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  1. Dantes929
    Walk came back to haunt Lynn. I really wonder how much of his high ERA is due to walks. He has a ton of them and they all seem to score. Anyone else think that if a runner tries to avoid a tag such that he cannot reach home plate with his slide he should simply be called out for running out of the base line. This goes hand in hand with the idea that now that the catcher cannot block the plate in any way he has to reach to make the tags more than he used to and that giving the runner the chance to go around the tag to the extent he can't reach home plate is just too much of an advantage. Yes, Garver could have made the effort but I think the guy still scores. Yes, lousy throw by Dozier though I think it was mostly caused by the double clutch.
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    If he is not fully recovered that is one thing. I get giving the guy a break but balance that against having a 3 game stat line of 5-14 with 7 RBI. If its me managing the team or if I am Sano I am thinking this is finally what we have been waiting for and ride it until an ofer and then give him a break.
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    1-0 in June. Nice win.
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    I'm kind of with you on this though I don't know any ungrateful Liberal millenials or any ungrateful Conservative millenials for that matter. Anyway, irrelevant politic smears aside I don't really feel more sympathy for Joe than any others that I know, including myself, that have had concussions even though Mauer seems like a pretty good egg. I feel a little sorry for myself because I have always enjoyed watching him play and I think he helps the Twins when healthy. Maybe his next gig will be DH where he doesn't have to worry about the dives. I think his .400 OBP would still play well with this group.
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    The sad part is the timing of the offense going in the tank while the pitching has been good and then the offense scores 8 runs a game the last two and it coincides with the pitchers having their worst games of the season. Just the way it is now. I still believe the talent is there. They just need to get healthy and out of this funk.
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    Tyner wasn't on the team in 2008. Morneau was pretty much a shoe in for MVP until his .690 OPS after he had his stress fracture. I blame Gardy more for playing him 163 games plus the all star game plus the home run derby. That team did have Gomez, Cuddyer, Kubel, Young and Span so there were some options to give him some rest. Of course people get dinged up but if it diminishes you below replacement level you shouldn't be out there
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    So the question really wasn't whether he should be on a rehab stint but whether he should have been on the field at all. Guys that get hurt a lot and sit out get their toughness questioned but I am way more annoyed by guys that think they need to play hurt to show how tough they are or because they think the team needs them playing hurt rather than not playing at all. Over the years there have been boat loads of cases where players do not perform well and then it is discovered they have been playing hurt. It cost Morneau an MVP and almost certainly the Twins a division crown in 2008. It probably cost the Twins a game or two now with Buxton as well as put his recovery on the slow path.
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    I'm a big believer in resets. How many times have the Twins been hot going into the break only to get cold after the layoff. Works the other way also. Turn the calendar over and just look at his June stats. If that doesn't look good then just look at what he does after the all star break. Maybe its get sent down and then see how good he is after being recalled. I know major league pitching is better than the minors but its not twice as good. He is absolutely not as good now as he can be. Maybe its just getting a couple hits by accident that gets him going. Every at bat I think, this is the one that turns it around. I will keep thinking that.
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    I get your reasoning but last year he was in a similar funk except he bunted a lot more and was successful. The boogyman in his head was held at bay because the bunting worked. Kind of similar to when Valencia came up in 2010. He had a lot of infield and seeing eye hits which I believe got him to relax and he started squaring things up. Same with Buxton last year. He wasn't hitting but was getting bunt hits. Weak pop flies and strikeouts are giving him no chance to use his greatest asset. which is his speed. He should be bunting once a game when hitting well and more than that when hitting poorly. Thats just my opinion. Any one else and maybe I agree with you but he is just so frickin fast you want to give him a chance and put pressure on the defense. As far as I have seen he is batting .500 bunting (one for two) and his hit was an intentional sacrifice right back to the pitcher that he still beat out. I'm just mystified that he hasn't used this weapon at all this year.
  10. Dantes929
    "Eduardo Escobar may have a better case, given his defensive flexibility. That certainly helped Josh Harrison last year and Eduardo Nunez the year before that." Maybe it helped Harrison but every single player for the Twins aside from Nunez and Grossman had horrendous seasons. There simply were no other choices and Nunez was playing quite well. This list is a little premature. Right now Rosario but 5 more starts from Romero like his first 5 and I think he has a chance.
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    Well, the post is about their character and their potential so its really not that great a leap to speculate and draw comparisons. Just their performance and potential can be found in scouting reports and the daily minor league roundups. My post was probably more critical than it should have been. I cheer for the team and really prefer to do so when I think the players on the team are good guys and both of these appear to be so.
  12. Dantes929
    I'll stay away from the race issue but every time I see or hear that someone is a great ball player but an even better person I cringe a little and in probably at least three different ways. 1. Probably just not true if you do the math. Lewis as a top pick among tens of thousands or more of guys that want to be a top pick means that to be a better person than a player means he is a better person than those tens of thousands. or more. Maybe he actually is that one in a billion guy but both he and Kirilloff? Probably not. I mean I might be a better person than a baseball player but I think I am a decent person and a not very good baseball player so making that kind of statement for the run of the mill guy or player might actually be true but probably not true of the less than1 percenters of great athletes. 2. You mostly here about it regarding athletes. I rarely hear anyone say "So and so is a great (doctor, lawyer, accountant, teacher, mechanic, sports writer) but an even better person. 3. Aside from the points above the ideas really just don't mesh. Its like saying "That strawberry is a great fruit but its an even better strawberry" Ok, its not quite like that but maybe a thread for analogies to the great athlete but even better person would be kind of fun.
