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  1. USAFChief
    Heh
  2. USAFChief
    Until it doesn't.
  3. USAFChief
    So then you DO have an extremely low opinion of Baldelli's integrity? Would you accept a job you weren't allowed to do? And yes, I would hope a new manager would do some things differently.
  4. USAFChief
    I read this a lot, and I don't buy THIS either. The manager writes out the lineup. Makes pitching changes. Sets or doesn't set mandatory infield practice. Batting practice. Playing time. Pinch hitting. When to sacrifice, or not. Controlling the opponent's running game, and how. Etc etc etc. I'm not going to blame Baldelli for failure to pick up anything helpful at the deadline. Likewise, absent some strong proof, I'm not going to blame Thad Levine for things that are Baldelli's responsibility. One would have to have a pretty low opinion of Baldelli to believe he'd even accept a job he's been told he won't be allowed to do.
  5. USAFChief
    Thank you. The idea the Twins are "exhausted," as claimed in the OP, is ridiculous. As for the rest of the OP, the leader of any team almost always gets exactly the level of motivation and execution he permits. Look in the mirror for a change, Rocco.
  6. USAFChief
    Leading the WC race? Clinging to the final WC spot, you mean. The Twins have only themselves to blame for sagging interest. They've practically engineered it, starting last fall.
  7. USAFChief
    I'm still holding out hope I'll owe you a beer at season's end. But it ain't looking good.
  8. USAFChief
    This aged well.
  9. USAFChief
    C'mon Morneau...don't hold back. That was a terrible AB from Lee. Say so. Don't dance around it.
  10. USAFChief
    KInda hard to imagine us scoring 5...and us holding them scoreless from here. sigh
  11. USAFChief
    Festa's lucky this is the Angels. He has zero command.
  12. USAFChief
    It's beyond irritating Farmer continues to be in the lineup. Just stubborn refusal to admit anybody made any kind of mistake.
  13. USAFChief
    Maybe give em more than an inning... but yeah. not off to a flying start here
  14. USAFChief
    I think this almost HAS to be true. If for no other reason than I hate to watch him jog down the line and imagine what that implies if he's NOT battling some sort of leg issue.
  15. USAFChief
    I KNEW you were a commie!!1!
  16. USAFChief
    Just got an email from the Twins...$9 ballpark access tix. They're scrambling.
  17. USAFChief
    Which would, uh, be better than Austin Martin.
  18. USAFChief
    And yet, many, many players play every day. For 6 months or more. And are performing in September. Holy cow. SAL Perez has 141 games played. Nearing 575 PAs. He catches 4 or 5 times a week. Is he exhausted? I don't buy this for a second. It's not easy. But it's baseball. Spending 6 or 7 hours preparing for, and playing baseball (and thats a pretty generous estimate), 6 days a week, shouldn't tire out a 20-something.
  19. USAFChief
    Curious to see tonight's attendance. I'd be surprised if they draw 20K. Between Ownership, the front office, management, and the players they've seemingly done everything in their power to damp down enthusiasm and interest, starting last fall. And now with football kicking off, it's gonna just get worse.
  20. USAFChief
    Arizona Fall League. Make it so.
  21. USAFChief
    What a strange, poorly conceived article.
  22. USAFChief
    Not unless they're expected back during the trip. Why would they?
  23. USAFChief
    Concur. I wish the Twins, when they lose a centerfielder, would call up and use a CENTERFIELDER. Ditto shortstop, third base, etc. A fill in, or utility guy, for a day or two, OK. But every day? No. Get a replacement up. That way you probably suffer offensively, but at least you limit the downgrade to mostly one side of the ball. Let's play Kiersey in CF. Every day.
  24. USAFChief
    As for Lewis, he better be battling some type of lingering leg issue, or somebody better explain why he isn't required to run out ground balls. Not even pretend to hustle. That's not a good look, at all. He lost one base, for sure, in KC this weekend. Possibly two, on ground balls misplayed by infielders. They were turned into outs because Lewis was jogging from home to first.
  25. USAFChief
    C'mon. Batting practice? MLB players put in more hours than just games, sure. But physically demanding? No. Not to mention they have unlimited access to the absolute best therapeutic recovery methods, training staff, medical staff, nutrition, etc etc etc known to mankind. Chartered flights. The best hotels. Catchers get physically abused. They cant be expected to play every day. Nobody else on a MLB team has a single solitary excuse for not meeting the physical demands of the job. Or whining about it.
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