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  1. Melissa
    I’m not on board with all your criticisms of the front office, but I have agree with your comment about Gladden. I listen to the Twins on the radio when I’m driving, so the timing can be random. If it’s Danny’s turn to describe the action I often, quite often, have no idea of what inning it is, what the score might be, even which team is at bat. Gladden will say “he hit that hard!” Who? Where? With what result? Corey constantly updates information, which I appreciate. I imagine his level of detail might be overly repetitive if you’ve been listening to the game from the start, but it’s a great approach if the listener has to come and go. another pet peeve of mine is why in God’s name Tim Laudner keeps getting trotted out as a TV commentator by Bally before and after games. He very rarely adds any real content to whatever his broadcast partner has just said. He calls every Twins player “that young man,” even those in their thirties. I guess you’re right about name recognition- Gladden and Laudner part of the World Series teams a generation ago.
  2. Melissa
    Hmmm … there was a kid named Holman I knew in college … didn’t know he was a baseball fan!
  3. Melissa
    Thanks, Steven, for this informative post! Hard to know what to make of all the hitters with few appearances against the pitchers (and vice-versa), but your emphasis on how tough the Royals can be at home on the Twins is well taken.
  4. Melissa
    This observation proved prophetic in the opening day game today!
  5. Melissa
    Nice first-game summary, Sherry - thank you! All those runners left on base was a little anxiety producing. Might have to get used to it (?). As you said, Michael A. Taylor looked smooth out there in center. It was good to see how smoothly Farmer and Solano pinch hit and filled in so seamlessly on the right side of the infield. But like ashbury suggested, it was way too scary to watch Buxton slide so hard into third. He had the throw beat anyway.
  6. Melissa
    I loved the WBC, too. The enthusiasm and excitement were so stirring! I agree that having early rounds in March and then the “Final Four” during the All Star week would be fun. Less competition from other sports, too.
  7. Melissa
    I get the frustration, but sitting that close to the infield is a very different experience at Target Field than at the Oakland Coliseum (or whatever its name is this year). I went to quite a few A’s games way back in 1987 while living in the Bay Area, and the place was already something of a dump. I never paid more than $10 (1987 dollars, to be sure) for a “prime” low level infield seat from some season ticket holder in the parking lot. This was before the now infamous sewage backups … Target Field is a much better experience even discounting the quality of play.
  8. Melissa
    I should check out that book!
  9. Melissa
    Thanks for these memories! My son is a Carolina grad married to a Blue Devil. The sport they can still get riled up about is basketball. The Dookies had the bragging rights this year.
  10. Melissa
    Had to look it up. Sounded like something stinky. I guess that’s part of the Simpsons subtext of cleverness underneath the bro humor.
  11. Melissa
    I agree wholeheartedly with this assessment. Defense metrics have been oddly misdirected by shifts, since the stats aren’t clear as to positioning both of the SS and other infielders.
  12. Melissa
    Thanks so much for this, Squirrel! Fun. Brings me back a bit to when my sister lived in Lakeland, FL, and we would visit in March for spring break. I’m a Twins fan, of course, but I love watching all sorts of baseball. Tigertown, with the Red Sox nearby in Winter Haven were our main spots to visit then (1980s & 1990s). Lakeland is stuck in the hot and humid middle of the state. Quite a ride from the Twins in Ft, Meyers, as Aaron G. and John B. complain about on their podcasts. Now my sister lives in Stuart, FL, in the vicinity (less than a one hour drive) mostly of NL teams like the Cardinals and Marlins in Jupiter, the Mets in Port St. Lucie, and both the Nationals and Astros in West Palm Beach.. Three years ago it was a thrill for me to watch Don Mattingly as manager of a (woeful) Marlins crew in their opening spring training game against a powerful Cardinals team. I’ve long admired Donnie Baseball, despite him playing for the hated Yankees.
  13. Melissa
    Interesting article, Matt, with lots of depth. Thanks!
  14. Melissa
    Billy Bruton! Yes, I was struggling to remember his name. Bruton was the second Braves player to live in my town of Mequon, after Mr. Aaron and his family broke that particular color barrier. The Aarons lived down the road from us, and Mrs. Barbara Aaron and my mom were friends. Gaile Aaron and I were classmates. It was both an “interesting” and an amazing time.
  15. Melissa
    What a list! And thanks to Greggory for this story.
  16. Melissa
    Apart from definitions, mention of Mathews brought back such good memories for me as young fan in Milwaukee: Eddie Mathews, Joe Alcock, Del Crandall, Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, Felipe Alou … and of course the inestimable Henry Aaron!
  17. Melissa
    Welcome to Twins Daily!
  18. Melissa
    Welcome to Twins Daily!
  19. Melissa
    Nice article! It seems that the team is emphasizing defense this year, so Solano’s versatility and skill with the glove fits that pattern. Defensive metrics for infielders have been all over the map in recent years with the proliferation of extreme shifts, so I see why you did the comparison with offensive stats. He’s also said to be a really fine teammate, not an irrelevant aspect.
  20. Melissa
    Good to have all this in one place, but also sobering to see all the injuries stacked up.
  21. Melissa
    Wow, that's kind of surprising! Wouldn't happen these days ... though maybe the word Cracker didn't yet carry the same connotations then, especially in the South?
  22. Melissa
    Great analysis, Dr. Bauer!
  23. Melissa
    Thanks, Greggory - fascinating stuff! Were University of Minnesota athletes called Golden Gophers at the time? I think so.
  24. Melissa
    Do's tweet quotes Falvey as saying "there aren't any starters converting to short relief this spring (like Jax did this time last year)." The man speaks very precisely. I think he's definitely left open the scenario Blyleven2011 (hi Bert!) wants.
  25. Melissa
    I don't know ... when I watch MLB caliber baseball players they are far from being semi-athletic. Things like golf, bowling, or god help us pickleball fit that dismissal ... but baseball? It's not beer-league slow-pitch softball out there, right?
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