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I heard a couple of people mention the same thing, somewhere, can't remember though.
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Don't thank me, thank Bubbles. I defy anyone not to laugh out loud while watching TPB. Enjoy! -
Goddamn ****ing right I do!
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Are you suggesting Ryan and Molitor are so incompetent that they don't realize the DH doesn't play a position in the field?
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Yeah, but can he do it as DH? Goal posts moved,
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Fair enough, that qualifies.
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I'd buy it. Love me some Moon Man.
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Ok, you've had your say. Let's get back to the topic........please. At what point is having a guy with a sub .600 OPS at LF or DH not going to cut it any longer and when are TR/Molly going to act? That's what we're talking about here , not whether people are idiots or not, decisions maybe but not people.
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Somebody put that guy at DH, pronto.
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Ugh, Hughsie fooling nobody here.
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I really like Brian Dozier, he's a super duper awesome baseball player. If I was ever to switch teams.........
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That's how you blow it up.....so to speak.
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Of course.....d'uh!
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If they lose both today I'm dressing up in one of those inflatable sumo suits before I hit the forums. http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4662/1692/1600/sumo2.jpg
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(POLL) Best DH option currently on the 25 man roster:
twinsnorth49 replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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Fair enough, I'll retract that. I disagree on the tone and I think problems occur when we try to interpret tone. I don't think either of them are idiots, the decision just makes little sense to me, that's all. If that means I think they're idiots, it's false. I respect both of them, just disagree with them sometimes. To get back to the actual discussion and not word play, I don't agree with playing Escobar at DH and carrying 13 pitchers when there are what I believe to be more suitable candidates available. And yes, I can hear the snickers all the way from Boston when our .588 OPS, utility infielder steps up as our DH........it bugs me.
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See above.
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I meant in the minors, my bad. I just don't think even if he cuts his K rate there it's necessarily going to mean much with the Twins.
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At AAA?, why? It's not like it's his first rodeo down there. I just question what there is for him to prove down there and how it's going to help him against big league pitching.
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That happens more than you think and perhaps in just isn't necessary to couch every opinion with "but I'm sure they have acceptable reasons", it kind of goes without saying. If I disagree with something TR or Molly decides it's not necessarily inferred that I don't think their reasoning is acceptable, I just have a different viewpoint. Again, if you want to infer that I'm calling TR or Molly's decision to play Escobar where they have "embarrassing" go right ahead. I think it is embarrassing as a fan to have my team play a guy with an OPS of .588 at the DH spot , I didn't mention TR or Molly in that post, just that by it's very nature it's kind of embarrassing, as a fan. And I didn't call anyone an idiot, another inference by you. I simply disagree with it, nothing more. Is that OK?
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Well you did go down that trail by adding the "as hard as that might be to believe" comment, not sure what that added. As for the rest, I'm not suggesting they send Escobar down, I believe it should be Santana, who has options. At this point I don't see any significant upgrade at SS y having Santana play over Escobar and believe Santana could benefit by a bit of time in Rochester, both at the plate and in the field. I realize that TR and Molly don't believe Vargas and Arcia are performing well enough to bring up but neither is Escobar or Santana in the positions they are in and in Escobar's case he's a fish out of water. I'd be fine with Pinto as well, someone at DH who could at least put some fear into a pitcher and drive the ball, as well as allowing Rosario to play more in LF instead of a SS.
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Why would that be hard to believe? I don't think just because a lot of people would like to see Ryan make some different moves means they think he isn't competent. I think TR is very competent, there are just times I would like to see a different approach. His opinion that Arcia and Vargas aren't forcing their way onto the roster interests me from the perspective that it makes me curious what Santana is doing to keep his roster spot and what Escobar has done to continue playing LF or DH.
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Of course their judgment is different than mine, who said it wasn't? Both Vargas and Arcia are explosive players who have the ability to punish mistakes and hit the ball a long way. Do they need to do it more consistently? Yep. Do they need to be working on it with the big club? Yep, one of them anyway. I'm sure Molly and or TR have their reasons, I don't know them but even if I did I wouldn't necessarily have to like them.
