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  1. Nine of twelve
    Wow, that amplifies the value of that card. Good on you!
  2. Nine of twelve
    First, I'll give you benefit of doubt that your misspelling was a typo. Jim Kaat is 82 years old. His voice doesn't sound that old and, most certainly, neither does his brain. IMHO he is without a doubt the best color man of the bunch.
  3. Nine of twelve
    Bump. The Twins are 15-17 since this poll was posted. Not horrible, but clearly not good enough to contend. I'll stand by what I posted here, now about 7 weeks ago. Start listening to offers for veterans on short term contracts and see if we can get someone to overpay. Don't part with core players at this point unless the offer is ridiculous. This month has the potential to be the best month in Falvine's tenure if they can turn our tradeable assets into worthwhile players.
  4. Nine of twelve
    Then he should have taken that into account and bailed out at the very earliest sign the pitch was not going to be a strike. It was all his fault and he deserved to die. Of course, I am speaking sarcastically. I'm simply not in agreement with the blame-the-victim viewpoint presented in the earlier post.
  5. Nine of twelve
    Whether he should be fired after this season is over can't be determined now because his performance for the rest of this season needs to be considered. For that reason I'm not going to post a vote on the poll. Based on his performance from the time he was hired until today my answer is no, but that answer is not as emphatic now as it was three months ago.
  6. Nine of twelve
    That was a major league fielding play.
  7. Nine of twelve
    The weather forecast for tomorrow isn't much better.
  8. Nine of twelve
    A batter has less than 1.5 seconds to recognize what the pitch is (which is not always possible), to recognize where it's going, and to react accordingly. The argument that Buxton did not plan his reaction properly is borderline ridiculous, IMHO. I suppose you also think that it was Ray Chapman's fault that he allowed himself to be killed by Carl Mays.
  9. Nine of twelve
    This game is 0.6% of the 2021 season. And if Coulombe has a really good outing he will pitch 3 innings, which is 0.2% of the 2021 season. I don't think it's anything to get too worked up over.
  10. Nine of twelve
    Who says shifting doesn't work?
  11. Nine of twelve
    Soon enough came a few weeks ago.
  12. Nine of twelve
    NOT crazy. Bill Smith took over the team after the 2007 season. Four years later the organization had a major league team with a 99-loss season and a minor league system bereft of any hope. He was one of the worst GM's in MLB in the last 50 years.
  13. Nine of twelve
    He was NOT playing every day. I checked the box scores from last week to confirm. He played on 6/8, 6/10, and 6/12. He did not play on 6/9, 6/11, or 6/13. Apples and oranges. They were hoping Refsnyder would improve enough to get back to playing sooner, the idea being to avoid using the IL and possibly have to add someone to the 40-man. If they had another outfielder ready to go they probably would have put Refsnyder on the IL right away. The only outfielder on the 40-man not in the majors is Rooker and I'm sure they want someone who can play CF.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Very similar to the Buxton issue. There are those who feel Buxton should not have gone through a ramp-up rehab assignment but rather just be put on the major league roster and go 100% after a month off. It would be equally unreasonbale to advocate for shifting Buxton directly from idling to high gear.
  15. Nine of twelve
    Even against decent teams with second-line and third-line players this team has done OK at producing runs. As long as our position players are healthy I'm not concerned about that. It seems we have enough talent coming along to keep us stocked for the next few years. Beyond that, the obvious has already been stated many times. It's time to cut bait regarding Shoemaker. I can't picture another team taking him on if he's released, much less give something up for him in a trade. We should hang on to other short-termers for now and hope their performance in the next month or so can fetch us something in trades. But don't be impatient; the offers from contenders will improve between now and the trading deadline and we want to get the most we can.
  16. Nine of twelve
    That's the first thing I thought of when I heard Cave went on the 60-day. Being traded for a low-level prospect would have been the best way for him to contribute to the success of the organization.
  17. Nine of twelve
    Do publishers really not know any better? Or do they just not bother? I suppose they figure the librarians do a better job anyway so they don't even try.
  18. Nine of twelve
    Hooray! We're back to only 10 runs down!
  19. Nine of twelve
    I think he's had every chance already.
  20. Nine of twelve
    By having Shoemaker on the roster the Twins are telling us that there is nobody else in the organization who can do a better job. I simply do not believe that. As I said after his debacle in KC it is time to thank him for trying and wish him well in his future endeavors.
  21. Nine of twelve
    With Berrios' stuff one of these days he's going to have a game where he's totally unhittable. Why not tonight?
  22. Nine of twelve
    Another thought on this matter: only those who voted "Don't rebuild, continue to fight" on the "Blow it up?" poll would advocate for placing Buxton on the major league roster without a rehab assignment. The other 96.15% of us agree with the Twins that it's best to wait until he's truly ready.
  23. Nine of twelve
    I agree that this incident in last night's game was wrong. You have to touch first, second, and third, in that order, before touching home plate or the run doesn't count. It's the same principle as a batter not being allowed to take first on a base on balls unless there have been four pitches outside the strike zone .
  24. Nine of twelve
    So after not playing at all for a month he should go full speed without any ramp-up? By that logic there should be no need for spring training. Just have everyone get conditioned on their own and start the season. I guess this is one of those agree-to-disagree situations. Players know the difference between rehab assignments (or spring training) and major league games. In the majors the instinct is to go all-out, and if the body is not fully healed from injury the risk of reinjury is significant. On a rehab assignment the instinct is not to overdo it to minimize that risk while still having the opportunity to be in game situations to sharpen timing and so forth.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Do you really think he'll be left in the game to do that?
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