Jump to content
Click here to check out our updated free agents rankings, now up to 150 players and sortable by position! ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

big dog

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,213

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by big dog

  1. big dog
    Well, THOSE were hit. Wow.
  2. big dog
    Biggest surprise is Park following Kris Bryant by setting a team record for HRs by a rookie, and the all-time team record for K's. I like this signing. I like trying to move forward. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but we don't lose a player, we don't lose a pick, and we get what seems like a pretty nice lottery ticket.
  3. big dog
    Maybe we should go double or nothing on our Josh Donaldson/Trevor Plouffe WAR bet? What the heck.
  4. big dog
    Yeah, now that I actually look at his stats he's been in a lot more games than I remembered. I do still think he's due to fall off a cliff. The two years prior to 2015 were both bad, though. I wouldn't take the chance. Of course, I still think Vargas can be a major-league DH, which may not be true.
  5. big dog
    What's the over/under on games Texiera is likely to play next year? I'll take 85.
  6. big dog
    The team is looking for another Official Veteran Mentor, right?
  7. big dog
    I'm pretty sure ABW's power is not a secret to pitchers on the opposing teams.
  8. big dog
    I really enjoyed this, whether I agree with the rankings or not. It also points out just how few really, really good players the team has had for more than few years, when you see guys with 3 or 4 good years up towards the top. My guess is this is also the case for a lot of other teams- guys you remember as great, but who had brief careers with that particular team.
  9. big dog

    Cubs-Mets

    big dog replied to Squirrel's topic in Other Baseball

    Time to start the contest: who will Kyle Schwarber being DHing for in 2017?
  10. big dog
    Bautista should have just sat on the ground and watched his home run for a while longer, then maybe thrown his bat into the Texas dugout for good measure. Tell me that was just him celebrating with joy, go right ahead. No thanks, I'm not cheering for the Jays. But then I'm not cheering for the Cubs or the Royals either. Go Mets!
  11. big dog
    Jessie Orosco (who did eventually play for the Twins, but only when he was 46 years old). Yes, that's correct. He played in E-Town for the Twins and was traded to the Mets (for Koosman, I believe). He hit the majors in 1979 at age 22, and played for 9 different teams until he retired in 2003.
  12. big dog
    Rick Dempsey Jerry Koosman
  13. big dog
    Luis Tiant, 1970 just before going to Boston and of course Don Baylor
  14. big dog
    This season has been sooooo much better than what I was dreading... GO TWINS!
  15. big dog
    The Cleveland announcers were talking about Buxton being on first, and they said "he looks like he's about four strides from second base the way he runs."
  16. big dog
    His old name was Loghorn Feghorn, but this one sounded better.
  17. big dog
    "That boy's about as sharp as a bowling ball." "That's a joke, I say that's a joke, son."
  18. big dog
    Gibson looks frustrated. Hello...? Is this thing on? Can you hear me in the back?
  19. big dog
    OK, I may start a firestorm here, but when a batter's followthrough hits my catcher in the head, somebody's going down. And he wouldn't have gotten a hit on the next pitch that way, either. Go Twins!
  20. big dog
    All right, let's get this game going...wait- a leadoff homer and a walk already? OK, let's get this game going!
  21. big dog
    Great advice, Vanimal! In my own case, the reaction after the Trout home run was to look at my wife and say "Sorry, I was watching baseball and not listening to you. What did you say?" That didn't work very well. I'll try your strategy next time.
  22. big dog
    I fail to see how having Alex Meyer could possibly hurt, given recent outcomes. Best case, he gets to pitch in some low-pressure situations. Second-best case, the rest of the pen pitches great and he doesn't get in a game. If the pen doesn't pitch great, and forgive me if I think that's a real possibility, at least he's an option.
  23. big dog

    Dozier

    big dog replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    Someone on a recent broadcast, maybe Roy Smalley, said he was frustrated that in BP Dozier would hit line drives to all fields, but in a game everything was pulled. So he apparently can take the ball the other way, and even practices it, but in the game it translates into short flies to center and popups to short. Seems like a fixable problem, somehow.
  24. big dog
    Pinch-failing Danny Santana for anyone is a mistake, too. Put him in to pinch-run, or as an emergency outfielder. That's it. This team is better when Dozier gets at least one hit a series, too. I don't blame the manager for that.
  25. big dog
    I love to see casey fired up when he walks off the mound!
×
×
  • Create New...