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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    So is that how Mauer hurt his elbow, a hit by pitch in the elbow? Can never be too sure /cheapshot
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Disagree with Reusse. Reusse might have other motives for saying that. Parting ways with Gardenhire right now will allow people, including his detractors, a moment to give him his due praise and thank him for his service. Also giving Gardy the plausible cover story that he hasn't had good players to work with these past few seasons. (perhaps Brian Dozier & Co. don't enjoy this line of reasoning so much, but whatever.) This upcoming youth movement, combined with a new manager and coaching staff, probably would not be greeted with apathy among the fan base, and might actually invigorate it (us). If Gardy feels he is truly meant to manage, parting ways would also give him a chance to go to another team he is capable of helping, and giving him a new fan base who might appreciate him and he can prove himself to.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Our pitching philosophy, night after night, seems to be "attack the zone", throw strikes," pound the strike zone. When things go wrong and the pitching is bad, Gardy's explanation is "he left his pitches out over the plate." So confused. Anybody else looking forward to another year of this?
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Loss number 90 -- I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Gardy and the organization for this achievemen---- oh wait, is this the snark thread?
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Grievance? Anyway, I happen to agree that Gardy is playing Suzuki primarily to help him get his $150k bonus. That doesn't seem like the best reason but it's a reason. It would sure be nice to hear a reporter come out and ask Gardy that question directly, just to let him answer the question for us. Especially in light of Ryan's claim that Pinto would get playing time.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    we have two types of lineups-- a "win now" lineup which we only use to overpower teams contending in the pennant race, and an automatic loss, black sox scandal, throw the game to the opponent, type of lineup. Pinto clearly belongs to the latter group.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Please do not question the integrity of the pennant race next year's amateur draft order.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Disagree. I concede Suzuki has played well enough to stay in the lineup and I'm not angry about Pinto's lack of playing time, but there's no way to know if Pinto can make that final step unless we let him play. Nolasco pitches tonight, and Pinto has successfully called one of Nolasco's recent wins, we're playing a non contender, so expect Pinto to start tonight, right?
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Agree. I wish the Twins would stop the point-scoring against him and just move on. He's not going to work out - give him a chance somewhere else.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    One scenario. Ryan and Pohlad are not-so-subtly offering Gardy a promotion to Vice President of Baseball Division Titles in 6 of 9 Years, or some such title, just to save face and get someone new in the manager chair. But since Gardy doesn't do subtlety and loves his job, he doesn't take the hint. Ryan has no choice but to announce Gardy is coming back. It is announced after the season however that none of the coaches are coming back for '15, but then that is reversed at the meetings in December. With same exact coaching staff minus Molitor in 2015, Twins finish 78-84, fourth in Central, and Gardy wins manager of the year. Scenario two. Ryan retires rather than can his old friend's pitching coach. New GM from outside is hired and decides to give Gardy and the coaches one more year to "turn this thing around." Twins finish 78-84 in 2015, fourth in Central, Manager of Year, and fan base demands extension for Gardy and coaches to let them complete the turnaround. But, in early 2016, a prospect in Fort Myers gets injured, causing Twins to finish season 71-91, with no choice but to extend Gardy and coaches again and aim for contention sometime after 2019. In other news, Vance Worley pitched a good game yesterday.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes I do have a complaint about Vargas. I would prefer to see Vargas get 3/4 time at first base.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Agree. The Twins repeat that argument enough and they'll begin to overstate its importance. I personally don't consider Cleveland a playoff contender at this point but be my guest. I doubt Cleveland is quivering over facing our veterans. If anything they might have more trouble with a bunch of young guys they don't have a book on.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    And that's an example why replay is an embarrassment. The rules are so murky and were put on books all at once and the umpires can't even keep track. I stand by my statement. The only good thing about replay is it gets a majority of missed calls corrected. I feel the cons far outweigh that one single benefit. It's a net negative for baseball, imo.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm just paraphrasing the exchange, but those guys represented each side of the debate perfectly tonight. So I doubt the frustration with Pinto's lack of playing time is limited to just us shrill internet commenters.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    In the radio postgame tonight: Kris Atteberry: The guy I'm disappointed in is Pinto, who hasn't shown anything lately. Dan Gladden: Pinto hasn't even played!!! I don't know how he can show anything if he doesn't play. Atteberry: Well, Pinto has struggled. He's 0-for his last 15 --- Gladden: --hard to get into a rhythm when you're only coming off the bench for one at bat every other night. Gardy says he wants to see how Pinto responds to going through a stretch like this. Fine, but maybe Pinto needs to catch 3, 4 games in a row. Hard to improve your catching skills when you're catching guys like Deduno half the time. Atteberry: We'll see.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    "Happy Birthday to you, "Happy Birthday to you! "Happy Birthday, dear RB, "Happy Birthday to you!" … having now said as much, I shall leave Twins Daily and MinnCentric on the hook for damages to Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. 1 1 just kidding, send me the bill
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Cleanliness is next to Gardyness
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Hicks allergic to rain now? /cheapshot
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    And 1 game in the last 11 (9%). None of the last 8 games (0%). The thing is, it doesn't really matter to me. Suzuki continues to play hard and get big hits. It's just an eye opener to me that we're not in the business of developing catchers anymore (Doumit over Herrmann, Suzuki over Pinto). Garver will be 25 in the summer of 2016 and will hopefully get a chance at that time.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Apparently tag plays aren't even reviewable either, according to KC announcers. Agree 100% Baseball executives with their fingerprints on this should feel embarrassed.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Twins made a huge gamble on Hicks and lost. In hindsight I'm not sure that particular gamble cost too much in W-L though, and the Span/Revere trades may have netted a good pitching prospect or two. I assume Buxton is doing ok now that the collision is in the rear view mirror and can make a visit next September despite his unlucky 2014. Optimism! Great point in OP that Dozier actually could stand to clean up his fielding a little bit. And Mauer still finding himself out of position from time to time. Otherwise happy with the infield D.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    The Twins apparently have obtained secret data that no one else has, that shows Suzuki will continue his hot hitting all of the next two years and will not miss time with injury, thereby not needing a reliable backup at all. Obviously Suzuki is having a great year and like any player worth his salt, doesn't want to be on the bench. He's better than Pinto so he gets the starts. Twins are still in "win now" mode. Or I have a couple other conspiracy ideas: 1. Gardy knows of Suzuki's playing time incentives and is giving him a chance to earn those 2. Pinto went Lohse on Gardy's office door with a chair
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Well, [ insert perfunctory Pinto complaint here ]. And that's all I have to say about that.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm kind of disappointed Florimon won't be postseason eligible. It deprives us of the chance to see an exciting, late-inning 8-6-2 putout at the plate in the NLCS that helps lift the Nationals to the World Series. Because that 8-6-2 putout would go Span, to Florimon, to Ramos.
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Probably not. I was stuck listening to him one day this week, unfortunately. I like to listen to Rosen at 2pm when I can but that's it. The only thing Common Man ever talks passionately about is his own golf game but he really went way over the top on this as if he was taking a controversial stand on a controversial issue. I'm just holding him up as an example of a media member who believes the only thing to do is to destroy the athlete and Vikings management but maybe he changed his tune the past few days. (by the way Vikings deserve some harsh criticism I think). I have no idea what Cole's take on Puckett is.
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