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  1. big dog
    What I'm anxious to see, but unfortunately don't expect to see, is Polanco getting 200 at-bats in the second half.
  2. big dog
    Pointing out the value of rankings...that's a top 100 prospect who never made it above AA and has been in independent leagues since age 26. That kind of thing makes me feel even more that I probably overvalue prospects like Hu. Garza and Bartlett for Young struck me at the time as a worse decision than releasing Ortiz, and far worse than Ramos and Testa for Capps. Abad, Kintzler, etc: just flip 'em. Do it.
  3. big dog
    Agreed on Capps/Ramos. Ramos also missed most of the 2011 season and almost half of each of the two following seasons with injuries. Even if he'd been here he wouldn't have been a full-time replacement for Mauer (unless he'd stayed healthy because of clean Minnesota living or something). I hated giving up Hu, but I also wonder if I am way too high on our prospects. Having Jepsen this year pitching a little worse than last year would have been a lot better than having Jepsen the current train wreck. We could have handled a little regression. I am not so convinced that it's as much of a coaching issue as some argue. Look at Hendriks. He's been gone for 3 years. 2 of the 3, including this year, have been really bad. We haven't missed much. Manship has put together a good year and a half with Cleveland after two dreadful years with two different teams since leaving the Twins. Not exactly an instant turnaround, a painful process other teams had to live with. I'm more convinced by the argument that mid-level RPs are mainly lightning in a bottle. Don't overpay, don't sign to extensions, just keep looking. Heck, Joh Rauch had a good year and a half here.
  4. big dog
    No. He was the union rep, but not an all star.
  5. big dog
    I think Jake Reed is the answer to that puzzle. Carter played with Moss.
  6. big dog
    Yeah, that's my take. I think Arcia should have been used differently in previous years, but at this time and with this roster I think it's time to drop him. But I also think it's time to do a ton of different things, dropping Santana being another timely move. If this is the only move they make, what's the point.
  7. big dog
    OK, I'll take the under on that.
  8. big dog
    Thanks, that was fun. Great editing. Your neighbor's commentary was entertaining as well. Kernels are in Beloit in 2 weeks (an hour from my home) and I'm hoping to see them.
  9. big dog
    ARCIA GO BOOM!!! I know it's late but I love when I get to say that.
  10. big dog
    I think your handle should be Gran Bark Reserva, like the bottle.
  11. big dog
    He's looked good in the field as well. He turned a really sweet DP yesterday- good pickup, perfect throw, hustled back to the bag and was in good position for the return throw.
  12. big dog
    I thought this was interesting- thanks. I learned things. This sentence certainly conflicted with the tone of the rest of it, though: "Again, this isn’t a really strong relationship, but you can kind of see it." Hmmm...it is always tempting to use our eyes to do statistics when we don't get a strong enough result from the calculator.
  13. big dog
    Goalies get credited with losses, too, even if they stop 10 breakaways and lose 1-0. If goalies play like crap, the team tends to lose rather than win, though I suppose you could dig and find a couple exceptions. Closers don't do basically the same job as other relievers. Just about every failed closer is someone who was a good reliever during other parts of the game. Except Eck and Smoltz, I guess.
  14. big dog
    As the father of a soccer goalie, all I can say is AMEN! Forget the offenders who missed the wide-open shot, forget the defender who pulled someone down in the box- it's the goalie who doesn't save the penalty shot who blew the game.
  15. big dog
    I think you meant to say "a good closet in a bad house", right?
  16. big dog
    http://img.picturequotes.com/2/323/322639/never-give-up-never-surrender-quote-1.jpg
  17. big dog
    Time for the pitcher's best friend.
  18. big dog
    To just barely misquote the Outlaw Josey Wales, "fair's got nuthin' to do with it".
  19. big dog
    Wait, is that code for you took the dog out and we scored runs?
  20. big dog
    Actually- why not put Nolasco out there? 0-0 in the 3rd, it's basically a start, rest on the off-day.
  21. big dog
    ..aaaaand...we're delayed
  22. big dog
    What a great play by Rosario there.
  23. big dog
    And unfortunately, Santana is missing on the bottom corner rather than the left corner.
  24. big dog
    He's not only calling that corner, he's calling the corner around the corner from that corner.
  25. big dog
    Fortunately, we're probably going to go into another rain delay so Cy Tillman will leave the game. We'll answer with our long reliever. I guess. This is an astonishing array of Twins K's right now. I wish I hadn't eaten all of Chi-Town's caramel corn. I'm hungry again.
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