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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Alcala has finally been a great reliever the last 5 games...just not for the Twins !
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    Especially if Luke K can produce at 2B when he returns. Lee, LK, Bader, Vasquez and Royce Lewis bring special extrovert energy to the game. Buck brings a quiet, thoughtful energy that is similar to the introvert energy of Morneau and Mauer and Pablo. Ryan's energy is in a class by himself. He is a different cat. Bottom line, energy fuels the team. Defense, base running and pitching win games.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'd like to comment some more, but I must go because have some "mechanic" work to do. I've got to put a rear end in a recliner.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Some of you watched a different 9th inning than I did. Sands, not Bride, was the pitcher who gave lost the shutout. Sands needs to do something differently, quickly. I also suggest that Rocco order everyone to arrive at the ball park 4 hours early than they had been arriving, so the players can cat nap, play cards, socialize and relax before the game, so they can score 10 runs.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks for the wonderful Updike quote. It was beautifully written.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    I am sorry, but I can't do this. I live in North Carolina. The Twins don't care if I watch them or read a book. However. this mess is not good for me.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    Righty/lefty
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    I remember that book. I used to own it.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks for this article Cody. I needed to read this encouraging news today. Baseball is a funny game.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Two Positives: At least Ober didn't walk anyone. Lee made a spectacular catch the start the game, dodging the umpire and the 3rd base coach to do so.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    That is so funny.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Nick, Unfortunately your article about the Twins returning to rock bottom, was spot on. Every year I go to spring training at Fort Myers, get excited and worked up about this being the year the Twins will win the World Series, then this happens. The losses pile up. I count how many years it has been since 1991. Then I get discouraged. Then the draft comes around and injuries happen and the Twins fall further and further behind the Tigers/Guardians/Royals/White Sox and then the Yankees come to town and we are humiliated again. But you know what else happens? Twins' baseball ceases to be fun for me and I shake my head and wonder what is wrong with the Twins. If I had a normal life, instead of my asking, "What is wrong with the Twins?", I would be asking the question, "What is wrong with me for spending my time like this?" But I don't have a normal life. I'm addicted to being a Twins' fan. However, I don't have any other addicted Twins' fans here in North Carolina, with whom to bond. I'm alone, adrift in a sea of mediocracy...a sea of despair. Cognitive dissonance is a term some have used to explain sports fans' blind loyalty, in spite of the same disappointing results being repeated year after year. I'm not sure if that is correct, but I do know I have just spent the last hour of my life trying to understand and explain why I keep doing this.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    CH - Those figures you compiled in this post are amazing ! You took a lot of time to get these figures. I really appreciate your extraordinary efforts. Your post is really one of the most amazing posts I have ever read on TD's website.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    The catchers' ERA's probably have a lot to do with which pitchers each catcher regularly catches for.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    Being an army combat veteran, myself, I do understand your point about his not being a soldier, which I feel is a calling that some have and some don't. And that's OK. And we do carry memories with us as veterans. That's part of the deal. And sometimes we are vilified, like the Vietnam vets were when coming home from Vietnam. That was not fair to them. Sometimes we are just ignored. That's not OK either. That's not part of the deal. Even though Royce Lewis has been paid well, and probably is set for life financially, it doesn't mean we should vilify him when he can't produce the results we fans desire. No one is more frustrated about Lewis's injuries than Royce Lewis. He is trying hard to please us fans and his brother teammates, and to live up to his exceptional potential, which why I quoted from the great African American poet, Langston Hughes, who knew a lot about frustration and deferred dreams. But then I thought about soldiers. My buddies Michael Rymarczuk from Philadelphia and Pvt. Kwan, a South Korean assigned to our company, and Joseph Cayer, from I don't know where, and Mike Reynolds from New York, all had their dreams deferred permanently July 30th, August 5th and September 27th, in 1968 in the Korean DMZ while I was there. That's part of their deal with America. Now I carry them with me everywhere. During my life, I did the best that I could to honor them, by being a good citizen, to help other vets, to remember them, to find their families to tell them their sons were good soldiers and good men, and to tell others about them. And that is why I have posted this non-baseball message. To tell you about them. Remember them.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    Tell us how you really feel, Dan.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    RpR, I don't understand why you think this post is funny. It is really a post about a sad situation where a young player on our favorite team needs encouragement. I admit my encouragement might be a feeble attempt, but my intent was to personalize Royce Lewis's feelings and to sympathize with him and to encourage him. In our lives we all face times like this and encouragement helps. I just don't want Lewis to stop trying, when he is feeling like he can't keep doing this.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good defense, few passed balls, strong accurate arm, baseball knowledge of what constitutes pitching success, pitch calling ability, a motivator of pitchers, a team leader. Hit .240 or above with 15 HR's and the ability and inclination to lay down a bunt when I feel it is necessary and to hit behind the runners. Finally, a 3 time batting champion would be nice, but that would fall under your term of "wishful thinking". I can sum up my description of a good catcher in two words: "Joe Mauer". I don't know where they are, but I know where they are not...in Minnesota. Ryan Jeffers is a good catcher, but next year there is no one to catch besides Jeffers and Jeffers alone is not enough. That is my whole point.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Langston Hughes wrote: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?....Or does it explode?" Jim Valvano famously said: "Never give up". We're all pulling for Royce Lewis, not for ourselves, not even for the Twins, but because his is a young friend who is struggling with some unfortunate things in his life, which are beyond his control and he is doing he best he can. Keep fighting "Bulldog", keep fighting and never give up. Explode !
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Trade any of them or combination of them and bring in two good young catchers. I know young catchers are expensive, but the Twins need one badly. The Twins should be sellers this season. This team is a mess. It started with Royce Lewis's injuries, resulting in Bride's playing way too much, and poor Matt Wallner's inconsistency, and the team's stubborn failure to advance runners ( just bunt the damn runner over in extra innings) and then Pablo's injury, which just sunk this ship. However, I realize that just when I think I am out, they will reel me back in. Gloom, despair and deep, deep misery.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    I feel if the pitchers were unhappy with Vasky, the pitchers would not make any comments about him, but would remain silent rather that lying about it. Look at the ERA differences when Jeffers is catching and Vasky is catching. in the article. How do you explain that?
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    Plus Rod Carew needs to have some bunt lesson sessions with Vasquez and Rocco needs to let him bunt runners over.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    I say we should listen to the pitchers who praise Vazquez. The pitchers know more about his contributions to the team than anyone of us.
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