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  1. big dog
    Hopefully they do sliding drills with Parmalee. It looked like he was trying to break up a double play- his front leg probably beat the ball, but it was pointed at the shortstop instead of the base.
  2. big dog
    So far I like the second inning a lot better than I liked the first inning. The Rally Rhinoceros is working!!!
  3. big dog
    Agreed, I personally want to see Achter in the bigs for a while and see how he does when he dips his toe in the pool. There are worse things in the world than having exciting prospects in AAA that don't get promoted because the ML staff is doing well. Kind of an alternate universe compared to the last few years. I don't hope that any of the current staff fail, but we have good options when someone inevitably does.
  4. big dog
    Thanks, Seth, for the comprehensive look at the hitters. Here's hoping Vargas hits the fast track to the majors. Jokin, inquiring minds want to know if Thomas was good at fouling off strikes and waiting for Ball Four, or if he was 3 feet tall. That's an incredible split. Very funny stat, thanks.
  5. big dog
    Sometimes you have to hit the bottom before you realize that you need to try new things. Getting traded for a PTBNL might be that bottom. Or as a friend of mine said once as we were reading the sports pages (back when we had newspapers), you know your career isn't going the way you hoped when you are traded for a guy named Skeeter.
  6. big dog
    And as a Minnesotan in his 25th year of exile in Chicago, I'll just say that proximity and time don't make them any easier to take either.
  7. big dog
    He can definitely be critical of the Twins, but I think overall his job is to balance out Reusse, to the extent that's possible, so every reader has someone to like/dislike.
  8. big dog
    I was hoping a game (or two or three) off would just give him a mental break- he's clearly fighting himself. A DL stint would be fine with me, though I would have to turn off the internet to avoid blowing up at all the "Mauer's soft" diatribes. The guy has a problem, no question about it, and it's probably concussion related.
  9. big dog
    Time for Mauer to sit down for a game. This is getting ridiculous. I'm a huge fan, but no one in their right mind can think he's unlucky. Or battling his tail off. It's bad.
  10. big dog
    Somebody explain to Arcia how sunglasses work. I've been pretty impressed with his improvement since last year, but I'm rethinking my position.
  11. big dog
    Yeah, people were quick to heap praise on the Pirate's pitching coach last year when Liriano went on one of his incredibly hot streaks. Now he's had a poor year and is back on the DL. That's probably Anderson's fault again. I certainly don't think the Twins have had enough pitching, and he's by no means blameless, but not everything's his fault. As mentioned previously, when someone like Lohse leaves and then improves, even a little, it's used as an indictment of Anderson. If that's the rather tenuous level of analysis used, it's got to work both directions. Personally, I think humans are pretty complicated and I think coaches are like CEOs- too much blame when things go badly and too much credit when things go well.
  12. big dog
    The problem with this is that the roster can only have 40 people and you can only option them so many times. So you can't keep trying forever. You have to pick and choose who you let go. Hicks isn't making it easy to want to keep him.
  13. big dog
    True, but getting 60 steals makes up for fewer HRs pretty nicely. OPS .800, played a very good second base- that would be ok.
  14. big dog
    Most HRs by a Twin with at least 30 steals in one year? 14, by Rod Carew and by Larry Hisle. Hisle was thrown out 18 times that year- he should have concentrated on hitting homers. Most steals by a 30-home run Twin? Puckett, with 20, followed by Gaetti, with 14. Closest? Corey Koskie, 26 HRs and 27 steals. That was his career high in each category.
  15. big dog
    Anywhere on Carlos Gomez or Manny Machado. You get fireworks, too.
  16. big dog
    He kept looking into the catcher, then stepping off the rubber and starting over.
  17. big dog
    I totally agree- he put his bat on some tough pitches to stay alive, then beat out a nubber. Really nice job.
  18. big dog
    Happ is a pitching version of Mike Hargrove.
  19. big dog
    That was a brutal at-bat by Escobar there.
  20. big dog
    Casey Fien? Well, it's probably Ozzie Smith. Or Weird Al Yankovic.
  21. big dog
    Really a nice swing by Nunez there. And Morales made it all the way from second to third!
  22. big dog
    Kendrys hustlin' down the line! Infield hit (even if Reyes threw it from the outfield).
  23. big dog
    And KC tosses another easy, shutout inning.
  24. big dog
    OK, who had both Bautista and Encarnacion grounding out in the betting pool? Not me.
  25. big dog
    Bautista's out for a change. No triple play this inning!
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