HitInAPinch

now THAT's the Nolasco we remember

oh boy. this is not looking good.

No freaking way !!!

Plouffe bunting? Are going to the a 'hidden ball trick' next?

and a Ricky Nolasco bobblehead doll night

yup. can't hurt. Nunez looked pretty awful at 2nd in just a couple attempts.

sceptic system

Didn't listen to the pre-game. what's the bullpen availability look like?

Escobar came up limping. Paging Polanco..... Jorge Polanco....

oh, isn't this sweet. Zuk get's a hit and White Sox have to send their inhouse shrink to the mound

Yeah, that's what i meant LOL

Suziki man's up and cranks one. Book it! huh?

Should have invited Dan Gladden to camp

Welcome Back Ricky Nolasco

It's an all inclusive list. OH GOD, WOODY HARRELSON!!

Harrelson is on my list of the worst MLB commentators. Actually he's the only one on the list....

Yup http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/team/depth_chart/?c_id=min

And that's exactly why the brought back Torii Hunter last year. Who are those veterans now? Dozier? Plouffe? They just don't seem like the leader type.

From the LEN3 “We’re not playing too well,” Ryan said. “Consequently, we are going to have to start making some difficult decisions for our players, whether it is their near future or distant. It is not going good enough for us to wait. We are going to have to make some decisions.” In a uncharacteristic move, TR is making moves before the All Star break. This team was NEVER a playoff contender. Not last year, not this year. Time for a change, and TR has already started. 1. The most important: sending Buxton down. Not even close to being a MLB hitter 2. Bringing up guys like Tonkin, Pressly and O'Rourke to if they've got the stuff. 3. Making room for Sano AND Arcia on the same roster. 4. Letting loose of Milone and Fien to clear non-producers spots Who I think needs the most work? Sano and Arcia. Issue: Professionalism. Sano: It is what it is. Twins needed to put him in the lineup someplace and RF isn't the greatest of ideas. But from what I saw, his play at 3rd isn't all that great, either. I still have visions of that belly flop a couple weeks ago. But that not my biggest concern. This is: http://www.twincities.com/2016/05/04/twins-miguel-sano-umpires-are-crazy-this-year/ Criticizing umpiring publicly is an extraordinary bad thing to do. I'm hoping Molitor had a chat with him. Arcia: kudo's for coming to camp in great shape. What took you so long to figure it out? My bigger concern is his grandstanding at the plate. On balls he puts in play, he stands at the plate, admiring what he did. I'm hoping Bruno had a chat with him. What I'm getting at here is this: Beyond Sano and Arcia, there are other players that seem to act like they are entitled to being in the MLB. Rosario, as much as I liked what I saw last year, is one of them. Send his butt down. And, this ain't all on TR. WHEW, this got a lot longer than I anticipated. Sorry, had to vent a bit :shoot:

One thing I've been noticing about Arcia: and maybe it's just me. After Arcia makes contact, he stands in the batters box and watches it. A couple games ago, it was a ball in play. A single. I like the way he dedicated himself in the off-season and got into shape. His AB's have been better. Now he needs to work on the little things. Like running his butt of when he makes contact!

Same here. We've seen this before and I don't want to see the same MLB results again. Walks are the only thing I'm really watching. So far, 4 in 10 games. OBP and OPS are above average. Call me greedy, I still need to see more.

Back in those days, our family didn't have TV

Dick Bremer is the 'plain white bread' of broadcasting and Bert is the classic 'retired home team clown' that baseball seems to like. I grew up listening to Herb Carneal and Halsey Hall on AM radio. Nuff said.

Yeah, I'm not very good with facetious