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  1. USAFChief
    Booooooooooooooooooooooooo,
  2. USAFChief
    You make it sound so difficult. It’s really not. It hasn’t been since November. Get. It. Done. There’s an old saying about excuses, someone remind me...what are they like again?
  3. USAFChief
    Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
  4. USAFChief
    When I didn’t pay my electric bill, and I’m freezing to death because I can’t heat my house, i can either pay the exorbitant cost of hooking it back up, or die. I’m going to hook it back up, and maybe make a note to self “lesson learned, fool.” But I’m not going to wait for spring, hoping the prices will drop.
  5. USAFChief
    "Targets." They should have multiple targers, at least one of which will be at or near Rogers level. They need at least 2 arms. At least. If they have to overpay, it's their own fault. They put themselves in this position. And the prices aren't going down as the deadline gets closer anyway. Why would they?
  6. USAFChief
    HIcks has played 51 games this year. Buxton 75 Not that I liked the Hicks trade--terrible from the moment it happened--but in this case, he's played less than Byron.
  7. USAFChief
    I've been told by people I respect that "the market hasn't been established yet." Personally, I think that's pretty generous excuse making, but ok, let's grant that. We have to wait a week, rather than be a leader and actually establish a market for once. So start here: Mr Pohlad has repeatedly said money isn't a problem. Ian Kennedy is in KC with an onorous contract. But he'd be the Twins second best reliever, by a fair margin, IMO. Go get him. Take on a chunk of that contract, say...I don't know, 40 percent. KC will liklely happily accept that offer, for nothing much in terms of prospect(s). He could be here tomorrow, if you wanted to make it happen.
  8. USAFChief
    I'm told icing it helps.
  9. USAFChief
    If the top bid was going to be 15 bucks, they should have offered 20 long ago. Because that 20, looks more and more reasonable with each bullpen effort. To me at least. And heaven help the ticket sales dept if they blow this, or get steamrolled in a division series. They'll get roasted, and rightgfully so, IMO. There's an old saying, something about penny wise and pound foolish, that I think might be all to appropriate here. Caution, prudence, and resource guarding are all fine qualities, until they turn into a fear of making a mistake, which becomes the mistake, and it's too late.
  10. USAFChief
    You could have Ian Kennedy for an A ball lotto ticket if you picked up 40 percent of his salary. He's not the best reliever on the market, but he'd be the Twins second most reliable pen arm. All it would take is the offer.
  11. USAFChief
    On July 31st I expect to hear "there's only two relievers left, the prices just got TOO HIGH!" I'm only half kidding.
  12. USAFChief
    Why were Morin and Magill DFA'd? Neither do much for me, but they're CERTAINLY better than trusting leads to Kohl Stewart, Cody Stashak, Zack Littell, and Blake Parker. I've been told they were DFA'd to "make room on the 40 man." Room for what? Why should I care what other teams haven't done? It's not Falvine's job to run other teams, it's their job to run the Twins. "The market isn't really established?" C'mon. That's weaksauce, IMO. Corporate doublespeak. SET the market for once. Let others try to catch up.
  13. USAFChief
    Why do we care what others have or haven't done? Why is that any kind of excuse?
  14. USAFChief
    RB, I'm pretty confident that was hyperbole, and far from the worst that's ever been on a game thread. I'm pretty confident I can find worse from both of us.
  15. USAFChief
    Well for one thing, I don't give a good GD about the Yankees pen. I want to see the Twins win. Second, I expect the Yankee fans might be losing their minds about tonight's pen, but are pretty secure in the knowledge this is unusual, and unlikely to continue. And if it does, secure in the knowledge their front office will do something about it. I can't say any of the same about the Twins. It's not just tonight. And I'm not at all confident it won't continue, or the front office is going to do a damn thing about it.
  16. USAFChief
    4.91 ERA. 1.42 WHIP. 94-95 on a good night, occasional 95-96. Mediocre breaking stuff, decent command. He's just a guy. He'll get some outs. He's not even MLB average.
  17. USAFChief
    Many do. I don't think he 's any different than Kohl Stewart or any of the other AAAA guys we keep throwing against the wall. Marginally effective for short periods of time, when everything is going their way. Not someone who can be expected to perform at an above average level in the big leagues over any length of time. I expect Stashak to be exactly same.
  18. USAFChief
    You wouldn't trade the Yankee pen for the Twins pen???
  19. USAFChief
    Fake an injury and get Littell back. Another guy who the front office wants to pose as a MLB reliever.
  20. USAFChief
    When was the last inning the Yankees didn't score? Our bullpen is fine.
  21. USAFChief
    FFS>
  22. USAFChief
    Bremergasm.
  23. USAFChief
    So far.
  24. USAFChief
    This is somehow CASTRO's fault?
  25. USAFChief
    No.
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