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  1. Nine of twelve
    Strongly concur! But I still wonder why arrangements could not have been made to allow him to stay for the whole game.
  2. Nine of twelve
    So the Twins and/or Rodney couldn't afford to charter a lear jet to Miami for the hearing? And the only commercial flight available left in the middle of the afternoon? Just doesn't seem like the story is quite right.
  3. Nine of twelve
    When a team reaches the point where advancing to the postseason is highly unlikely selling should take place. However, that doesn't mean getting rid of anyone for whom you can get an offer. It means improving your team's position to have success as soon as possible. In the case of the Twins it means improving our position to have success in 2019. We will have a rehabilitated and improved Sano. We will have a rehabilitated and improved Buxton. We will have a full season of Polanco. We will have several young pitchers, both starters and relievers, who have been improving in the high minors. We should not jettison anyone who is likely to make a significant contribution next season. Dozier, Lynn, Rodney, Duke, maybe Mauer should be the ones to look at trading. Almost nobody under the age of 27 should be on the list.
  4. Nine of twelve
    Managing in the minors is much different from managing in MLB because player development and teaching are by far the most important things. As a result, decisions about who plays where and does what and when are approached much differently. My opinion is that a long-term MLB coach is probably better prepared to manage in MLB than a long-term minor league manager.
  5. Nine of twelve
    I generally concur with the sentiments here. 4 valuable members of the lineup have been either unavailable or hampered by injury: Buxton, Sano, Mauer and Polanco. Even though it's unlikely we'll get 2006 hot I think we leave Detroit, KC and the tighty Whities far behind as the rest of the season unfolds and those players return to form. Catching Cleveland? We can only do what we can do and if they stumble there's a chance. What I really think will happen is that we will have 95+ wins in 2019.
  6. Nine of twelve
    One thing not mentioned about 2006 is the pitching was top notch. That year's Cy Young winner was our second best starter for much of the season and the bullpen was a brick wall (Juan Rincon's juicing admittedly probably being part of that). This year's pitching has been satisfactory for the most part but not like 2006.
  7. Nine of twelve
    Congratulations. And I like the name. Will it be Ed, Edward, Eddie, or Eduardo? There's also another option: there's a player in the HOF named Edd Roush. Edd with two d's.
  8. Nine of twelve
    I didn't notice that before. If the coach is not sure until the last minute whether he'll send the runner he should be wheeling the runner and then stopping him at the last minute, not the other way around.
  9. Nine of twelve
    It could happen. Remember we're playing the White Sox, and if we can punish them in game 1 their bullpen will be thin. Let's get a sweep!
  10. Nine of twelve
    I'm surprised they didn't go with Slegers, but one of the reasons not mentioned so far for choosing Littell is to give him a little positive reinforcement. He and the team are all well aware that this is a one-and-done callup and he's pitching against an inferior team so it's a relatively low-pressure situation. It's much different than, for example, becoming part of the rotation replacing an injured starter during the heat of a pennant race. I hope the team tells him that and that he should just let it fly.
  11. Nine of twelve
    It took four years for him to return to the level of play that would have been expected of him had he not sustained his 2013 concussion, and I fear he won't be back at his expected level of performance again this season. As is the case with all of us, I have no inside information and I'm not a neurologist but with these symptoms returning I think this is probably his last season.
  12. Nine of twelve
    Here's the way to look at it from "The Life of (who else?) Brian".
  13. Nine of twelve
    The perspective of most people posting to this thread is what one would expect from Twins fans: Seattle scored only two runs because our pitchers were very good, not because their batters were very bad. We scored only one run because our batters were very bad, not because their pitchers were very good. Seems to me it was a low scoring game because all the pitching was good. It's thought by most people knowledgeable about baseball that good pitching will keep good batting down. This game was actually what to expect from two good teams. It was disappointing to lose the game but not shameful in any way.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Going into spring training Adrianza, Escobar, Garver and Grossman were expected to be the bench, and that's with a 12-man pitching staff. Subtracting Polanco, Castro and Mauer leave us with what we have. Would Falvine have been able to find better than the current bench during the offseason? Maybe, but I doubt it when 29 other teams were shopping for the same types of players.
  15. Nine of twelve
    Ein dinger!
  16. Nine of twelve
    The pregnant pause was appropriate.
  17. Nine of twelve
    17 of our last 23 games are against the Royals, the White Sox, and the Tigers. If we can stay even with Cleveland until then we should be able to pull away down the stretch.
  18. Nine of twelve
    https://goo.gl/images/XL8igC
  19. Nine of twelve
    Like I said, Rosario caused the bad throw. Your scenario didn't happen and it was because of Rosario's play.
  20. Nine of twelve
    Game ball to Rosario!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  21. Nine of twelve
    Why do they have to spoil a festive time by previewing tomorrow's starters?
  22. Nine of twelve
    I agree to disagree. He caught the CF by surprise which is the reason the throw was bad. He forced the defense to make a mistake.
  23. Nine of twelve
    2 runs on 1 hit, with an assist from Gardy on the IBB.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Now that was REALLY good baserunning. This is what I mean when I say Rosario has an instinctive feel for making great plays.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Good use of the anti-jinx.
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