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  1. ashbury
    The math checks out.
  2. ashbury
    I guess it was the sign that said "No Admittance Past This Point" that threw us off.
  3. ashbury
    Any progress on contract negotiations with this player? I feel like with just a little extra push, he can be brought on board.
  4. ashbury
    I'm sorry to say that I've pegged them as a 78-win team. I had much higher hopes than that after Duran polished off the Blue Jays last October 4, but every little drip-drip-drip of news since then has lowered my expectations. Please, Twins, exceed them and make me look foolish! I would enjoy another trip to watch the playoffs, if it happens.
  5. ashbury
    I forgot to mention, and maybe I shouldn't, but on a day when the major league team is away, you can sometimes go inside the ballpark itself to visit the team shop, and if by chance you get confused and turn the wrong direction when leaving the shop you can sometimes climb a flight of stairs or two and explore the views from the outdoor concourse of the top level offices outside the perimeter of the ballpark seating. Son Bashbury and I had a good time skulking around for 15 minutes that way, last year. I can't believe security doesn't keep tabs to some extent, but the freedom to move around is pretty extraordinary. Shhh though, don't spread the word too much.
  6. ashbury
    Unless one thinks Lee's arm will be a problem in the infield, Polanco doesn't particularly jump out to me as a comp.
  7. ashbury
    RB, you expressed my experience there perfectly. Did you by chance "wander" as far as the other side of I-75 to give Jet Blue Park a try? I'm thinking no, because if you had, you would know the answer to your question about whether the open experience is available to all other fans: the answer is, no. A lot of their back fields are roped off, or at least were the couple of years I tried to go see. It's not bad there, but nothing like at our Twins' facility. If I am at Ft Myers with no one else, I might not even set foot inside the ballpark for the nominal "major league" games. You can see major leaguers on the back fields anyway, now and then, especially on days the big club is at an away game. Watch Byron Buxton bat leadoff for each of the first four innings, followed by Carlos Correa (or maybe it was Jorge Polanco)? Heaven. I hadn't sat so close to Byron since that one time back in the Arizona Fall League. If anyone is on the fence about going (aside from money), I have two words: Do It.
  8. ashbury
    Ah, well, that would be in name only, since he never really signed.
  9. ashbury
    Benjamin Thomas Rortvedt was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up 20 minutes southwest of the state capitol building in a town called Verona. View full player
  10. ashbury
    More information about "Ben Rortvedt"
    Benjamin Thomas Rortvedt was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up 20 minutes southwest of the state capitol building in a town called Verona.
  11. ashbury
    The ultimate Short Reliever! He was our Righty No Out Guy.
  12. ashbury
    What? Over? Did You Say 'over?'
  13. ashbury
    ... for Cash. I guess Kevin got tired of managing in a small market.
  14. ashbury
    "Three Twins Players Whose Last Names Start With J, Period" Much more compelling headline if you ask me.
  15. ashbury
    Well, that was a waste of confetti. What was your favorite Jesse Chavez moment? "Twins Daily: Putting The Bull in Bullpen Since 2012."™ (I keed, I keed. Mistakes happen.)
  16. ashbury
    Well, now anyway.
  17. ashbury
    The coach will call it Pitch To Contact, the fans will call it Nibbling, and careers will be blown as batters tee off on "mistake pitches" that catch a little too much of the strike zone at 84 MPH.
  18. ashbury
    Intertwined and intermingled. I've always liked it.
  19. ashbury
    First, this is the kind of thing that without data it's really hard to make sweeping generalizations. Second, there's a good chance that cause-and-effect are intertwingled - maybe when you see clubs "messing" with routine it's precisely for the guys who are already perceived as being at risk for injury. I remain convinced that injury proneness is an area of active research by clubs' analytics departments, and their methods and results are closely guarded secrets.
  20. ashbury
    Did they have DeSclafani winning the Cy? 😀
  21. ashbury
    The wonderful 2022 Twins bullpen tied for 15th in the majors in ERA. The horrible awful no-good bad 2023 Twins bullpen was all alone at #15 in ERA. (The respective rankings of starter ERA were #20 and #2. Maybe that had a tiny bit more effect on Rocco's decision making process, than the bullpen?)
  22. ashbury
    6-5 win. Had 'em all the way!
  23. ashbury
    Please tune in more often, and keep up the good work!
  24. ashbury
    He's trying some new things. / .... that apparently aren't working
  25. ashbury
    Third option, do the Twins offer him that 50-75M contract?
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