Batling PJStP comes out of lurkerville to remind us of this poem by Rudyard Kipling, another noted Twins fan.
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs
and can only complain and whine;
If you can answer firmly to nay sayers
Yet acknowledge that these are the sucking times.If you can stop yourself from extending current numbers
That would make the Bitch Sox greatest team by far;
While double plays keep coming with bases loaded
And Dan and Gordo cannot name a star.If the Umpire Man is found to be blind and stupid
And bloop singles fall only for the other team;
And you watch the game surrounded by the cheese heads
Yet somehow manage not to make a scene.If your old Boyfriend keeps slugging for the Bad Guys
And Pierzinski is now your personal Big Hurt;
Yet you can smile and say, “look, it’s cousin Charlie!”;
When the postgame highlights feature “Circle Me Bert”If Batgirl leaves for foreign parts unfettered
And the boys take an unprecedented crash;
And the victories keep slipping through your fingers
But you never lose your hope, nor lose your sass;
Then revenge could be yours, but really what’s more
You’ll be a Twins Fan – bet your sweet ass.