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  1. Dave Borton
    Greene tosses against the Dodgers at 3pm today, free on MLB.TV. The Twins bypassed Greene when they selected Royce Lewis in the '17 draft. The Reds grabbed Greene on the second picture, 1st round.
  2. Dave Borton
    Tears flow. I worked 11 years to transform a 'dead zone' (former owner just poured on the synthetic chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides). I garden organically, adding cover crops in Fall (field beans, winter grains, daikon radishes. Sickled in Spring and turned under). Community gardens are all booked in St Anthony Village. <Sighs>. Plan. Each year 5 of us compete for our "Golden Trowel." (Past efforts have been tomatoes, sugar beets, yellow cakes, green peppers, etc). One bud is on the faculty at the Ag School at the University. He is giving me some space on the grounds at the U (shhhhh!). This years competition is pumpkins (1st phase/without prize). Prize goes to the guy who makes the best pumpkin pie in the Fall, as judged by our spouses. Fun and a ton of smack talk all year and bragging rights to the gent who delivers that prize winning pie. Wish me luck.
  3. Dave Borton
    Alexander is throwing a perfect game for Rays against Jays thru 6 for those with a chance to listen to watch the game.
  4. Dave Borton
    MLB sent me a video teaser yesterday. $70 for the rest of the year for all games, minus the games at home as well as when they play in Chicago, Detroit, and so on. I passed on it and will live with my 30 nightly audio broadcasts. No "muted" games and I don't need to listen to Atteberry.
  5. Dave Borton
    Rooker is looking good for A's this year (288/975). Sample large enough to make a statement. Game is on against Astros, live, on MLB.com TV (Thurs eve). Presley on the other hand, is having a tough year w/Astros. 16.1 inn, 5.51 ERA, 1.78 wHip.
  6. Dave Borton
    Berrios is throwing for the Jays this eve (Mon) against the Orioles. Free viewing on MLB.com.
  7. Dave Borton
    He is hitting .067 in last 7 games; .080 last 15.
  8. Dave Borton
    Try is this eve and see if CWS or Tigers game goes to a black commercial screen during action. I gave up.
  9. Dave Borton
    Forget the MLB free game. Signal on two games cuts out right in middle of inning and goes to "Commercial in progress..." Repeatedly Free night. You get what you pay for so now I have the Jays radio booth turned on.
  10. Dave Borton
    A.I. hits Twins Daily ... write it down.
  11. Dave Borton
    Who owns the lowest ERA in MLB? This former Twin. Think about it a bit before clicking. Sioux-prize! https://www.mlb.com/stats/pitching?sortState=asc
  12. Dave Borton
    My favorite former Twin, Eduardo Escobar, is out of ball. The Blue Jays released him after ST and he has not been picked up by anyone, including AAA ball. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=escoba001edu
  13. Dave Borton
    I know I am straying a bit off OT, but I go to about 8-10 noontime games a year plus select games when the opponent is throwing Kershaw, Verlander, etc. $12.50/tix works better.
  14. Dave Borton
    I'm fortunate. Near light rail and 50% off as a veteran - nosebleeds Mon-Thurs.
  15. Dave Borton
    I studied in Guatemala, 1-on-1 for a month when Gandhii was an infant. I find the dialogue too quick to follow.
  16. Dave Borton
    MLB radio. Upside: 1. Can listen to opponents radio announcers. I have let Atteberry/Gladden go. Atteberry over-talks (was superb on game updates) and Gladden forgets we don't have video. 2. Get all 15 games every night; 30 booths. Some great announcers out there and key games to turn on.
  17. Dave Borton
    1. I am a Caretaker. Why? To support an excellent site. 1a. Ads are excessively encountered for my Silver Caretaker $ 2. I am a happy camper. I skim through posts by trolls and overly negative ones. I do not find the site contains too many negative posts. Many posters are fans first and analyzers second. That is to be expected on a Twins site, no? 3. Rich content. I have writers I mentally follow and those I don't. 4. Click bait? There is some but I can discern in title and first paragraph. Your call on eliminating such articles. 5. I would have a forum dedicated to analytics. So much ball is governed by it.. I moved from 'old school' ball to understanding more analysis once I read Keith Law's "Smart Baseball." I would appreciate and learn from others in such a forum. 6. "Thumbs down" emoji. Let it go. Too confusing. Is it being used to disagree, used as a "gotcha?" or what is being disagreed with?' Keep up your good work and thanks for asking, DB
  18. Dave Borton
    We are moving to St Anthony Village. Did some scrubbing online and they have a community garden. I requested a plot last nite and we will see if they have been all gobbled up. Might get in some later planting in it this year and will just put in some short maturity sweet corn and tight maturity tomatoes.
  19. Dave Borton
    Folks within community distance driving -- make sure to check out the varieties of peppers and tomatoes at Hugo Feed Mill. 400 varieties of peppers: https://www.hugofeedmill.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024_MasterPepperList.pdf 125 tomato varieties : https://www.hugofeedmill.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024_MasterPepperList.pdf https://www.hugofeedmill.com/the-evangelist-of-peppers-hugo-man-puts-premium-on-peppers/
  20. Dave Borton
    I, on the other hand, will have no garden. 🥲 We just bought a condo (very, very happy with purchase) and my gardening will be a 8x9 patio on the 4th Floor. Pots, SE sun. Someone will inherit the 20x20 garden which I transformed 11 years ago from a petro chemical dependent space into an organic garden teeming with life. Every year I plant winter rye in fall, sickle and turn the rye under in spring. (Last fall I added daikon radish seeding to the charcuterie board). Worms live again! Last fall planted 70 garlic and they look wonderful. Will work with lettuce arrangement of the patio along with some other planters which can bring greenery into the home in fall. Lots of planning to do with it but for now, head is spinning with figures, documents to sign, planning for clearing out home and getting it staged and listed. Will also check out community gardens in that 4 buds and I have growing competition every year. This year it is pumpkins, which we need to process and then prepare pumpkin pie. Our spouses will be the judges to determine which of us smack talkers walks with the golden trowel this year. Garden on folks, DB
  21. Dave Borton
    Really, surely looked like Martin in LF when I was at the Saints game Wed nite. He misjudged a manageable slicing ball, which hit his glove and bounded into the corner down the line. Brutal play. Gracious home scoring awarded a hit. And don't get me started on how lost Wallner looks at the plate...0'fer 5 with 3 Ks.
  22. Dave Borton
    Gibby tosses for the Cards today at 2:40pm against the Tigers on MLB radio feed. I prefer (Dan Dickerson) the Tigers booth.
  23. Dave Borton
    Atteberry's younger brother. Was Perkins overdoing it last nite. Just about to turn the game on now.
  24. Dave Borton
    Fresh writing. Thanks, Matt.
  25. Dave Borton
    Calling all former pitchers. Pls watch SWR. When I saw him pitch at StP last year, he doesn't use his legs/thighs for momentum. His pitch is all upper body and arm. Contrast with someone like Verlander, who uses his legs so forcefully to deliver the pitch. Your observations today would be appreciated (I only have the audio and will have CWS broadcast on). Thanks in advance.
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