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  1. knothole61
    Really? How proud the Twins must be to have ended that streak, at home and going into the 9th with a two run lead!
  2. knothole61
    Yeah, and not a bit of chalk on that Cuzzi call!
  3. knothole61
    Benintendi not a great fielder?
  4. knothole61
    A painful pitching staff for the most part...
  5. knothole61
    Poor Colorado, 39-99 right now and no chance for a #1 pick! They have been awful for a long time but have drawn over 2 million fans already this season...go figure.
  6. knothole61
    Great game...this post-trade team is more exciting, yes? The interview-filled, "phantasmagoric" broadcast today was very hard to watch for this old timer. I can ignore the inane dugout interviews, although I hate them, but the "Beyond the Dugout" on-field interviews during play drive me to distraction. Please, make them stop! Look, I've played and watched this great game for over 65 years--I can't have too many seasons left, and all I ask is that they stop invading the sanctity of the game itself until I'm gone. Is that too much to ask? I fear that it is. Are fans really pushing for this stuff or is it the outwash of some modern media types and their desire to make their mark on the industry? The game is enough for me...please leave it alone for a few more years at least.
  7. knothole61
    Random enumerated thoughts with exclamation marks: 1. Nice win! 2. Nick Punto lives! 3. Welcome back Glen Perkins! 4. I miss Luis Arraez!
  8. knothole61
    Wow, I thought they had this. Exciting baseball again, but the Twins have too many awful arms on the roster to win in a shootout. Historical data indicates that an MLB team that scores 8 runs has an 85,6% chance of winning...but we have Cabrera as a late inning option! I hate to be an optimist in the midst of a disaster, but I do look forward to seeing Keaschall and Lee develop further next season and begin to make this their team. I also hope that the flawed owners will make some effort to assure that the Twins will be viable in '26. Now that they are no longer lame duck owners maybe they'll be interested again in improving their on-field "product." Maybe? "The hope which springs eternal in the human breast"?
  9. knothole61
    Thanks…so pretty easy to differentiate by an ump or robo ump?
  10. knothole61
    Great One, I like the 10 pitcher limit option! That would also open roster spots up fir more specialized utility players and maybe a speed merchant primarily for stolen base duty. Regarding the slider ban: might it lead to some consternation over whether a given pitch was actually a slider? I’ve never pitched and frankly other than a fastball, knuckler, or changeup, it’s hard for me to detect other pitches precisely. I mean, isn’t a slider very similar to a curve ball? And yes, I’d never want to move the mound back. Interesting thoughts…
  11. knothole61
    Gasper might be a modern day Lazarus? Probably not, but you never know.
  12. knothole61
    Yeah, what a horrible year for a guy with some really good stuff, except unfortunately between the ears at times! I’m pulling for him but he’s his own worst enemy.
  13. knothole61
    What other game can offer the unexpected (unimaginable?) more so than baseball. Gotta love it! Mickey Mantle Gasper, who had been destroyed by MLB pitching all season (destroyed) becomes a hitting savant on 8/26/25! It may never happen again, time will tell, but those of us who have kept watching this team clop through the muck and mire of a dismal season were rewarded with the improbable Gasper bomb for the tie and the less surprising shot by Wallner that led to the win. ...just a lot of fun tonight!
  14. knothole61
    I'd take a shot at it!
  15. knothole61
    TO, you've caused Minnie and Paul to shed a tear or two, but I can't say that I blame you at this point. I have a feeling, however, that you will never stray too far from your first love...home is where the heart is, baby!
  16. knothole61
    Great experience...can Target Field ever get rocking like that?
  17. knothole61
    Cubs and Brewers race is shaping up to be of some interest (potentially) these last weeks...pick one?
  18. knothole61
    Right...and I don't know why he's so irritating. He's knowledgable, and all, but his tone is kind of grating--like everything is some grand pronouncement or something, you know, like it's delivered from the mountaintop. Is that the problem? Maybe it's just me?
  19. knothole61
    Agree...but this was a real kick in the ass tonight!
  20. knothole61
    Been there-done that with my dad. If you are a Dave you've probably done it as well...I think our name peaked sometime in the 1950s! Did you have to get up and turn the channel and adjust the rabbit ears too?
  21. knothole61
    Well put...
  22. knothole61
    That was fun. I hope this works out...fingers crossed..
  23. knothole61
    No, they are not up to the task! The salary cut following the hopeful 2023 season is all that you need to know about Pohlad priorities. I sometimes hear people say: "Look, it's their business and they have every right to make sound business decisions. They owe us nothing." And I cringe every time a "rational" apologist starts down that cut-and-dried road. You see, it's not really that simple if one cares anything about ethics and decency that is. What they "owe" us, and what every owner of a major sports team owes all of us, is to make a decent effort every season, and within reason, to win it all, even if that means a loss of profit form time to time. They owe it to the folks who bring their families to the game at the cost of 100s of dollars; to the little kids with pennants on their walls and a schedule pinned up next to the bed; to the cities and states that are proud to lend them their names; and to deeply-loyal fans, (many found on TD, myself included) who live and die a little with the team each game and each season...and on, and on, and on. To answer such devotion with disregard is an damnable offense.
  24. knothole61

    Fight On

    knothole61 commented on jorgenswest's blog entry in Blog jorgenswest

    I'm sorry to hear about your struggle. You believe that the odds are against you, and I suppose I'm being presumptuous to say this, but with the combination of recent scientific advances (and the as yet largely untapped potential use of AI in treatments) and your own indomitable will, I fully expect you to be posting on TD in 2030 and beyond! I wish you all the best...
  25. knothole61
    It's hard to argue with you on this. I'd feel better about Wallner if he were 23...but he's not! 10 games under .500 and counting. With all of the playoff possibilities in MLB these days it's really disappointing to have lost all hope in August--or was it in July?
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