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  1. USAFChief
    Trust me on this...you don't wanna be anywhere near RB's travel plans.
  2. USAFChief
    A pun-derstorm edit: I'll see myself out
  3. USAFChief
    HAHAHAHAHA NO WAY! you didn't say simon says.
  4. USAFChief
    Oui Cannes knot no.
  5. USAFChief
    yes.
  6. USAFChief
    Your welcome!
  7. USAFChief
    Actually, I believe it said "Drive thru pharmacy."
  8. USAFChief
    Quite possibly the best set-up of all time.
  9. USAFChief
    Oh. My. Gosh. I'm getting so tired of this. ANOTHER phone call from Mrs Chief complaining about car issues. She calls me like, once a week with some huge car crisis or another. "Won't start." "Flat tire." yada yada yada. Well, it just happened again. I'm at work and wouldn't you know it, a phone call from Mrs Chief. "Honey, can you come and get me?" "Car issues again?" "Uh...yes. Brakes went out." "OK, where are you?" "I'm in the CVS on 22nd St." "OK, be there in a few. Where's your car?" "Uh...in the CVS on 22nd St."
  10. USAFChief
    Homer always happy.
  11. USAFChief
    while playing first base. edit: ninja'd by SSOO.
  12. USAFChief
    Well, that would be more a question of "why start Gonzalez at 3rd instead of Astudillo?" more so than "Why Gonzalez at third and Astudillo in RF?" No?
  13. USAFChief
    The problem with that is, how would he know it's about him until he reads it?
  14. USAFChief
    Great catch Cron. Not at all easy. Mauer doesn't catch that.
  15. USAFChief
    Dunno, but I'd assume they'd rather downgrade defense at one position...the less important one, RF...than at two positions. As to the Cave/compromised OF defense question, again, Baldelli didn't need to make that choice until they sent Cave down. And they sent Cave down because someone made the decision that another pitcher was more valuable than the defensive difference between backup OFers.
  16. USAFChief
    As game thread regulars know, I like to stop by my favorite little neighborhood beer joint on the way home. There's this Irish fellow who's also a regular there. and most days when I pop in, he's either there, or he shows up shortly after I do. He plops down on a barstool, and the 'keep brings him three pints, all at the same time. Same order every day. He downs one, then the second, then the third. All of us regulars know he does this in honor of his two brothers back in Ireland, who he never has the chance to share a pint with any more, due to the distance between them. Well, Friday I stopped by the bar, and sure enough, he showed up minutes later. Only this time, when he sat down, he told the 'keep "make it two pints today, laddie. Just two." All of us in the bar fell silent, out of respect for what surely must be the cause of this change. Finally, I walked over, and told him how sincerely sorry I was for his loss. "Yeah," he said. "Tis a sad day lad. Me doctor told me I had to quit drinkin."
  17. USAFChief
    For some reason, I've been thinking today of my courtship of Mrs Chief. I remember asking her father for his permission to marry his daughter. It took me a long time to work up the courage to do this, since he had been incredibly hard on me the entire time I was dating Mrs Chief. Finally, I just decided to go for it, and asked him one night. "So, young man," he said, "you want to be my son-in-law, huh?" "Well, no," I replied. "I can't say that I do. But if I want to marry your daughter I don't have much choice, now do I, jerk?"
  18. USAFChief
    Castro is miles and miles better behind the plate than either of the other two Twins catchers. That's why he will continue to get a large percentage of the playing time. Garver isn't this good a hitter, either.
  19. USAFChief
    For someone who is consumed with the idea of versatility, you sure have an inexplicable fascination with Austin. This isn't hard...Baldelli would prefer not to play either Astudillo or Austin in RF, and didn't have to when Cave was on the roster. But the tradeoff was made between Cave, and another pitcher, and the cost of that is Astidillo might be in the OF, where he is almost certainly a better option then Austin. I can't answer the Cruz question, except to say he's older. Perhaps we wasn't feeling great. Perhaps they decided it wasn't worth the risk to his health. Dunno.
  20. USAFChief
    My personal opinion is just the opposite. He's a better pitcher when he's throwing the 4 seam fastball, up in the zone, early and often.
  21. USAFChief
    I would imagine they kept Astudillo over Austin because Astudillo actually DOES offer versatility. In a pinch, He can play catcher, 3 infield positions, 2 corner OF positions. Austin played first base, and in a pinch corner OF, although that's questionable. Plus there's reason to believe Astudillo is the better hitter. Also, the current Twins 25 man roster doesnt have CCave, so Baldelli isnt cchoosing who to play OF from the same set of options. No brainer.
  22. USAFChief
    Hope to see about 20 performances from Perez this year similar to tonight.
  23. USAFChief
    False. They held Baltimore scoreless over 3 innings. HA!! I kill me.
  24. USAFChief
    Schoop has really impressed me defensively. Good hands, great arm. Turns the DP as deftly as you'll ever see. So even if he quits hitting, he's not a total liability. Seems like a popular guy too, which never hurts over a long season.
  25. USAFChief
    David Ortiz called, he wants to know "how come that hack Randball does a piece on the 99 Twins and I cant even get a mention??"
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