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Did you play basketball? When meeting a tall person for the first time, you should always wait for them to finish talking, and then ask them if they played basketball.

Poppen pitched in a 10-5 win over Quad Cities on June 13. His line: 5.2 IP, 3 hits, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO He also hit a batter and committed his fourth throwing error on the season.

Del Rosario started in a 5-3 Cedar Rapids win over Burlington. 6 IP, 6 hits, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO Del Rosario allowed the two runs in the 1st inning after striking out the first two batters. He retired the side in order in the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th innings.

Del Rosario then started on June 4 at Burlington. Cedar Rapids won 11-6, but it was one of Del Rosario's roughest outings. His line: 5 IP, 8 hits, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO Del Rosario's inning by inning performance, as read off of the MiLB game log: 1st inning: Del Rosario retires the first two batters, then Burlington rallies to score two runs, leaving the bases loaded. 2nd inning: Del Rosario retires the first two batters, then hits two batters, before retiring the final batter with two left on base. 3rd inning: Del Rosario (stop me if you've heard this one) retires the first two batters, then Burlington rallies to again score two runs. 4th inning: Del Rosario allows a lead-off single but the inning ends on a double play. 5th inning: 1-2-3. It's a poor outing, but with a good bounce here or there, it may have been a good outing. Game of inches. Del Rosario faced 26 batters, hit two batters, and threw two wild pitches.

Del Rosario started May 30 against Quad Cities. The Kernels lost 8-2. Del Rosario's line: 4.2 IP, 10 hits, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 6 SO Of note: The MiLB game log records 7 of the 10 hits as ground ball singles. Nevertheless QC worked four walks off of Del Rosario and pushed him past 100 pitches into the fifth innings.

Good discussion. Buck has a very good eye for what is a strike, and that will help. I think eventually he will figure it out.

The two chapters after Californium were about Silicon, which looked like a fake and unnatural place to put them.

You are divulging our SECRETS, DAMN YOU !

What you fail to consider is that the Twins have peanut butter, so, win-win http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hNgd0yLSybw/TZ-bQUip0CI/AAAAAAAAINo/Lebjszia9so/s1600/mexpasta+068.JPG

Berrios. Stopper.

Good point - It's a bright day here too, so will leave a pair of these here for people

This afternoon is the final game of a four game series at Target Field. Twins will look to even the series before Cleveland comes into town this weekend. Start time: 12:10 CDT Weather: http://static6.depositphotos.com/1000366/543/i/950/depositphotos_5439919-stock-photo-rainbow-in-the-dark-blue.jpg Today's starting pitchers: Seattle: Ariel Miranda (6-2, 3.67) Minnesota: Jose Berrios (5-1, 2.84) Lineups TBA More on today's pitchers. Ariel Miranda: Other than a very poor outing in early May, looks like Miranda has pitched very well, pitching at least 5 innings and allowing no more than 2 runs in his previous six starts. Jose Berrios: We all know the Berrios story, or at least this season. Well in his previous start in San Francisco, Berrios made Hunter Pence flail like a Little Leaguer, and made Buster Posey flinch on a breaking ball. Yes, that Buster Posey. The All Star catcher guy who has caught thousands of breaking pitches in his career. Let that sink in. *** Well, the mailbag idea didn't work last night for a game thread opener, so it was optioned back to the minors immediately after the game. Sometimes there's a good reason things are the way they are, so here's five things to think about: 1. Ervin Santana. Coming off an effortless complete game shutout, Erv had a rocky outing last night. Santana surrendered a 2-run homer in the first inning to Ben Gamel on a slider above the belt that didn’t slide much, and then gave up a 3-run home run in the third inning on a mid- to high-80s nothing pitch at the belt to .200 hitter Mike Zunino that any of us could have hit 400 feet. Well, not me, because I only made it up to T-ball. Santana’s next start is scheduled for Tuesday the 20th at Target Field versus the White Sox. The extra day of rest between now and then might do him good. 2. Byron Buxton. I’ll be honest, I thought Buxton would be the breakout star more likely than Sano would, who was check swinging at historic rates at the end of spring training. Fortunately, Buxton has finally gotten his batting average back above the Zunino-Mendoza line. While he used the leg kick during his hot streak last September, and has also experimented with a Nelson Cruz type of toe tap, Buxton has now taken to a simple timing step with his lead foot, not even lifting it off the ground in most cases. He hit a home run using that last night. Hey, whatever works. Buxton also runs fast and catches baseballs that start out far away from him. 3. Taylor Rogers. The guy’s a great pitcher. He’s a lefty, and he’s tough against lefties, despite not having great lefty splits at the moment. (Hmmm..let me think about that logic...) Also, Rogers throws a curve. Blyleven and Nathan threw great curves. Also Tyler Duffey. Even Ryan Pressly. Good curve balls are hard to hit, they say. I wouldn't know, because I never hit one. Another thing about Taylor Rogers is that he came up the minors as a starter. Is he a candidate to return to the rotation in a future season? Or does he feel at home out in the bullpen? 4. Chris Gimenez. Gimenez is catching Berrios today, which is good because I think catchers can go through catching slumps. We’ve seen Castro allow some pitches to skip away from him lately, and maybe the pitching staff implosion — including Santana’s poor outing last night — is partly a result of Castro not retaining the pre-game scouting reports or executing the game plans with his pitch calling. Your guess is as good as mine. The problem is who catches when Gimenez pitches. Is position players pitching the new market efficiency? 5. The last player to think abou— OMG shiny thing over there Lineups TBA Play ball!

Cody Allen is another interesting piece of this puzzle. He throws a curveball, was a later round pick, and flew through the minors.

As the poster above hinted at, do you think if Enlow had been selected earlier (35 or 37), do you think he could have then set his bargaining price higher due to the slot?

Rosario and Dozier six home run swings between them, zero home runs. Try again tomorrow.

On second thought, come back quick.

hang around anyway, because it's going really quick.

Hey now, those were my heroes

Vargas last at bat http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2015315/rs_560x415-150415104200-560-facebook-dislike-button.jw.41515.jpg

Damn, I was busy watching the catch!

and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why coaches teach you the two handed catch

Taylor Rogers http://clipartix.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Thumbs-up-clipart-cliparts-for-you-3.jpg

cheers

Yes, it really would have hit him. You are correct.

I also hear "Grover Cleveland" is making a comeback