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  1. woolywoolhouse
    Zack Miner looks like my cousin's red-head wife.
  2. woolywoolhouse
    For Twins-specific, I enjoyed "162-0: The Greatest Wins!" It takes a look at the greatest wins in Twins' history, starting with the greatest season opener and ending with the greatest Game 7 (so technically there are more than 162 games in here, as it includes postseason.) A fun, loose read that can be picked up when you want to relive (or learn about) some great past Twins' moments.
  3. woolywoolhouse
    My full-time job is working from home for 30 days beginning next week. My part-time job said they are cancelling the first two weeks at minimum, so who knows when I'll get to pick up some extra hours/cash at Target Field. If you're looking for some fun past Twins games on YouTube, might I suggest the "Classic Twins" channel? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWziZEBF4RX0E-KyQybFIPQ You will lose hours of your life in there; it's amazing.
  4. woolywoolhouse
    (I'm sitting on zero warning points from moderators, and that's the way I'm going to keep it! No chances.)
  5. woolywoolhouse
    Sh*t's real now. Sorry if that's crude; this is just wow.
  6. woolywoolhouse
    Rosario has such a fun, easy name to chant in big-situations. "Edd-ie! Edd-ie!" Not a lot of players on Twins have that. It's important.
  7. woolywoolhouse
    I'm betting on the first outdoor World Series games in Minnesota to come this October, 55 years since the last one. I would take this as a win, and find little argument to be made in these predictions (even though I cannot wish Cole success in NY because it's the Yankees.)
  8. woolywoolhouse
    So the pitchers who hit Astros batters purposefully and with ill intent should get immunity to any punishment, as long as they come clean, right? Didn't Manfred say it is more important to get the truth than it is to serve punishments. At least, that's the precedent he's set here.
  9. woolywoolhouse
    But the season starts March 26th...
  10. woolywoolhouse
    An outdoor World Series game in Minnesota for the first time in 55 years.
  11. woolywoolhouse
    Twins spent $200million on a guy to do that in Minnesota for more than a decade. And for several of those years, it was worth it, and he was beloved by all (most (many.))
  12. woolywoolhouse
    T-Mobile just announced that they would again be giving their subscribers free access to MLB.TV this season. There's browsers with built-in VPNs that will help with that.
  13. woolywoolhouse
    With "The Bringer of Rain" throwing the ball to first to "Make It Sano" can we give Arraez and Polanco nicknames related to weather, too? Preferably "Sleet" and "Hail" related to work in a "Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail" line about allowing runs?
  14. woolywoolhouse
    "Hey Bregman! I hear your sister is going out with Squeaks!"
  15. woolywoolhouse
    Instead of skills or Dodgeball, get teams of five MLB Legends competing in a game of BASEketball. Psyche-outs included.
  16. woolywoolhouse
    Family and health should always come before baseball. Assuming it is related in someway, I respect Thorpe for leaving, and have no worries that he'll play himself back onto the major league roster, if not in 2020 then in 2021.
  17. woolywoolhouse
    Judging solely on the accompanying picture, I really thought the article was going to be about a Grateful Dead tribute band paying to rent Target Field for a concert or music festival venue or something. I'm not at all disappointed that I was wrong.
  18. woolywoolhouse
    I love the article, and the comparisons to top trios of the Twins' recent past, and I get that in the post-season a team is only going to be using their top 3-4 pitchers, but 162 games is a marathon, and you've got to rely on at least two other pitchers to get you through the majority of your games. Looking at the pitching staffs listed above, the pitching staffs were rounded out thusly: 1991 - After Morris, Erickson, and Tapani, you had: Allan Anderson (22 starts; WAR -0.2); David West (15 starts; WAR 0.6.) 2004 - After Santana, Radke, and Silva, you had: Kyle Loshe (34 starts; WAR 0.4); and Terry Mulholland (15 starts; WAR 0.5.) 2006 - After Santana, Liriano, and Radke, you had: Silva (31 starts; WAR -1); Boof Bonser (18 starts; WAR 1.3); and Scott Baker (16 starts; -0.7 WAR.) I think it is a safe bet (by no means a sure-bet, but a safe one) that - after Berrios, Odorizzi, and Maeda - some combination of Pineda, Bailey, Hill, and Chacin will round out the starting pitching staff and make it overall one of the best the Twins have had in a long time (if not of all time.)
  19. woolywoolhouse
    6) The ball. We saw in the playoffs what the Twins offense did with a different ball than what was used in the 2019 regular season. A lot of hits that would have been homeruns in the regular season were caught on the track by the Yankees (and two I can remember specifically in Game 3 by Judge in right.) Yes, every team hit the same ball last season, and the Twins hit it amongst the best. Twins hitters will have to contend with not just hitting "bombas" in 2020 to score their runs if the ball goes back to the less-aerodynamic version pre-2019.
  20. woolywoolhouse
    As the father of a daughter who wants to work for the Minnesota Twins some day, this makes me happy.
  21. woolywoolhouse
    Great article and comparison of two of my favorites. One additional talking point would be: who can be more useful sitting on the bench for 5-6 games between use; and who would benefit more from playing everyday in Rochester. In that regard - and this is strictly an eye test, as I don't have any numbers backing this up - I would give the leg-up on an MLB Opening Day roster spot to Astudillo. He's a natural-born cheerleader in the dugout, available to play more positions in an emergency (remember Gardy's fascination with carrying a third catcher?), and can plug more holes than Cave. If Cave is playing, it's because someone in the outfield is injured, and he'll be available for a call-up on their trip to the IL. Turtle Power.
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    I'll take a Graterol for Maeda, Ramos for Capps, Revere for May and Worley, or any of the above trades any time of the season over the trade that still haunts us Twins fans 35+: Brunansky for Tommy Herr. Trade one of the heart and soul members of your still-fresh World Series champions for someone from the team you just beat who does not want to come here just because the team is beginning the season with a losing record. That ghost is still haunting the land the Metrodome once stood on to this day (probably confused since they don't play baseball at US Bank stadium aside from the random odd Gophers game here or there.)
  24. woolywoolhouse
    Thank you for the article. Rookie of the Year is/was on Disney+, and my kids (both baseball fans because of my love of the game) both loved the movie.
  25. woolywoolhouse
    Former MLB pitcher Mike Bolsinger is suing the 2017 Astros. He pitched one inning in relief for Toronto in Houston in August 2017, was lit up for 4 runs, and was immediately sent down to the minors. He never pitched another MLB inning again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/02/11/lit-up-by-2017-astros-he-never-pitched-mlb-again-now-hes-suing/ I checked out that inning at http://signstealingscandal.com/games/2017_08_04_tormlb_houmlb_1.html and Marwin saw three pitches from Bolsinger. Two breaking balls and the third pitch was a fastball Marwin pulled into the right-field seats for a three-run homer. You can watch Marwin's at-bat here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkwjm2oglGw&t=5663. There are no bangs during Marwin's at-bat (with a runner on second, the catcher was mixing up the signs) but the two runners on base for his homerun both were recipients of trash-can bangs (that led to a single for Reddick and a walk for Gurriel.)
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