Personally, I've been drinking excessively, reading the sports section -- Is Miggy staying with us? Is he leaving? Are we getting Manny? Are we getting six anonymous prospects from Chicago? What the f**k is going on? -- and job hunting so that I may see the Twins up close and personal next year on a far more regular basis.

It's been hell.

Pitchers and catchers. Pitchers and catchers. Pitchers and catchers.

It has been complete torture!! Ever since the last game Ive been counting down the days until Twins Fest... only 13 more days, here I come Morneau!!! :)

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I've been like Marisa....13 days until Twins Fest, 13 days until Twins Fest....

Twins Fest starts the 27th - so really it's 15 days =)

Oh it hasn't been too terrible - have to be positive you know =)
I'm going to spring training with She-ra for a couple of days - yay!!
My birthday is in 17 days - and my dad got me some bitchin' WILD tickets!
And I got a new Ipod for Christmas =)

Much Love
WW

Ah, 15, right. I can handle that. :)

In between Vikings and Twins is a good time to do other things, like read books and get your Masters degree and plan your wedding.

But it's no replacement for baseball!

I went to Ft Myers one year. It's a great time. Everyone should save up and do it once. Or, just put the whole thing on a credit card like I did. ;-)

My two brushes with greatness were David Ortiz (his first game as a BoSox!) and Bert Blyleven (he was right in front of me at that game, but I didn't have the moxie to introduce myself and have him circle me).

I also saw this clean-cut guy named Johnny Damon. He looked like he was fresh out of the Marines back then. Hard to believe.

This is mmmarkiep's auto answer service. Mmmr. P has been cryogenically frozen until pitchers and catchers report. Thank you.

Well getting my masters is not very feasable for me. Got to get my undergrade first but i'm checking to see if my spring break happens durring spring training. might have to take out more in student loans so i can go.

15 days till Twinsfest!!
89 days till TWINS season opener at the Dome!!
WOW. I cant even wait..my countdown for the dome opener started at 189 days!! already been 100 days. not too bad. :-)

For me, growing up in N. Ft. Myers means never having to worry about whether or not your spring break coincides with Spring Training. Even if the Twins jacked up the ticket prices this year....

Not really...because the baseball season won't start for me until mid-May at the earliest. Semester in Rome. Great thing until you miss the opening two months of Twins baseball.

I've been checking Batgirl and mlb.com daily, getting through my sluggish days at a sad job in a dreary place. My (wonderful beautiful caring) wife and I have begun to plan our move to Minneapolis, which takes up a good amount of our off-season time. Guess what is the first event dictating our moving date? Home Opener. She'll be with me in our new season seats. We'll finally be home. I can't wait to meet/see all of you.

I was fine at first. But as the days of October wore on, I began to hallucinate. I imagined that the Twins were playing in a beautfiul outdoor stadium with a perfectly symmetric field. The seats faced home plate. But then, it started to rain... and a roof closed over my head.

But then the Bitch Sox won the World Series and the delusions began to get darker. No new stadium. Seats twisted even further from home plate. Pixie vests - not just once in a while, but for every game.

Once, on a cold day in December, I even thought the Twins had exiled Michael Cuddyer from 3B in favor of Tony Batista...

What? You mean that wasn't...

:sigh:

sticking pins in my Johnny Damon doll!!!!

I've grown enormously pregnant, as promised. In my excitement over producing a new Batling Baby (Batlinglet?), I'd TOTALLY FORGOTTEN that Twins Fest was right around the corner! Yeah!

Hibernation has always sounded like a good idea to me, but somehow my boss frowns on that.

Instead, I'm making summer travel plans (all of which involve the Twins). Gopher Hockey, Wild, and Vikings games have kept me entertained, but those wimpy athletes can't manage to play seven days a week--I want baseball back!

And watching the trade rumors and doing amateur statistical analysis.

Joe Nathan days left until Pitchers and Catchers report! (If I did the math right.)

