Western SD Fan

The wall giveth and the wall taketh away

It's a more efficient use of nutrients as the residual plant matter builds a better soil base. The trade off is a massive use of chemicals and dependency on Roundup Ready crops

Not in dryland farming. All no-till. Need to keep every drop of soil moisture possible.

Biggest issue with rye is it comes back volunteer so easily next year. Many farmers either have to kill it chemically or burn it off. Neither is really preferable.

Not necessarily. Just a trend with advanced metrics that using all 3 strikes to hit a HR is better than trying to get on base or move a runner over. NBA has a similar issue that the 3pt shot is metrically more efficient.

Would have been nice to have the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD do an homage to the game. I suppose they can settle for America 250 as their theme.

Is that considered a corn scraper?

Nice touch having the kids out there working the manual scoreboard. Now let's make them put a crooked number up there for us!

Not every one, but let me tell you the story of a blind squirrel.

I hope that was other starters wanting to get work in. Don't need a relief pitcher in the 1st.

As expected, Schwarber with a leadoff HR. If Taj can calm down and through the inning, it will be fine.

Bruce Dreckman, the Iowa native, will be behind the dish tonight. Looks like the Twins will really be missing ABS today since it appears that he is about a standard deviation worse than average on many key stats. https://umpscorecards.com/data/single-umpire/Bruce Dreckman EDIT: I would love to see a Kyle Schwarber crash out in this spot like we saw with him and Angel Hernandez, but it likely won't happen.

I was looking through a list of HOF to see who else could be there as well. I would expect Schmidt. Thome has connections to both orgs. Maybe Jimmie Rollins who wants to boost his HOF candidacy? I would guess they called everyone who is able to travel to see who all could show up, regardless of whether they were part of either organization. There are likely players we will be missing since we don't connect them to either org.

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Provided they intend on going back to having this game every year. I could see MLB paying the farmer a lease or a special easement to ensure that corn will be planted every year they intend on having the game. I agree, rotating is the best. If MLB does that, that's guaranteed money vs trying to guess what the price will be at harvest time.

I would have suggested Hooters there to watch sports, but that place has just closed in the Mall. Wife may not have cared for the idea.

Scheduled day off. I understood the day off on Sunday. Going against the Miz and you're just trying to catch your breath. Today, I really don't understand. Even in AAA, they play six games in a row. If you give Culpepper Sunday off, he would have only played 4 games in a row before a scheduled day off. I'm not sure what you're saving him for. He's not getting any additional glove work or batting practice as he still needs to be in the dugout.

Is this the next coming of Chuck Norris memes? Do we call them Ryan Kreidler memes?

Of those 3, I think Foster Griffin was the trade that would have been the best fit the Twins. Part of the reason Gausman's trade for a prospect haul was so small was because the Cubs took on the remainder of Gausman's salary. Although Tom P did open up the pocketbook to expand payroll for the trade deadline, I think taking on Gausman's salary would have been too much and other options were available, such as Griffin, which wouldn't have taken as much payroll commitment. Think of the offseason where we could have done a better job fixing the bullpen with the money we spent on Josh Bell. That's how I look at the Gausman trade possibility. We either wouldn't have been able to upgrade the bullpen or would have had to give up better prospects. Ward is an interesting case as it seems like we already have too many OF or converted OF on the 40-man. The better solution would be to just call up Walker Jenkins and save the $3.5M in remaining salary. Yes, I know Jenkins is a LHB but, had the Larnach trade went through, that frees up the LH situation. You could have swapped Ward for Larnach and still called up Jenkins for Roden or Martin. Keaschall could then go to LF and Ward to CF. No, I'm not secretly working for the Pohlads in suggesting that it's too much money. My point is that the money is always a factor in a trade proposal. I know both Zoll and Pohlad did say they were buyers and did buy at the deadline. Even with those statements, I can guarantee there was still a budget in place on how much to spend at the deadline, as most teams not named the Dodgers have. I think there should be a realization made that the team is flawed and there was no fixing an offseason's worth of missteps at the deadline, especially when you didn't trade any of the pieces that could have helped make the remaining pieces fit better, such as Larnach, either Jeffers or Jackson, and Bell if you could have found a suitor.

That's what I don't understand. We tagged 3 runs on Misiorowski, which hasn't been done in a month and Preilipp came through and gave us a chance to win. Wouldn't have guessed that at all from the start of the game. Definitely missed chances to win the game in the late innings. Before the road trip started, I would have taken a .500 road trip. We were a bad two games in KC away from doing it.

This is obviously his career numbers. From a quick synopsis, he had one of his worst seasons in Minnesota. When the bullpen was a strength for the team, he appears to have been the odd man out. Especially with Pagan, Jax, Thielbar, and Duran. Seems like he was a casualty of the situation. I'd have to go back and research what actually happened, but that is what I can glean from his immediate stats.

Trapped in DC gridlock as the Nationals are the only team that actually uses it. I think the Tigers and D-backs actually have one available, but I've never seen anyone use it.

Grady Sizemore is technically on the team.

Is it bad to hope that Martin gets plunked here? Seems like his best chance to get on base.

Maybe the Pohlads will sell this team and invest in a Banana Ball team. Did you see the crowds at Target Field tonight?