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I know they usually say solo shots don't hurt a pitcher. But if you can string together 3 or 4, they may turn into real runs.
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Still not a destination city. North Sioux City was when Gateway was there building computers. The only thing you wait for in Sioux City when you're on I-29 is when you can get away from the smell of the meat processing plants. Stopped at Hard Rock Casino there one night. Didn't really like the smoking when you've been used to no smoking establishments for so long. The Sioux City Sarsaparillas were just distributed in the area where I grew up. They were a nice treat as we could only get them in a couple places in the area.
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You would hope so with only a 50% strike rate from Ginn in the 1st.
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My favorites growing up were the Sioux City Sarsaparillas. They were bottled in the dark bottles, so you looked cool like you were drinking an actual beer.
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My apologies if someone already put a lineup up there. I didn't see one for both teams.
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I think you're right. That has seemed to be the case since Buxton went down the last time. I can see the Twins muddling along and playing Keaschall and Kreidler out in CF and moving around the pieces to make it work. They can still call up Gabby, Mendez, Emma, or Wallner who are all on the 40-man to keep Jenkins off of it. FWIW, the Saints are a game behind Indy for 1st in the Intl League West Division. You'd hope the Twins wouldn't be stupid enough to keep players down on the farm for a AAA playoff run when they have their own fleeting run to worry about, but this is the Twins.
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IDK why they are worried about the 40-man move. There are plenty of players that they could DFA to bring up Jenkins. Unless there is something about his game that they feel he still needs to work on that we somehow don't know. Only thing that truly makes sense is they think there is some timeclock manipulation game they can win by not having him come up at all this year. One other thought, although just as silly, is that they know that Jenkins will be their player of the future, but they are more unsure about players like Roden, E-Rod, Wallner, and others and want them to get playing time to see what they need to do in the offseason, whenever the offseason will actually begin.
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That's true. The defense is likely better with Kreidler in CF and Clemens at 2B. Our luck will be they move Lewis to 2B and play Caratini at 1B, which will negate the defensive advantage we get by playing Kreidler in CF. As for answering your other question, it will really depend on what their plan for Jenkins is. If he was supposed to be a September callup, then calling him up to replace Buxton a few days early is a no brainer. It does require a 40-man move, but they already DFA's Jackson and he cleared waivers once. He could do it again. If they are hell bent on not adding him to the 40-man, then you're likely right that they will call up Gray, although he has only played 6 games at 2B this year.
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Hit into right center. Buxton reached for the ball and appeared to pull something in his back and pulled up and the ball went past him. Something pinched because he looked like he couldn't hardly walk on one side where his back tightened up.
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Doubt the Twins would fly Jenkins out there for one game left on a road trip. We will likely see Jenkins on Friday. Keaschall will be the CF tomorrow.
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Looks like we will get to see Walker Jenkins on Friday after all. Buxton is likely back to the IL.
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I don't mind the move if someone is warming up at the same time. Every out Bradley can get will still help. Bradley still has 10-15 pitches left in him.
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Now does the equation change? Prior to the inning, I would have suggested that Bradley come back out for the 7th to save the bullpen with only 85 pitches. Now that we actually have a chance by being down only 2 runs, do you bring in the bullpen?
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Finally a batter making Jump work. Nice AB Lewis, let's keep it going!
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Trying to prove that arm is stronger than we think by throwing over the cutoff man.
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Better throw from Kreidler gets Butler at home. Three hopper to the plate just won't get it done.
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Fun fact. Culpepper took more pitches than the other two batters combined. And Cory keeps telling us that the A's are swing early and often in the count.
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Like Janson Junk?
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And we were all hoping for a quiet 9th inning -
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I hope Shelton has someone warming up. I'm more concerned about the burgeoning pitch count than I am the runs.
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I know what you meant (Ohio State), but it goes against my very being to not respond to the literal comment (Ohio).
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Little Brown Jug would be a more worthwhile prize if there was moonshine in the jug.
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Haven't brought this out in a while since the bullpen has improved. But it fits here:
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Oh really? Kreidler is from Davis, CA? Can you tell me more about this mythical place?
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Nice tag up by Culpepper.
