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Former @Twins skipper Tom Kelly will manage Team USA while @BertBlyleven28 leads Team World in the @MLBFutures Game on 7/13 at Target Field. Well, that should be interesting. How's Bert's Spanish?

Thanks for the stories. Have fun at the games.

Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 10m RHP Trevor May (7-3, 2.35 in 10 starts since May 1) being passed over could be an indication of how close #mntwins believe he is to majors. Maybe we'll see May w/the Twins before the ASG? Have to think its a good possibility anyway.

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Looks like a team would have to take it on UNLESS Tabata elects free agency (and why would he do that)? From today's MLBTR chat: Steve Adams: Pretty much nil. He passed through waivers unclaimed, and Huntington's been shopping him since Spring Training. Maybe if Pittsburgh kicks in $4-5MM someone would take a shot on him, but Pittsburgh still wouldn't get much more than salary relief.

I appreciate all of the personal stories here. I hope those who indicate that they are quitting will follow through. I know it will be difficult for them but somehow I don't think this is the right way to start: While mourning the death of his college coach, Tony Gwynn, Stephen Strasburg says he made a decision to quit chewing tobacco. His primary reason is his daughter. .... Strasburg, who was chewing tobacco while discussing the subject on Monday, said he started chewing tobacco long before he started playing for Gwynn, and that he didn't know the former Padres icon dipped. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/stephen-strasburg-says-he-will-quit-chewing-tobacco?ymd=20140624&content_id=81343856&vkey=news_mlb

Derek Wetmore had a nice little human interest story on Escobar. Thought I'd post it here: http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/One_of_the_best_Twins_so_far_Eduardo_Escobar_is_enjoying_the_wave_062314

Retweeted by Mike Berardino Texas Baseball ‏@Texas_Baseball Jun 13 John Curtiss presented with the Elite 89 Award for having the highest individual GPA among CWS student-athletes! 2.20 ERA, 3.85 GPA. Texas pitcher and double major John Curtiss wins #CWS Elite 89 award: http://ow.ly/ychLR Ssshhhhhh......

Or this morning: Retweeted by Mike Berardino Nick Burdi ‏@NickyBurdi19 16h Off to Minneapolis in the morning #twinzies

How does leaving him rot on the bench solve anything for Arcia or the Twins?

Everybody seems frustrated about what to do with Aaron Hicks. And Hicks is probably frustrated. He undoubtedly gave up switch hitting in an attempt to get on track and get something working. And, in my mind, he went back to it because he felt more comfortable with it. Many here seem ready to throw him under the bus. Fortunately Terry Ryan has a broader perspective. Yes, Ryan is frustrated: "I'm a little concerned about the waffling back and forth because that doesn't do anything for development," Ryan said. "It's time and work and effort. We'll go with it, and hopefully it will work out for all of us." But he also recognizes Hicks as the Twins' best CF for now -- w/o knowing Buxton's eventual fate: "We'll have to see if we can salvage this thing," Ryan said of Hicks. "He's certainly salvageable. We haven't given up on Aaron Hicks at all. He's the best center fielder we have in this organization right now until you see what (Byron) Buxton can do once he gets to the upper levels." (The above quotes from: http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_26013620/rehabbing-twins-outfielder-aaron-hicks-returns-switch-hitting) And more than that, he also recognizes that he played a bit of a role in this drama. For the life of me, I can't find the quote back but at some point this weekend, Ryan acknowledged that they may have rushed Hicks and that he didn't get the developmental time at Rochester that he probably needed -- either this year or last. To me, the Twins need to let Hicks get his head on straight. Once his rehab assignment is over, option him to AAA and give him consistent time to work on getting his game back. Because the Twins are pretty bereft of options in CF and although many of you would like to count on Byron Buxton in the not-so-distant future, that's not a sure thing either.

Well the article and Suzuki got a bit of a shout out from Buster Olney: Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 7h This guy should be considered for the All-Star team. http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_26013341/tom-powers-scrap-iron-suzuki-guiding-twins-pitching … Always nice to see a little national recognition.

Looks great! Looking forward to seeing what you add.

I think it is only the pro-rated portion of $3.25 million so not huge dollars. But one of this front office's traits is a high level of loyalty to veterans. And I guess it doesn't matter if fans get a case of blue face every time he goes out there.

Statistics aside, I'm betting the front office is looking at: Seth Stohs ‏@SethTweets 33m Jared Burton hasn't allowed a run in his last 5 outings (including today), 9 of last 11 outings. Jared Burton rhp 2 years/$5.5M (2013-14), plus 2015 option And hoping they might be able to spin him into some kind of return.

I don't even get that warning. In both Chrome and Firefox all I get is a pretty much blank page that has 2 tabs -- Minnesota Twins and Home.

Uh, in our clan, it's Kooky marriageable females!

Swept Away ....

As long as the Twins are the winning side, guess it doesn't matter.

This is one ugly ballgame.

Nice of the Sox to give the Twins an assist there. Now bring em home.

LONG way to go in this one. Is that good or bad??????

Well, the green part is always nasty but the white part tastes pretty darn good when made into pickles. Yum!

Sigh..... c'mon Phil.

But a single works, too.