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I think you failed to take into account that Prince Fielder is not a fast baserunner.

> You had to figure he wanted no part of striking out four times in his debut. He probably wanted no part of striking out three times, either, but Mr. Verlander had different ideas.

I put the uncensored list on the web at http://www.skypoint.com/members/ashbury/anagrams

[ATTACH=CONFIG]3641[/ATTACH] It's been a few years since I did this. You'll either love it or hate it. Here are some anagrams of the 25-man roster. I don't claim a lot of creativity, and I used a program to generate possibilities. I spared the mods some grief by leaving out the dirty ones. Some names are pretty barren (had to cheat and use Mauer's given name Joseph), while others give an embarrassment of riches and you might think up better ones. Or you might even spot some typos/errors, because I don't have an editor to check my work. Burton, Jared Jarred On Tub Be Rotund Jar Red Banjo Rut Correia, Kevin I Overrank Ice Arrive Nice, OK? Re: A Rink Voice De Vries, Cole Relieves Doc Ever I'd Close Lo, Deceivers! Duensing, Brian SABR Inning Due Unbending Airs A Burdening Sin Fien, Casey In Ye Faces Yes, Fiance If Eyes Can Hendriks, Liam Kindlier Hams Damn Irish Elk Had Milk Rinse Pelfrey, Mike Key P.M. Relief Keep My Rifle Me Fry Elk Pie Perkins, Glen Kneel, Spring Kennel Grips Kelp Ginners Pressly, Ryan Snarly Preys Spryly Earns Sly Spy Reran Robertson, Tyler Re: Yr Rotten Lobs Only Best Terror Torrent By Loser Roenicke, Josh Senior Jock, Eh? No, I Chose Jerk Hi, Joke Censor Worley, Vance Lawyer Coven Clever? No Way Rewoven Clay Ryan Doumit A Minor Duty Rainy To Mud Road Mutiny Joseph Mauer A Hose Jumper A Jeep's Humor Heroes Jam Up Carroll, Jamey Clearly Major Am Jolly Racer Larry, Calm Joe Dozier, Brian Bizarre Odin Bird Air Zone Barn Iodizer Escobar, Eduardo Absurd Rodeo Ace Due A Scoreboard Bread Cause Odor Florimon, Pedro Implode For Ron Redo Minor Flop Poor Field Norm Mastroianni, Darin Indiana Rainstorm Maintains In Ardor Nod, Sit In Marinara Morneau, Justin Unjar Mounties Injures Man Out A Moist June Run Parmelee, Chris He Riles Camper I Help Screamer Smile, Preacher! Plouffe, Trevor Pervert Of Foul Flop Tour Fever Prove Four Left Hicks, Aaron Oh, I Ransack Hi Narc, KAOS? A Shark Coin Ramirez, Wilkin Kremlin Air Wiz I Win Milk Razer Kiwi Raze Mr. Nil Willingham, Josh Jowl Lashing Him MN Jails High, Low Hill Jig Showman

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I'll try this as a blog entry instead of a forum post. The Tigers continue to shop Rick Porcello to no avail. MLB Trade Rumors states that the Padres turned down a chance to trade either Huston Street or Luke Gregerson to get him. Other deals have failed to materialize. I suppose the equivalent from the Twins standpoint would be Glen Perkins, factoring in the NL and the Padres home park. Would you make that deal, if the Tigers also saw it that way (and were willing to trade intra-division)? Porcello was a hotshot coming out of HS who had a very promising major league season as a 20 year old, but has failed to progress (or regressed, actually), sporting an ultra-Twins-like K/9 in the 5's the last two years which actually lifts his lifetime average a bit. Few walks but very hittable (Pitch To Contact?), with not overly many HR. He's in his arbitration years but can't be a free agent until 2016, according to baseball-reference.com. Based on his track record he'd not be much of an improvement over what the Twins rotation already consists of, but at age 24 there is still seems the chance of a breakout, in which case you have him for three years, at increasing cost of course. My own take is that I'd be on the fence and would want my scouts to have a consensus that Porcello can still improve before I'd go for such a trade. (Which is hardly different from any proposed trade, but even more so than usual.) It's tempting, but you'd want to have a clear idea what it is you think you can fix, which is always a risky proposition when other people have already tried.

