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  1. JB_Iowa
    Unlike Brian, I always rooted for Delmon (think it was his Mom's death that kind of got to me) -- unfortunately he just never got it together. But yep, financially it pays to be a #1 draft pick.
  2. JB_Iowa
    I just like to amuse y'all with these folksy little stories when the game is dull.
  3. JB_Iowa
    I think Hooterville was actually in the eastern part of Iowa.... at least that's what Sam Drucker told me.
  4. JB_Iowa
    They snort, stink and aren't very soft and cuddly. But go for it!
  5. JB_Iowa
    I guess we did have chickens when I was pretty young -- kind of forgot that. I always laugh when I see the HGTV programs, etc. about the people who want to have "urban chickens". Been pecked enough, thank you. And I'd just as soon never see another chicken hanging from a tree with its head chopped off -- geez my Mom and Grandma had stronger stomachs than me.
  6. JB_Iowa
    I wish I could remember .... but I don't even remember all the dogs and cats we had.
  7. JB_Iowa
    Been there, done that.
  8. JB_Iowa
    Oh, and I want the cows to be corn fed not grass fed. Okay, okay, I'm a little picky.
  9. JB_Iowa
    I only want my milk from cows and I only want it after it has been processed to death. 1%, please. I remember going to neighbors who did have cows and I could hardly choke down the milk they drank. I'll take mine from the store, please.
  10. JB_Iowa
    I grew up in the country but not on a farm. My dad owned a grain elevator and feed mill. We had the usual assortment of cats and dogs but the only real "farm animals" we had was pigs. Whenever there would be runts, Dad would sort them out and we kids had to hand-raise them. It was a pretty good deal -- Dad paid for everything and when they were sold, we got the money in our savings account.s On the other hand, selling something you've raised by hand is never easy -- don't name your pig!!
  11. JB_Iowa
    I remember watching Star Trek on Friday nights. Hey, when you are 12 and live in the country, you're thriilled to have entertainment!!!
  12. JB_Iowa
    But Kirk hasn't even been born.
  13. JB_Iowa
    JB never watched ST: TNG I was strictly an original kind of girl.
  14. JB_Iowa
    Rhett Bollinger ‏@RhettBollinger · 15m Mauer on if he pressed to play in ASG: "I definitely wanted to make the team. But I don’t know if it had anything to do with my first half."
  15. JB_Iowa
    In fairness, Berardino expands a little: Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino · 14m Gardy on Mauer: "He was pressing. there’s no doubt, before the All-Star Game. I really think that played a part in it." Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino · 13m Gardy: "It’s the first time in my career that I’ve seen Joe Mauer really want something bad, and that was to play in that All-Star Game." Gardenhire said "played a part in it" not was the "sole cause" or something similar. Still, I think it is an interesting perspective to add to the speculation about Mauer's first 1/2.
  16. JB_Iowa
    Phil Miller ‏@MillerStrib · 17m Ron Gardenhire believes pressure to make All-Star team is to blame for Joe Mauer's subpar first half. "I've never seen him miss like that." Rhett Bollinger ‏@RhettBollinger · 17m Gardenhire says he sees a difference in Mauer since coming back from injury. Said Mauer was pressing earlier to make the All-Star team. Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino · 15m Gardy revealed for first time today his theory on Joe Mauer's slow first half. He was feeling "a lot of pressure" to make All-Star Game. Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino · 14m Gardy said when he saw the relief on Glen Perkins' face at making hometown ASG, he realized what Mauer must have been feeling. This certainly puts a different twist on Mauer's failures from the post-concussion syndrome that some of us have been assuming. And if this is in fact the case, it really makes me wonder about Mauer's ability to lead this team in the post-season (of course, that ship has probably sailed anyway).
  17. JB_Iowa
    I'm trying to send it your way, JC. It was torrential here this a.m. Unfortunately it's more likely to hit Chicago than Clinton.
  18. JB_Iowa
    Pace of play is a big part of it. I rarely make it past the 7th inning even if I'm not that tired. But the game seems to lull me ot sleep. More offense. Faster pace. Both would help. It's ironic that the one league that has actually (somewhat) addressed the PEDs issue is perceived as suffering because they did. The article also skims over nearly 20 years of labor peace. But fast action seems to be the watchword of the video game generations. I'm not sure that the lyrical beauty of baseball will ever be able to penetrate that.
  19. JB_Iowa
    Was going to remark on Appel, too. Apparently he needed to get out of the California League's stadiums. But overall, it's just fun to watch a team other than the Twins flounder around.
  20. JB_Iowa
    I read both the New Yorker piece and the Deadspin piece. My first thought is: none of them -- Trout, Kershaw, Puig, McCutcheon, Abreu, Simmons -- play in NEW YORK. When you had Drysdale and Koufax and Mays impacting West Coast baseball, you still had them STARTING their careers on the East Coast. Despite the move, there was an identification there. But West Coast baseball is always harder to cover. And Abreu, although playing in a big market in Chicago, is playing for a lousy team. Pittsburgh is small market (McCutcheon) and really, so is Atlanta (Simmons) now that the days of the TBS superstation are at an end. There just isn't someone who is going to be visible night after night. I don't think this is all of the problem -- the points the article makes are valid. But I do think it impacts the "big name" recognition.
  21. JB_Iowa
    I'm going to raise an issue here because I don't want to start a new thread. It would be very helpful if people say -- and identify -- what and who they mean when posting. A great example is in the Terry Ryan interview thread: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/15098-interesting-interview-with-terry-ryan/page-4 Lots of back and forth about Carlos Gomez (I assume): From tobi0040: I am confused. I thought we got a center fielder with an .800+ OPS, on 24 HR and 40 SB last year...an outside shot at 30-30 this year. From TheLeviathan: Yeah, can you believe we got that for a guy that can't even get out of the Orioles farm system this year! Wow! Never once is Gomez identified. Yes, people should know who is meant but you may have younger posters or people who are just having a "duh brain" day for whom it would be really helpful to identify the person described. It is one of my "pet peeves" because I'm not sure it is "arguing intelligently" and I do think it hinders getting at the truth. It also creates a "cliquishness" about being an insider. (Yes, this example is pretty obvious but there are a lot of times when the reference is much more obscure and not just because the poster is testing everyone's knowledge of trivia.) Don't assume that because you know what you're talking about, everyone else does.
  22. JB_Iowa
    I'm not blaming Ryan for specific moves in Smith's tenure -- but for its overall results. There were some good things under Smith, some bad things under Smith and some things that Ryan left hanging that were pretty much guaranteed to turn out badly.. Overall, I see Ryan as generally responsible for what happened during his sabbatical.
  23. JB_Iowa
    Terry Ryan has responsibility for what happened under Smith's tenure. He was his designated replacement and he left difficult issues on the table for him to deal with. You can't say that Ryan's tenure started in 2011 -- his tenure as GM started in 1994.
  24. JB_Iowa
    It don't come easy, You know it don't come easy. It don't come easy, You know it don't come easy
  25. JB_Iowa
    And distributed turkeys.
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