Buddy14

always thought ben was average at best. seems like a nice guy and I'm sure he'll do well as most players do when they leave the Twins. I am kind of excited to see if they dig into the minor leagues a little early. I'm all for it. If you can't compete this year start getting these guys some experience before 2014-2015 to work the kinks out a little bit. Maybe?

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The real question remains to be answered. How will the Twins go about turning this guy into a soft tossing pitch to contact guy?

That's actually kinda neat to look at. But I feel like just like a lot of other stats, they are real neat but I'd rather just watch the game and scream at the TV.

How much would I like to see the Twins take 3 of 4 at Yankee Stadium? More than I'd like to be the one to personally fire Gardenhire and get "the Franchise" out of town. OK maybe not that much but it would probably make my pants a little tighter. But I'm still worried by this team. I am reasonably sure that the heart of this lineup can produce this season. The starters are always a little concerning for me and the bullpen is an absolute heart attack on a nightly basis. This is why I am having a hard time accepting any success that the team might be having this year. I don't know what anyone else thinks but maybe sending Alex Burnett away instead of Hughes would have been a better move. And I'm as big a Duensing fan as you'll find but I wouldn't mind seeing a 1-2-3 inning once in a while. Perkins is definitely not what he was last year and Capps is just scary. Oh well amybe they'll keep winning just to prove this negative fan wrong. I'll take that too. Let's just give Phil HUghes the whooping he's accustomed to this year and head to Tampa with a big series win and see what happens from there. WIN TWINS!!!! That is all

How much would I like to see the Twins take 3 of 4 at Yankee Stadium? More than I'd like to be the one to personally fire Gardenhire and get "the Franchise" out of town. OK maybe not that much but it would probably make my pants a little tighter. But I'm still worried by this team. I am reasonably sure that the heart of this lineup can produce this season. The starters are always a little concerning for me and the bullpen is an absolute heart attack on a nightly basis. This is why I am having a hard time accepting any success that the team might be having this year. I don't know what anyone else thinks but maybe sending Alex Burnett away instead of Hughes would have been a better move. And I'm as big a Duensing fan as you'll find but I wouldn't mind seeing a 1-2-3 inning once in a while. Perkins is definitely not what he was last year and Capps is just scary. Oh well amybe they'll keep winning just to prove this negative fan wrong. I'll take that too. Let's just give Phil HUghes the whooping he's accustomed to this year and head to Tampa with a big series win and see what happens from there. WIN TWINS!!!! That is all

I am in favor of any circumstance that sends burnett to AAA

Interesting topic. I do think much more than race was involved in any decisions regarding hunter and santana. When hunter was a free agent, much like now the Twins seemed to have enough outfielders and I don't think spending payroll dollars on him would be prudent. As for Santana, I agree with the Twins' philosophy of not giving huge contracts to starters (that philosophy relies on developing quality young starters which I'm not really seeing right now). Its easy to look backwards but I bet the Mets would rather not have signed that contract either.

I like your idea. It would definitely make end of game bullpen decisions tougher. If valencia or anyone else could prove they can be a run producer I wouldn't mind seeing mauer at 2 willingham at 3 and justin at 4 either.

Maybe lifting an imaginary beer to his lips saying its ok to drink at the ballgame but bob casey says its forbidden to smoke.

Well that was fun. I choose to believe the Twins have started winning because I have started blogging. I'd like to hear a better explanation. Honestly though, even though I was stuck working that was a very fun game to listen to on the radio. It sounded like the crowd was way into it and I have to assume the boys were too. Capps did raise my blood pressure a little but what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. And believe me blowing that one may have killed the Twins. Let's not get carried away though it is two wins. In the immortal words of Lou Brown, "That was two wins in a row, one more is called a winning streak". And what can we say about Willingham that hasn't been blogged 5 times already? If he wants to produce like this all year, sign me up! As a side note, he is the only Twin I drafted for my fantasy team this year. Maybe it was his homers that showed Joe and Justin that you can hit the ball out of Target Field. So lets keep this going with a bunch of fan energy that hopefully translates into some player excitement and fun, winning Twins baseball. The Rangers are supposed to be a tough series but so were the Angels. Win Twins!!!!! that is all

Well that was fun. I choose to believe the Twins have started winning because I have started blogging. I'd like to hear a better explanation. Honestly though, even though I was stuck working that was a very fun game to listen to on the radio. It sounded like the crowd was way into it and I have to assume the boys were too. Capps did raise my blood pressure a little but what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. And believe me blowing that one may have killed the Twins. Let's not get carried away though it is two wins. In the immortal words of Lou Brown, "That was two wins in a row, one more is called a winning streak". And what can we say about Willingham that hasn't been blogged 5 times already? If he wants to produce like this all year, sign me up! As a side note, he is the only Twin I drafted for my fantasy team this year. Maybe it was his homers that showed Joe and Justin that you can hit the ball out of Target Field. So lets keep this going with a bunch of fan energy that hopefully translates into some player excitement and fun, winning Twins baseball. The Rangers are supposed to be a tough series but so were the Angels. Win Twins!!!!! that is all

I'm gonna say this one time. If he lifted Ron Gant off the base he's the strongest man in the world. You would need to be in order to lift a grown man off the ground by the ankle with one hand while wearing a baseball glove. I was also thinking the slam but that pose may be a little too similar to the Puckett pose.

I'm so super excited for the hrbek statue on Saturday! Any guesses about the pose? Or better yet, any insider info on what it is?

Its hard to believe but they are set up to have an even worse April than they did last year. I really think this could be a long season.