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  1. Nine of twelve
    FWIW 10 runs scored in the last two innings with position players pitching.
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    Winnah! Glad to avoid the sweep. Now let's see if we can carry this over against a good team this weekend.
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    Why didn't he just have Duran start the inning?
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    We're bringing Duran in because?
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    It sure would be helpful if he can emerge as a reliable reliever.
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    He doesn't deserve to be spoken about in that way. You are being far too charitable. He's a bleeping bleepbleep.
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    He has proven himself. As long as he is healthy enough to play regularly he should be on the major league roster. The thing is, the same thing was true about Miranda at the beginning of the season. So if he struggles there's always AAA for him to work out any issues.
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    I also thought Baldelli overmanaged in last night's game. I wouldn't say that has been true on a consistent basis, though. Every major league manager has the goal of winning as many games as possible over the course of a season, with the exception of those managing teams that are in fall training mode after being eliminated from the postseason. That means trying, as TK was noted for saying, to put the players in a position where they can succeed. I'm sure that's what he was trying to accomplish last night, but pinch hitting for your DH when he hasn't even batted yet, well... I know there are many who want the Twins to replace Baldelli. There's nothing wrong with having that opinion. But it's more difficult and more important to hire a manager than it is to fire one. I'd like those who advocate for making this move to list candidates for hire or at the very minimum to list specific traits you feel the next manager should have.
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    I always do so, but rarely correctly. My default answer for questions about movies is "The Wizard of Oz". BTW I found the answer to your trivia question after a bit of research. But I'm not going to spoil it for others by posting the answer here or tweeting it.
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    Interestingly enough, I also often participate in trivia at local brew pubs with my second son and my daughter.
  11. Nine of twelve
    I thought since you wrote Chief Jr Jr that there was another generation in there.
  12. Nine of twelve
    Grandson, then?
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    Falvine know that this is not fantasy baseball. Their high-salaried jobs are on the line with each decision they make. Add to that the pride/shame associated with performing at the highest level of their profession and they have a lot at stake. I believe that they absolutely do what they think is best no matter what the fan base wants. Every. Time. But I still hope we get Lewis on the major league roster ASAP.
  14. Nine of twelve
    AL East: +52 NL East: +6 NL West: +1 AL West: -8 NL Central: -14 AL Central: -37
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    Just pathetic timely hitting. Just pathetic. In spite of that the team played well enough to earn a split of the road trip and almost certainly would have had one if not for poor umpiring in the Monday game. And in spite of that we still find ourselves in first place by 3.5 games. So things are not all gloom and doom. Chin up, keep working. The division is ours for the taking.
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    I think it was a good move for the Twins to trade Aaron Hicks. But it was a really bad move to trade for John Ryan Murphy.
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    It's also not the best measurement to compare us to Tampa Bay. They are having a season that is such an outlier that it is borderline bizarre.
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    Jumbo! Ginormous! Woo! Woo!
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    When the Twins made the decision to keep Pagan on staff I was open minded about it. I assumed that the FO and on-field people felt that he could be effective with proper coaching and proper use. And I thought it was the right thing to do to give him opportunities to prove himself. While he has mostly done OK, when things have gone bad for him things have gone very bad. Every reliever on a team with championship aspirations needs to be able to do the job in any situation and it seems to me that he is simply not reliable enough. I think the time has come to thank him for his service and wish him the best of luck in his future elsewhere.
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    I think this is true for most people.
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    Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue. On Monday Cuzzi was the pigeon and the Twins were the statue. Today the Dodgers were the pigeon and Pagan was the statue.
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    Delmon Young was almost a star.
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    You were saying?
  24. Nine of twelve
    You were saying?
  25. Nine of twelve
    Obviously there is never one and only one reason for a loss. But in this case I think the two obvious missed calls on the Kirilloff strikeout had a very large effect. Moreover, Kirilloff did not make a mistake in that at-bat. Cuzzi did. I think it's very, very likely that the Twins would have scored at least one more run in the top of the tenth if not for those blown calls. And that would have won the game. Cuzzi's poor umpiring is a reason for the loss that is just as real as any other reason.
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