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It's mind boggling what you consider mind boggling but have at 'er if it makes you feel better.

Nah, they all had to go, even the tongue in cheek rally monkey poll. Consider it a reset, I'm pretty tired of playing referee between the two "sides" as many of you seem to love taking. Why doesn't everybody just chill out and worry about actual baseball opinions instead of worrying about whether they're being aggrieved or not. State your case, positive or negative, just leave the labeling of others out of it.

I agree Bark, he's no LF/DH but he's a good guy to have on the bench to spell the middle infield and even 3B a bit, with enough pop in his bat to pinch hit.

Yeah, it's borderline embarrassing.

Oh, so this is a hypothetical article, got it.

Ortiz>Escobar.........um.......yeah. Kennys Vargas we hardly knew ye.

Not baseball that's for sure.

Is that a rhetorical question?

Agreed, pained/sends me into convulsions, same thing.

Or, how about we just let people express their opinion and concern ourselves with our own? Go ahead, enjoy the moment, but let's stop telling other people how to act. Signed, Yours Truly, Minnesota Twins fan who happens to be enjoying the moment (except when Tim Stauffer is pitching)

Rene Rivera does his best Willie Mays Hayes impression. LOL. http://www.tsn.ca/video/the-worst-rivera-emulates-willie-mays-hayes-slide-1.297605

Blaine Boyer has been bad ass..........or something to that effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoU7Qv6Rwec

I can see no reasons Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need to be shown?

I hate Mondays, I hate rainy Mondays even more. Not as much as Chief right now I imagine.

Could it be....?

As mentioned in other threads, equally as big a question as how long the Twins can continue to win by under performing statistically is how long can the Twins go under performing statistically to the degree they are? The most encouraging part to me is the potential to make this team better exists in house, most obviously with Santana and Arcia, but fortunately they are not the only options and that's a good thing.

A R C I A or V A R G A S They not only solve the #5 problem but the DH one as well.

Pig Pen just needs to take a bath! Where are his parents? In fact, where are any of the Peanuts gang parents?

Just finished watching the replay, I'm going to spend the rest of my night savouring beating the Blue Jays and incessantly texting my sister (Jays fan). And oh yeah, http://i2.cdn.turner.com/dr/hln/www/release/sites/default/files/static/images/joihkh_0.gif

That could have been much worse....whew!

Have to get to Hutchinson in the next inning or two and make this a bullpen battle. The Jays pen is every bit as suspect as the Twins.

Aren't you a sharp one........or maybe I'm just that, unsharp shall we say.

Game time Weather Forecast (courtesy Weather Network) 16 degrees Celsius, Wind E/12 km/H, 20% pop. Not exactly a masterpiece but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and a win is a win. The Twins seemingly won another game by all accounts they probably shouldn’t have but 3 double play balls from Kyle Gibson, including one with the bases loaded and 1 out , a timely triple by Brian Dozier and 1 hit ball by the maligned bullpen was enough to do the trick. If I didn’t know any better I would have sworn that was last year’s Twins wearing Blue Jay uniforms yesterday. The Jays paid homage to the 2014 Twins lineup by going 0-8 with RISP, having the bullpen allow the winning run almost immediately upon entering the game and going 1-11 at the plate in the game’s crucial innings. In today’s tilt Ricky Nolasco (5-1, 5.12 ERA….hmmm) goes up against Drew Hutchison (4-1, 5.12 ERA….what the?) in a matchup between two guys with identical ERA’s and an inexplicable combined record of 9-2. To be fair, Nolasco, since coming off the disabled list has been a different pitcher with a 3.77 ERA in his last 5 starts. Hutchison has struggled for most of this year but is coming off a 4 hit shutout of the White Sox in his his last start. In keeping with the similarities, both of today’s starters own run support of over 9, so my prediction for today is a 19-18 win for the Twins…….book it…………………or not. A few things to think about today. 1. Target Field. The Twins seemed to have finally found their comfort zone in their shiny new park. They hold an AL best 18-7 record at home and seemed to have found their groove since the inaugural season in 2010. They still need to put those damn trees back though. 2. Brian Dozier, now sits 2nd in the AL in extra base hits and continues to come up big at the plate and in the field when the Twins need it the most. There are a number of all star worthy 2nd basemen in the league and I think Dozier is definitely one of them 3. Blaine Boyer. Boyer continues his improbable run of near perfection. While everyone else anxiously watches for the clock to strike midnight, Boyer continues to roll along setting down the last 3 Blue Jays with ease yesterday, including a red hot Josh Donaldson in a 1 run game for the save. 4. Another series win, a win today would give the Twins their 5th straight series win and 30th win of the season. The Twins haven’t won 5 straight series in , umm about 5 years and haven’t reached 30 wins in the past 4 years until probably July! 5. Busy Sunday mornings, I hate them and I have one. So to wrap things up, in honour of Toronto and little time, another cheap Rob Ford gif......thanks Rob, the gift that keeps on giving. http://i.imgur.com/h0s0F.gif Enjoy the game everyone..............Go Twins!!! Starting Lineups Twins 1. Brian Dozier 2B 2. Torii Hunter RF 3. Joe Mauer 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe 3B 5. Kurt Suzuki C 6. Eddie Rosario LF 7. Eduardo Nunez DH 8. Aaron Hicks CF 9. Danny Santana SS SP Ricky Nolasco 5-1 (5.12 ERA) Blue Jays 1. Jose Reyes SS 2. Josh Doanldson 3B 3 Jose Bautista DH 4. Edwin Encarnacion 1B 5. Russell Martin C 6. Chris Colabello LF 7. Ezequiel Carrera RF 8. Kevin Pillar CF 9. Ryan Goins 2B SP Drew Hutchison 4-1 (5.12 ERA)

Well, off to daughter's Softball, enjoy the game! Go Twins!!