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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Nice summary Darwin22.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks for including this wonderful Rocco quote about Arraez. That quote is a classic quote describing a classic hitter. I really like this team.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great report. Thanks. However I would have chosen Canterino instead of Festa for pitcher of the day. No hits, no runs and 1 walk and 6 SO's over 4 innings.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Ritchie, I am sorry I ever doubted you. I BELIEVE !
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    I disagree. CC is needed to help the Twinkies to win the AL Central. Keeping CC sends a powerful message to the rest of the team, which is: "Win now!".
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    This post should not be allowed without a FLASH-BACK WARNING ! I read it and now I'm going to have to take a long walk in the woods to get the awful memories of last year's Twins season out of my aching head.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    Celestino is a very fast runner and he runs out every fair baseball he hits. Do the BBRef and BABIP take into account the speed of the hitter running to !B and the hitter busting it down to 1B on every play?
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    This exchange is awesome. Thanks for posting it.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good report Sherry. Thank you. I really do like two sacrifice bunts in one game. In fact, Tim Laudner said in the post game wrap up that he almost fell out of his chair with the second sacrifice bunt in one game. He loved them.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Well wishes to Winder. Complete recovery and quickly.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Leadership does matter in dugouts and in foxholes. I agree cheesehead.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    One does not have to "swagger" to win. It's about team rather than self.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    I contend Donaldson's personality fits the Yankees better than his personality fits the Twins.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Correction, Ben Rortvedt never made it into any Yankees' games due to a Spring Training oblique injury. He was rehabbing in Florida and he had a meniscus problem and had knee surgery May 18 and is out 6-8 weeks. I wish for a quick, complete recovery for him. But knee surgery for catchers are bad news.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Trade Ursella before the trade deadline. We don't have another catcher, so we must keep Sanchez and try to find a young, defensive minded catcher (we had one, but he is a Yankee now).
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    Doc your diagnosis sounds very positive. I'm mainly worried about winning the first game in a playoff and for that we need an ace. Ryan may prove to be the man. Gray is doing well, but we need more. What do you think of having Duran stretch out during the off season and spring training and making him a starter in 2023?
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    The Twins need that true ace which they have not had since Santana. Maybe Ryan will continue what he is doing and we can call him an ace. In fact I chose to call him an ace today. But seriously, time will tell about young Joe Ryan. Sure would help to get a healthy Maeda back in the rotation. I really enjoy watching him pitch. He is a pitcher that could be a difference maker. Let me ask this question...Would it be worthwhile to see what Duran can do as a starter next year? Why not? A good starter will pitch two to two and a half times the number of innings as a good reliever.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    PS, I see I am the top poster on this complicated issue.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    I have enjoyed everyone of these posts. This issue is like a play of light on a baseball diamond's multifaceted surface.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Remember the motto of the Alfred E. Newman: "What me worry?"
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    This also sounds reasonable.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    In the grand scheme of things, it will all work out. I can see the Twins trading Ursella to a desperate NL pennant contender who just lost its 3B to an injury sometime in June, for another Joe Ryan-like AAA pitcher. Then bring up Lewis to play 3B. Let's watch to see what positions Lewis plays at St Paul and we will get a better idea of what the FO has planned for Royce's immediate future.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    Makes sense to me.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    I like Rocco's style of management. Laid back, praises the players when appropriate and does not publicly throw anyone under the bus. Articulate. Good manners. Minnesota nice. Rocco has much more info upon which to base his decisions than we do. Some of this info cannot be shared out of loyalty to the particular player or the coach involved and some info cannot be shared because it would give the opposing teams information they could use against the Twins in a game. Through experiences in my life, I have come to admire the man in the arena. Theodore Roosevelt wrote: "It is not the critic who counts; it is not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. " Rocco is the leader on the field and in the clubhouse for the Minnesota Twins, my favorite team from even before the Senators moved to Minnesota. I admire his persistent efforts to help my all-time favorite sports team achieve goals which we dream about.
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