Thursday,
September 15, 2011
TwinsCentric
Viewing Party: September 24
Mark the Date:
Saturday, September 24th, TwinsCentric
will be hosting a Twins get together at Manitou
Station in White Bear Lake, MN. The Twins will be in Cleveland, playing two
games, that day. The TwinsCentric Viewing Party will
be throughout Game 1 which begins at noon. Show up starting at 11:30, and stick
around throughout the game. As of now, all four TwinsCentric
members (The
Twins Geek John Bonnes, Nick Nelson from Nick’s Twins Blog, and Over The Baggy’s Parker
Hageman, and myself) will be there. Rumor has it that an episode of Gleeman and
The Geek will be recorded at the event for people to listen to, ask questions,
etc.
Previous TwinsCentric Viewing parties have all been a lot of fun. Even
with a down Twins season, it is a lot of fun to bring together a big group of
Twins fans. That was one of the founding principles of the TwinsCentric
group, to bring Twins fans together, create a community, get
to know bloggers and Twins fans. To that extent, it has been very successful. This
event should be a lot of fun. We will continue to update you as more details
become available. There could be other guests. We do know that former White
Bear Lake High School start, and highly ranked Twins prospects from the ‘90s, Jamie Ogden, will be in attendance.
He is a part owner of Manitou Station. As a player, he was the Twins 3rd
round pick in 1990. The outfielder/first baseman played for AAA Salt Lake from
1996-1998. He played in the Arizona Fall League. Unfortunately, some injuries
forced him into retirement at the age of 27.
In his time with
the Twins, he was a teammate of Brent Brede, LaTroy
Hawkins, Damian Miller, Eddie Guardado, Matt Lawton,
Todd Walker, Dan Serafini, Denny Hocking, Pat Mahomes, Mark Redman, Mike Trombley,
David Ortiz, Torii Hunter, Corey Koskie, AJ Pierzynski. He got to play a
couple of games with a rehabbing Paul Molitor. In his
nine
years, he hit a combined .262/.330/409 with 71 homers. He is a power hitter
who is rumored to have hit the longest home run in Twins organization history.
You’ll want to ask him about it, at the TwinsCentric
Viewing Party at Manitou Station in White Bear Lake. It really should be a fun
time. And who knows, there may be additional guests who will be there. If so,
we’ll be sure to let you know!
If you have any
questions, please feel to e-mail me
or ask
in the Comments section.