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  1. twinsnorth49
    The Twins made what they thought were good baseball decisions at the time, there are too many variables, age, length of contract, reallocating resources from a position of strength to a position of weakness, players coming through the system. To suggest these moves were made to appease a fan base more fond of caucasian players is insulting. As an aside, as a Canadian I do find it interesting how much more prevalent these issues still are in America. Racism clearly is still alive and well but too often focus is placed on people who seem to be looking for it where it doesn't exist. Being vigilant is one thing, making unfounded, irresponsible accusations or assumptions are not. I guess that's free speech though. VodkaDave, you forgot Rene Tosoni and Scott Diamond, both proud Canadians!! This team has always supported the Canadian boys more than "Canada's Team" The Toronto Blue Jays (Brett Lawrie aside......man I wish we had him).
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    Love the Alley, great vibe and just a stumble from the park.
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    I'd try to explain it, but I've already done my thesis at school, not doing another. I think what you're referring to in this post is commonly called "The Blinders" which I find a lot of sports fans wear a lot (particularly my father when the Twins lose)." Dad, did you happen to notice the other guys wearing Red and white this week? Some of them are pretty good, don't you think?" With 18 players on the field for 9 innings that's why so much of it is mental, or is it heart? Did Mauer and Morneau lack heart when the left the bases loaded early on or did they make some mental mistakes swinging at some bad pitches? Did Haren just beat them with good stuff, probably? Was Joe's home run off Haren a bad pitch (a mental mistake) or did Mauer just keep his head in the game and make a great swing when he had to, not Haren's fault, just a great swing. Liriano clearly sucked and the Gophers could have built a 6-0 lead, maybe that's why the bullpen did so well, Frankie set the bar so low, the Angels couldn't rise up to the new standard because they were used to seeing gopher balls? (pun unintended). I think the best guys just stay mentally focused at all times, that doesn't always guarantee success but when the opportunity arises they are prepared. Mornie's HR was a pretty good example of that, it didn't take long for him to go from pariah to hero and for everyone to forget that he was seemingly having a bad game before that, or was he? That's a tough thing to quantify.
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    Strangely, I'm starting to understand..........well done.
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    I think he's saying they are varying degrees of human but not 100% of the time, apparently some of them are aliens, like Jamey Carroll, is that a degree of human? One thing I didn't know was that humans are part of the elemental table, this is shaking my entire existence. I also don't try at work ALL the time and now I'm not sure I have a heart.............I'm going to the doctor.
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    Willingham has 7 less HR than Cuddyer in 1300 less at bats, that's an average of 7 more HR's a year than Cuddy. He's also a career .361-.478-.839 compared to Cuddy's .343-453-.796. He's every bit as good and cheaper. I was/am a big Cuddyer fan but I'm loving what I see from Willingham so far.
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    Well I certainly hope today ends all of this "no heart" garbage. That was heart and guts. What a bunch if crap!!!
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    Ok, forgot about big Jim, but I think Willingham will hit more than him this year alone.
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    Gotta be one of these! If they can make a bobble head out of him tossing Gant, why not a statue?
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    Love how he's been crushing the ball, stays behind it so well and just snaps those wrists. Haven't seen a swing like that in these parts for awhile...SWEET!!
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    They do go very well together, like they will on Friday night in my man cave. Amen brother.
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    You guys need better financial planning. Yes, beer prices are high, welcome to pro sports but, if you attended 3 games per month and consumed 5 beers per game (a decent clip), it would equal 15 beers at a cost of $7.00 each for a total of $105. That's only putting a side $3.50 a day per month, I bet most of you guys spend more on coffee and donuts everyday than that. Where are your priorities, baseball and beer are a match made in heaven.
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    Awesome, that will be run on Sportscentre all week!
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    Yeah, those still qualify as outs. It's still a bit early to lay too much judgement but Plouffe should be getting more of a chance.
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    Agreed, 5-6 run games are going to be the recipe if we hope to win more than 75 games seeing as our rotation is unlikely to have a combined ERA under 5.00.
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    Sorry, with all respect to Hunter but that was cosmic karma that he face-planted himself into the wall after the ridiculous comments he's been making lately.
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    It's funny how this thread was perceived as a, let's kick Parmelee to the curb affair. My point was that, it was this club's strongest desire in the off season to have Morneau playing 1st base and Doumit as the DH, most of the time, so where did that leave Parmelee. I didn't say he shouldn't make the team or that he didn't deserve to make the team or that he couldn't hit, merely wondering aloud and starting a conversation on where everyone thought he might end up if everything had gone by Ryan's original plan. I still don't think his long-term future is as the everyday 1s baseman but I'm open to him proving me wrong, I like the guy.
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    That is quite the rant my man, quite the rant. Here's the point, the Twins needed and wanted Baker, he's a good pitcher. They weren't going to trade him nor should they have, the 20/20 hindsight charge sticks, it's what you're doing.
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    That's not a monkey off the back, it's a 3 tonne gorilla!
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    Jared who?
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    1, 2 to go
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    1, 2 to go
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    Perkins is NASTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!, sick slider. I love that guy!!
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