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  1. Epravens
    As has been pointed out the young man is TJ waiting to happen so no. If I'm going Godfather I'm talking to Oakland where you might get a bullpen arm in the process.
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    A high leverage reliever with a propensity to issue free passes cannot be trusted. And no you cannot use Duran for two innings EVERY game. But you could have used him today and the lead would be 4 games instead of 2. As an aside a fellow named Worthington would routinely be asked to get 9 outs.
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    As an option you ask someone with blistering stuff to get 6 outs, knowing you would not have him tomorrow. But if you win the opener that is almost irrelevant. Better management of the pitching staff would currently have Cleveland 8 games out. Instead it's two and I firmly believe that WILL matter in September.
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    I posted this in the Forum. I would politely suggest to Mr. Baldelli that past performance can, in fact, indicate future results and I humbly suggest it was perhaps unwise to leave a 102MPH heater idling in the bullpen in a game I would consider critical come September. It is why his WAR as the manager of the Twins is -43. Go Twins!
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    That would be a necessity for those who had just gotten mugged in the parking ramp.
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    At the risk of facing a permanent ban I respectfully disagree with your assessment of the downtown perils. While I'm retired from a business that worked very closely with the Minnesota Twins (I spent in excess of 100 days on site during the construction of TF) and our offices were/are within walking distance I was chatting recently with a former co-worker who said he would not, under any circumstances, consider making that journey on foot after the sun goes down. The safety of parking at MOA is for another discussion. Cheers!
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    Weather, the lockout, a manager whose very questionable competency hardly inspires confidence in the product and the reality of a downtown that is more dangerous than ever before (and I worked downtown for many, many years). With that said I did shell out $300 for premium seats to an upcoming Twins game. But the game will be taking place at Chase Field in Arizona.
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    Once again I'm reminded of the classic tale related by Jim Bouton in Ball Four. A youngster comes home from a pickup game and his Dad asks him how he did. "I had a no hitter until the big kids got out of school." The big kids came to TF recently and it wasn't pretty. Still when the schedule offers 57 games against Cleveland, Detroit and Kansas City reaching October is not an insurmountable task. Way too early for me to evaluate said experiment but if I'm in the front office planning to go a little further I would do two things: Engage in serious talks with Oakland and hand the overmatched manager a bus ticket back to New England.
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    A pure joy to watch a pitcher, not a thrower, in action.
  10. Epravens
    He was suspended due to perceived racist nature of the comment and for me it is NOT possible to perceive that, The jackassy part of this equation is what Anderson said in the first place.
  11. Epravens
    Not sure what line he crossed other than renting space between Anderson's ears. As I said earlier perhaps it was ill advised but it certainly was not racism.
  12. Epravens
    It did. I believe it was in the SI Baseball Preview edition.
  13. Epravens
    While his ST numbers were dreadful in the limited a bats I observed he was hitting bullets for outs. If he can stay healthy he definitely has a role on this roster.
  14. Epravens
    Of course you're neglecting to mention his ineptitude in the loss at Oakland and the surrender on Sunday which was avoided by some timely at bats. By my count Mr. Baldelli's WAR is -37 so yes he should have been fired long ago and a one run win over a last place team at home doesn't alter that.
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    Perhaps he should be considered an "opener." In that light 4 innings is just fine. The problem is Bundy is a part of the same rotation and in tandem those two can't work long term. But I hope Favline are once again able to shower off the stench from the dumpster dives.
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