Overeating. Overeating and planning my trip with my dad and brothers to cheer for the Twins in an outdoor stadium, this year in July in Cleveland.

Lots of recreational drugs and TiVo'ed Twins games from last season!

Thank goodness for technological advances!!

I, too, hid under covers and swore at children (although those children were mine) -- ok, not really. I read a baseball book. I went on some business trips and worked a lot of hours. I combed the transactions reports on ESPN several times daily. Now, I'm planning my trip to Ft. Myers. Finally, I have a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

k-bro

I have been wondering aimlessly throughout my town while talking to myself. I've been picked up 7 times now by the police for being a public nuisance. The snobs in my town think I'm homeless these days. They view homelessness as a pox upon society that must stamped out at all costs (e.g. execution). Anyway, the cops have become familiar with me so it's not so bad now; unlike the first time. According to the court records I was spotted in a vacant parking lot slowly spinning in circles and bobbing my head. When the officer approached me I did not acknowledge her right away. So she said, "Sir..." and I immediately grabbed her uniform and shouted, "THE DOCTOR WILL HIT .287 WITH 34 HOMERUNS AND 102 RBI!!!" Safety tip for you: bad thing happen when you grab a cop's uni. *shudders* Bad things. I've also held sit-ins, by myself, of course, at local ball fields protesting ass bats and their evil ways. I kind of enjoy the protesting bit. It gets kind of cold, but the shouting helps pass the time.

European football - poetry in motion.

Oh, you know... I've been enjoying the christmas tree lights glinting off my World Champion White Sox ormanment... Watching the Bears head into the playoffs with that glimmer in their eyes (or is that Urlacher decided who to hurt next?)... Enjoying the news of the Sox further improving their team by picking up guys like Jim Thome, Rob Mackowiak, and Javier Vazquez...

I like winter. ;)

Though I must admit, I am jonesing big time for spring training to start.

See you guys in April!

I've really floundered this off-season, with no real purpose or direction save the tragically failed Bring-Back-Corey campaign...and then along comes Sox Matt to remind me that it's once again time to start the second-best part of being a Twins fan (next to cheering for our boys in 2006, even in unimaginative sleeveless jerseys) - despising the White Sox and Chicago fans in general. Whatever the Twins fate may be, let's hope that 2006 finds the "new and improved" Sox back in third place where they so richly deserve to be.

Go, Twins. And please stay in Minnesota, OK?

I see the Reds signed Grant Balfour to a one year deal -

This has been a great offseason for me--cause I retired in August--it goes much faster when you dont have to work...and can sleep.

Check out BatGirl and MLB.com daily to keep up with the baseball news--watch European football (yes it is poetry in motion) and Big 10 hoops (a physical game to say the least).

Begun checking out Twins schedule to figure out when to make my first road trip to the Dome (you guys have any tips on seat locations).

DAM

I have been wearing my "The offseason sucks" sweatshirt.
At Christmas, I hung up my 2 World Series ornaments and read "Breaking into Baseball" by Jean Ardell. (thanks to the person who recommended it on this site! It was a great book)
I have been wearing out my Twins highlight VHS tapes (maybe the TIVO thing is a good idea...)
Paid for my season tickets (this will be my 14th year) Read Bat-girl daily. Counting the days until Twinsfest which begins on my dad's 84th birthday. He was in the hospital for surgery last summer, and I am convinced the love sent by the fans in section 118 helped his recovery.
Just waiting for opening day... Hang in there all.

I've probably posted this one before, but: When Rogers Hornsby was asked what he did in the off-season he replied, "I stare out the window and wait for spring". I have noticed that my windows need cleaning.

BTW, I do sincerely hope the Twins stay in town for you guys. It sucks when your team has ownership that seems to want to leave (Sox had that in the late 70's and again in the late 80's, and it's the same owners we have now). MN deserves to keep their team, especially one that has so much great recent history.

Bourbon, Bat-girl, White Castle, Flyers Hockey, Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Vitamin C, and Cocaine.

