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In: Nunez Escobar Mauer Sano

Still haven't heard from Vanimal I guess I'll have to supply the quotes Vanimal: Lets splurge! Bring us some fresh wine! The freshest you’ve got – this year! No more of this old stuff.

Meanwhile in Chicago... Land of the recent Schwarber tragedy. Ole Joe Maddon fails to learn his lesson and he puts Bryant in the OF again today.

He came in hard after that bloop. You could see him calling Nunez off. He was doing what he was supposed to do.

Cuz of the contact tremor? I know my glass of water did the Jurassic Park thing

I have no problem with the play is it happened. 3 Twins players played hard and we got an out because of an exceptional play.

Is it possible this Sano/Nunuz Collision starts another discussion?

Vanimal: I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days. And the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days. And the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day, and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in the evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half. I have it written down, but I can show it to you tomorrow if you want to see it.

In: NUNEZ ESCOBAR Let's find 7 more

The Twins are so proud of these new Reds. Almost every team in MLB is Red. There are even a couple teams with Red in their nickname. Bring back the Robin's Egg BLUE!!!!

He does... I've heard North Speak But he types it badly Eh

Yeah Even Liverpool will put on something yellow when they play Arsenal.

It was a one time squaring and then he returned to the Joe he usually is. Might have been a shift away from the third base line that tempted him. It was good out of the box thinking and I don't think the intention was sacrifice. It was over quick.

I rarely listen to the Angels Post Game

I'm never serious and don't call me... Umm... Ok... Give me a Sec

Will those Rally towels help the Wild? If they do... we paid too much money for Parise and Suter.

Yeah.. but it's that same bummed out facial expression that has lowered his trade value.

Nunez is in my lineup tomorrow just because of the hustle getting back to first for two batters in a row. In: NUNEZ TBD Out: TBD

Red Team against Red Team... is.... against the rules I think. I'm gonna have to look this up.

I'm tired of beating the Braves... We do that all the time.

That isn't Liverpudlian enough for your tastes

Sure... monkeys look all cute and cuddly, especially when they shake their head no after being asked directions to the waterfall. But the truth of the matter is this: Monkeys can throw Grandma across the room. Monkeys are also fast and can easily outrun Grandma so she can't get away. There is no such thing as a Rally Monkey. Monkeys in reality... they will hunt you down and get on your back and make that awful screeching sound while they do it. We got Monkeys on the back of our youth. Does our youth know how to handle a monkey? Here are some things to think about: 1. The Gorilla in the Room -- I'm not worried about the 0-9 start. I continue to be worried about the same thing I was worried about back in December... that's the entire American League. Half the National League teams were busy shedding veteran talent for youth and immediately declaring to all that they were punting the year to play youth instead. Meanwhile, almost every American League team was busy patching holes with real veteran talent and improving significantly. 2016 is clearly going to be different than 2015 because every team was going to be harder to beat and the Twins are attacking this problem with youth. If you look around the room and can't find an easy team to beat... you might be it. 2. Beating a Dead Monkey -- To clarify... this thought has nothing to do with Davy Jones. Thought #2 is all about depth and Davy Jones was never the deep Monkee. We all know that Peter Tork was the depth dude. If the Twins had a strength in my opinion... it was depth. If you keep playing the struggling players every game hoping that they play their way out, you are negating your strength while you are beating a dead monkey. I'm not saying that you should bench these struggling players forever but if you have multiple players not playing well, I think you can experiment a little harder. It won't kill Buxton or Sano or Park or Rosario to sit a game or two while they struggle. Arcia may not be the answer but if he has only played once while the entire team is striking out and not scoring runs, when will you play him? You might as well cut him and find a player who can help this team. Is Murphy the guy who will knock out Arcia...? He might be. I'd play Arcia more before you cut him for Murphy; but if you ain't going to play him, what is he doing? Nunez has started once in the past 5 games. Find out who is hitting the hottest and put them in the lineup instead of playing the coldest game after game waiting for them to heat up. 3. The Bullpen Chimpanzee -- Perkins has lost a lot of velocity and is now on the DL. OK... Bullpen... grab your stuff and everybody move up a slot. Jepsen you are now the closer... May you take Jepsen's old role... Fien you move into May's spot. Pressly you move into Fien's and Tonkin you move into Pressly's. Abad you keep being left-handed and Rogers... welcome to the big leagues... let's see what you can do. Ok... look around... it sure looks like we have bullpen depth issues... again. How did that happen? I'm shocked to find that gambling is happening in this establishment. 4. Get the Monkey Off Your Back -- Just win one... Don't try to win 9 games at once... Just win one and then move on to the next game. One foot in front of the other... breath in... breath out. The first three thoughts may seem negative, but here's the deal... I'm just as stupid as the rest of you and the Twins still have plenty of time to right the ship and go the right direction. 5. Planet of the Apes -- It's not that far fetched. I once found myself in a desolate land. I originally thought I was alone but out of the corner of my eye I could see these human shapes covered in fur. I was in Tennessee, but I'm just saying... It's not that far fetched. -------------------- Lineups: ANGELS Escobar 3B Gentry LF Trout CF Pujols DH Cron 1B Calhoun RF Simmons SS Perez C Giovotella 2B Richards P TWINS Eduardo Nunez 2B Joe Mauer 1B Miguel Sano RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Oswaldo Arcia LF Byung-ho Park DH Eduardo Escobar SS Eddie Rosario CF Kurt Suzuki C Milone P Game-time forecast: 70 deg F, partly cloudy, winds in from the SSE at 14mph. Um, go Twins, please! Click here to view the article

I was gonna read through the entire thread but I'm resting in Escanaba and 28 pages is gonna take me until 3AM. Someone just tell me who got post of the day. Must have been a great game thread with some ugly stuff mixed in... considering the result. To my Twins, Concentrate on the next 155 games. Concentrate hard... And... And... Start tonight.

Actually I'm still kinda scoffing at myself. I only divorced the Gophers in Hockey for obvious reasons. Still cheer for BBall and FBall. Although that doesn't seem to do them any good. I think it's the Gophers who have taught me my amazing patience.