Riverbrian

I liked post #56 post #57 didn't have the same energy.

He pitched good... I got no complaints... Ubaldo... I just feel weird typing Ubaldo. Ubaldo was very sharp... It happens. Tomorrow is a new day.

I hadn't heard this news... I was a Mad Magazine junkie when younger... Spy vs Spy... All of it... I'll even say that Mad Magazine influenced me as much as anything did in my life.

Yeah... That was on you String... It's alright... I've been guilty myself.

Cruz got that one

That's one of the lamest boots by an infielder I've seen in quite some time. Thank god it wasn't us... I would have lost sleep over it.

At our age... Just call it a date... When we were younger we had dates by the extra so tossing them aside because of technicalities was no problem. Now... If I go out to the bar with a bald guy named Lou just to have a couple beers.... I call it a date.

Yeah Glunn... Spill

Nice Temptations tie in... Well done.

I'm right with ya... As long as I stare at this puzzle... And why and how and who... It keeps leading back to Bartlett making the team. It's a 25th man spot and that 25th spot is low priority but the priority gets much larger when the 18th and 19th spots are 25th man like. I really don't want to hang anyone for this... But... My curiosity is killing me... Who was the Bartlett Guy with the clout to push this through.

Just to add to the bafflement... If we can focus on me for a quick second. Over 7,000 posts on this website and I think it's been established that I... Am... Extremely EASY to please. Florimon... No Problem... Suzuki... No Problem... I think players can change on a dime and perform. I love Sam Fuld and players like him... If they would have brought in a Sam Fuld type in February or March or October... I would have shut up about it. That's all it would have taken for me. If I... of all people... is looking at a roster in February and saying to himself... We ain't got nobody in CF and we ain't got nobody behind nobody either. How bad is it? Bonofacio would have fixed this. How good would he be looking in the leadoff spot right now... moving Dozier into an RBI spot. Speed on base in front of Mauer. I know... I know... I gotta walk it off.

You and me both... Because that's where we stumbled into repeating the 2013 scenario. All in All... It's the first time in a long time... That I'm straining for an answer. I usually... at least can justify moves I disagree with. I can say to myself... "Well they obviously feel this way"... and I move on with my day. I just can't do it here. And your not helping me clear up my confusion.

I actually feel kinda silly... Back in February... I thought there was reluctance to address the CF issues because I thought they were reluctant to expose someone like Parmelee. I thought Hicks would start in AAA and perform is way up. I was wrong and I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong again.

Granted Sano got hurt... It happens. I don't hold the Twins responsible for that. I wouldn't do that. I have no idea what the time table was for Sano's arrival in Minnesota. My assumption was it wasn't going to be opening day. My assumption was probably June for clock reasons if everything went OK in Rochester. If Plouffe was hurt or continued to chase bad pitches and statuesque again at 3B. I wasn't personally comfortable with not having an alternate option in February. I was also not comfortable with rushing Sano in that scenerio. Plouffe has been great and my fears have subsided some? And I guess my 3B issues can be boiled down to... Why would they pass on a Bonofacio? Bonofacio could have backed up 3B and CF and moved to anywhere if Hicks and Plouffe or Sano are cooking. CF is the largest issue in my mind tho. Hicks wasn't a solid enough basket to put nearly every egg in.

I make mistakes in my job and I assume all of us do. I believe the Twins make mistakes in bunches and some of those mistakes are mistakes we are miles from knowing about. I also do a bunch of things right in my job and I assume all of us do. I believe the Twins front office does a lot of things right and some of those things done right... We are miles from knowing about. With that said... I've said it before... I've looked at the roster a hundred times. I can't for the life of me understand the approach they took to CF this year. And I still don't understand 3B either. Its one thing to give them a pass when CF blew up and left a mess all over 2013. OK... You thought Hicks would work... Ok.. It didn't... Oh well... Stuff happens... I forgive them because sometimes things don't work out. But... It's another thing entirely to go into 2014 with the exact same scenerio... The exact same scenerio in CF that blew up in your face in 2013... and roll the dice once again on a young kid who failed badly in 2013 with no backup option. Why would you do it again? I love Hicks... I think he will be something for us eventually but he is showing no signs of being ready. He should have started in AAA to prove something and a FA CF should have been signed. Bonofacio should have been signed when KC released him. Speed... Leadoff... CF and 3B insurance. All things the Twins don't have!!! Bartlett... Was a bad mistake!!! Trying to turn him into a Bonofacio is the biggest head scratcher I've seen in quite sometime. Len3 is right... He's a smart guy... Anybody smart is going to be baffled by this. I'll continue to give the FO the benefit of the doubt. But... I'm at the point where I want to know who drove the bus on Bartlett and the approach to CF and 3B... It makes no sense. I'd like to hear why they thought it makes sense. If its Gardy... I want to know. I really want to be educated on why so I can rest easy. BTW... Plouffe has been great... If he gets hurt... I think it will get CF ugly over at the hot corner as well.

Paco looks like he's doing interpretive dance. Or he's showing the other bees how to get to the flowers.

I'm serious... I can't think of a better defensive 2B in baseball right now.

Uff Da

Tonkin pissed off Adrian

Sorry about that... Auto-Correct... I meant to type... 3 parts Flour.

I think the Dodgers have reached the Cold threshold.

Uribe is no Arenando.

I hate to say it... It was a tough catch... But catchable.

I suppose negative ads are like dominoes. Once the first one gets pushed over.

Thats a good list to keep handy. However... It takes a while to comprehensively compile it.