Let's play word association. Mickey Hatcher. Ok. Umm... rusty gate. Yes, that's informative. Freudian. Definitely comes from my mom. She used to watch the local sports teams with the same kind of negative enthusiasm that wadE's made so popular these days. She always said Hatcher had a swing like a rusty gate. I think it burned her out, though. It's like she knew in advance that the Denny Green era was coming, and she had to be gone by then.

I still can't fathom how baby blue became an accepted color for a road jersey, and the Uni Watch guy says he has it on good authority that one team is thinking about bringing it back for next year. I'm hoping it's the Royals. They haven't been any good since those uniforms were popular anyway.

This is your standard old-school back of card, nothing but stats and occasionally stupid tidbits of trivia. The 85 Twins weren't exactly a good team, but they did have a guy named Funderburk. And a pitcher named Butcher. And another named Eufemia, which sounds like a perfect candidate for the next time I have to call in sick. Sorry boss, they say I've got Eufemia. ... I don't know, something with the lungs. ... Yeah, they say I'll be fine in a day or two. *click*.

But I digress.

Interesting to note how young the team was though, if Hatcher was the senior member of the 85 club, with a whopping four years of continuous service. Rusty gate jokes aside, Hatcher had a pretty decent career, batting .313 over 12 years. Maybe a little light on power for a third baseman, but oh well. Wait. His full name is actually Michael Vaughn Hatcher? Why didn't I know that? I could've been crackin' Alias jokes this whole time. Does anyone know if JJ Abrams is a Twins fan? I do know that he wrote Regarding Henry- not sure if we should be holding that against him or not.