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  1. Kelly Vance
    Wrong. When a reliever gives up a homer and then a hard hit ball he doesn't have it. It was the right move to pull him. You go with what works.
  2. Kelly Vance
    Miggie needs to get back to basics. He pulls his head a lot. Maybe get him to hit the ball up the middle for a while might help with that.
  3. Kelly Vance
    Funny, every time the Twins lose 2 innarow, I feel that there are children POSTING on this site. Just kidding. Sort of.....
  4. Kelly Vance
    Why not stretch Rogers out and make him a 5th starter?
  5. Kelly Vance
    Giles and Vasquez, please.
  6. Kelly Vance
    Isn't the proper name El Tortuga? La is the feminine
  7. Kelly Vance
    I think the Twins realize that it is better to trade for pitchers than draft them. Taking guys like Wimmers in the draft didn't help much in past years. Some NFL teams go this route with quarterbacks. Sending a decent middle infield prospect to TB for Odorizzi, for example, was a good move. But first you had to draft the shortstop they wanted. Taking the best player available should pan out as long as you can move that prospect later. I don't see a reason to worry.
  8. Kelly Vance
    who says our BP is suspect?
  9. Kelly Vance
    and then some. Its a cheap shot on a great Twin. Souhan is trash
  10. Kelly Vance
    Jim Souhan is nothing but a bitter sportswriter. Joe Mauer is worth a hundred of his like.
  11. Kelly Vance
    Hey, if it was our slogan then, why can't it still be our slogan now? Its not like we are stealing a nickname from the Brewers?
  12. Kelly Vance
    You said that with a big Paul Bunyan smile, I bet. Yeah, we are all smiling these days. May stats don't really matter though, do they. Its nice to have a nice start, but that's all it is. Still, its been so long since the Twins fielded a dominant lineup that its nice to be able to criticize the tiniest little things.
  13. Kelly Vance
    How about The Minnesota Twins Lumber Company
  14. Kelly Vance
    Totally agree. Because its about winning, not how good the organization looks on paper.
  15. Kelly Vance
    Maybe that is similar to what Cleveland thought. Cron is staying. He and Rocco go way back. Plus he is better than we thought and some of us were high on him right after the deal. I think we extend Rosie and Buck and Cron and try to get Berrios for 5. Extend Odo. Sano too.
  16. Kelly Vance
    In a contending year, they can't make the deal too soon
  17. Kelly Vance
    Gonzalez batting 3rd?
  18. Kelly Vance
    I think the fastest man in the game, and our best base stealer, should bat lead off
  19. Kelly Vance
    I think that was just a comment on his getting fewer at bate at the 9 hole that leadoff. I'd like to see Buck bat first and steal second base. His doubles would put him in scoring position for the second batter in the game... like that thought
  20. Kelly Vance
    So add me to the list of the ridiculous. Cody wrote a good piece. And nostalgia ain't what it used to be. We don't live in the past... I loved watching Rod Carew. Sure, Rod did it for longer. Amazing hitter. But that is no reason not to note that Jorge is on the climb and showing that he is reaching that level of play. Hope he can keep it up over a long career.
  21. Kelly Vance
    Rod Carew was always one of my favorite players of all time. And it doesn't bother me in the least that Jorge is compared to him. Carew's swing was more for contact and Jorge tries to go yard much more, so I expect him to hit under .300 by season's end. But with 20 + homers. There is a reason the Twins wanted to lock up Jorge for an extension. He is a young and very talented player on the come. I wish they's extend Eddie and Buck too. It would be nice to have that OF intact for five years. BTW, did anyone notice that they clocked Buck's throw to the plate last night at 98 MPH?
  22. Kelly Vance
    Day game after a double header (same for Detroit, I know) so i don't put too much stock in one loss. They were so close to pulling it out. We'll be fine Hildy, on the other hand......
  23. Kelly Vance
    A CBS Sports article said this, although before Hildy blew up last night: Foremost, the Twins bullpen has yielded 48 earned runs this season -- 11 (or nearly 23 percent) of those were charged to Alberto Mejia in about 12 percent of Minnesota's total relief innings. Beyond that, the Twins' main five relievers have been phenomenal. Take a look: PITCHER IP ERA SO/9 SO/BB Blake Parker 9 1/3 0.96 7.70 1.60 Taylor Rogers 13 2/3 1.98 13.2 5.00 Ryne Harper 12 2/3 2.13. 3.00 Trevor May 11 1/3 3.09 8.50 2.20 Trevor Hildenberger 10 1/3 3.48 10.50 3.00 Although that unit doesn't have much starpower, it does have talent. Blake Parker was a questionable non-tender by the Los Angeles Angels last winter, while Taylor Rogers, Trevor May, and Trevor Hildenberger have shown flashes of being high-quality relief arms in the past. Then there's Ryne Harper, a soft-tossing minor-league journeyman with a pretty curveball who is authoring one of the nicer stories of the young season.
  24. Kelly Vance
    Well, it means you finished first in the AL Central, for example. Me, I am grateful this team is finally playing to its potential.
  25. Kelly Vance
    No,we don't trade Marwin when Miggy is back. Marwin is a Swiss Army Knife. Rare for a team to have someone on the bench who can play any position except catcher. Those of you who wanted Marwin last winter are proving to be wise men. He has plugged in nicely for Sano, but even with a cold bat to start, his value to the team has not shown itself as much as it will in the dog days of summer. I think Marwin rotates around as an Eduardo type super sub, giving different guys a day off on different days. Good FO forethought adding him. Last winter when the Twins added Cron and Schoop, some people were howling mad because they wanted something different (Austin at 1b and somebody else at 2b). I said I liked the additions and that the Twins could hit 20 HRs 1-9 (in AL games). I was probably too optimistic in predicting HR production, but I am feeling like one of you wise men right now (as opposed to just being my typical wise guy). Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that there is a reason guys like Falvey have the job they do and guys like us have the jobs that we have. Now we don't hear so much about how the FO was blowing it, because --- turns out they nailed it. Sano will lift the club. You can't add a guy with All Star potential who is finally healthy without it helping. Enjoy the ride folks. It is finally our year.
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