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  1. Kirby_waved_at_me
    True, there were a couple early jams that May managed to wriggle out of. Those could have been quite a bit worse than 2 run innings on their own.
  2. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Hard to believe it's only 2-0. This has been your dubious CBU
  3. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Y'know, I'm just happy to be here and hope I can help the ballclub. I just want to give it my best shot and good Lord willing, things'll work out... gotta play 'em one day at a time, Y'know...
  4. Kirby_waved_at_me
    contact!
  5. Kirby_waved_at_me
    nice finish to the inning - that's how you limit Billy Hamilton's stolen bases, make him hit it in air...
  6. Kirby_waved_at_me
    yuck
  7. Kirby_waved_at_me
    rally time
  8. Kirby_waved_at_me
    He may have saved his spot in the rotation, with that one. Trevor's turn to try to keep his job! (not that one start should decide it..)
  9. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Nuñez must've been looking off speed there...
  10. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Play Ball y'all
  11. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Well, they did have a late night last night...
  12. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Wednesday afternoon getaway Day lineup. Trevor May might be the closest to "Canadian" as the Twins can get now that Morneau is gone. May is from Kelso, Washington - it's about 4 hours from the border.
  13. Kirby_waved_at_me
    I certainly didn't expect this after Santana's suspension. I thought they could be decent and maybe flirt with a .500 record assuming things broke right.
  14. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Maybe it's time to start putting the 2010 game #s up as well? How are the Twins doing relative to the last playoff team?
  15. Kirby_waved_at_me
    It's his thing- some guys still wear their socks high, Suzuki likes the old school catcher's mask, Nuñez likes to have a loose helmet. I do worry that if he ever gets beaned that helmet will just spin around and around: http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/HelmetSpin.gif
  16. Kirby_waved_at_me
    So it was YOU?
  17. Kirby_waved_at_me
    . . . and don't forget, it's pronounced "Eye-Gor"
  18. Kirby_waved_at_me
    I might call Edmonds case a buzzer beater instead of a slam dunk - he certainly was very good for a very long time. He's a bit short on counting stats (less than 2000 career hits, less than 400 homers, he only stole 67 career bases) , but his rate stats are very very good. My opinion is that he would not be the worst Hall of Famer (not close), I think he'll have to wait for awhile to be inducted. I'll help campaign for Edmonds if someone gets on board the Larry Walker bandwagon. Hunter, while a very good player with some impressive longevity, still falls a bit short.
  19. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Hunter has played in about 500 more games than Kirby did, you'd hope he'd have a higher WAR, since it is a cumulative stat.
  20. Kirby_waved_at_me
    I think Andruw Jones is better than Torii - Though I agree Edmonds is better than both of them. I just think that all four of those guys (Bernie Williams included) are shy of the Hall of Fame. I wasn't really ranking the four of them against each other - it was more a binary yes/no. I think all four are "no." Edmonds probably has the best case of the four.
  21. Kirby_waved_at_me
    This time last week it seemed like no one deserved to lose their spot in the rotation, and I was firmly in the camp of sending Milone to AAA to open a spot in the rotation and to keep Milone in a starting role. Maybe it makes sense to return to plan A from Spring Training, which had Pelfrey in the bullpen? I don't think May should get sent down, and while I don't think Milone deserves it either, if I have to pick between those two, May has much more to gain towards his development by pitching against MLB hitters. If Pelf goes to the pen and has some success, it makes room for Santana, and allows the Twins to move one (or two) guys out of the pen and back to AAA. I don't think they will go to a six man rotation long term, but I wouldn't be surprised if all six guys get another start before someone is moved. If they do that, someone from the bullpen will get moved out first.
  22. Kirby_waved_at_me
    I think Tony O or Jim Kaat deserve to be in the Hall of Fame before Torii Hunter. Kaat had more gold gloves, was a competent hitter (last Twins' pitcher to hit a home run), and had a solid career. But I think Kaat is more likely at this point to get in as a broadcaster than a player. Hunter will get some votes - I agree that he's in the same conversation as guys like Bernie Williams, Andruw Jones, and Jim Edmonds - Center Fielders who were pretty good, but maybe not a Hall of Famer. The Hall of Fame have several players enshrined that are not very good, and they were voted in by the veteran's committee. Again, I think that Torii will get some votes, but not elected by the BBWAA - He might get more traction with the players later on, but you can see that they've been dragging their feet with Tony Oliva, so I wouldn't hold my breath for Hunter's induction.
  23. Kirby_waved_at_me
    Funny how Samardzija is the guy in all the trade rumors the last couple years - He's a decent enough pitcher, but he's somehow in all the rumors like he's David Price or something. He's a solid #2 or #3. Hard to see where the fit is for the Twins today, but if it is one of three or four moves, there's room for the Shark or Bucholz for sure in the Twins rotation. The bullpen and a couple bats seem like the more pressing need in the short term, and it's kind of silly for the Twins to be shopping for rentals. It can be fun to spill a little ink from time to time, though, on rumors like this.
  24. Kirby_waved_at_me
    that was just a little snark about Pinto and Arcia not being on the MLB roster and not playing well in AAA. The Twins could really use a better bat that is also a catcher, as well as a lefty masher... Another reason I think Milone is the odd man out: he has options. He can go to AAA and the Twins can still keep him. I think he's a better as a starter than he'd be coming out of the pen, but that's just a feeling I have, not based on anything concrete.
  25. Kirby_waved_at_me
    I went to a Reds game earlier this year and Billy Hamilton was caught stealing -- by AJ Pierzynski - it can be done! http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN201505120.shtml Nolasco is probably going to have to get surgery. He might end up with Santana's spot on the Playoff roster if he's healthy in time, but other than that I am skeptical that he's back this year. Go Twins!
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