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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    "interstitial time" ? I had to look that one up. Great use of a new word which I have just added to my vocabulary. Thanks Mathew. Also, this was a wonderful article. I hope Willi reads it.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    This is such a fun article. Thank you. I look forward to the next decade, and the next.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    I don't hear a fat lady singing...however I am in complete agreement with Nick on this. The remaining strength of schedules look fairly equal, except the Twins will be on the road more.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    A very eventful week for Minnesota. So much going on, mostly very positive. But those darn Guardians keep winning. I hope the Twins keep the petal to the metal.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great story. You will do great Sean. Everyone in the Twins is pulling for you.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    Lucas, I sincerely appreciate your sharing your knowledge with us at TD. Thank you.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    I would say that the clubhouse effect and leadership qualities can't be overstated. To me, "can't be overstated" means they are very important.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    A wise signing by the Twins. C4 throws a baseball like no other SS I know of. Strong and accurate. His baseball knowledge is outstanding. His offense and defense have been wonderful this year.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great article Cody. Your well written article was about more that numbers. It was about a man who gets back up each and every time he falls. Isn't this the ultimate character test for each of us?
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Mike, I agree about Vazquez. His defense and field leadership and his handling of the pitching staff are undervalued in this article. If not Vazquez, who would be the alternate catcher? This also adds to his value to the Twins. There is no one else to do his job.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Ugh ! There is no way to spin this loss into something positive.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    At the halfway point in a season, the strength of the first half schedule was important in determining the half-way standings. The remaining schedule weighs heavily in deciding where a team finishes the year. How does the Twins' strength of remaining schedule compare to the Guardians' remaining strength of schedule?
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    I think I can. I think I can.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Margo vs. Farmer? Until Julian gets back to the Twins, I submit that the Twins need Farmer to play occasionally at 2nd base. Castro and Martin are the 2 other second basemen on the Twins. Both of them are adequate in the OF. Since Wallner is strictly an outfielder, in order to promote Wallner to the Twins, another outfielder, Margo, needs to be traded for some very young, minor league, flame-throwing, low floor, high ceiling pitchers. The Twins can also pay some of Margo's salary, if necessary.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    When I was in the infantry in Korea in 1968-1969, we did not have heat tabs to cook our c-rations when we spent 4 days and nights at a time at Guard Post Gladys in the DMZ, nor when we went on 24 hour ambush patrols in the DMZ. Therefore we would open a Claymore mine and pull a strawberry- sized hunk of C-4 plastic explosive out of the back of the Claymore, light it and cook our c-rations over the intense flame, stirring the can of c-rations continuously so the "delicious" contents would not burn, while holding onto the folded back top of the can. The C-4 only exploded when we sent an electrical charge through a long wire from a hand-held clacker, which we squeezed 3-5 times rapidly to send the electric charge through the wire into the C-4, causing an explosion which sent dozens of metal pellets out the front of the Claymore mine. I appreciated the C-4 then and I now appreciate the other C-4, the shortstop, who ignites the Twins at bat and especially in the field with his marvelous play and his explosive arm and his positive energy.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    The saying goes that hindsight is 20/20. In hindsight, I would not trade Royce Lewis for anyone else in that draft. His infectious joy at playing baseball is off the charts.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    How much would Jose Abreu cost the Twins?
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree 100% Doc. Good positive character will carry one a long way, whether one is a baseball player or a politician or a voter.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    The 2019 Twins set the all-time major league home run record (307) and had the second most wins (101) by a Twins team, yet the Twins were again swept by the Yankees in the playoffs. That goes against your theory of the team with the most home runs wins. I know you did not write exactly that, but that is the way I interpreted your explanation of why the Yankees beat the Twins like a drum, year after year. In contrast I prefer my simple explanation of the Yankee dominance over the Twins as being revenge by the damn Yankees over the Senators tricking Mr. Applegate by the use of Joe Hardy. It's evil lashing out against the forces of good. It's the story of human kind's fate in a flawed world. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    A win is a win, no matter who the opponent may be.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    There is a great movie, which features the song, "You've Gotta Have Heart" and "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets" and "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo". The musical story is based on a novel titled: "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant".
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    I am glad to see Margot improve his batting. Last night he played CF. This is smart and playing into the FO's plans, which are to trade Margot for some flame throwing minor league pitcher.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    "Joe Hardy, Mr. Applegate, Lola". Can't you see? Don't you understand? This problem is much bigger than anything that any of you realize. Mr. Applegate (the Devil himself)) wants the Yankees to win, because they are inherently evil. In 1954 Joe Hardy out-smarted Mr. Applegate in the Broadway show; "Damn Yankees", resulting in Joe's team, the lowly Washington Senators, beating the Yankees for the pennant. As a result, the Devil was humiliated on the grand Broadway stage and he remains mad at the Senators/Twins and causes errors by the Senators/Twins, poor hitting by the Senators/Twins and poor pitching by the Senators/Twins as revenge for the Senators' victory 70 years ago in that musical. Until the Twins produce another Joe Hardy, to permanently break this evil spell, there will be tribulations for the "Minnesota Nice" Minnesota Twins whenever they play the "Evil Empire" New York Yankees. I thought Harmon was the one to do it, then there was Tony and then Joe, but Mr. Applegate prevailed. Now Royce and Walker are next. It is Good vs. Evil. The eternal struggle of mankind. (Sorry, I got a little carried away...I hate the damn Yankees !)
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    If you look straight at the center of the City Connect jersey and move your head rapidly in an up-down, nodding motion, the waves actually do ripple, and you can see subliminal pike slowly swimming by from the jersey's left sleeve to the right sleeve.
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