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  1. big dog
    And was permanently out of the major leagues after one more year?
  2. big dog
    Soupy Campbell had one of the great Twins nicknames. Burgmeier was reliable, liked hearing Herb Carneal call his name, And agreed, there was that what, two months or so where it looked like Jim "Bluegill" Hughes was gonna be a major league pitcher. For more than two years, I mean. When was the last time a pitcher in his first full season and at age 23 made 34 starts and had 30 decisions and 12 complete games??
  3. big dog
    One of the really interesting things about this list is how few years a lot of these players had with the team. Kenny Landreaux was only there two years. I remember Disco Dan being a fixture with the team, apparently for no good reason except I was in my late teens when time passed at glacial speed. At least my memory of Larry Hisle being a very good Twin is borne out by statistics- good to really good OPS+ all five years. Too bad about the injury that basically shut him down at age 31. Will anyone who played regularly from 1980-1984 make the 80s team? Can't wait to find out.
  4. big dog
    Mauer with the diamond cutter, as TK would say.
  5. big dog
    Yeah, I've looked for that and I'm sure the Sox have pulled it. My recollection is that Thome swung, and Harrelson disgustedly said "Ballgame." or something like that. think he just left the booth after that while the cameras rolled. Beautiful.
  6. big dog
    Today's fun fact: Harmon won that episode of Home Run Derby, earning $2,000. His salary for that year, 1959, was $9,000.
  7. big dog
    Late to the party, but the correct answer, as several have mentioned, is "Justified". It's Appalachian Shakespeare, as interpreted by Elmore Leonard. "Try to kill me once, shame on you. Try to kill me twice, shame on me." It is really amazing.
  8. big dog
    Go ahead and look...9 of the top 14 in terms of at-bats have either no chance of making the team or no chance of getting a lot of playing time if they do. ...wait, Sano has an OPS of .694??? Season. OVAH.
  9. big dog
    Sounds like a really thoughtful guy. Good luck to him!
  10. big dog
    and welcome to America, where a "Medium" fits a size 27-43 waist.
  11. big dog
    Murphy had already hit a home run against the Twins to help the Yankees beat them when we traded for him. He had appeared in 115 ML games before the trade, then 26 for the Twins, and 119 since. His OPS+ was 100 in 2015 with the Yankees. Then it was 12, yes that's correct 12, with the Twins in 2016. His career number is 66. Eminently forgettable, unless you traded Aaron Hicks to get him. Not a huge deal, I just felt like the Truth Police had to make an appearance here. They will now go back into their closet.
  12. big dog
    I just hope that he fools people for six weeks or so, and if the league starts nailing him it's after Pineda is ready to return. That would be an acceptable, though far from ideal, outcome to me.
  13. big dog
    OK...I just gotta say...this recent spate of articles makes me worry that the Jinx Train is just pulling out of the station. Maybe an article on how this team will never win without a payroll of at least $160 million would be warranted to try and slow that train down.
  14. big dog
    I liked Luke Raley, but realistically he was a trade candidate from Day 1, sitting behind too many other outfielders. He certainly has a chance to be a major leaguer, though.
  15. big dog
    Sano is going to have to dive for the ball more often at first than he did at third. I hope that isn't true, but I think I would bet the over rather than the under. The good news is he only has to catch the ball now, not catch it, get up, and make an accurate throw.
  16. big dog
    I don't know that I buy this...entirely...but I certainly want to, and it might work out that way. Go Twins!
  17. big dog
    Sammy Sosa, too.
  18. big dog
    There are plenty of pitchers I would rather have, but I there is certainly some chance that this signing might pay off. If it does, great. If it doesn't, I hope the team goes in a different direction quickly rather than just riding it out for the year.
