Former Intern Gal Has Arrived!

By Krystal W.

That's right, gentlemen, this is a Former Intern Gal writing from my new post in Peoria, IL. Since most of you have no idea who I am, let me introduce myself. My name's Krystal and I interned at KFAN a year ago. It was basically the best internship ever. I screened calls for Common and Chad two days a week and went to Twins games, sat in the press box (sometimes next to Jack Morris or Tim Laudner), ate free hot dogs and pretzels, then went into the clubhouse to get the post game interviews and see Joe Mauer naked. (Yes, that really happened.)

Am I telling you guys this to make you jealous? No, that's just a fringe benefit. Really, it's just to show how much I love baseball, the Twins and sports. I majored in Journalism at the U of M, hoping, one day, I'll be the executive producer of Baseball Tonight. Right now, I just got a job in Peoria, IL, where I produce the 6 pm newscast. Michael invited me to this blog because of our mutual adoration for everything Twins and to contribute a little female perspective. So, if you guys have any questions only a girl can answer, just let me know. I'll be happy to listen. Although, I must warn you: I took a "How Girly Are You?" quiz on Facebook once, and I scored only a 35%.

Okay, I'll leave you with just a few things I think I think, so you can get to know me better (and, yes, I shamelessly stole that from Peter King):

-The Office is the best show on TV. This is important, because if you're like me, you can tell a lot about a person by which TV shows they watch. Others include: Arrested Development, Curb, LOST, The Wire, and Always Sunny. And since I'm getting free HBO in my new apartment, I've just gotten into Entourage.

-I've been in Illinois for only three days, but I already miss the Twins terribly. So much so, that I teared up every time I heard Dick Bremer's call of Justin's walk-off Sunday. And ESPN played it a lot. (I got MLB Extra Innings, but it sucks. It never works. I don't recommend it.)

-I'm counting down the minutes til Harry Potter comes out, both the movie and the book. And if you're shaking your head in disgust right now, fuck you. You don't know what you're missing.

-All my friends are getting engaged right now, and all I can think is,"Over/under: 4 years."

-Favorite baseball movie: Field of Dreams of course. But, growing up, I must've watched Angels in the Outfield a few dozen times.

-I prefer the DH. Now, I know it's not the pure way the game was meant to be, but the Wild Card is new, and we can't dispute that wasn't a great idea. I think the DH just makes the game more exciting and trying to figure out a double-switch gives me a headache.

-I was there that final Sunday in October, when the Twins clinched the division. Pretty much the greatest day of my life. (Although, I must say, that going into that game, I wanted them to face the Yankees. I had such a good feeling that we could finally beat them, but we had to face Oakland and make Barry Zito look like Sandy Koufax, securing him an absolutely outlandish contract, which basically assured Johan Santana's eventual departure, because there's no way we will ever be able to afford his next contract.)

Okay, that's what I got for now. Any questions?