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  1. ashbury
    He's already the first Twin to get to 30 hr and 24 steals. If our numbering system were base-12 like the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians, maybe these achievements would be more satisfying. 😄
  2. ashbury
    Mentioned elsewhere, but Michael A. Taylor announced he's retiring after today. White Sox have him in the starting lineup, batting ninth naturally. I always sensed a quiet dignity about him. His hitting was usually the weak part of his resume, though "he had a little pop." But he could beat the other team with his glove, no moment was too big for him, and for the right situation that could be enough. He earned a spot in my heart when he bailed out Louis Varland with his catch at the wall in the '23 playoff against Toronto. Michael A Taylor? For me, he'll always be Michael THE Taylor.
  3. ashbury
    Rocco's just giving us a preview of the Opening Day lineup for 2026.
  4. ashbury
    I had forgotten that speech by Rocco. How much does a parade really matter to him? Has he looked into whether the Dodgers have any job openings?
  5. ashbury
    Ninja'd by only a couple of hours. Never mind.
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  7. ashbury
    Wikipedia refreshed my memory about the guy. It looks like a series of injuries and unclear diagnoses led to clashes with the front office. That may have factored in, or served as a tie-breaker, to the Jays' decision. It could be a factor in the decisions by other teams in the waiver queue.
  8. ashbury
    I look for the little moments in a friendly interview, when a competent and experienced public speaker starts to let down his guard and then catches himself. "...going through some pains and moments in time." No one speaks like that on purpose. Moments in time, LOL. He shifted gears mid-sentence. I don't know exactly what deeper truth he was about to divulge - probably that 2026 is gonna suck again in terms of wins. But you could practically hear himself mutter, "oops, almost said the quiet part out loud."
  9. ashbury
    We're all old. The poster was just striving to be understood.
  10. ashbury
    To avoid being a 65 win team?
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  12. ashbury
    Who on the Marlins do we want for Trevor? Because they might be the only franchise who thinks he's even worth trading for - wait, they fired the GM who traded for Nick Gordon, they might not be a viable trading partner either anymore.
  13. ashbury
    In the games where he gave up no earned runs he's been fine.
  14. ashbury
    .294 after the game of July 18. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=buxtoby01&t=b&year=2025
  15. ashbury
    Yeah. Smaller feet.
  16. ashbury
    If only this had been foreseen back at the trade deadline, maybe we could have acquired someone.
  17. ashbury
    Good. Anything harmless that annoys the opposing fans is to be desired.
  18. ashbury
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/06/twins-have-exercised-rocco-baldellis-2026-option.html
  19. ashbury
    Um, they already did.
  20. ashbury
    Buxton. If people are ascending to heaven en masse, Byron's a good guy and he deserves to go with them.
  21. ashbury
    Based on 2025 results it could be a working hypothesis.
  22. ashbury
    Player to be named later, in the flurry of deadline trades. Left-handed hitting corner outfielder, natch.
  23. ashbury
    That is the minimum courteous press release when making a change in upper management. Since I don't think any of us has much of an idea how Falvey and Levine shared the decision making duties, or (equivalently) what Falvey delegated to Levine, or what their working relationship was like, we're mostly just speculating. After several years, was Falvey genuinely disappointed with the independent decisions Levine made? Were the major decisions all joint, and they jointly concluded the process wasn't working? Did Falvey need a fall guy in order to preserve his own job? (A little less pointedly, was he instructed by ownership that "something will have to change" given the poor 2024 outcome, and this was the change he genuinely opted for?) Considering the way that they were thought of together in 2016 going forward, these latter options are a sad outcome but not every working relationship lasts forever. Levine's seemingly kept his mouth shut in the meantime. Has anyone here listened to his podcasts, and picked up traces of anything regarding his time with the Twins? He could make waves, but probably believes that would kill any remaining chances in the baseball world. And so we just sit. And speculate.
  24. ashbury
    Yeah, if not for that, he might not be able to take part in that podcast you mentioned. 😄
  25. ashbury
    Getcher nose outta the spreadsheets and watch a game outdoors, whydoncha? 😄
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