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  1. PDX Twin
    I'd like to think we shall Obercome, but I just don't really see it happening...
  2. PDX Twin
    diet Coke, by the looks of him.
  3. PDX Twin
    I remember the "viertal pfunders" in Austria back when I ate meat.
  4. PDX Twin
    Where was this Correa when it mattered?
  5. PDX Twin
    Kind of fitting that he at least hits right ...
  6. PDX Twin
    With the double header, they can bring up Varland without using an option (again).
  7. PDX Twin
    I'm not worried. We should have clinched third by then and not have to worry about the Royals getting hot.
  8. PDX Twin
    Buxton would have caught that (and injured himself on the wall).
  9. PDX Twin
    Would we miss him if someone stole him?
  10. PDX Twin
    Pickles is cruising.
  11. PDX Twin
    I was away from the screen. What happened to Arraez?
  12. PDX Twin
    I do love seeing Cave hustle! It reminds me of Nick Punto, whom I always loved watching (even if the results weren't always too keen).
  13. PDX Twin
    Just in case anyone is still interested, the Minnesota Twins play the Kansas City Royals this afternoon/evening in the battle for third place in the weakest division above AAA. After Joe Ryan’s dominating win last night, the Twins’ magic number for clinching third is down to 9: with 22 games remaining they are 14 ahead of the Royals. Sweeping tonight and tomorrow would lower it to 5 and pretty much seal third place. On the mound for the home team is 32-year-old Sonny Gray, with a 7-4 record and 3.09 ERA. According to mlb.com, his nickname is Pickles. Opposing him will be 38-year-old Zach Greinke, who is at 4-8 and 4.00 this season. This is a rematch of the August 16th game at Target Field, in which both pitched 6 effective innings, but Greinke was tagged with a loss because he allowed one earned run (three total) whereas Pickles threw 6 scoreless innings on the way to an impressive team shutout and 9-0 victory. Greinke is not the same pitcher he was ten years ago and some of the young Twins have impressive records against him: Miranda is 2/3, .667; Urshela is 6/13, .538; Gordon is 3/6, .500; and Arraez is 4/10, .400. On the other side, you can tell from the numbers that Pickles has not pitched for the Twins very long: Salvador Perez is hitting .182 against him with no homeruns in 22 at-bats. Surely no one pitching for the Twins could compile that kind of record! Tonight’s starting lineups are below: Go, Twins! Let's go ahead and put this third-place battle to bed!
  14. PDX Twin
    Agree 100%. I'll be back tomorrow to do the GT intro.
  15. PDX Twin
    And the shutout ... and the win?
  16. PDX Twin
    I know that quoting myself is tacky, but this is the argument for relegation and promotion. Even if you didn't bring the minor leagues into the system, you could have three 10-team leagues: First, Second, and Third Divisions. Bottom two drop; top two promoted. Playoffs are for the top 5 teams in Division 1, top 2 in Division 2, and top 1 in Division 3. That way a team that improves super-fast still has some chance of winning the World Series, but most teams are matched up against teams of comparable ability most of the season. Plus, the bottom teams in Divisions 1 and 2 have a lot to play for at the end of the season. End of crazy proposal that no one else will like.
  17. PDX Twin
    Yeah, but the NY on the caps makes the Twins play like a AA team.
  18. PDX Twin
    The Twins would be much more fun to watch if they played these AAA-quality teams regularly!
  19. PDX Twin
    Point taken, but it doesn't seem like most of the Twins' injuries will lead to anything like CTE in a couple of decades. (Fingers crossed for Mauer.)
  20. PDX Twin
    Hours of commercials interrupted by minutes of concussions.
  21. PDX Twin
    My take: We should be playing for the future now. Celestino is a legitimate Twins prospect for future years. I'd play him; every game helps his development. Hamilton is gone in a couple of weeks. Use him in spots where he can be useful but don't force him into the lineup.
  22. PDX Twin
    He's paid to sound optimistic. I would expect that he is wrong if "this thing" is the Twins' hopes for the season. I would hope that he is wrong if "this thing" is his Twins' career.
  23. PDX Twin
    Maybe, as the son of a coach, he will already know how to bunt and hit to all fields, skills that the Twins seem unable or unwilling to develop in their prospects.
  24. PDX Twin
    That's what I was hoping. That may be one reason why they aren't bringing him back up.
  25. PDX Twin
    When they bring up a player for the first time as the extra man for a doubleheader (Varland) do they need to use an option in sending him back down? If so, then there's no cost to having him up again. If not, then bringing him back up would require them to use one if they didn't keep him on the roster the rest of the season, right?
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