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  1. Boom Boom
    I understand on Buxton. I would have liked to see Kepler get a longer look.
  2. Boom Boom
    So I'm at this game... and the first thing I notice is that the Nats don't shoot off fireworks during the "rockets red glare".
  3. Boom Boom
    Maybe there was some bad umpiring behind the plate... but the opponents had to deal with that, too. If you think the Twins pitchers are being jobbed by the officials, watch what kind of strike zone the other guys are getting. You might have missed some bad calls going the other way.
  4. Boom Boom
    Is it fair to compare Cochrane to Mauer, though? If Cochrane had some of those day games after night games off, if he could have DHed a little, and if his manager didn't abuse him as was the fashion at the time, would he have been a significantly better player than he was?
  5. Boom Boom
    I don't think this will hurt the club beyond what they're paying him and the predictable negative fan reaction. I hope that if I ever get fired, and nobody wants to hire me, that my former employer will hook me up with a golden parachute.
  6. Boom Boom
    Country club is back in business.
  7. Boom Boom
    That's not a monkey, it's an ape. Also that ape has an orangutan on its back. Also an ape.
  8. Boom Boom
    I don't know if Perk would make up an injury as an excuse... but I will say that if he was perfect in relief so far, a pinch in the shoulder might seem a little more bearable.
  9. Boom Boom
    It's about time somebody took poutine and Americanized it by adding the obligatory buffalo chicken. Now we just need a chicken Caesar poutine.
  10. Boom Boom
    Seth, you mention how hitters' strategy has changed to swing hard in all counts instead of just trying to put the ball in play. That goes for pitchers, too. They don't "pitch to contact" as deliberately as they used to. Old timey hitters would probably strike out more if they faced modern pitchers who were trying to overpower them.
  11. Boom Boom
    Kevin Jepsen. The guy exceeded all expectations last year. I don't think he's really that good.
  12. Boom Boom
    I'm not going to disagree with you... but for the most part this is true about every team. The Twins are not special in this regard.
  13. Boom Boom
    .244/.307/.435. Assuming Plouffe isn't dogged by injuries, I expect exactly what he put up last year. I don't think he's got a new level he's going to take his game to.
  14. Boom Boom
    It was unrealistic to expect Duffey to take off from his 2015. He was always going to regress. I expected Nolasco to take the spot "reserved" for Duffey in the rotation. This just gives the Twins more reason to do that.
  15. Boom Boom
    .257/.328/.370. The further Joe gets from the concussion the closer he gets to the end. Sorry sports fans.
  16. Boom Boom
    I could have at least looped a single off that Charlie Liebrandt pitch.
  17. Boom Boom
    Yup... the Twins had made up their minds that May was a reliever long before spring training. It's a large part of the reason that they did not acquire relief help. If I was May I would feel jerked around that the Twins said he was in the mix to start. That was never the case.
  18. Boom Boom
    Two problems with this. 1. If the need arises for a starter some time during the season it will not be May because he won't be stretched out. 2. May might make the bullpen better, but so would Ervin Santana and Tyler Duffey if they were put there.
  19. Boom Boom
    I'd be just fine with a youth movement in the bullpen. I just don't see it happening until June at the soonest, and I'm concerned that we'll be giving away wins early. A nitpick - Mike Lamb wasn't 2006. That was Tony Batista.
  20. Boom Boom
    The Hennepun County taxpayers (including myself) built the Twins a money-making machine. I think they're obligated to give us better than a Metrodome-quality product. All that said, the first thing I would change would be to trade Cuddyer, Kubel, and Nathan at the 2011 deadline. The team wasn't going anywhere and that could have helped expedite the rebuild. The Twins' loyalty to veterans has at times undermined their long-term strategy. I would cite the Hughes extension as another example. I believe that to be successful building from within, you need to hurt feelings at times. Make Hughes prove himself again before rewarding him. Tell Joe Nathan that you don't care if he doesn't want to be traded. Take the PR hit of trading Cuddyer. It's all in the interest of putting together a better baseball team.
  21. Boom Boom
    I criticize the Twins for many reasons. On payroll, though, I would only knock them if they used it as an excuse to not improve the team. If Ryan was to be quoted tomorrow as saying "sure, we'd love to bring in a major league reliever, but we've got Mauer and we're up against the payroll," I would let loose with the criticism.
  22. Boom Boom
    Because, assuming that the concussion was the driving force behind the drop-off, one would expect that the stats would either improve or at least stay more or less the same the further away from the concussion he got. Somehow he put up a significantly better OBP in 2014 than he did in 2015. That would seem to indicate that some other factor is in play.
  23. Boom Boom
    I don't think the concussion in 2013 explains why his OBP dropped from .361 in 2014 to .338 in 2015.
  24. Boom Boom
    He must have been medically cleared to play, at least if he didn't catch. If he wasn't completely forthcoming before, he was taking it upon himself to go out on the field. No one wants to see a player's career end in injury. I guess if the medical staff and Joe himself say that he can play, then I won't worry about another concussion because apparently they don't. I do feel a bit sorry for Joe IF the concussion robbed him of a HOF career. At least as sorry as I can for a guy whose great-great-grandkids probably will never need to work a day.
  25. Boom Boom
    Santana's ability to be placed out in CF by the manager makes him a near-lock because I don't think Benson or Mastroianni or whomever can beat him for the spare CF role. With the weak bullpen there should be room for Tonkin, especially with Nolasco in the rotation. Arcia... I could see left out. The Twins don't like carrying bench bats and are opposed to platooning.
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