ALL EYES ON THEM SINCE THEY
ARE PLAYING THE ASTROS.
LIKE TO SEE THEM BEAT THE
ASTROS BUT TOM KELLY KNOWS ON
THING OR TO BECAUSE HE LED THE
TWINS TO THE WORLD SERIES WIN.
I SAT DOWN WITH THE FORMER
SKIPPER TO TALK SUCCESS AND THE
BIZARRE SEASON SO FAR.
TOM, PLAYOFF BASEBALL.
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR THE
PLAYOFFS?
IT IS FUN.
IT IS REAL FUN.
SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN NOW AND
THIS YEAR SO MANY DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING ALL
SPORTS AND ALL WAYS OF LIFE.
UNFORTUNATELY THE FANS ARE THE
ONES THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO
SUFFER THE MOST HERE.
CLOSE FAMILY TO THE PLAYERS.
STARTING PITCHING, ONE AND
TWO AND BEYOND THAT WHAT GOES
INTO WINNING WHEN YOU GET TO
THE PLAYOFFS?
YOU HOPE PEOPLE CAN HANDLE
PRESSURE BY NOW AND THIS YEAR
IS DIFFERENT WITH THE 60 GAMES
BUT I THINK ANY MANAGER KNOWS
WHO CAN HANDLE WHAT.
I THINK OF JACK MORRIS AND
KIRBY PUCKETT IN 97 AND 81 AND
PLAYING UNDER PRESSURE.
CAN YOU KEEP SOMEBODY TO BE
GREAT IN THE MOMENT OR DO THEY
HAVE IT OR DON'T?
IT CAN BE INHERITED SOME OR
RUBBED OFF.
PUCK CAN DO IT.
I CAN DO IT.
SO SOME OF IT MIGHT RUB OFF A
TOUCH.
DID YOU ENJOY A 60 GAME
SEASON LIKE WE WITNESSED THIS
YEAR?
NO.
NOT REALLY.
NO, NOT AT ALL.
I FOUND IT A LITTLE BIT HARD TO
GET INTO.
AND LIKE WE SUSPECTED GETTING
OFF TO A GOOD START AND YOU
WOULD OR SHOULD MAKE IT.
YOU WERE YUCK WHEN YOU
RETIRED FROM MANAGING.
DID YOU FEEL YOUNG WHEN YOU
RETIRED OR DID YOU FEEL LIKE
THIS IS ENOUGH?
NO, I FELT LIKE I HAD ENOUGH
AND THERE WAS OTHER THINGS THAT
I WANTED TO DO.
SO I DID THEM.
AND THAT'S WHAT MY FEELINGS
WERE AND I AM GLAD I DID WHAT I
DID AND I WAS PROUD OF ALL OF
THE PLAYERS THAT I HAD AND SOME
OF THEM REALLY DEVELOPED.
A LOT OF THEM GOOD PEOPLE AND
STAYED IN THE GAME.
GUARDEE OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW
WELL AND HE RETIRES AND CITES
STRESS.
EXPLAIN THAT THAT IS LIKE?
THE GRIND OF BEING A MANAGER.
I DON'T THINK -- HE USED
STRESS.
THAT'S FINE BUT I THOUGHT IT
WAS MORE OF WEAR YOU DOWN.
IF YOU CALL THAT STRESS, OKAY,
I GUESS BUT I DIDN'T FEEL
STRESSED ABOUT IT.
I JUST FELT A LITTLE KNOCKED
DOWN ABOUT IT.
THIS IS ENOUGH.
THIS IS LOOKING LIKE A GOOD
TIME TO TURN IT OVER.
AND YOU DID BUT WHAT A
CAREER.
YEAH.
SO 1987.
BEFORE YOU WERE PROBABLY BORN.
THAT'S TRUE.
JUST BE HONEST ABOUT IT.
THAT'S TRUE.
THE TWINS GO TO THE WORLD
SERIES AND WE HAVE THIS PROMO
FOR HOMER HANK AND THE TWINS
WON EVERY HOME GAME IN THE
PLAYOFFS IN THE WORLD SERIES.
HOMER HANKE WAS THE SYMBOL FOR
FANS.
HOMER INTRODUCED IT THIS YEAR
AT CUBS FOOD BUT THEY GOT LUCKY
AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
IN FAIRNESS THEY HAVE BROUGHT
THIS OUT A FEW TIMES SINCE AND
THE TWINS HAVE ONLY WON, ONE
PLAYOFF SERIES SINCE 2002 AND
THAT WAS IN 2002.
THEY BEAT THE OAKLAND A'S AND
THEY HAVE NOT A PLAYOFF SERIES
SINCE AND THEY HAVE WON OUT A
FEW TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS BUT A
COOL SYMBOL.
I WILL GIVE YOU THIS.
ON BEHALF OF MINNESOTANS.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
WHY NOT.
IF YOU SEE THIS AT THE GAME
ON TUESDAY YOU WILL NOTICE IT.
THERE WILL BE THREE OF US.
EXACTLY.