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  1. Nine of twelve
    I think a big problem with having the DH rule different from one league to the other is that teams construct their rosters based on how they play most of their games. To make it more fair I think the visiting team in each interleague series should be allowed one totally unrestricted roster move. Any player in the organization can replace any player on the 25-man. No 10-day limit upon return to the minors. No option used. No requirement for the player to be on the 40-man.
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    Goose Island started life as an independent brewery but was bought out a few years ago.
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    It is great. There are also several places with a wide selection of cans as well as smaller taps around the stadium.
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    I liked this except for one small but significant thing. Goose Island is OK and all that, but they are a subsidiary of Annheuser-Busch. There are many very tasty local beers and ales available at Target Field and I always try to patronize the local brewmasters.
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    There's no reason to do it now. We can do it if/when the need arises.
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    I appreciate and enjoy your frequent dinger updates. I don't want to take anything away from the Twins' home run prowess, however I strongly believe that the baseballs being used this season are significantly contributing to our team's record-setting pace. I think MLB would benefit from switching to baseballs with more air resistance. We would still be leading the majors in dingers but I think the game would be better with fewer of them.
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    Edited to say what I thought after reading this.
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    You're saying that if you eliminate the productive part of his game he's not productive. Okay.
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    Per Phil Miller of the Strib Kepler's 333-foot dinger is the Twins' shortest since MLB began tracking that in 2008.
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    As of now he has hit 12 HR in 33 games played. If he plays 120 games that translates to 43 HR. That is valuable.
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    I think it's highly likely that's where he will be next season and beyond, playing 2B regularly.
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    In 2013 I thought our catcher of the future was Josmil Pinto.
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    This is veering a bit off topic, but since Babe Ruth was the first name mentioned in this thread I'll voice my belief that he is the best baseball player ever. There are four aspects to baseball: pitching, batting, fielding, and baserunning. It can be fairly argued that Ruth was surpassed by others in batting, but not by much if at all. Fielding and baserunning are far less important, and certainly there are others in the best-ever conversation who were better than Ruth. However, consider the most important aspect, pitching. Ruth was not an average pitcher, he was outstanding. Factoring that in, no other player has ever come close to him as an all-around baseball player.
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    I'll echo what has been said several times. As of this moment Cleveland is the second AL wild card team. It's highly unlikely they would let Hand go.
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    Rogers did pitch two innings less than 24 hours previously but he has the best stuff of anyone in the bullpen. I'm guessing Rocco also felt that he was the best one to bring into the game in the middle of an inning. With the off day on Monday there were two days to rest his arm. I'm sure he was not going to have Rogers pitch the ninth inning no matter what happened. When you are the manager there are times when you roll the dice. Sometimes you succeed, sometimes you don't. This case was a don't, but even then with our offense we had a better chance of winning an extra-inning game than the Royals. So I don't fault Rocco for bringing in Rogers.
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    When you are a MLB coach you need to keep track of batted balls because Mike Coolbaugh.
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    Of course that would be great. But we would have had to give up top-line youngsters (plural) to get him. Like Polanco and Kepler and probably more. 2017 was not the time to do that. And as I said, it's a moot point because he would not have approved a trade to come here anyway. But making a similar trade now, to get an ace with a longish contract, is something I would strongly support.
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    This describes me. In 2017 many on this board were very upset that we didn't try to trade for Verlander. I was against that because it would have only slightly improved our small chance of winning a World Championship and the cost would have been high. (Verlander would not have waived his no-trade clause to come here anyway.) That was then, this is now. In spite of the fact that we have the best record in baseball our pitching needs an upgrade if we want to contend for a world championship. Our current roster will almost certainly get us into the postseason. I don't think anyone feels the need to add a position player. It's all about improving the pitching staff, more specifically configuring it for postseason success. That means relievers are the primary targets. Making significant upgrades will come at a price that is worth paying. I don't know enough about specific prospects or about who is available to name names but the time has come.
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    When Adrianza beat Houston and Verlander with a home run I thought it was just a blind squirrel occurrence. Now between him and Marwin we can give any non-catcher a day off and not lose a thing offensively.
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    Removing nicotine may make it less likely players will use tobacco, but nicotine is not what causes cancer. It's all the other toxic stuff in tobacco that does that.
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    I award partial credit. When the batter can hit a ball close to 500 feet the pitcher has to attempt more difficult-to-execute pitches. That makes wild pitches more likely to occur. If Jason Tyner is at the plate just throw a middling fastball or slider and you'll be fine.
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    I mentioned that because it was in conjunction with the mound height adjustment.
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    Don't forget that in 1969 there was expansion as well.
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    I know this is venturing off-topic but I've come around to the point of view that this is OK if it's a close game because in that case the primary purpose of doing it is to try to give your team a chance of winning the game. Breaking up the no-hitter is just collateral damage. Edit: And BTW if it happens in the first 3 or 4 innings nobody would think twice about it.
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    ftfy
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