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  1. stringer bell
    OK, here's a question. Brian Dozier has 71 career homers. Sano has hit seven. Which guy will be the first to get to 100 career homers?
  2. stringer bell
    Does Hicks golf right handed? If so, maybe that explains his struggles hitting lefty.
  3. stringer bell
    I think the breakthrough has already occurred. Hicks was much improved when he came up after being sentenced to serve in Rochester. He has been that much better since getting off the DL and spending more time in upstate New York.
  4. stringer bell
    Eddie has a pretty good arm. Honestly, while he might not have Hicks' arm strength, he's great at charging the ball and very accurate.
  5. stringer bell
    One question that will be answered in 2015 is "who bats fourth?"
  6. stringer bell
    Pelf handles prosperity, for now.
  7. stringer bell
    Kepler for POY in the Southern League? I wonder how much that matters to the Twins' front office. I could see him staying in Chattanooga 'til the playoffs are over and then getting a couple weeks with the Twins.
  8. stringer bell
    Plouffe does have the necessary foot speed to play catcher.
  9. stringer bell
    Don't look now, but through four innings, the Twins have............one hit.
  10. stringer bell
    Gibson's BABIP continues to regress.
  11. stringer bell
    Not much of a swing.
  12. stringer bell
    My favorite bluegrass group is the Steep Canyon Rangers.
  13. stringer bell
    Nice facial hair Yovani.
  14. stringer bell
    Sweet GDP!
  15. stringer bell
    Prince up w/ two on, none out. Not good.
  16. stringer bell
    This will be one of my first chances to watch an entire ballgame in some time. A lot of small things going on plus opportunities to play a lot of golf have kept me away from my TV. It is also an opportunity to watch Gibson pitch. I like the way he goes about his business and he seems like a really nice young man.
  17. stringer bell
    I saw Vargas at ST as well. The contrast between him and his BP mate Sugar Shane was almost comical. Actually Robinson looked really out of place in the hitting group with Hunter, Hicks and Vargas. Baggy's other point makes my point about bat-first or bat-only guys. Any outfielder who put up those numbers would be a top five prospect, but if you are a Vargas or Arcia, it is almost the minimum in order to be considered for promotion to the majors.
  18. stringer bell
    Vargas was mostly out of whack as a hitter this year. Why? I don't know, but hearing Smalley say that he was in-between sounded about right--trying to adjust to fastballs and getting beat by breaking stuff and then gearing (or down) up for breaking stuff and getting beat on fastballs. I think the toughest thing for a DH, which Vargas figures to be, is that they really have to perform well with their one skill to keep a spot on the roster.
  19. stringer bell
    My gripe with Robinson starting as many games as he has lately is that there is one too many pitchers on the active roster. A competent hitter to fill in as a a DH/corner outfielder so that Hunter, Rosario or Mauer could have a day off. Shane Robinson should be a defensive replacement, pinch runner and position player to pitch an inning in a blowout. As was mentioned earlier, no organization would call up a top prospect to have him play two or three times a week. I don't think such usage would be a positive for the player or for the team. Further, I believe that Buck will benefit by playing 15-20 games for the Red Wings. Certainly, if Hicks were struggling, it would change the calculation of whether Buxton should be in the majors. It appears to me that Buxton would not make much of an impact at this stage of the season coming off of more than six weeks on the DL.
  20. stringer bell
    It stops the service time clock. I guess that is a good thing, however if it's never going to be an issue, then it is silliness.
  21. stringer bell
    In discussing this issue with my brother, we both think that if the Twins can't win a series at home in the coming week, it is time to wave the white flag. Berrios, Buxton and Arcia up, with some type of demotion/DL for Robinson, Pelfrey and Boyer. The Twins played Toronto at the wrong time, but losing twice to Cleveland is pretty sad. They probably should have lost all three.
  22. stringer bell
    I am ambivalent about abortion. I liked the line of Bubba when he said that he wanted abortion to be safe legal and rare. One factor in the legal debate that gives me pause is if abortions were outlawed, would we then have a return of "backroom butchers" to illegally and unsafely perform abortions on women set on terminating a pregnancy? Another pause would be the increase of unwanted babies. We already have far too many for the number of people who want to adopt. While it would seem that all could agree that contraception is preferable to both abortion and unwanted children, I have seen several people who object to any form of contraception. As I understand, it is the religion-based objection to contraceptives which led to the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision. Abortion is complicated. I know situations where the procedure in early pregnancy is warranted because of defects of the fetus. I don't believe it should be a method of birth control or selection (abort a male, keep a female or any other election), but the case is arguable if the fetus is deformed etc.
  23. stringer bell
    The GOP has a demographic problem that won't reverse any time soon. Their base is shrinking, while the Democrats base is expanding. They need to reach over to the middle, but instead have leaned harder and harder on the base. Ironically, it has worked well for non-Presidential elections. We have more Republicans holding elective office than at any time in my memory and it's not really close. Having majorities in swing and purple states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania have emboldened legislators to pass right wing agenda items that would have been thought of as unthinkable as recently as ten years ago. What does that have to do with the GOP debate? IMHO, the apparatus distills the candidates and no candidate can be seen as moderate. There are two types of Republicans--Conservative and more Conservative, and that isn't in line with the thinking of a majority of the populace. That said, with plenty of voter suppression tactics in place and the fatigue of having a Democrat in the White House for the last eight years, there is a decent chance that a conservative Republican could be elected.
  24. stringer bell
    I am a "shades of gray" person on abortion. I suppose I don't like the attitude of the PP employees talking about fetal parts like they are chicken wings an drumsticks......however I can't get past the fact that this is heavily edited "attack video". It brings me back to photoshopped and dubbed videos that completely misrepresent.
  25. stringer bell
    Dozier's a very good player and the Twins need more good players, not less. He brings power to a position that is traditionally not a power position and that power is vital to the Twins. If the Twins were to get plenty of power without his production, it might make sense to market him, but I really doubt that will happen with young players populating so many positions on the team in coming years.
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