I've mostly been hiding under a pile of coats until the offseason passes.

The highlight of my offseason (given the state of our acquisitions) had to be driving back one evening from MSP and tuning to MLB on my XM, only to find Gordo and Herb calling game 6 of the 91 WS. Kirby hits his home run just as I'm rounding the St Cloud bend.

Hearing names like Pagliarulo, Gagne, and Gladden reminded me that names like Castillo, White, and Batista can win a world championship, too. Somehow.

Watching Game 7 of the 87 series with other Batlings...

I've been hanging out at the Bellagio in Las Vegas drinking Red Bull and vodkas and putting big money on the Twins to win it all in 2006 -- they went off at the Bellagio sportsbook on January 7th at 25 to 1.

I have the Twins at 35 to 1.

I have been sending pineapple and anchovie pizzas to AJ at 3 am.
I have redirected all of the Insider revenues from ESPN to my own bank account.
I have created an entry for myself in the baseball encyclopedia giving me 100 career shutouts, 5,000 hits and 800 homeruns.
I have submitted 350 tainted urine samples in the names of all the players I dislike to MLB.
I have re-written Carl Pohlad's will so that the team becomes my property when he dies.
I have sent Terry Ryan several boxes of real cajones for him to try on.

the cave. hanging out with batlings. I love batlings. They make life fun. Working. counting down the days to pitchers and catchers, which also happens to be my birthday.

I wonder what AT was trying to say.

Hiding out in the batcave pretending there is baseball happening.

Reading baseball books.

Watching baseball movies.

Playing MVP baseball on my computer...

I have written a letter to the Powers That Be asking them to strike January and February from the calendar, so that we can go straight from the December holidays to Spring Training.

Don't know how that's going to work out...

Ugh. I've been skiing and thinking about where to get my new tattoo. I was thinking about getting Jacque's face somewhere on my body - but decided against it.

Working mostly, and spending Sundays swearing at the Vikings on the tube. At least that part is over for another season.

I'd love to make a trip or two this year that would allow me to put a face with the Bat-names here... perhaps to the Dome or Spring Training (I can cover much of my travel expenses as a business expense if I spend a couple days at my office there). I also wouldn't mind a road trip to Chicago or KC to catch a series, if anyone is of a like mind.

Let the countdown begin.

And for a note on Minnesota politics... meet "the Impaler", now running for governor.

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/178289.html

Unfortunately, there's no indication of his position concerning a new Twins stadium.

I've been working, scanning the blogs regularly for the little content they contain these days, and counting the hours'till cocktail time. My new hobbie is devising ways to get Rep. Phil Krinke and his cohorts to get their head out of their assets.

What do I do during the offseason? Here's a look:

The first day, I start memorizing the 2006 schedule.

During Baseball season, I actually normal at school, but during the offseason, you can't talk to me unexpectedly without being lashed-out at.

I can usually be heard talking to myself about the 06 roster.

Caffine. Lots and LOTS of caffine.

I've been searching for a new job, packing, counting down the days until I move, cursing my cell phone, reading, and tonight my sister and I are going to go to our old college hangout and pretend we're drunken college kids again.

*sigh* I should have tried hibernation. Maybe next year.

YAY!! The Twins Caravan begins on Sunday =)

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060113&content_id=1295073&vkey=pr_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min

WW

I read Bill Simmons book and almost cried when he spelled Johan with TWO N's at the end in a footnote and then when he said he'd take Schilling in a must win game over everyone--including Santana. After reading that, I went into a fog and just recently have lifted from it. Less than 2 months til I get to see the boys in Spring Training--my first ST trip ever!

Twins lost Balfour (GORGEOUS AUSTRALIAN!) and Mulholland!! :'( i am deeply saddened...

I was saddened we lost Mark Portugal, and Charlie Lea, and Willie Banks, and Alan Anderson, and Pat Mahomes, and Frankie Rodriguez, and Mark Guthrie, and Adam Johnson, and JC Romero, and a host of others. But I got over it after a few sips of a martini. Which reminds me, it's after 5:00. Gotta go.

