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Thanks for that Glunn. Pointing out these things helps!!! It didn't work for me... but thats ok. I appreciate the effort.

With the bases loaded and nobody out... A fairly routine 6-2-3 Double play ball is bobbled by Santana in the 8th inning. No outs are made and the Royals go one to score 6 in the inning.

I was completely pissed after the Gomez trade. Easy to see the talent he possessed. Hardy looked like a decent enough pickup but Gomez? Speed... Power... Arm... Rare Talent matched by very few... You wait for the maturity. And then trading Hardy for absolutely nothing on Paper... and absolutely nothing on results. Smith is going to have to do a whole lotta good elsewhere to make up for that. Ramos for Capps... That ain't going to make it up.

I've been getting up from desk and walking to the TV whenever the radio guys said anything that seemed worth investigating. Santana hasn't been sharp but he's got the arm and skill to be an above average defensive player in my opinion... I'm willing to be patient with him. Let's just see if his engagement and focus will get him there. I also don't worry about Dozier or Mauer defensively. Everybody else... I'm worried. Of course I'm also worried about Birds banding together for an Air Force like attack on humans when we don't expect it. So... take it FWIW.

Fans always lose their minds in the first couple of weeks of the season. However... I'm now included in this group. This has been some of the worst professional baseball I've watched in a long time. I'm now in the questions need to be asked of the Front Office group. Yes... It's the first week of the season... It will get better... There is no way a team can continue to play this bad defensively so it has to get better... but can it get better enough? I still expect the hitting to do well eventually... But can the hitting get better enough to cover for the defense and bullpen... or the starters? I'm not so sure. The pitching... We won't know if it's actually better or not... They are getting no help on defense at all so we will assume it's still struggling. I'm really trying hard to not over-react after 7 games but the play on the field is leaving me little choice. This has been the worst stretch of 7 games since... I don't know... September 2013. I was pretty frustrated watching the team in September of 2013... I almost stopped watching. They have a day off tomorrow... They look like they already need it.

OK... I'm not a believer is defensive stats but I've seen enough of Mr. Hunter to start believing the stats ain't lying. Had to walk from my office to see the replay and an average RF comes close to reaching that ball. Below Average doesn't come close. I don't think Torii was close.

I don't want to argue

New Story: Dateline Cleveland Ohio Mother dangles two year old over the railing of a Cheetah Exhibit and drops the two year old 12 feet into the exhibit. Parents immediately jump into the exhibit to save the boy. The child had bumps and bruises but will be ok. According to observers... The Cheetahs just sat and watched. Hmm Turns out the Cheetahs were more responsible then the Mom.

I'd recommend hanging out in better neighborhoods.

One More Thing... I still consider myself to be more positive then negative. I also still consider myself to be more Pro-Terry Ryan than Anti-Terry Ryan. I've always considered trading to be a difficult thing because it takes two teams to agree to make a trade and I always figured that it would take trading our top prospects to acquire the players we need. So I was OK with being patient. And then something called A.J. Preller came along.

As for the Silver Lining... I'm usually optimistic but I'm having a hard time being optimistic when the team... let three routine balls drop like they did yesterday. I realize it's just one game but C'mon... This is major league baseball. Surely we can field a team that doesn't let three balls drop. As for CF... I can't see it any other way. I usually give the front office the benefit of the doubt but the approach to CF as been as confusing as it gets and I'm still confused. You don't sign placeholders ever... Some of us call them placeholders but you sign players who can play and if Buxton causes a log jam in the future... That's good... It's never bad. It seems that we have a group of people in the front office who gather together and discuss all facets of each player at every position including backup. And this group of people has been unable to come up with a solid plan for CF. The Twins have simply failed to address CF adequately and have repeated the mistake year after year. I'm not going to tell them what they should have done but I will tell them that they haven't done it. As for the long term contracts given to Starting Pitching... That's what happens when you are desperate. The Twins rotation has been bone dry. The Team will get better when the rotation gets better. The Rotation will have a hard time getting better when desperation causes you to overpay in an attempt to be at least average. You will have a hard time being average if the team behind the pitching is capable of dropping 3 cans of corns in a single game.

