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  1. ashbury
    This avatar is retired.
  2. ashbury
    You should see the full length version with the speedo. ObTwins: Interesting the PH for Carroll instead of for Escobar.
  3. ashbury
    Deal. I know the rules.
  4. ashbury
    Ninth inning. Win Twins.
  5. ashbury
    Time for a Rally Avatar, did I hear someone say?
  6. ashbury
    Well, except for the fourth inning the Twins have scored one every time tonight. As long as the bullpen does their job and throws zeros the rest of the way, this trend should produce a comfortable one-run victory.
  7. ashbury
    Not counting last night's offensive outburst in support of Correia, of course.
  8. ashbury
    Oh, now you've gone and summoned it. / Yes, it. I'm so bad.
  9. ashbury
    Ed-yard-o.
  10. ashbury
    She Who .... Must... Not... Complete... This .... Train... Of... Thought... *collapse*
  11. ashbury
    That's the show with the chairs with their backs to the performers? I could see a use for that at this game.
  12. ashbury
    Gardy didn't have anyone warming up in the bullpen to start the inning, again??? Oh well, good job keeping a 5-run first from turning into a disaster. I'm going to go grab some dinner.
  13. ashbury
    What, and have to go through all the paperwork for refunds? "They didn't catch any."
  14. ashbury
    Correia used up all the pitching karma in 7 innings last night.
  15. ashbury
    Clearly he is jinxing Hicks.
  16. ashbury
    You guys' comments are going to look hilarious in a few minutes when I switch my avatar to a dude in a speedo with a TC logo.
  17. ashbury
    Are we at last ready to declare the experiment of Mauer in the two-hole a failure? (Also, if Mauer goes 4-for-4 I am never taking this avatar down, except on Kevin Correia day of course.)
  18. ashbury
    For similar reasons I do not wish to read any articles about the Wins Above Replacement for Correia.
  19. ashbury
    Not necessarily. This one's just a Bad Idea.
  20. ashbury
    But that's because it's not a choice between hanging KC out to dry in the 8th, versus putting in the reliever. IMO both those options can be criticized without it being second guessing. That's because it's almost standard practice to do what has already been suggested: Get Burton and Duensing up and warming up while the Twins are batting (if Duensing is not available that day, pick your best option for getting lefties out, maybe that's Burton anyway); Send Correia out there and tell him "go get 'em"; At the first baserunner, send in the correct-handed reliever; go from there. This is not rocket surgery - managers do it all the time. And it gives you the chance at the better of both worlds: if your mediocre starter is having one of the games of his life, he has a chance to finish his complete game shutout if he gives up no hits in the 8th (and maybe his team scores a few in the 9th to give him a better cushion for when he goes out for the bottom of that inning), and if his run of luck is up, it costs you only a baserunner (hopefully not a home run). I'm not saying I thought this through, as I watched the game unfold. But it's what Gardy is paid to have figured out ahead of time. And his explanations afterward continue to sound to me like a rationalization for something else going on under the surface.
  21. ashbury
    Someone in the organization is trying to prove a point. I hope it is Mauer.
  22. ashbury
    Or, as a practical matter, indistinguishable at this time. At least the middle infielders. Hicks is just due a day off, and Mastro is due a start.
  23. ashbury
    Yes, because colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
  24. ashbury
    The mods won't banninate you if you spell out Batting Practice.
  25. ashbury
    "Continue"? / Just funnin', my brother.
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