October, November, and December are now mostly a blur, but for some reason I start crying uncontrollably when I hear the word 'smooth' or 'Riemannian.' I wonder what that's all about?

Music, lots of music!!! It's my other addiction in life (baseball being the other). 15 more days till I see LOHSE!!!!!!!!!!!! No ROMERO (he was my first Twins autograph) OR BALFOUR though :(!

OMG so the day started off horrible its friday the 13th and i find out grant balfour has signed with the reds....so i drag my pathetic self and my saddened friend casey mientkiewicz castro rincon to the casino and who do we se...none other then the one and only grant balfour...he remembered us and our barbie packback from games 2 seasons ago so he stopped and talked to us for a bit and showed us his scar and such it was incredible!!!

I agree....best day of my offseason so far. Jus what i needed...except for the signing with the reds. OMG I miss him already. it was so nice we go to say good bye and good luck to him!! :-)
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I've kept busy with a new puppy and by playing Sudoko. Both are great diversions from the boredom of the offseason. By the way BG, somebody needs to check the sizing on the sweatshirts at the BatStore. I got an XL "The offseason sucks" sweatshirt for Christmas and I think I could wear it as a dress.

I drive my wife nuts by talking about the Twins and rock my week-year-old son to sleep by singing the Twins song. He seems to like it.

Not too well, batgirl, but websites like yours make the offseason less painful.

This is what I have been doing:
1.) still trying to finish Moneyball (sigh)
2.) assembling The Shrine
3.) bowling (got a bowling ball that looks like a baseball - totally sweet!)
4.) talking about baseball constantly on my website, in my mind, and out loud when baseball fans are near
5.) plotting my trip to the A's FanFest Jan. 28th
6.) plotting my trip to Vegas in March (it was that or spring training...sorry but sin city won out)
7.) being depressed on a daily basis because I miss baseball so much. :{

That's pretty much it.

Dear Mr. Fan,

Yes, they run...big. But Cafe Press is excellent about returns.

Yours,
Batgirl

I have spent the past several months watching - dare I say it - American football. But that's only because Peyton Manning is my football Boyfriend, and also basketball is boring.

I taught myself how to skate, and I'm going to play in the Pond Hockey Championships on the 28th! (but probably not on the 29th... I never said I was any good!)

I also stare daily at my Jesse Crain game worn Rochester Red Wings jersey and wait for baseball to come back...

come back, baseball... come back...

Some how I made it to this point. Now, I can go watch the guys play, as I did this morning. Fantasy camp is on this week, with Newmie, Bert, Quilici, Mudcat and Stange coaching regular folks with much moola to pay for this grinding week.

After Twins fest, alot of the guys should be here, and it's another year!

The startrib reports the Doctor has decline his invitation to Twins Fest.

I would think that he and the Chairman would be the 2 guys who have to be there. After this season I think they will have to be the co-leaders in the clubhouse if the Twins are going to keep winning.

Here's the link

http://www.startribune.com/507/story/184155.html

That's craptacular! I need him (Morneau) to sign the Aug/Sept 05 twins mag (got Mauer's). Not Only that but the P.Press is reporting Kyle Lohse could still be traded. Here's the link to that: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/special_packages/columnists/13629185.htm. Now my Rancid CD's skipping. That all tops off the Patriots and Colts losing (I'm not even a big football fan, but T. Brady's HOT!!!). Go Bears!

Thanks for caring, BG!

Playing MVP baseball
Trading players that can hit to the Twins in MVP baseball
Creating players that can hit in MVP baseball and having the Twins sign them
Watching and rooting for the Bears
Watching Steve Smith shove Charles Tillman to the ground, surprisingly being wide open for a TD pass then, and listening in disbelief as Peanut is called for interference.
Wondering what AT would have said.
Reading bat-girl dot com everyday!

My Best,
LTLC

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