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  1. Melissa
    It was fun watching Twins baseball again! A little strange seeing all the new players, but nice to see Correa make a couple of sharp plays at shortstop and Urshela bang one out. Too bad Sánchez didn’t muscle that last one out. I share Rosterman’s hope or belief that Duran could handle the high leverage situations (though I wouldn’t restrict him to the traditional closer role). Go Twins! Sonny tomorrow!
  2. Melissa
    Nice article, Andrew - thank you!
  3. Melissa
    Thanks, Ted! I'm hopeful that Correa and Polanco will work well together. A little funny that Carlos called Jorge a "kid" since they're not far apart in age.
  4. Melissa
    Hi Melissa! Fun post! I woke up at 5 am on Saturday and normally would have dozed off again except I saw a report when I checked the time on my phone (I'm not on Twitter, so I think it was Gleeman on the Athletic). It was like ... nothing I can remember happening in my years of Twin fandom. I mean, it was cool that they signed Donaldson, but this was a whole 'nother level. What a shock, and what a pleasant surprise.
  5. Melissa
    Nice story, Ted, thanks! On another note, I see that in the tweets you repeat here you've named the folks in the photos. That isn't typically done on the headers (? leading photos?) on TD posts. For this one, I saw Falvey, Correa, and some older white guy - obviously not from the Twins front office, but he lacked the devil's horns or tail so he couldn't be Scott Boras! And then your tweet clarified that yes, that's the man. Anyway, is it technically difficult to caption photos on this site? Or do you expect all of us readers to recognize folks from their faces or body shapes or the like? Kinda of a separator I suppose form those who visit Fort Myers and those who have to watch from afar ...
  6. Melissa
    I agree with Ted's point about flexibility. And I am very grateful for Twins Daily for all its content!! BUT I have a request -- could it be possible for Twins Daily to caption its photos? It's sort of entertaining but often frustrating to try to determine "now ... who is the guy in the big hat, beard, dark sunglasses holding a black bat, as distinct from the guy who ...??" I often have no idea who is in the photos unless a uniform number is visible. I am not be alone.
  7. Melissa
    So happy to have you here, Sherry! Baseball needs more female fans offering their insight. ?❤️
  8. Melissa
    Playing the Tigers this year feels weird. You could field a major league team of nothing but Twins (present and former) with the eight players who batted in the first inning and Charlie on the mound: Badoo (LF), Schoop (2B), Grossman (RF), Cabrera (1B) in the top of the frame, with Barnes (P). Buxton (CF), Polanco (SS), Garver (C), and Donaldson (3B) in the bottom. Where does the mind of the baseball fan wonder near the end of a lost season?
  9. Melissa
    The bullpen really has been lights out (except for the completely unpredictable Colomé). Also, I’m feeling optimistic about Ober and Ryan as mid-rotation arms next year. Nick Gordon gets a bit more impressive every few games.
  10. Melissa
    Thanks, Lucas! Good to hear.
  11. Melissa
    Thanks, Lucas! I only saw the last few innings, but noticed that Nick Gordon played shortstop. Did he have many fielding chances? Can anyone comment on how he looked out there?
  12. Melissa
    I think though that Luis reaches fewer balls than Jorge does. Error counts don’t account for range.
  13. Melissa
    So I was at the game last night, perched with a friend up in section 305 until a crowd of rowdy unmasked 20-somethings induced us to move higher up over in section 306. The weather was perfect, and it was fun to have a satellite’s eye view of young Mr. Ryan. Showed some flair even from the cheap seats. I agree with the previous comment that Refsnyder’s presence far below us in right field was puzzling, as was his number three spot in the lineup. Was Kepler hurt, or being rested? One upside to the overall lack of offense from either team was the game finishing at 2:28! Made it home early. But it was most disconcerting to have the stadium “crowd” cheering so hard for the Cubs. Whenever they got a hit or struck out a Twins batter or made a sharp play in the field, there was clapping and roars of approval. Way too few of those opportunities for us outnumbered local fans to offer support in return.
  14. Melissa
    Thank you, Nash! Nicely written with lots of pertinent detail about this pitcher that has our hopes high!
  15. Melissa
    I wonder whether the umpires buy into the Twins-fan narrative of Yankee domination over our boys? The home plate umpire really squeezed Barraclough on the Voit AB before his home run. Two two-strike pitches nicking the zone but called balls before the cookie Voit inevitably clobbered. [edited to correct name of pitcher]
  16. Melissa
    I was busy last night, so only started watching in the eighth. Astudillo’s double play was a good first play to see! Another fine write up, Jamie — thank you!
  17. Melissa
    Thanks for such an informative and entertaining report, Allen! The Wichita squad is especially sounding strong and raising my hopes. The Twins Daily mid season prospect ranking obviously came three weeks before the trade deadline, so it’s a bit harder to track our most recent shiny stars in the making.
  18. Melissa
    I thought it was meant as humor (?)
  19. Melissa
    The link is to a discussion of Fernando Rodney??
  20. Melissa
    Thanks for this, Jamie, all three young men you mention look to be promising!
  21. Melissa
    Well, it was the current front office that signed Nelson Cruz as a free agent, twice, so that’s pretty impressive.
  22. Melissa
    It was confusing at the park. Last night was our first visit to Target Field since the end of the Bomba season in 2019. It felt surreal and sad to see fans wearing Cruz 23 shirts, as he was scratched from the lineup just when we were settling into our seats. There were repercussions in the lineup, especially at 3rd base. Donaldson moved over to DH and Astudillo had a tough night at the hot corner. He missed a cutoff throw to allow the batter second base and was unable to handle three tough plays. I think JD would have made two of them.
  23. Melissa
    Wonderful writing, Nick - thank you! I’ll be 68 years old and miss aspects of the “way things were,” especially having set rosters as mentioned above. But hey, that’s life, things change, even on the eternally beautiful baseball diamond. My enjoyment is diminished this year by the team’s erratic and often poor play, but having The Game around again is so fine. And watching the new kids is fun!
  24. Melissa
    Wichita has it going!
  25. Melissa
    Naturally I chose not to watch the inevitably sad conclusion to the game in the 9th inning. You’re welcome, everyone!
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