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  1. Check the brakes. Remember everyone howling about Miranda butchering 3rd with a pro defensive avg of .950 at 3rd. Lee? .947/.954, 3rd/SS. Not sure I see Gold Glove there.
  2. ..."The way the Twins faithful lifted us up and, at times, helped us to win key plays was so special." One of many comments in which Royce points toward others rather than seeking self-aggrandizement and adulation. The young man has lessons to teach us which have nothing to do with baseball.
  3. Couldn't agree more. But my guess is that David St Peter will be in charge of these decisions and he will elect for "yesterday's model" since it will be his safe legacy (groans). That kind of model fits him to a T.
  4. Make no mistake, I love Atteberry on the updates and I am unsure of how he does it so quickly and accurately. But as main guy, he just talks it to death without any sense of pause or appropriate drama in his calling.
  5. As a strictly radio listener, this is what I am afraid of. Gladden in shotgun with Atteberry with the reigns. Oh, goodness...
  6. Well thought out and written. In additional to Marney, Jessica Mendoza, and Jesse Garcia (Milwaukee, news director at smallest TV network; former sportscaster). Don't put 3 in a booth. Never works for me. Consider Chris Archer in some capacity. Ploufe is good for stories but processes too much info audibly rather than forming thoughts and then speaking.
  7. Lee? Everyone touts him but a look at defensive stats show .954 at short and .947 at 3rd (3rd is a small set) for his minor league stats to date. Julien compiled a .981 at AAA and .991 at 2nd with the club. And folks are unsettled with Julien's defense? Time for a pause.
  8. It came from a couple of 29-yr old consultants with motel receipts .
  9. Oh, that's small-ball. I had forgotten.
  10. Miguel Sano: Saw him a couple of years ago when he signed for $30MM but not sure where he is now! Just another Joey Gallo!
  11. I have to read USAChief's post because he DM'd me and said because he outranked me, I had to give him a R&R (read and rec) for every post. I guess my board name should read USAFSSgt (looooooong time ago). I second @Verified Member post of thanks. I drifted over here because I got frustrated w/posts at a daily newspaper. The knowledge and civility here are remarkable. Post on. db
  12. I second that. I watched him very carefully at StP. Big guy who doesn't use his legs/thighs at all in his delivery. Contrast that w/a Verlander mechanics. JV has huge thighs developed during his recovery year from TJ surgery. SWR - All arm and upper body. Walked away from game wondering how he/pitching coaches expected SWR to improve. Would love to be proven wrong.
  13. My gosh. Removed the bursa. I have to put Tiger Balm on mine daily. .
  14. Good article/interview @Ted Schwerzler. I could have quoted any of 7 sentences/quotes from Jenkins. An 18-yr old.... Oofdah.
  15. I don't follow NL so I have no idea who else they had on the bench." Regardless, this will be a superb bar bet in about a year. "Who made the last...."
  16. So who made the last out for the Phils in the NLCS? Our boy Jake.
  17. https://replica.startribune.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=ac4d1159-8942-4510-82ca-99dc13f050e7
  18. @Cody Pirkl Low-impact? Game calling and relationships with pitching staff. Ability to synthesize data presented in game planning. Ability to fly extemporaneously from game plan calling based on circumstances and intuitive sense. Blocking the errant sweeper/sliders to preclude runners advancing a base. Throw-out rate. Maybe I misunderstand the sentence. I just understand the role as more than "low-impact position."
  19. No more than if Tex went on a hitting spree and pitcher had to sit for those 12 min.
  20. Levine Falvey and Ng both decline interest. "The list of those who have now declined interviews with Boston, according to MassLive, includes (Ng), Phillies GM Sam Fuld, former Rangers GM and current Rays adviser Jon Daniels, Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey and Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen, among others. https://nypost.com/2023/10/20/kim-ng-is-the-latest-to-drop-out-of-red-sox-gm-search/
  21. Can dig a mighty nice pond on a 160-acre quarter section with $62.5MM.
  22. I think we are his 4th or 5th team. I think he has the taste of what MLB clubs are made of -- in which case, if he is happy here, might sign based on varied club experiences.
  23. ...or bring back Twinkie the Loon. https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-mascot-used-to-be-a-juggling-loon
  24. First, my '22 favorite, Arraez, gets a ticket out of the tundra. Now @Cody Christiewants to trade away my '23 fave. <Tears>...
  25. Oofdah. I was doing so well until you had to bring him up again. There goes the rest of the year. I can still here Provus hyping him for leading the bullpen in jumping jacks and I am flying off the couch.
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