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  1. HitInAPinch
    Probably best to sit Duffey for a week, get some working the side.
  2. HitInAPinch
    Short memories are cool !!!
  3. HitInAPinch
    no
  4. HitInAPinch
    Not sure I understand demoting Buxton to AAA again. We know he can dominate there. Why demote him, again, after a very bad start, again, with a pretty SSS, again. It's really sink or swim time for Buxton. And it may take awhile.
  5. HitInAPinch
    The lower levels of the MiLB are really a crap-shoot. Fill up the rosters with as many as you can handle, then start weeding them out. I'd like to see a chart of those that got "weeded" and see how many ended up successful. Then again, I'm not the guy creating those charts AND I'd question the real value of them. Other than "oops, we missed on that one" or "OH you ****heads!!" International signings are a crap-shoot, too. Every now and then, you get really lucky and find a Sano-type. I wonder what those odds are?
  6. HitInAPinch
    Personally, I'm saving myself a lot of consternation and waiting to see what happens during Sano's rehab stint. Plouffe's playing time at 1st seems to indicate a changing of the tide...
  7. HitInAPinch
    noticed you had to leave first.....
  8. HitInAPinch
    I like the way the Twins have been fighting back lately. But the starting staff is sure making it tough.
  9. HitInAPinch
    C'mon Buxton. 1 hit.
  10. HitInAPinch
    Must be the new bat. Stopped using Axe Bat. Sounded to much like Ass Hat.
  11. HitInAPinch
    Escobar is one of the few Twins that I like in a clutch situation.
  12. HitInAPinch
    Gotta agree. AAA is for play time. Park is like a boat now: a black hole in the water you throw money into.
  13. HitInAPinch
    Bert on the ball for that Intentional Walk.... Escobar pinch hitting for Park!! Park to MiLB...
  14. HitInAPinch
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2zBi4_4y5tM/UGQJ_DwiNkI/AAAAAAAALoA/4s8UwIW8HWA/s320/old+people.jpg
  15. HitInAPinch
    Well, ****...
  16. HitInAPinch
    Wow, nice comeback by Tonkin! Edit: for a second
  17. HitInAPinch
    yeah, still can't remember. or selective memory......
  18. HitInAPinch
    No
  19. HitInAPinch
    Phillies got themselves a bunch of Gold Glovers. Can Twins purchase more games against them?
  20. HitInAPinch
    Suzuki with a double and another HR? When did we switch to another alternative universe?
  21. HitInAPinch
    just logged back in. watched Duffey's first couple and bailed. what the heck is going on? I was expecting this game to be almost over
  22. HitInAPinch
    Phillies 1. Odubel Herrera (L) CF 2. Andres Blanco (S) 2B 3. Maikel Franco ® 3B 4. Ryan Howard (L) DH 5. Tommy Joseph ® 1B 6. Cameron Rupp ® C 7. Cody Asche (L) LF 8. Freddy Galvis (S) SS 9. Peter Bourjos ® RF Twins 1. Eduardo Nunez ® SS 2. Robbie Grossman (S) LF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Brian Dozier ® 2B 5. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B 6. Max Kepler (L) RF 7. Byung Ho Park ® DH 8. Kurt Suzuki ® C 9. Byron Buxton ® CF
  23. HitInAPinch
    When it was first brought up, the concept of a 4-man rotation of Mauer, Park, Plouffe and Sano rotating between 1st, 3rd and DH did not mean a merry-go-round type rotation. If a play is on a hot streak, you don't mess with the streak. Mauer and Park would obviously not be part of a 3rd base rotation. Sano [1st, 3rd, DH, RF-maybe] and Plouffe [1st, 3rd, DH] have more flexibility. The concept is to free-up positions and more time for guys like Kepler to get more playing time. I don't know where Sano will play in the short-term, but I'd keep my options open. Wherever he plays on the field, Sano will not be confused for a ballerina. In the end, I think he's a DH. BTW: Love that picture of Sano. LOOK; up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! LOL
  24. HitInAPinch
    #1 seems like the only choice. I don't know what happened early this year [i've speculated elsewhere that the team didn't take Spring Training very seriously] but as it stands right now, success probably won't happen next year, either. I say, take advantage and follow what the Red Sox have done: make 'em learn in the MLB, come hell or high water. Get Berrios up, May back to the rotation [RP may have been the cause of back problems...] Duffey stays, and let them pitch. The rest of this year, and maybe next, it could be ugly. Same for Buxton and Rosario. Sink or swim in the MLB. At least we'll know. Need to start thinning out the plugin pitchers in the bullpen and see what some of the MiLB RP's can do. Objective, same as the SP's. Further more [ and, yeah I know you were only talking about pitchers ] Sano. In yesterday's appearance of Plouffe at 1st base, did the Twins just create a 4-man rotation for 3 positions? Mauer, Park, Plouffe and Sano rotating between 1st, 3rd and DH? Moving forward, this kinda makes sense to me [find Sano's best position, increase Plouffes' trade value, etc.] Max Kepler seems to be improving at a pretty decent pace. Why change that? Buxton back to MiLB would be a waste of time. We already know what he can do there. Grossman? Might make a pretty decent trade candidate.
  25. HitInAPinch
    I think I still have a whiplash injury from the homer he hit off Chapman. Thanks for the info on the new bat. Axe bat's for everyone!
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