Dave Borton

The right knee is probably bone on bone or a minimal amount of meniscus left in there. Grab a bat, take your normal swing, and imagine pushing off with Buxton's right knee as you swing. It's the knee, not the head. The man is playing with pain.

Buxton's knee is as good as it is going to get w/o replacement surgery. Arthroscopic surgery hasn't worked. Twins are boxed in. I am sure no insurance company underwrote his salary. Twins are on the hook for eating that salary; hence the DH only. Ouch.

No one has. Here is Pedroia's interview after his career ending partial knee surgery. And after my knee replacement, the doc made it simple: "No more running, champ." https://www.audacy.com/weei/sports/red-sox/dustin-pedroia-reveals-he-had-knee-replacement-surgery

Exactly.

Help on DFA pecking order, please. What if the releasing FO receives multiple calls? First one gets it or is it in inverse relationship to W-L record for current season?

Good game to listen to 3 good announcers. WSox vs Cleve, Kasper/Johnson vs Tom Hamilton I forgot to mention Hamilton as a fave above. Old school voice and enthusiasm, shades of Mel Allen. Knows baseball. Homer but personality diminishes it and you know going in. Fun game. On now, 11am. Now, I need to get lunch started for kids, son-in-law, grandson, and me bride.

My only fear will be that Kirilloff gets packaged this Winter and I will have to remember how to spell his name, Rortvedt, and Hildenberger.

I heard on radio that it was Gibby's 100th win. Ben Rortvedt is back from injuries. Had game on radio and he threw out a runner attempting to swipe 2nd. Announcer said, "He got him, throwing before he even fully got up from the crouch." His slash line? No typo. Not sure how injuries are coloring it. .125 .276 .443

Well written piece. As I attend, I note the diminishing number of "Mauer - 7" t-shirts in the stands compared to 10 years ago. Time marches on, faces change in the batters box, but memories linger on.

Saturday afternoon game on CBS in Western NY during the '50s. Ol' Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese. I remember him once saying "and the guy slud into 2nd." Also remember him singing a verse from "Wabash Cannonball." Try that Kris Atteberry.

I loved Steve Stone, paired with Harry on the radio. Lived in Wisconsin at the time and picked up WGN.

I miss Farm(er). I dropped Darrin Jackson a note of condolence and thanks for the broadcast when Farmer died. In his response, Jackson talked about calling games with Farmer but added how he missed Farm as a friend, from the years where they worked the booth together.

In my mind, I visualize him in his plaid jacket. "... Frank Messer, Bill White, and Phil Rizzuto...I hated the Yanks and still do..." Rizzuto drove me crazy. Nails on a chalk board (not a white board). Liked Bill White a great deal. I too hated the Yanks and still do. I was raised in upstate New York (Niagara Falls area, on Canadian border). Before we could go to communion on Sunday, an usher would ask us, "Do you hate the Yanks and renounce all the things they do on the diamond..." One answer to that one. I remember Red Barber (I worked with his niece) and Mel Allen. If I am not mistaken, the TV broadcast was the audio we got on the radio. They didn't divvy up the broadcasts like they do today. "...At night on AM radio from the NY area, I used to be able to get games at times from Det.....Det had Ernie Harwell," When we went out to my Uncle's farm in Michigan, still can see him sitting in his truck listening to the Tigers and Harwell, smoking his Winstons out of the sight of my Aunt and her nagging at his habit. "Cleve had Herb Score..." Herb Score came on the scene when I was in high school. Ken Coleman was the voice of Cleveland for 20 some years and the one I remember better.

What a great, descriptive capturing phrase.

I don't listen to that many Nat'l League games. I put the Giants on my to-do list, thanks.

I mean MLB's At Bat coverage, both radio broadcast booths from each game. As a Vet, I think I pay $20/yr for it. I would love to read Audacy's contract w/MLB.

As an audio listener only, I dial in about 3-4 games a day. Curious to hear from other radio listeners: Who are your favorite announcers? Why do they appeal to you? Why you are radio rather than video? Faves and Appeal Len Kasper/Darrin Jackson/WSox - Kasper has good pipes, very descriptive and Jackson educates me about ball better than any broadcaster out there. Ben Wagner/Blue Jays - Now that Dan Shulman has moved to video exclusively, Jays pair Wagner with multiple color analysts. Wagner does his homework, knows the opponents and paints good visuals. Very consistent broadcaster of a team which is fun to listen to, Dan Dickerson/Tigers - understated, descriptive, just right amount of stats. Inviting voice. Cory Provus/Twins - vastly improved since coming to 10,000 Lakes. Understands his listener and tries to compensate for a less than stellar partner. Pat Hughes/Cubs - nostalgic voice and approach to the game Ken Korach/As - good understanding of the game, descriptive. Best pipes in MLB. Jeff Brantley/Reds - good baseball education from a Southern drawl. Simplifies for me the pitcher's approach to the game. Growing on me: John Sterling/Suzyn Weldman/Yanks Why radio in such a visual era? I gave up on the cable years ago. We watch only PBS news on local broadcast and then only on Fridays. Love my Netflix. I shiver every time MLB teases me with a new video offering. It is not cost. Non-issue. I am concerned that I will become immersed in the TV and use less time for reading, family, cooking, etc. With radio, I can do something while listening to the radio; gardening, coffee roasting, cooking, etc. Finally,, I grew up in the '50s. Nostalgia. The radio pulls me back in memories of listening to the Buffalo Bisons, Cleveland club, and the Yanks. I went so far to get a Hallicrafter radio so I could pick up the Dodgers when they moved from Brooklyn to LA.

Buxton's knee/wheels are as good as they are going to get. Tragically, phenomenal athletic skills are compromised by a delicate muscular/skeletal frame. Almost as tragic is a FO which ignored injury history and was unable to get a $100MM salary insured.

For me, this stat combined w/Ks, exemplifies fundamental problem w/batting philosophy, instruction, and execution. I really expected an examination by the FO and field manager at break but I think they are more committed to external data sets than internal dynamics/reality. Mules.

Cody said: "Here's hoping they can outlast the Cleveland Guardians, who have given them every opportunity to take home a division title." I never underestimate Francona to motivate his youngest MLB team, despite trades. He's an old fox and young ballplayers have ears which listen. Careful Twins.

Cody said, "...the Twins Dior-level investment has brought them Axe Chocolate Body Spray level returns." Man, I thought I was PO'd off at Correa's performance (chuckles).

1. Correa 2. Kepler 3. Ryan 4. Vazquez 5. Taylor Buxton to IL. Eat that uninsured contract. Clogging DH and club. Gallo DFA. $3MM, swallow hard and move on.

24.8%. Goodbye Joey?

I guess I was suggesting he might be pooped. All athletes and their bodies are different. Ryan is on a pace for 180 and that might, repeat might be excessive for him. Year 5 in the pros. Good piece on his groin injury in the Strib, where Ryan admits to keeping quiet about groin difficulties in last couple of months, hoping it would subside on its own,