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Would we be able to tell the difference between warmed up vs not based on the results?

And so we bid adieu to yet another victim of the Wheel of Futility... http://i.imgur.com/zaFPaqw.gif For what it's worth, it seemed to me that after some Impressionist and Cubist Bad early on, Duffey finished the night on a more classical Bad note.

Fenway's cool in a way that only historical parks can be, and if nothing else it can be an interesting place for some scoreboard watching...

FSN Apology Tour 2016 continues with this Smalley classic: "Duffey isn't pitching badly in the classic sense of the word 'badly' ".

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Play the kids. Experiment with the lineup, rotation, and bullpen a little. Let the wins and losses sort themselves out.

I'm not even a marketing major and I can still sell that...

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Closer on a .350 gotta get his reps in...

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Way to give Vanimal a run for the jinx money.

To be honest, Oppum, I find myself curiously aroused by your scenario...

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... or underdogs who like Underoos. http://cdn1us.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeekus/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/2016/05/spider-man-underoos_0.jpg?itok=Z7GpUzaX

And now he's out for the ninth. TD headline tomorrow: "Angry TD Fans Seek Retribution Against Vanimal46 For Jinx After 3 hit CGSHO Leads to Milone, Antony Inking 4 yr/$48M Extension".

Way to jinx it...

No, your reading and mischaracterization of my post is unfair and inaccurate. Jim Pohlad may be one of the hardest workers and sharpest guys in the world, but if his passion and energy is directed at baseball, it's a fair well-kept secret he did nothing to reveal today. And I wouldn't be at all surprised if Jim Pohlad understands and appreciates the business side of the Twins, or if he's motivated the organization to take an active and positive role in the community beyond its product on the field. But the fact remains that as I said, his comments today have done nothing to dispel the notion that he's a man who would not have a particularly strong interest in following the Twins, let alone owning them, if he had not inherited the team along with rest of his family and assumed the primary ownership role.

It seems ironic to me that the article begins with a kind of admonishment to critics of Twins management on a day when Twins management was repudiated by the firing of the man orchestrating the whole affair. But worse, and much more unfortunately, it seems factually incorrect to wave away 'the country club narrative' when it was more or less reaffirmed by the owner himself, who insisted that personal loyalty to Paul Molitor rather than the designs of a new GM would dictate who manned the helm of the 25 man roster in 2017.

Promise? My interest in the Twins survived the Nishioka of middle infielders, but it may not survive the Nishioka of GM's.

What's wrong with the media guide comment? One thing is that if it's taken at face value, it's an admission that Jim Pohlad knows virtually nothing about the management structure of major league baseball teams. And that doesn't bode well for the selection of a new GM. The greater problem is that it gives a very strong impression that even after years as 'acting owner', Jim Pohlad still thinks of the Twins as a lucrative but troublesome estate bequeathed to him by his father. For me, it makes Jim Pohlad look even more like what he often has over the years: a son who inherited the family farm despite not actively working it while growing up, or even liking the idea of farming. The farm has made money in the hands of a capable and trusted farm hand who worked for dad and now oversees the entire operation. But lately the old hand has let things slide a bit and battled some health issues, and it's time for a replacement. But because he's never taken much of an interest in the farm, the son finds himself at a loss when trying to hire a new manager because he doesn't know what the manager or the guys he hires actually do. In other words, Jim Pohlad's comment essentially amounts to admitting that be it farming or baseball, all he knows is what he learned from watching Field of Dreams. And rightly or wrongly, human nature dictates that a baseball forum is going to be filled with fans who find it appalling the Jim Pohlad could appear to care so little about a sport and a team that we imagine, were we in his shoes, would grow from a part-time passion into a full-time occupation and obsession. That's what's wrong with the media guide comment.

Fernando did kind of Abad job tonight. Hope he has Agood outing next time.

Haven't even been watching and I agree.

Not watching tonight but had to check the score. Has Vargas visited any bases bearing bat fragments yet?

With the late start plus Nolasco and Lohse on the mound, I'm thinking the finish time over/under probably clocks in just shy of 1 AM.

Ouch. I was thinking more along the lines of him breaking up a drunken scuffle at commencement.