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  1. big dog
    At this point I'd like to see Nunez at DH. It's been brutal lately.
  2. big dog
    I'd like whatever is behind Door #3, please.
  3. big dog
    Another night of no offense. Man, I wish they'd bring Vargas up. Wait...what? Never mind.
  4. big dog
    Chris' statistics as of 6/12/2015, per mlb.com AB/Avg/OBP/SLG Last 30 games: 117 / .316 / .365 / .453 Last 15 games: 63 / .302 / .323 / .413 Last 7 games: 30 / .267 / .290 / .333 I wish him the best and will be happy if he can get on a hot streak.
  5. big dog
    I don't have any idea what a particular player might learn in a 3-week AAA assignment after being in the bigs for almost a year. But I bet this is what I would learn/remember: - after being in the majors, the minors really suck - I like flying better than bus rides - I will do whatever it takes to get back - if I get back, I will do whatever it takes to stay - I will do what my coaches tell me. Joyfully, with feeling. I have no idea if any of that was a problem for Vargas, but I guarantee you, that's what I would take away from the experience. And I think it would be good for me.
  6. big dog
    Walking the dog can also clean out the worm bin, in a way...
  7. big dog
    re: Nunez. Well, that didn't suck at all. You know what? I'd let Pelfrey have the ninth.
  8. big dog
    I went to a Friday night game in the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum in 1983 or so. The A's had a guy on second in the bottom of the ninth, tie game. Batter hit a line drive well over Brunansky's head. He froze, stuck his glove up in the air, and then turned to play the ball off the wall. The runner was holding at second and ended up at third (on a double). Stranded, Twins won in ten. The next day, I bought some seats that were in row 2 and Bruno came over before the game. I said "Bruno, great deke last night- saved the game!". He stared at me and said "Deke hell, I thought I could catch the ball." I swear that ball was at least 4-5 feet over his glove- no idea how he could possibly have considered it a catchable ball. This is my anecdote to remind myself that it might be hard to get inside a ballplayer's head on a particular play. Personally, I thought Hicks deked because he had no idea where the ball was, and figured it was the only thing he could do that might help. But who knows.
  9. big dog
    I said in spring training that I thought they would get old, have a few key injuries, and fall apart. I don't think that was a tough call, given their roster. So far they've lost Verlander, Victor Martinez, Alex Avila, and Joe Nathan, as well as a couple of lower-tier pitchers (Lobstein and Rondon). It will be interesting to see what kind of money they are willing to throw around in the next two months to upgrade the roster.
  10. big dog
    I expect this ride will slow down (hopefully not crash) but I am sure enjoying it now.
  11. big dog
    Ortiz hitting another of his stupid Green Monster pop fly doubles. Just silly. Now a single. Hughes, Hughes, Hughes...
  12. big dog
    Milone is coming up to start tomorrow.
  13. big dog
    True. People said roughly the same about Pelfrey and Boyer, who shows sign of becoming, at worst, tradable assets. I just saying that if he has three outings and they don't go well, I doubt if it hurts our World Series probability all that much and we can move on, having given him the fair shot he was probably promised.
  14. big dog
    My problem is that I think too many people assume the past perfectly predicts the future and refuse to believe that a change might make a difference. Stauffer's barely had a chance here and people want to dump him. Why not give one more shot? He could be useful, even as a trade piece. I doubt it, but if he gets three outings to show if he's better, is it terrible? I think too many here would rather be proven to have been right than to see some players succeed when they were expected to fail.
  15. big dog
    Oh...my bad.
  16. big dog
    I would be more sympathetic to your comment if the Twins were in fifth place yet again...don't quite see a Titanic-style event happening at the moment. Perhaps we'll be fortunate enough to get two terrible Stauffer outings (that don't cost us wins, somehow) and they can cut ties with him. Or maybe we'll be unlucky enough to have him pitch well, and be stuck with him. Wait, which...? Sometimes I get confused about what people hope for around here.
  17. big dog
    I agree with you in principle, but so far (and somewhat to my surprise) Hicks is looking like a better-than-replacement level CF. If I have jinxed him now I will forever be sorry.
  18. big dog
    My guess- another reliever is going to be moved in the next day or two, with a field player replacing him. OK, it's a hope, but I'll go ahead and make it a guess.
  19. big dog
    Wow, I'm exhausted. Great series! Look out Bitch Sox!
  20. big dog
    Yeah, Tonkin really worked for that. Lucky or not, great effort and result. He did a nice job of realizing he had about 4 minutes to make the throw, too, and didn't rush it. Hang a star on that one!
  21. big dog
    I really didn't think I would be saying this, but...Pelfrey is helping this team as a starter.
  22. big dog
    Great throw by Zuke! And a nice tag by Santana too.
  23. big dog
    Listing ex-Twins in order of (at-bats), with AVG and OPS. Kendrys Morales (147) .306 .841 Ben Revere (140) .243 .619 Michael Cuddyer (124) .234 .651 David Ortiz (123) .228 .686 Justin Morneau (100) .290 .767 Yangervis Solarte (105) .286 .736 Denard Span (89) .326 .894 Delmon Young (82) .280 .635 Carlos Gomez (76) .250 .733 Danny Valencia (43) .349 .829 Chris Colabello (38) .474 1.132 JJ Hardy (28) .214 .731
  24. big dog
    Very glad to hear it. Good luck Aaron and Go Twins!
  25. big dog
    Way too late for that...
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