  19. big dog
    Read the news and you can find plenty of things to be angry about. Life is full of joy and despair. Seek the joy, avoid the despair. If this really made me angry I would find something else to do. Life is too short to have things like this eat away at me all the time. If you enjoy following a team that makes you angry, good luck and enjoy the ride. I still get chills thinking about moments in the two WS championship years, absolutely. Hrbek's slam, Kirby's catch, Reardon throwing his glove, Larkin trotting home- that's enough to get me teared up. I'd love to see it happen again, but just thinking we have a shot is enough for now. Baseball is uncertain, life is uncertain, seek joy where you can and try to avoid despair. That's the best I can do, personally. I can't make the Pohlads spend more money, I can't make the Vikings win a Super Bowl. I sure as heck can't understand why pass interference is or isn't called. I can enjoy the ride, or I can do something else. We all can do whatever we want. If you can't figure out why I am not angry (a little disappointed, sure, but in no way angry), maybe this helped. Peace, sisters and brothers.
  20. big dog
    "We can discuss value forever, and there's inherent risk any time you sign a big-dollar free agent. The reality though, is that injury concerns don't subside simply because you end negotiations at $100 million. Also, after pivoting to this plan, are you really interested in going to Plan C because the cost of what amounts to a relief arm ($5 million AAV over the four years) is too much?" According to this logic, we should sign him no matter what- is that right? Maybe they already pushed to get it to $100 million. If the Braves matched $120 and he came back, would you then argue "what's another $5 million per year"? Doesn't there have to be a stopping place? And I don't understand your injury comment. No, they don't go away if you end negotiations at $100; they just get even more expensive as you move north from there. It's the same physical risk, but a guaranteed higher cost when he breaks down over the next four years. I'm not saying don't sign him, but I certainly don't think just because you are willing to go 4/$100 you are an idiot if you don't increase the offer by 20%. I would love to be an auctioneer selling things to Twins fans, I guess, although if we had to use our own money things would probably be a lot different.
  21. big dog
    Not my post, but Sanchez won a Gold Glove this year, so that's the GG. Agreed, an OPS of 80 would be either really good or mindnumbingly bad, depending on where the missing decimal point should be, but the 80 refers to OPS+, which is basically the OPS, adjusted for the ballpark and for the league so that 100 should be the average. His career OPS+ is 80, and last year it was 73. His OPS+ was 97 two years ago, and 87 last year, so the 73 now suggests that they thought they had a player and now realize they were wrong. 73 was the second-lowest OPS in the majors among players who qualified for the batting title (#134 out of 135). I took a quick look at the OPS+ for players who appeared in at least 81 games. There were 315 players, and a score of 73 got him in a tie for 278th place. Tied with Logan Forsythe, in fact.
  22. big dog
    The White Sox put Yolmer on waivers and he's now a free agent. Good glove, horrible bat, and his baserunning decisions were dreadful. There was a Sox game last summer, I believe against the Twins, where he got on base. Steve Stone, who I think is brilliant, said "Yolmer needs to stay at first here, this would be a terrible time to try and steal a base." Sanchez immediately broke for second and was thrown out. It's like Stone knew exactly what Sanchez was thinking. 30 bases stolen, 23 caught stealings, and numerous bad decisions at other times.
  23. big dog
    Which version is not a plan? I think even if we add a better pitcher, and I certainly hope we do, we're going to need these guys at some level for part of the season, especially with Pineda out. A team that's serious about winning in the playoffs needs a strong bullpen more than they need a strong fifith starter.
  24. big dog
    I think Graterol starts in AAA (both begins and pitches as a starter). At some point they will have to decide whether to keep him there as a starter or to promote him and use him as a reliever for this year. In either case, I hope they are still thinking he could be a starter the following year, if his stuff and durability allows. Thorpe...I don't know what to think. He seems to have a chance to be a major league pitcher either way, and I'm always reluctant to give up on a starter, but he could stay in the bullpen for the year. Dobnak- agreed, not a bad choice as a fifth starter, and he could improve. Smeltzer- begins in AAA, will definitely be up (and probably down) during the year.
  25. big dog
    Very happy to see Sergio back on the time {insert graphic}. Valuable piece of the puzzle.
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