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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.

Well the injury bug struck and he went hard. Bad news for the Twins and Scotty. Hopefully Marquis gets back soon and Hendriks looks good when he finally pitches. It would sure be nice to have Kyle Gibson right about now. Really tough for Baker though. Obviously Twins fan wish him a healthy recovery but he really got the tough end of this one. The Twins obviously won't be picking up an almost 10 million dollar option next year. I wouldn't mind seeing him back with the squad on a small incentive based contract next year though. Get well soon Scott!

Here's my first shot at this. I'm assuming no one will see it, but if you do, Thanks....and sorry. I was going to post something earlier with predictions and such but then remembered I hate predictions and such. So I decided to give it a few games before I chimed in. I have to go at this from the only perspective I have, from the view of a fan 4 hours away. So far its pretty simple: This is bad. It hurts to watch on TV. I half expect Bert to jump from the booth to his werciful demise. It hurts to listen on the radio. I know for a fact Dan will cry on air after another failed at bat with a runner on third. I have heard alot of people say that we need to relax as it is only 4 games and it is a long season. Here's my rebuke, True Believers. Is 166 games a large enough sample? Because I fail to see the improvement. The bullpen remains a minefield filled with right and left handed gas cans. The rotation, depending on the day, inspires between little and no confidence. The errors continue to mount. Finally the offense continues to view ineptness as an improvement. There are some bright points. Josh Willingham makes me think good things might happen (despite that SKYNYRD WALK UP SONG) when he gets to the plate. Also I am pleasantly surprised by how Morneau is swinging it right now too. This brings the question: What is wrong here? From four hours away I can tell you it simply and obviously looks like this team has ZERO fun at the park. Now I know winning is fun losing is not, but in my experience it seems like a little fun can bring about a few more wins as well. Ask yourself when you watch later today does this team look like a bunch of guys at the park playing ball for gobs of money or a bunch of teenagers heading to the mall for $9 an hour on prom night? They don't look like they want to be there at all to me. Those Twins teams from 2002-2010 seemd to be filled with a bunch guys enjoying themselves out there which, I feel, fosters a winning attitude. Someone needs to step up and loosen these guys up. I don't know who that is but I'm open to suggestion. I welcome all critique, criticism, and comment. Use the comment field or hit me up on twitter @timbroders. Lets avoid another 2011 and most of all WIN TWINS!!!!! That is all

Here's my first shot at this. I'm assuming no one will see it, but if you do, Thanks....and sorry. I was going to post something earlier with predictions and such but then remembered I hate predictions and such. So I decided to give it a few games before I chimed in. I have to go at this from the only perspective I have, from the view of a fan 4 hours away. So far its pretty simple: This is bad. It hurts to watch on TV. I half expect Bert to jump from the booth to his werciful demise. It hurts to listen on the radio. I know for a fact Dan will cry on air after another failed at bat with a runner on third. I have heard alot of people say that we need to relax as it is only 4 games and it is a long season. Here's my rebuke, True Believers. Is 166 games a large enough sample? Because I fail to see the improvement. The bullpen remains a minefield filled with right and left handed gas cans. The rotation, depending on the day, inspires between little and no confidence. The errors continue to mount. Finally the offense continues to view ineptness as an improvement. There are some bright points. Josh Willingham makes me think good things might happen (despite that SKYNYRD WALK UP SONG) when he gets to the plate. Also I am pleasantly surprised by how Morneau is swinging it right now too. This brings the question: What is wrong here? From four hours away I can tell you it simply and obviously looks like this team has ZERO fun at the park. Now I know winning is fun losing is not, but in my experience it seems like a little fun can bring about a few more wins as well. Ask yourself when you watch later today does this team look like a bunch of guys at the park playing ball for gobs of money or a bunch of teenagers heading to the mall for $9 an hour on prom night? They don't look like they want to be there at all to me. Those Twins teams from 2002-2010 seemd to be filled with a bunch guys enjoying themselves out there which, I feel, fosters a winning attitude. Someone needs to step up and loosen these guys up. I don't know who that is but I'm open to suggestion. I welcome all critique, criticism, and comment. Use the comment field or hit me up on twitter @timbroders. Lets avoid another 2011 and most of all WIN TWINS!!!!! That is all

What do you mean? Without bunts, Gomez wouldn't have hit .100

The Twins had their chance to dump "The Franchise" last year when there was still interest in him. They had a chance to get off that sinking ship and decided to take the ride to the bottom. Sadly, they have to ride it out now and hope for a miracle that isn't coming. Live BP results have nothing to do with his mediocre results and bad attitude.