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  1. big dog
    With respect to "tough guy" outs- I'm really tired of the Astudillo circus. Bases loaded, guys getting walked everywhere, so why not hack at the first pitch, six inches inside? Oops, inning over. He popped up on a terrible first pitch later in the game, too. Next time he's going to have to jump across the plate to swing at the first pitch, and he probably will. There's a pretty thick line between aggressive and ridiculous. He's crossed way over it.
  2. big dog
    Go Twins! It's fun to watch Rooker at the plate. I hope to get quite a few more chances. Really sorry he got injured on an inside pitch. On a related note, maybe someone could make Jose Ramirez move his feet a little bit at the plate. He looks way too comfortable up there.
  3. big dog
    Fine Eddie ten grand for running through his coach and getting thrown out at home. For the second time in less than a week. Extra baserunning practice. Maybe a speech to the team about the importance of having your head in the game. This is just stupid. He's a talented ball player but then all of a sudden it's T-ball. Time to get a psychologist for the bullpen, I think. But not the guy that worked with Ron Davis. Hey, at least we scored more than 4 runs! Get 'em tomorrow. And let's see LaMonte on the field and Eddie on the bench. Or maybe watching a game from the stands.
  4. big dog
    I've been really impressed with Alcala. Let's hope he stays on this track.
  5. big dog
    I hope that I don't see Thorpe in a ML game for some time- he doesn't look good. These games count.
  6. big dog
    Loving Maeda, but I haven't exactly gotten to the "Brusdar who?" phase. I liked the deal, but it was expensive.
  7. big dog
    Agreed, Doc, Sano has looked like a competent first baseman. Taking the throw up the line and getting the swipe tag last night- that was a good play. He missed the bag on an earlier play when the sequence was a little messed up, but he'll get that fixed.
  8. big dog
    I would have been fun to see people try to shift on Rod Carew. Bunts and line drives down whichever line was left open. He might have hit .450 I'm surprised Arraez hit a ball that hard to left. I think that's a good sign, as long as he doesn't get pull-crazy. 15 homers a year and lots of line drives to the right fielder isn't going to help the team as much as the current plan.
  9. big dog
    Buxton wasn't the only one in distress. Me too.
  10. big dog
    Team with the best chance at the top W/L record, yes. Best overall team in the AL...not so sure about that.
  11. big dog
    Man it was fun to see Puck hitting in that video. Thanks.
  12. big dog
    And was permanently out of the major leagues after one more year?
  13. 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??
  14. 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.
  15. big dog
    Mauer with the diamond cutter, as TK would say.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. big dog
    Sounds like a really thoughtful guy. Good luck to him!
  21. big dog
    and welcome to America, where a "Medium" fits a size 27-43 waist.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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