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GAME THREAD: 4/6/21 Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers, 12:10 CDT

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wsnydes MVP

wsnydes

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I’m far from being on the bandwagon but if he’s even moderately capable with the bat, he’s a pretty great 26th man.

That's really the ideal role for him, in my view. He can play many positions and doesn't need to play every day.

USAFChief GOAT

USAFChief

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Watching Happ pitch is sort of like having a dull toothache. Unpleasant, but you sort of just put up with it.

TouchEmAllGuy College Ball

TouchEmAllGuy

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Watching Happ pitch is sort of like having a dull toothache. Unpleasant, but you sort of just put up with it.

 

I haven't watched (listening on the radio) Happ pitch yet. What is unpleasant, the delivery? pace? his stuff? Control?

USAFChief GOAT

USAFChief

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I haven't watched (listening on the radio) Happ pitch yet. What is unpleasant, the delivery? pace? his stuff? Control?

Yes.

Sielk Draft Eligible

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I don't know, I am really not comfortable watching Happ pitch. He may have been pretty successful with it but Happ pounding the edges of the zone with countless 90 mph fastballs feels like a disaster waiting to happen.

wsnydes MVP

wsnydes

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He’s also a really nice PH option you can slot someplace on the field very easily afterward.

I don't think much of his glovework, but that is true and it is an asset.

 

I'd much rather have him as the 26th man instead of a rookie, that is for sure.

wsnydes MVP

wsnydes

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Since Hostess went bankrupt, The new Twinkies are nowhere near as good as the old ones.

I bet they're "healthier" too! 

 

A tragedy of epic proportions...

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I don't think much of his glovework, but that is true and it is an asset.

 

I'd much rather have him as the 26th man instead of a rookie, that is for sure.

Oh, his glovework is pretty crap but if you’re at the end of a bench, it’s not like you can PH Rooker for, say, Simmons. Or a catcher.

 

But because Astudillo can play a half-assed second or third, you can PH him for almost anyone in any situation; sure the defensive alignment takes a hit afterward but that beats not being able to do it at all.

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USAFChief

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When Chief tells it on a Game Thread?

Sorry...incorrect. Although perhaps better than the actual answer.

USAFChief GOAT

USAFChief

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After a pregnant pause*?

(not to be confused with pas or pa's)

Sorry...incorrect. Although perhaps better than the actual answer.

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Squirrel

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Since Hostess went bankrupt, The new Twinkies are nowhere near as good as the old ones.

 

That's not a high bar to cross, but a pretty low bar to go under

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On another note...anyone watching the Detroit telecast on MLB Network?

 

The Detroit announcers are possible the dryest, most enthusiasm-free team in the history of televised sport.

 

Morneau is Robin Williams by comparison.

USAFChief GOAT

USAFChief

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Since Hostess went bankrupt, The new Twinkies are nowhere near as good as the old ones.

WHA?????!!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!

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