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Just wondering if there is any area within the forums to find partners to share season ticket packages? I've used the tools through the Twins tickets page, but thought there might be interest within the comrades here at Twins Daily. Ü

To be honest, I skimmed the majority of the prior 13 pages. My opinion is way too biased to contribute anything significant, but seeing his name in the thread title made me feel obligated. Since seeing him play for los Leones in SD I've kept a close eye on the kid. Yes, he needs some work at the plate, and yes he has made the occasional error that makes you go . But his fielding… I can't even describe it without sounding like I'm trying to write really sh¡tty poetry. His transitions, his dives… I would throw a new born baby to him. I would make a … that's beside the point. Torpedro has a lot of talent with room to improve. I hope we keep him around for a long time.

Great event! Deeply saddened we had to leave early (stop 2 had nothing to do with baseball, and therefore, was whack). Guess I'll just have to wait until the next one!

Ayyyye Arcia... lesionado por moretones del muslo. That is definitely a Pizza Rolls face Parker, and I promise I had the same look sitting about five rows up from you! Section 3 FTW.

• I made a few coupons for "all expenses paid" field trips to the batting cages. Conveniently, this means that I get to go too. • Apparel is always good. Everyone has T shirts, but a jacket for those early spring/late fall games at Target Field never hurts. • If your pockets are much deeper than mine, road trip to see Twins in a different city / spring training / Arizona league. (A girl can dream!) Ü

Quite possibly my only chance ever to make this practical knowledge: That can be either a very easy or very complicated answer. The easy one is just a breakdown of conservation of momentum… M1V1before + M2V2before = M1v1after + M2V2after The kinetic energy and momentum are both conserved, assuming you don't break the bat and mess up my perfectly elastic problem… ain't nobody got time for that. M1 = ball V1before = velocity of the ball before contact M2 = bat V2before = velocity of the bat before contact V2afters are then the velocity of both the ball and bat after contact The mass of the ball obviously doesn't change, and lets assume the velocity of the pitch doesn't either. If you decrease the mass of the bat, you then have to increase the velocity of the swing to balance the equation (and achieve the same force output). Like diehardtwinsfan said, power. Power = work/time = force • displacement / time = (mass • acceleration) • displacement / time The 'very complicated' answer factors in the coefficient of restitution (takes into account the elasticity of the ball), the change in mechanical energy required on the part of a player to swing a heavier (or lighter) bat, and control of the bat (lighter bat = greater swing velocity = comparatively more time to commit to a swing). It would have been really nice if that question was on my biomechanics final! /hijack I like Kubel, and like most have already stated, no risk/harm for now. Welcome back!

It's hard to remember a time in my history when I wasn't a Twins fan. It started somewhere in the early 90s, eating Kemp's Old Fashioned Maple Nut (not to be confused with Butter Pecan) ice cream with my grandparents. While my grandpa certainly had his passionate opinions on how the Twins were playing (and the FO was operating), I was always impressed with the way my grandma could hold her own. She knew the player stats, where they came from, and had eerily accurate predictions about where they were going. I simply would lie on the floor in silence, patiently waiting for the play, the perfect degree of melt on my Maple Nut, and my grandpa's still-impressive vertical jump when the slide was safe at home. Fast forward a few years later and I'm fairly sure I was in love with Mr. Jacque Dewayne Jones. A product of Minneapolis Park & Rec softball, I frequently made the pre-game loop around the track at the Metrodome. We would always sit in left, and due to proximity he easily entered my top 5 players list. Plus, when a "real baseball player!!" throws you a ball and you're 10 with a pony-tail and a team jersey that goes down to your knees, your heart is easily won. If I were still operating under the same standards, I would be infatuated with Scott Ullger, as the last three balls I've gotten have come from him. (Section 3 FTW!) Ullger is great, but in reality I'm a huge fan of Pedro Florimon. No doubt, he has some room to improve at bat, but fielding… he's like a real life Henry Skrimshander (***minus the big choke, no jinxing things!***). Outside of (and within) the Twins, I closely follow two things: Dominican ball, and injuries. And actually, that amounts to a fairly representative pie chart of my 'real life' - baseball, latin america, and sports medicine. The Twins have also been huge for me on a personal level, as I've worked through injury (or something like that…) and 5 surgeries in the last 5 years; I've watched a lot of baseball Ü I'm not sure if I'll post much or just watch the game and eat my maple nut in silence, with the occasional chuckle or snake eye thrown towards the screen. But I will be at the Meltdown… bold move for a rookie, I know… so perhaps I will see some of you there!

"The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling." Great book, and great post! As Thrylos noted, science doesn't provide facts. It yields correlations, p values, significant (or not so significant) effects… all of which are affected by sample size, validity and reliability of design, etc. But when it comes down to it, we - the general public - either buy it or we don't, regardless of how strong the evidence is. As you said, we choose the explanation that is most appealing. I'm not sure if Ryan's free agent philosophy has truly changed, nor am I sure I 'truly' care at this point. I think the additions we've made were a) smart, and have potential, and I'm looking forward to watching them play out. "The solutions are all simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are."