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  1. USAFChief
    http://1xx4ut1acrag3wjo2f1nxf9wn5.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Hurricane-Florence-272x125.jpg been tracking Florence on CNN.
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    Feigner would play with a four man team. And win.
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    "Both of em?"
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    Geez, I just went out to my car to get my anti-depression pills, and some thief had broken in and stolen them. Dude, I hope you're happy!
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    please?
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    Similar to the discourse at Twins daily...it isn't.
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    Berrios has been very ordinary the second half of the season.
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    I think he can be a piece, used primarily against LH pitching, but I agree...I don't think he will end up a productive regular.
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    Funny you should ask. We got one of those "chair lifts" installed recently, and I'm not happy with it. In fact, you might say the thing is driving me up the wall.
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    The "effort" from Kepler on Perez' RBI single was disappointing. Perhaps he was stationed too deep, and couldn't get it, but to see him jogging in and fielding it on a hop after it drops 10 feet in front of him is disturbing. There's also no reason to have your off-field outfielder stationed so deep anyway. Who cares if Perez hits it over Kepler's head? The runs scores on a single anyway, and off field, it's much more likely to be the flare it was, in front of Kepler.
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    You know how to prevent a hangover? Keep drinking.
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    The Twins started their dismantling of the roster with the Escobar trade on July 27th. After the games of July 27th, the Twins were 48-53. Cleveland, 56-46. At that point, Cleveland was on pace to win 89 games. The Twins would have need to make up 6 games in the win column over the final two months. The Twins were certainly not in good shape, but not out of it. And it's a bit convenient to use Cleveland's results now, which are known, to shape an argument about what should have been done then.
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    Please stop inventing exaggerated positions to me that I haven't taken. I haven't said the Twins "were good in July." We've been through this multiple times, but one more time... I have said i didn't think they deserved to have the season torpedo'd. They were playing better, got to within 5 games of the division, and could reasonably have expected to get Sano/Buxton/Santana back and producing. Add to that, by being a buyer instead of seller, and I still think they had a chance. Instead, the 40 man was gutted, and filled with mostly dreck. There is pretty much nothing left on the 40 man that can reasonably be expected to provide significant help in 2019, sans Buxton. They've taken a team that had snuck into the playoffs in 2017, was largely expected to be a contender this year by most here at TD, and turned it into a team that I'm hard pressed to describe as better than KC, Detroit, or certainly Chicago. You may disagree, and that's fine. But there's nothing inconsistent about my position. I have long held to the position that there is nothing more overrated than prospects. Particularly prospects in the low minors. I could care less. If one or two of them end up being a significant contributor somewhere down the road, great. But I'll give the front office little credit for that, either. They will have gotten lucky, as will pretty much any front office when they acquire low minors prospects not within the top 5 or 10 in multiple ratings, and even that is somewhat of a crapshoot, as certainly we Twins fans should know without a shadow of a doubt.
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    Where did I say I believed the team was bad in July? That's your position, not mine.
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    I don't think the GOP is starting to walk away from him. Rick Scott is walking back one specific statement by Trump, because the Puerto Rican (and Latino) vote is significant in Florida.
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    I didn't like stripping the 40 man in July. I don't like the status of the 40 man today. There's nothing inconsistent about that.
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    Add Polanco to the list of Twins players for whom 2018 has been a year to forget.
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    If only the Twins had a veteran player. A player with catcher experience who doesn't play every day. Maybe someone who has been with the team for over a decade. Maybe such a player could be expected to provide some leadership. Alas, I guess the Twins will have to get their leadership from outside sources, for the final couple months of a lost season.
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    I think you might have this backwards. Shouldn't the "trade 'em all!" crowd be defending the results? How did that help the Minnesota Twins? You're glad we now have space for Gimenez, Belisle, Field, et al? Surely the difference between Escobar, Pressly and Dozier and the state of the organization must be more than we see, right? Or was a FSL pennant the end game?
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    Today is a momentous day. It is the day after the Twins managed to take 2 out of 3 from their nemesis from the Bronx. It is also a sad, sad day. My best friend here in Tucson passed away last night, right after he and I watched the Twins beat the hated Yankees. He's also a Twins fan, and a lifelong baseball fanatic like me. We had often wondered if there is baseball in heaven. Today, I heard my friend's voice, sort of younger, even though I couldn't see him. "Chief," I heard him say. "I have good news and bad news for you. First the good news...remember our conversations about whether or not there is baseball in heaven? Well, I can confirm there is not only baseball, but there are games every day. No offseason." "Well it's good to hear from you," I said, after getting over the shock. "And that IS good news. But...you said you had bad news too." "Yes, friend," he said. "Not only is there a game tomorrow, you're scheduled to lead off and play short."
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    And Odorizzi. fo' shizzi.
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    Smalley: "This is a HUGE series for the young Twins." Simmer down Roy.
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    WINNAH!
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    Speaking of Willmar State Junior College...in English 101, I was taught "i before e, except after c." But I was confused by this later that day when I showed up for Science 101. EDIT: My answer, of course, was to stop showing up for either.
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