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  1. PDX Twin
    It's so difficult to compare someone (Gordon) who is just a year or so away from MLB with someone who has never played a professional game. Maybe we should have a multivariate ranking scheme with ratings for potential, risk, and likely time to MLB. How one would aggregate these into a single ranking would depend on the situation. A team that is close to contention would place more weight on how soon the player would reach the big club. A team that is building for a more distant future might put more emphasis on potential.
  2. PDX Twin
    Yes. The idea that a veteran opponent firstbaseman would congratulate a kid on his first hit really brings out the fraternity of ballplayers. I would guess that we at TD probably "hate" the White Sox players more than the Twins players do.
  3. PDX Twin
    Or not. Asparagus and ice cream are my two favorite foods. My wife made me some asparagus ice cream a few years back. It was hideous and the after-taste was even worse.
  4. PDX Twin
    It seems to me that Granite is the victim of good health. Have the Twins had any field player go on the DL this year? In almost 3 months? In a normal year probably one of Mauer, Vargas, Grossman, Rosario, Buxton, and Kepler is on the DL at almost any point in time, which means that Granite can come up and play the OF (with Grossman to DH if it's Mauer or Vargas who is injured). I don't want to hope for injuries, but when the inevitable happens Granite might get his chance.
  5. PDX Twin
    Agreed! I don't speak Spanish, but I know a little about which syllable should be accented, and Per-EZ drives me up the wall! (Kind of like people who pretend that "data" are singular rather than plural.)
  6. PDX Twin
    How can you like Colorado's shape more than Wyoming's?
  7. PDX Twin
    What's with Santana. Mr. Home Run?
  8. PDX Twin
    We moved here in 1988. By 1999, our house had tripled in value and seemed very expensive. (Of course it's doubled again since.)
  9. PDX Twin
    No kidding! My wife and I freaked out traveling across Europe. The green cross over there is just a symbol for a standard pharmacy. Driving through tiny villages and seeing green crosses kind of freaked us out until we figured out that it meant something different.
  10. PDX Twin
    It's all in where you live and work. I live a mile from campus, so a 20 minute walk when the weather is decent or a 5 minute drive when it's not. Agreed about missing baseball, but it's kind of nice not to have a die-hard local following rooting against the Twins. Many locals are Mariners' fans, but few are intense and many follow their childhood clubs from wherever. I've spent most of my adult life rooting against the local teams where I've lived. It gets old.
  11. PDX Twin
    I think of Portland as 2/3 Minneapolis and 1/3 Bay Area. I've lived both places and loved both places, so it's no surprise that I love Portland. I've been told that Portland was settled more by Easterners in comparison to Seattle by Midwesterners, but I sure don't see much Boston or New York in the people here.
  12. PDX Twin
    When I read the title, I wasn't sure which kind of "promotion" you meant. When I saw the picture of the hideous Star Wars uniforms, I actually thought it was the other kind (until I read, of course). I love having your picture, Seth, but if the Star Wars uniforms were on my hard drive, I'd wear out the delete key.
  13. PDX Twin
    Seems like he will need an injury to one of Rosario, Buxton, Kepler, Grossman, Vargas, or Mauer to find a spot. I don't think Grossman and Vargas can coexist on the roster as essentially pure DHs. Actually, it's pretty amazing that all six of those guys have been healthy all season and we're already into June. (Or was Vargas hurt for a bit?)
  14. PDX Twin
    A nice gift to all the Cleveland fathers. (Actually, my late father was from Cleveland, so I shouldn't complain.)
  15. PDX Twin
    How does Encarnacion get pitched to with one out, first base open, and four RBIs already on the board?
  16. PDX Twin
    Wow! An optimist!
  17. PDX Twin
    Giminez barely tried for that one. "Eff" for effort today all around.
  18. PDX Twin
    The last couple of weeks this team has reminded me of last year: coming out onto the field asking "How are we going to lose today?" They just don't seem to have the confidence and swagger they had earlier in the year that they can get a lead, hold a lead, or overcome a deficit. Is there a clubhouse leader who can somehow change the negative thinking? Was there such a person earlier when we seemed to be able to overcome adversity and bounce back for a come-from-behind win or a big win to stop a losing streak?
  19. PDX Twin
    Why is it that we never buzz guys inside and back them off the plate after they hit the first home run? Instead we give them another batting practice pitch right down the middle.
  20. PDX Twin
    Unfortunately, it looks like we're on the way to a 2.25-0 loss. Oh well, the White Sox come in against our two starting pitchers this week, so maybe we can win a game or two.
  21. PDX Twin
    Maybe his parents could help with his footwork.
  22. PDX Twin
    I think maybe that's what you meant...
  23. PDX Twin
    It's a lot more fun to listen to the Mariners' broadcasters tonight than it was last night.
  24. PDX Twin
    How many do we let Pressly give up before we pull him out?
  25. PDX Twin
    We've made three outs at second base! Wasteful! (Am I greedy?)
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