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  1. JB_Iowa
    Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 32s Cards getting lackey
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    Just give him a mulligan on his first appearance and calculate after that.. Really encouraged by what he's been able to do. Strikeouts? Sometimes I don't even know what they are at the major league level -- unless the Twins are batting.
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    Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 2m Intriguing development: Rays officials have scouted Tigers farm system extensively in recent days, source says.
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    It all depends on the evaluation of Pinto (because although the Twins have other catcher assets in the minors, they are still further away.) If you think that Pinto can be a successful starting catcher at the major league level, then you don't extend Suzuki (even if Pinto is a year or two away). Suzuki clearly expects to be a #1 catcher -- and presumably the money in an extension confirms that. If you extend Suzuki for 2 or more years, to me it indicates that the team thinks that Pinto has a very low likelihood of success at the major league level -- unless they think they can somehow flip him to someone else.
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    Darren Wolfson ‏@DarrenWolfson 8m I'm told not to read too much into Milone heading to AAA. Just pitched Tuesday. He'll be w/ the #MNTwins soon.
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    Some info from Nick Nelson: Nick Nelson ‏@nnelson9 4m Milone: Fastball in mid-80s. Doesn't get many K's. Among most extreme fly ball pitchers in game. I don't love him. But for Fuld, why not? Nick Nelson ‏@nnelson9 51s Milone in Oakland, career: 3.55 ERA, .679 opponent OPS. Milone elsewhere: 4.52, .778. Hope he likes Target Field as much as the Coliseum. Just tempering expectations a bit.
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    And now we apparently get to see Vargas, too. Rhett Bollinger ‏@RhettBollinger 8m Sam Fuld back to Oakland, per @jonmorosi, as part of Tommy Milone trade. Also multiple reports indicating Kennys Vargas getting called up.
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    Thought about adding a new thread for this but decided to post it here. Here's Phil Hughes on Suzuki: http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/2014/07/31/postgame-twinsights-i-want-him-here-phil-hughes-says-of-catcher-kurt-suzuki/ What role, I wondered, has Suzuki played in Hughes’ personal success this season? “I guess the short answer would be: He’s just a great game caller,” Hughes said. “I think when you ask any pitcher, it’s a lot easier to go through sequences when you know what your catcher wants to do and he knows you so well. There’s not too much second-guessing or shaking off or anything like that. It’s pretty much a nice flow to the game. I think that’s been the biggest impact for me.” Obviously part of being a "great game caller" is experience and Suzuki pretty clearly works hard, studies the opponents and gets to know his pitchers. He also takes hits well and is apparently a good teammate. He's obviously won over the Twins clubhouse so it'll be interesting to see if they extend or trade.
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    Royals stay above .500.
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    Sounds like he blossomed from May to July. But interestingly I think the $250,000 is about the equivalent of 6th round money so it worked out well for him.
  11. JB_Iowa
    No but I'm singing it as I type -- of course I just sing the chorus over and over.
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    I give a lot of likes and have never had it tell me that i can't.
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    Twins up 1-0 in the top of the 5th. Bases loaded with 2 outs and Colarbello just struck out. Still 1-0.
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    That, too. I attribute that to the Germans among us. My grandmother always said that might Great-grandparents would have an argument and sit for days in different rooms of their house, never speaking.
  15. JB_Iowa
    Cool but not. Bootleggers around here hid the booze in cast iron monuments in the cemetery (sides had screws that could be removed) for later pick-up.
  16. JB_Iowa
    Baserunning.... sigh.
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    Deeded it to Jimmy Hoffa.
  18. JB_Iowa
    hawkiconk's an Iowan. We're Iowa snide.
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    Lol, I get used to having it on mute because it drives the dog nuts when the computer talks at her.
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    Thanks. I think the tweet I saw was over 2 or 3 years but since I can't find it back, who knows?
  21. JB_Iowa
    I finally realized why I don't have the "ad problem" that some of you complain about .... I always have my laptop set on mute.
  22. JB_Iowa
    Oops wasn't listening close enough to Dick-Roy. But KC isn't much over .500.
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    Isn't it kind of pitiful to be pitiful in a pitiful division where only one team has a winning record?
  24. JB_Iowa
    Anybody notice how many new members there are from Elizabethton? Almost every time I click on the little new member button, the person lists Elizabethton --- although there was a Rochester this afternoon.
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    I saw a tweet that Arcia is there.
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