biggentleben
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Tremendous voice. I had listened to a recording featuring her recently that reminded me of her voice. My vocal instructor in college lost a part to Cook and chose to return to Minnesota afterward, stating that if voices like that were going for bit parts, she had no chance at major roles. She found out later that Cook was badly miscast in that show with one of the best voices in the entire show, but by then she had a major illness that stripped the best of her voice. I heard about Cook in my vocal lessons a number of times because of that!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0uS4qxYyV0
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5 Reasons You Should Love The Jaime Garcia Trade
biggentleben replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
There are multiple TOS survivors who have been able to have a productive major league career after surgery. The surgery dates back multiple decades - it's just exploded in frequency in the last few years is all, so recent guys are more highlighted. Heck, some of the world's best volleyball players have TOS and come back to be Olympic athletes. -
I don't get this. I've watched dozens of his games and been impressed with his fielding, so nothing has stood out on the negative, and on the other side, it's actually been impressive enough to note.
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5 Reasons You Should Love The Jaime Garcia Trade
biggentleben replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
That is correct. When I was on Cory's podcast, I hadn't looked that up, but I knew there were changes to the qualifying offer, so I couldn't say for sure that there was no QO available. However, the actual offer system has not changed, and Garcia would not be eligible, but the return on those who do offer a qualifying offer is much less now, and players can only receive the qualifying offer once. -
5 Reasons You Should Love The Jaime Garcia Trade
biggentleben replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
No mention of the fact that Recker's posterior will be a high point for those fans who will enjoy that... That has to be a win! (Seriously, that is one of the things that has been mentioned about him at every stop recently) -
#2 on my midseason list....he good.
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Yes, and the Braves have done that 3 or 4 times recently, so it'd be an ideal thing to do with Burdi, to be honest.
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Burdi was surprising to me on the Braves end for pretty much all the reasons you mention...
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You do realize that the Braves and Twins have basically the same record, right? The AL has been so mediocre this year that there's everyone hanging around the middle, leaving the Twins very near playoff contention while the Braves are roughly 10 games out of contention with nearly the same record. Also, the Braves aren't at any "early stages", either. The team is expecting to compete for playoffs in 2018 and have financials set up to be able to possibly make a splash going into 2019 to push for a big piece for contention if needed. The top prospects in the system are primarily in AA/AAA or already getting major league time.
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Yes, but something like CAH doesn't need the nerd aspect even!
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Own a ton of them. Have difficulty finding friends (and especially couple friends) to come over to play them. I am a big fan of Cards Against Humanity, though. Their newest add-on set was simply amazing.
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And even some short-hair breeds shed a ton. My pug covers my pants with hair every time he sits in my lap. Not long enough hair to even style, but it sheds everywhere.
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Absolutely always my perspective. There is no such thing as a bad one year deal. If all else fails, you cut the guy before the year is done and eat the entire year early. You know you're getting rid of the guy at year-end anyway. When you know he's a rental, pay the cash, go for less of a prospect (or in this case the likelihood of the Braves not opening the book on Burdi's medicals and cancelling the deal).
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I'd give that possibility a plausibility score of about 0.00000000001%
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I'd wager it was a flyer and the Braves wouldn't have even cared all that much on medicals when the Twins were paying every dollar, but when the Braves were taking on cash, they were more picky about those medicals.
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Rosenthal's tweets indicated that the teams are still talking.
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Multiple beat guys on both sides had tweets about negotiations about how much money would be split. I'd have to search for it, which is not something I'm going to worry to much about at this point with the deal dead, but it was discussed.
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From what I mentioned on Cory's podcast, the Braves have a habit of targeting certain players, so it would make sense that they came to the Twins looking to get Burdi. The Twins then balked at something in Garcia's medicals and asked the Braves to pay more, based on people I know within the Braves. That suddenly made Burdi's medicals much more vital to the deal, and when they didn't come back clean, the Braves backed away.
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He did throw a tremendous game. If you watched the game, you would have seen the way he attacked the Dodgers hitters was something that hasn't happened to them in ages, so much so that their announcer (who is tremendous, btw) mentioned it multiple times. He was through 5 innings on less than 65 pitches. I think he could have been pulled earlier, but he had been through five without stress and worked through issues quickly all game.
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Like I said, I understand. I just know they started the year with their two A-ball teams having paired starters because there were so many starters needing work, especially left handed starters. I would love to see Thorpe in the Braves system. I'm happy I get to cover him in the Twins system. Win-win for me! LOL
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Rosenthal says Burdi...
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Rescues are amazing. I don't have them now, and while I love my dogs, the best dogs I've had in my lifetime have always been rescues.
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Not debating that, though there is the depth on the team to allow them to be picky.
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Thorpe makes the most sense based on the Braves strong interest in Australia. It wouldn't surprise me if it was Jay as well. Perhaps Brusdar Graterol as well.
