says:

August 28th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

“Probably not as impressed as they would be if you walked up in a RandBall T-shirt*

*T-shirt does not exist”

So walking up shirtless? That might work better for some than others.

jama says:

August 28th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

What exactly was Darren Shaper saying to Sid in this quote:

“Pour me in your mouth, suck it up and enjoy the run.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/27572329.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUss

And people were all up in arms about Erin Andrews fraternizing with the players?

AZGopherGirl says:

August 28th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

I appreciate his passion, but not his fashion. If he walked up to me in that jersey/shorts/hightops outfit, no, I would not be impressed. Baseball pants and RandBall shirt, maybe.

Couldn’t he at least have filmed at a diamond or batting cage for a little more authenticity, instead of his Mom’s back yard?

s1rweeze says:

August 28th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

You gotta love the ridiculous Torii Hunter bat throw.

Ben says:

August 28th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

saw this a while ago..only one I didn’t like was JJ…he should have swung like the was a ball near his ankles like is was a pitching wedge…Morneau and Hunter were my faves