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    Not even up for discussion in my book. If you wanted to trade him you do it after his great half last season. Nothing they get will have the potential he has now. If you want to send him down for a while to maybe get his confidence back, fine. This team will not turn in to what we want it to be without Buxton turning into who we want him to be.
  14. Dantes929
    Small sample size and all that but we scored over 4 runs a game with Mauer and barely over 3 a game since he went on the DL. Really looking forward to having him back. Mauer and Buxton were my two favorite Twins to watch bat last year even when Buxton was slumping. There was a point where the light just turned on with him and I have faith it will happen again this year and it will be fun to watch. Part of what kept him afloat during the slump last year was his bunting for hits. I have only seen one attempt this year and that was the one that was almost a fly ball to first a couple days ago. He does have one bunt base hit but it was when he was trying for a sacrifice. Does he have any others? A soft bunt down third will get him a hit almost every time.
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    Reminded me of this one. A man and a woman were discussing the worst pain that anyone could possibly experience. The woman said: “Without doubt, there is nothing more painful in life than childbirth.” “Nonsense,” said the man, “a kick in the bollocks is much more painful. Ask any guy.” “You’re so wrong,” maintained the woman. “Childbirth is far more painful.” The man was not about to yield to her argument and announced: “I have proof that I am right.” “What proof?” she asked scornfully. “Because,” he continued, “a few years after giving birth a woman will say to her partner, ‘Do you want to try for another baby?’ But I have never, ever, ever heard a man say – even years later – ‘You know what I’d really like? Another kick in the bollocks!’”
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    I agree Buxton is the guy. Dozier's days of up and in FB's are not over if he shows once again that he can punish the balls on the outer half. Again, its not that he shouldn't pull the ball, its that he shouldn't try to pull every ball.. I think Buxton needs to think opposite field a little also for a different reason. His swing is too quick and he seems to be in front of the ball a lot. Nice to finally see him try a bunt again.
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    Nice job Lynn. Also, nice job Pressley. Just from a building confidence level, having 6 plus innings of shutout ball is a lot different than getting credit for two earned runs if Pressley had given up a few hits or a homer. It was out of Lynn's hands either way but something uplifting about a shutout. I hope this is a sign of good things to come rather than an aberration.
  18. Dantes929
    Pulling for Lynn. I really want him to figure it out soon. He has given up 29 walks and 31 runs. Anyone else feel like about 25 of his walks have accounted for runs. I'd have said more but I see he has given up 6 home runs so the math doesn't work out.
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    Earl Battey, Ray knight, Caesar Tovar? Kansas City Monarchs
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    I think it was before I came to TD regularly but I remember reading the Trib posts and a lot of other fan sites back in 09 demanding Mauer be signed to a long term extension at whatever price it takes. I am talking well over 95% in favor of extension. Flash forward a couple years and it was over 90% complaining about the deal and how they were against it all along. As far as Hughes I remember thinking it was too soon at too high a price for too little history with too long remaining on his original contract to make sense but I don't remember complaining at the time or since and I don't remember a whole lot of fans saying they hated the deal. It was a gamble. Didn't turn out. Such is life. The part I mostly don't like is the obligation to play guys that you have given extensions to and the whole system where you can't send veterans down to the minors when performance dictates.. Your paying him a ton of money. It is obvious he is not the same guy he was when the contract was signed and yet you can't send him to the minors to prove himself back in form.
  21. Dantes929
    "Everything checked out fine. They even said I had a heart."
  22. Dantes929
    Yes, I for one have not reached that point. They said the same about Hicks at age 26 and I never thought he had near the talent Buxton does. Of course I am not so sure the good Hicks is the rule right now either. Why isn't Buxton bunting?
  23. Dantes929
    If you can contend for a division title then you can win a division title or we have different definitions of contend. To me contend doesn't mean you will come close and then lose. It means you will be close and may win or lose. I'm not concerned with the probability. Last year they were under 4% at one point. If you make the playoffs you have a chance regardless of past results. KC made the WS twice. They had no legitimate ace starter and were last in the league in HRs. Twins have three guys right now that I would be comfortable starting in a playoff game and Santana may be another depending how it goes. May can help the bullpen and Rosario, Escobar, Sano, Dozier and Kepler are all legitimate home run threats. They are not a playoff team right now. You don't judge teams by their low points or their high points. They have the pieces to be successful. Its up to them to put it together. I know they haven't done so yet. I am still excited about the possibility that they will.
  24. Dantes929
    Ok, I get that he doesn't have to accept demotion to the minors to work on his stuff even though that is kind of crazy when you think about it. Being demoted to the bullpen because you are 0-5 against major league teams and 1-0 against the White Sox should not contemplate whether you would be accepting of it. I hope he turns it around with the Twins but I don't want it to cost more games while he is trying to do so. I am really looking forward to May helping the Twins in whichever role. I think he needs more time in the minors though to make sure he has his command and stuff back.
  25. Dantes929
    I think its in Lynn's best interests to figure things out. All he's doing now is padding stats in the wrong direction. They might give him a longer leash in the minors. If he struggles another month and then gets better it would be like a rest button for him. Fresh start after some time away can do wonders.
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