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  1. Nine of twelve
    My favorite beverage, whether for game watching or not, is Sticker Fight double IPA, brewed by Steel Toe Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN. Of course, that doesn't mean I drink it to the exclusion of everything else. For example, a glass of orange juice (not from concentrate) is as necessary for me first thing in the morning as coffee is for a large swath of the population.
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    I'm sure we could have traded Pineda, Simmons, and Donaldson. And others. And I'm sure there were inquiries and possibly offers. But I don't fault Falvine for keeping them. The fact that they didn't get traded tells me that no satisfactory deals were forthcoming. We were sellers and should have been, but that doesn't mean we should have sold at a loss.
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    First base. Duh.
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    If there were raw onions, yes.
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    TMI
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    You can eat them. But you would then suffer the consequences of your actions.
  7. Nine of twelve
    No. I drink only heavy beer.
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    Hmmm... regular Grain Belt or Premium?
  9. Nine of twelve
    Mega likes for the Allan Sherman reference!
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    The crux of this thread is that the keys to success are scouting and player development. Acquire the right players at the right time for the right price and have a system in place to get them to play their best. This does not happen overnight; in baseball it takes five years to find out if the moves you make today are good ones. The organization is far improved compared to the shambles that Falvey and Levine assumed control of during the 2016-2017 off-season. If they have succeeded in implementing their plan the next five years should see the farm system producing more and more good major league players. I'm cautiously optimistic.
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    I've said more than once that when I see Berrios' pitches on the center field camera I don't understand how anyone hits the ball. It doesn't seem like any pitcher gets more movement than he does. Yet he has never had a consistent stretch of dominance. I don't know what the problem is, but it seems to me that it was way too often that he would pitch only just well enough to lose a close game. Some players have great physical ability but simply don't succeed in certain roles. In the same way that LaTroy Hawkins was an excellent set-up reliever but an unsuccessful closer I don't think Berrios can ever be counted on to be a true stopper in any rotation.
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    The main reason Larnach has spent so much time on the major league roster: here's a list of full-time or part-time outfielders who are or have been on the injured list this season: Arraez, Buxton, Cave, Garlick, Kepler, Kirilloff, Refsnyder, Rooker.
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    If it's been done before it could well have been Jim Kaat who did it. He was not infrequently used as a pinch runner when he was a Twin. From Baseball Reference: He made 898 pitching appearances during his career, spending his last five seasons principally as a reliever, but appeared in over 1,000 games - 1,004 to be exact - thanks to 24 games as a pinch-hitter and 85 as a pinch-runner.
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    All you needed to know were two words: Phil Cuzzi
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    Drat. So which starter pitched better, the one who allowed an earned run or the one who lost?
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    BTW, enjoying Glen and LaTroy talking pitching.
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    Celestino losing the ball in the sun. This is a consequence of Target Field being sub-optimal in its layout. The line from home plate to straight away center field is almost exactly due east. That means that during late afternoon and early evening games center fielders and right fielders will have challenging reads on fly balls. It would have been better from a baseball standpoint if home plate had been where the left field corner is. But the powers that be wanted it laid out as it is for other (not bad) reasons. That's one of the very few reasons that Target Field is not the best ballpark in the majors. But being in the top five is excellent.
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    Rick Aguilera signed with the Twins prior to the 1996 season after being traded by the Twins to Boston during the previous season.
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    I get it, but for me it depends on the standings du jour.
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    With apologies to those who have voted, attempting to evaluate any trade one day after it was made is totally ridiculous.
  21. Nine of twelve
    Actually "dians'.
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    In this day and age it's extremely difficult to find a mascot name that is not in use elsewhere in professional or major college sports. Selecting a name in use elsewhere would involve lots of copyright infringement issues and so forth, which is why a completely new name is desirable for team ownership and management. This is how names such as MIghty Mussels and Wind Surge and the like come about. Given that constraint, Guardians is probably about the best--or least bad--that could be hoped for.
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    While Eaton made a good play, this was a mistake by Polanco. It was not a difficult play for a major league right fielder to make, it was late in a 1-run game with nobody out, and the situation in right field was clearly in Polanco's view as he ran. The fact that it was not a particularly close play at second bears this out. And this was not lost on Kepler on his single to right in the ensuing at-bat. That would have put runners at the corners with nobody out.
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    I did not volunteer to open this but I just happened to notice there was nothing. Go.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Twins July, 20 8:10pm White Sox Bailey Ober (R) Dallas Keuchel (L) 1. Luis Arraez (L) LF 2. Mitch Garver (R) C 3. Nelson Cruz (R) DH 4. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 5. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 6. Max Kepler (L) RF 7. Miguel Sano (R) 1B 8. Gilberto Celestino (R) CF 9. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS 1. Tim Anderson (R) SS 2. Gavin Sheets (L) RF 3. Jose Abreu (R) 1B 4. Brian Goodwin (L) LF 5. Yoan Moncada (S) 3B 6. Leury Garcia (S) 2B 7. Adam Engel (R) CF 8. Zack Collins (L) DH 9. Seby Zavala (R) C
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