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  1. IndianaTwin
    Northern Indiana, but they are also delivered fresh to several Chicago locations. Visit risenroll.com for locations. The caramel cinnamon are the local legends in the donut world. Other folks are big on the cashew crunch candy. You won't go wrong on anything you have there, including many different flavors of homemade bread.
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    By the way, the last four sweeps have all occurred at the beginning of one of my business trips. If you'd like to contribute to the "Keep Sending IndianaTwin on Business Trips Fund," PM me and I'll send you bank routing and account number information.
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    Have my co-workers been paying you off? With the second game considered the makeup, our office rules consider this to be the completion of a sweep, since the Twins won the other two games back in May. That means donuts for the office next time I'm in. AND, since it's not a normal sweep, but a sweep of the White Sox, this calls for more than your basic Dunkin' Donuts. It's off to the local Amish bakery to celebrate.
  4. IndianaTwin
    Important question -- which game today was considered the makeup and which was the regularly scheduled one? There may be doughnuts riding on the answer.
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    Agreed. Berthiaume is great, and Brenley may be the best color guy in baseball. And what takes them over the top is that they work so well together. The only pairs I can think of that compare are Kasper-Deshaies and back when it was Kasper-Brenley.
  6. IndianaTwin
    Statcast record of 13.85 seconds home-to-home, per the radio guys.
  7. IndianaTwin
    And with that homer, his 33rd in 805 career at bats, Der Schlagger remains atop the list in fewest ABs per homer. He's competing with Aaron Altherr, who is at 25 in 642. He moved ahead with the blast last night.
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    Der Schlagger!
  9. IndianaTwin
    Now, if a newspaper reporter had been happening buy and thought the coverage of the incident was worthy entering Columbia's journalism contest, that would have been a pullet surprise!
  10. IndianaTwin
    I'm thinking there may be a rule that addresses this, but I don't recall the specifics. If I'm not mistaken, the rule came about when Earl Weaver did something like list the previous day's SP in the DH slot so that he could wait to make his decision on who to DH based on the game situation when that slot in the order came up. And maybe it's a DH-specific rule.
  11. IndianaTwin
    And realistically, since Sept. 1 is two weeks from today, most activations are pretty much for the duration.
  12. IndianaTwin
    Great article again, as always... Stew said: "The inning has to be reconstructed based on what follows, even if logic dictates that the inning would have played out differently." I assume that statement applies in the following situation, but I've always wondered about that as it applies to bunts. Buxton singlesAdrianza strikes out.Castro grounds to 2B, but SS drops the ball on the force, resulting in 1st and 2nd with 1 out (should be runner on 1st with 2 outs)Ervin Santana is up, so he bunts for the second out, moving the runners to 2nd and 3rd. (In the reconstruction, a bunt out would be the 3rd out, but he wouldn't be bunting in that situation. After all, it's Santana -- he would have slashed a double down the line!)Dozier singles and both runs score.Grossman strikes out.I assume that would be two unearned runs, but the notion of reconstructing the inning with the bunt doesn't make much since there should have been two outs and Santana wouldn't have been bunting. What is the explanation on that one? Is it the claim that Santana was actually bunting for a hit?
  13. IndianaTwin
    I know it's lame to quote your own post, but it would be fun to have a Twins Daily gathering in Cedar Rapids on Saturday night (the 19th). Any takers? I grew up south of Iowa City and went to a bazillion game at old Vets Memorial as a kid, but I've only been to the new digs once. If someone has a suggestion on a good place to gather before the game, I'm all ears.
  14. IndianaTwin
    I'd like to see Sano at 3B as long as possible, but whether he stays or moves from 3B really comes down to the alternatives. If the available 1B is the second coming of a pre-concussion Morneau and the best 3B option is Nick Punto (and remember that Punto turns 40 this fall), it makes sense to leave Sano at 3B.If there's a new Gary Gaetti at 3B and Craig Kusick Jr. is the 1B option, you move Sano.We can't predict either with precision for 2019, let alone 3-5 years or more from now. Either way, as my momma used to say, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
  15. IndianaTwin
    Edited... High minors: AA and AAA (and White Sox) Agree otherwise.
  16. IndianaTwin
    I've said this before, and I'll say it again. The overwhelming sense of civility here is what keeps me taking part in Twins Daily and not the other sites. Thanks again, moderators and other posters.
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    This is outstanding news, and I'm glad it's happening already rather than waiting a couple more weeks. He has nothing more to prove.* *This opinion may or may not be influenced by the fact that I have a business trip taking me to eastern Iowa, arriving on the 19th when the Kernels play Beloit.
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    I'll also add that this is the first 8-2 stretch of the season.
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    Tied for the second wild card nuthin'. The Twins are at .50877, whereas the Mariners are at .50862. That's clearly Advantage Twins!
  20. IndianaTwin
    Nice game thread, with the always interesting Joe M conversation. Speaking of self-driving cars, my son points out that once we have self-driving vehicles, we'll have country songs about how your truck left you too.
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    If Mejia can't go Sunday, I hope Gee gets the start.
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    My standard line is that basketball and football are just something to have on TV until baseball comes around.
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    I'm with you. He had several nice plays again tonight. AND Der Schlagger has moved into fourth on the Career Homers by a Player Born in Germany list. He's on pace to catch Mike Blowers in either late 2019 or early 2020.
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    This description of using a couple starts to look at Bartolo may be the POTD. And by D, I mean "decade." And speaking of Bartolo -- if he loses 133 pounds, is he a Semicolon? Finally, when I got home from work the other day, my wife said, "I"ve got good news. Your colonoscopy results are in. They found your head." Sorry, Chief, if I stole that from your repertoire.
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    Yep. It just seems like he was around forever because he had at least 28 starts in 11 of his 12 seasons, beginning at age 22. And the season he missed still had 21 starts. And talk about steady -- 8 of his 12 seasons had an ERA+ from 101 to 120. Two seasons were low 90s and two were 135 and 136. He always struck me as someone who was content with himself and a baseball life that treated him well and allowed himself to make solid chunk of money. He didn't seem like a hanger-on or someone that needed to maintain his identity by being in the public eye. And I mean all of that in the best way possible. Is that an accurate read?
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