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  1. Kummel
    Hard pass.
  2. Kummel
    Wish the Twins had re-signed Urshela. What a blighted off season.
  3. Kummel
    Absolutely not. A terrible idea.
  4. Kummel
    Arraez is my favorite Twins player. I would be very sorry to see him go.
  5. Kummel
    That's very fair.
  6. Kummel
    Arraez may not be in the same category as Albies, Acuna, et al, but he is in a highly desirable category of his own. He won the dang batting title and he's a fighter at the plate with some truly remarkable at bats. He did just fine at first base. He worked hard last off season to get stronger. His work ethic is outstanding and he's well liked by his teammates. He's not a conventional ball player, but he's a special player - in the best sense.
  7. Kummel
    The Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor...
  8. Kummel
    Outmatched by the Royals.
  9. Kummel
    Twins really outmatched today.
  10. Kummel
    Limping to the end of the season.
  11. Kummel
    Not great.
  12. Kummel
    Tough to watch -- when your team is one run down and it feels like an impossible hill to climb.
  13. Kummel
    Just tuning in. Sigh. Wish they had started Varland.
  14. Kummel
    Demoralizing. Leaving Gordon in there to get pounded made it all feel worse.
  15. Kummel
    A few games back, I thought, maybe - just maybe - the Twins are getting hot. But the air appeared to go out of the balloon quickly, when Correa hit into the double play in the 9th inning in what became a loss to the Red Sox. And now here we are...
  16. Kummel
    The last couple of games the Twins have made a game of it - exciting to watch and fun to root for. The trades for pitchers raised the quality of the staff and are really important to the psychology of the game -- the Twins batters feel the pitching staff is in this thing with them. Wish the call had gone their way today, but this can fire up and unite the team. It sure fired up Rocco, and I'm sure the players felt supported by him, too.
  17. Kummel
    I guess they see something in the analytics for Pagan, but the eye test says otherwise. So does the score. And every game when the starter is pulled early (which is literally just about every game), I feel a sense of existential threat when it could be Pagan time. It diminishes a bit when we're leading by seven runs or more.
  18. Kummel
    Such a promising talent. Best wishes to him and for his full recovery.
  19. Kummel
    We got some new bullpen arms, so it was pretty sad to turn the game on in time to see Sonny exit in the 6th and watch runs score against Pagan and Duffey. I know the offense needs to find some consistency, but wish the management would change up their pitching strategy.
  20. Kummel
    His injury was in no way comparable to being "impaled by a forklift" on the job. He injured himself. The injury was sustained in the course of celebrating. And it was after the game.
  21. Kummel
    Crushing news for Lewis. A terrible break for such a promising young talent. Very sad to see this news.
  22. Kummel
    Polanco is perhaps THE Twins player in recent years who remains on the field, quietly playing through injuries. It would not be surprising to learn after the fact that he is trying to stay on the job with a bad ankle. He has made some sparkling defensive plays at second and earlier in the season he had some clutch hits. I respect Polanco and I think this article underestimates him and his value to the team.
  23. Kummel
    Funny! A good fan base roots for the team and also should feel it's ok to question things. It's understandable Twins fans are a little sensitive given the playoff history of local teams at this point. But yes, the level of vitriol is high (society-wide, not just baseball).
  24. Kummel
    One thing to add to the discussion: I have loved reading that the club this year enjoys playing together, that they are meshing. My impression is that the vibe and energy changed when Donaldson left and Correa arrived in the clubhouse. Sanchez was the price we paid, but it's no surprise - Yankee fans couldn't stomach his poor defense or his strike outs (before Sano's injury, I winced when I saw lineups with both Sanchez and Sano). Urshela has made some great defensive plays. Overall, I'm just excited to see the young talent emerging - Royce Lewis looks really sharp right off the bat.
  25. Kummel
    Rocco Baldelli, the Twins manager, put these words by his name: "George Floyd should be breathing right now. We have a lot of progress to make. A lot. Remember his name. Remember what happened." Good for him. I personally don't think any arena of life, including sports which is so deeply shaped by race -- gets to declare immunity from involvement when the society is in such distress. I am glad the manager weighed in and hope that readers of this column who are complaining here about what they see as the "politicization" of sports appreciate that he is speaking out of a sense of our common humanity (not tribal politics). That's where our attention needs to be.
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