I'll try this as a blog entry instead of a forum post. The Tigers continue to shop Rick Porcello to no avail. MLB Trade Rumors states that the Padres turned down a chance to trade either Huston Street or Luke Gregerson to get him. Other deals have failed to materialize. I suppose the equivalent from the Twins standpoint would be Glen Perkins, factoring in the NL and the Padres home park. Would you make that deal, if the Tigers also saw it that way (and were willing to trade intra-division)? Porcello was a hotshot coming out of HS who had a very promising major league season as a 20 year old, but has failed to progress (or regressed, actually), sporting an ultra-Twins-like K/9 in the 5's the last two years which actually lifts his lifetime average a bit. Few walks but very hittable (Pitch To Contact?), with not overly many HR. He's in his arbitration years but can't be a free agent until 2016, according to baseball-reference.com. Based on his track record he'd not be much of an improvement over what the Twins rotation already consists of, but at age 24 there is still seems the chance of a breakout, in which case you have him for three years, at increasing cost of course. My own take is that I'd be on the fence and would want my scouts to have a consensus that Porcello can still improve before I'd go for such a trade. (Which is hardly different from any proposed trade, but even more so than usual.) It's tempting, but you'd want to have a clear idea what it is you think you can fix, which is always a risky proposition when other people have already tried.

Huh? That's how I read every post in these forums. / Especially my own.

The Twins dislike knuckleballers too.

> it is tough to draw a lot of conclusions from such a small sample size Without going back to check the scorebook, I believe the Canadian team faced a lot of left handed pitching. In the two games I got to watch, he went after a lot of first pitches, and just generally seemed confident in his approach (as much as a spectator down the third-base line can tell). I'm ready to say he's back. Which, usually, is the kiss of death.

I think Eric Johnson was the guy that sold me the sno-cone at my last Twins game.

> Which strategies will work? Only time will tell. Which do you think will work? Me, I like the Twins' approach best. Houston and Colorado seem to have problems with talent evaluation (I just reviewed the Astros' 2011 Bourn trade, P-U so far). Cleveland seems to be aggressive, probably in a good way, and the front office in Chicago is likely to stick with their plan and eventually succeed.

Special memo to [insert your "favorite" whipping boy here]: feel free to engage in skydiving, hanggliding, Russian roulette and other activities not specifically forbidden in this list.

It's folk, actually.

Chris the magic batsman, Plays for TC. And frolics in the right field mists As the fans shout "Parmelee!"....

I wanted to switch away from sabrmetrics but my wife won't let me.

I can't put my finger on it, but there is something wrong in the analysis leading to 102 wins.

Worley should be better than Esmerling. But that's it.

When do we get a feature article on Houston Jimenez?

Yes, he came in under inauspicious circumstances and managed to make matters worse. I just refreshed my memory and his OPS+ of 89 after the trade is a fair shorthand for a well-below par season from a player counted on for much more; to add insult to injury, Bruno put in a typical good season for the Cardinals; and then Herr added further insult to the insult to the injury by bouncing back to have a nice season for Philly in 1989. It's a very hazily defined concept of what "worst" player is, as Cody acknowledged - but for negative value delivered compared to what was needed, Herr holds a special place above many many less-talented players who were in less-pivotal roles. Do I really think Tommy Herr is the worst Twins player ever? No. I just like having his name in the discussion, since he brought so much angst to the fans.

Lenny Faedo and Terry Felton get some votes from this corner. If you want to expand to big letdowns, which is mainly what Huskey was, add Tommy Herr as well.

You have the right attitude for a road trip through the midwest. Enjoy all the off-the-beaten-path sights to see. I have a long and not very interesting story to tell regarding an ice storm and a cafe in LaSalle.

Team payrolls were about half of what they are now, so no, it was somewhat of a bargain-basement signing. Didn't work out, but it's hard to hate the guy.

Hey, Bobby, your mailbox here is full. Drop me a line sometime.