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  1. Dave Borton
    So who made the last out for the Phils in the NLCS? Our boy Jake.
  2. Dave Borton
    https://replica.startribune.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=ac4d1159-8942-4510-82ca-99dc13f050e7
  3. Dave Borton
    @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."
  4. Dave Borton
    No more than if Tex went on a hitting spree and pitcher had to sit for those 12 min.
  5. Dave Borton
    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/
  6. Dave Borton
    Can dig a mighty nice pond on a 160-acre quarter section with $62.5MM.
  7. Dave Borton
    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.
  8. Dave Borton
    ...or bring back Twinkie the Loon. https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-mascot-used-to-be-a-juggling-loon
  9. Dave Borton
    First, my '22 favorite, Arraez, gets a ticket out of the tundra. Now @Cody Christiewants to trade away my '23 fave. <Tears>...
  10. Dave Borton
    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.
  11. Dave Borton
    The only mascot I like less than TC is Bernie the Brewer in MKE. They could both go missing after sliding into Bernie's mug, going on a bender, and I wouldn't be disappointed. Chicago has the bears. I suggest that the mascot be the walleye, our state fish. A fish is so much more endearing than TC. And what is more Minnesota than having a mascot called "Wally." No more TShirt gun, Wally could pass out tickets to St Matthew's Lutheran Church's hotdish potluck. https://www.sos.state.mn.us/about-minnesota/state-symbols/state-fish-walleye/
  12. Dave Borton
    Dallas Braden is on the A's broadcast team. He also is on "Baseball is Dead" podcast. He is critical on that show when issues come up on which he can render opinion. Not bashful. Except for the A's. Never a bad word about them and he skirts or deflects the discussion when it comes to the A's. He knows who butters his bread. I enjoy his presence on the podcast but I am also aware of when his shoes are too tight. The fiddler always determines who what song he plays.
  13. Dave Borton
    Good article from MLB/Park. "“I don't know if this is the right thing to say before going to become a free agent,” Gray said. “But I'll say it because it's honest: Money is not the ultimate factor for me. Never has been. Having said that, you want to be valued appropriately.” "Now that Gray and his family have experienced two years here, does Minnesota check all of their boxes? “It does,” Gray said without hesitation. “We've had an incredible experience here." https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/sonny-gray-on-possible-future-with-twins-before-hitting-free-agency What say thee? Signs elsewhere (and with whom) or stays here. My vote? Walking shoes, any contender. Let's say Atlanta since he is a Vanderbilt Commodore.
  14. Dave Borton
    A really lovely sign off from May:
  15. Dave Borton
    Just a quick link to Camargo's stats. Only saw him once so that data is impressive offensively and defensively. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=camarg000jai&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=twinsdaily.com&utm_campaign=2023-10-15_br
  16. Dave Borton
    Excellent article, well researched, clearly written, though I don't come to the same conclusion. From where does the criticism of Baldelli come? Many of us grew up on a different brand of baseball. "Baldelli" becomes a symbol of what we resent in the changed game. He is bound to catch flack (not Fleck). I am part of that herd. Baldelli is following the script set by the FO. Neither of us truly knows how much latitude he has in going in a different direction anymore than we know his true impact within the clubhouse. He is penned in to a style of baseball which dictates his decisions. His personality lends to that role. Is he a good manager? I think we need to remember that 52 of his games (32%) are played within a division where not one team (save Twins) had a .500 record. Talk about stacking the deck for statistical composition. I think he is a good person for this FO. How responsible he is for the stats you listed is another issue. I don't know if he is a good manager. I know he and his (their) brand of baseball doesn't appeal to me. After all, this is entertainment, not the chess game it has become. What I do know? The Twins finished 87-75 in the worst division of baseball, with a disproportionate amount of those games against losing teams. Thanks for taking the time to present such a thoroughly researched article. db
  17. Dave Borton
    Ah, I guess that I am stuck in mud Cody, have to disagree on this one. "Progression?" I think there is a virus in MLB when starters (Ryan/Berrios) get pulled in early innings. We have gone from 6.0 inn/starter to about 5.0 in 20 years .I go to see Ryan vs Berrios, not Thielbar vs Cabrera. This game is for our entertainment, not for GMs to play with their Etch a Sketches behind the curtain. Arms are hanging from the clubhouse ceiling like nobody's business. From innings? No. From the ever increasing pressure of throwing harder and faster in those abbreviated starts. Stop it. All these injuries are not progress. If you pull him at 5 inn and he will use up all the gas in those inn since he needn't keep anything in reserve for the 6th and beyond. This is not progress. What to do? Limit, don't expand the roster number. Reduce the number of pitchers from 13 to 12. Adjust the DH. When a starter gets yanked, the reliever must assume the DH position in the lineup. Progression. Guess we can have different visions of what constitutes it.
  18. Dave Borton
    Bookmarked. Very helpful chronology.
  19. Dave Borton
    Nick, what excellent writing. Though I knew the outcome for Gray, the article was a "page turner" and kept me engrossed. Your quote above says it all about the "boys of summer," and the game in which they engage. Unpredictable ... and also kind of predictable at the same time. I first played 70 years ago and I find that despite the years, baseball still grasps and holds me captive In its 4-seam grip. Unpredictable. Thanks for the writing.
  20. Dave Borton
    Phrase of the month. TD should put a sticky on the phrase!
  21. Dave Borton
    Thank you. In the past, I have emailed the Twins to lose that phrase on the electronic board. So lame.
  22. Dave Borton
    Sure, a symphony warming up. Voices at a protest. A bad piece of art with noisy, inappropriate clashes. Our congregation chanting the psalm (grins). And "reign?" He already had the Twins in mind for reigning champs of the World Series. All good.
  23. Dave Borton
    Scene: Wrigley Field 5 yrs ago, 3rd inn. I am running for beers while my bud keeps mental notes. I came back and crowd was doing a standing-O and going wild. "What did I miss," as I spilled some beer in an effort to hasten my arrival back at the seat. "Cubs got them for a double play," he grinned and responded. We knew we weren't at Target Field. In my visits to about 18 ballparks, the ring around the Great Lakes has the quietest crowds: Toronto, (Buffalo - AAA, my origin), Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, and here. At the other end of the spectrum, LA, Atlanta, St Louis -- all make us seem like we are hoarse. However, attending game one against Toronto, I thought I was back at Dodger Stadium or Busch.. We rose to the occasion. I suggest that we are responders here, not generators. Let's see what the next two games bring.
  24. Dave Borton
    I continue to marvel at the years Farmer and Castro have had. Both offer extreme utility in a multiple variety of roles. Quite a $3.8MM bargain for the Twins.
  25. Dave Borton
    That stretch by Kiriloff on the throw from Correa was phenomenal. Overshadowed by the play by Correa .
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