It's the Home Opener for the Twins... Watch out for Blue Ice!!! It's the Home Opener for the Twins... Watch out for Blue Ice!!! Things to Think About: 1. Home Openers -- Home Openers are always exciting... Even if the team arrives at the ball park with a record of 1-5 after 6 games on the road. It's a sell out because Home Openers are special and obviously not because the team has been special thus far. Anything can happen in a home opener... For example... Let's take a look at other home openers. A. Keys -- If you are in the habit of locking your home... Keys are real handy as home openers. B. House for Sale Open Houses -- If you are selling your home... The real estate agent will kick you out of the house for a day or weekend and set up shop in your kitchen with all of their notes spread over the table. People interested in buying your house will come in and take a look at your bathroom fixtures and imagine how much money it will take on top of the sales price to get rid of the bathroom fixtures that you have personally and carefully chosen. C. Tornadoes -- Tornadoes can do a real impressive job opening up your home. Sometimes they take the roof completely off. When the Tornado Sirens go off... Quickly... check your watch to make sure it's not the weekly scheduled test of the emergency sirens... If the Tornado comes at exactly the time of the scheduled test... the timing would be terrible and you may have a lawsuit to file against the city. if it's not (it's usually not)... get down to the basement (take your family with you... your choice) and try to imagine where your refrigerator is located above you. It is safer in the basement unless the refrigerator is directly above you and it lands on you. However... If you end up trapped and if the Refrigerator falls near by... At least you will be able to feed yourself. So try to be arms length from the fallen refrigerator but not directly beneath it. D. Blue Ice -- Blue Ice is frozen sewage that can fall from airplanes above and crash into your house and therefore be a home opener. Nobody on earth wants to be killed in this fashion because loved ones will have to explain it to the curious. E. Deer -- Sometimes Deer will jump through your window and be a home opener. They usually don't stay... So there is no use trying to keep the deer as a pet. They usually panic and knock a lot of stuff over before they create another hole in the house escaping. 2. The playoff race -- On Friday... I stated that I was disappointed that the Twins were already mathematically eliminated from the AL Central Title. It turns out that my math was wrong... They are not mathematically eliminated. The Twins are 5 games back with 156 games to go. I given it a lot of thought and here's how the Twins can win the title and it's really quite simple. Right now... The Twins are 1-5 on the road... Extrapolate that over 81 road games and that comes out to 13.5 wins on the road... Let's be optimistic and round that up to 14 wins. That gives the Twins a 14-67 record on the road. So... If my Math is Correct... All the Twins have to do is produce a 76-5 record at home for 90 wins and a probably playoff spot. When you consider that Teams usually have a better record at home... This is so doable. 3. The Royals -- There are only two teams in MLB that have a shot at 162-0 right now. Both Teams are in the AL Central... The Tigers and today's opponent... The Kansas City Royals. I've often said... actually... I've said a couple of times and often thought to myself that the Royals would become dangerous when Hosmer and Moose start figuring it out. The Team has exceptional defense around the whole diamond. They have decent enough starting pitching to keep the team in games and a bullpen that can shut down any lead they get. If Hosmer and Moose start adding the long ball to all the speed they have... The Royals will be a force. They reached the world series and so far so good in 2015. The baseball gods were very cruel to Paul Molitor when they scheduled two of the best teams in baseball in the first 9 games. 4. Danny Duffy -- The Royals will be throwing Danny Duffy at us this afternoon. Danny is from Goleta California. Goleta is an ocean side town in Santa Barbara County. Goleta is the spanish word for Schooner and this is important in the town's history because in the 1700's... a ship (schooner) was wrecked near present day Goleta and it remained in that location for many years. When the City Founders were forced to come up with a name. Someone pointed at the schooner and said "Goleta"... (I'm hoping they were Spanish because otherwise they would have actually said "Schooner". Someone else nearby mistook "Goleta" as the suggestion for the name of the town and recorded it... thus making it official. The guy who pointed at the schooner and said Goleta didn't intend for the town to be called Goleta... He was just calling attention to it. If an Otter would have been nearby... There would have been a reasonable chance the town would have been named "Nutria". Yes Nutria is how they say Otter in Spanish... I looked it up. So... There Ya Go... Everything you need to know about Danny Duffy. 5. Caring about People -- I have a friend who is very sad... She said to me though tears... "I don't think anybody cares if I'm alive or not". I told her she was wrong... "Here's what you do... Miss a couple of car payments and then somebody who cares will call you real soon". Clearly... I have a real knack for helping people. View full article

Ok... Thats enough. This ain't pro ball

I'd say something about Nunez in Left but Arcia isnt a lock to get to that ball either

When you reach that point... The relationship is probably over.

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It doesn't feel like we should still be in this game

Actually two hands is not for improved catching... its for quick transition out of the glove. I thought the ball transitioned out of Nunez and Escobars glove really fast... so... no need for two hands.

OMG Nunez

Ya Done Good

Aww... Thanks Winston. All in All... this new format will be fun. This way I don't hog them all... It sharing the opportunity with other TD friends.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/12854330-md.jpg The Hand that Molitor was dealt... Hughes is the 2nd card from the left

Aces Suck when you have a 6 7 8 and 9 in your hand.