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  1. Platoon
    The fact that you are still able to use your fingers on the puter, makes me think that your comments to Ms. Chief were either not heard, or not as specific as you say?
  2. Platoon
    I don't give a crap about you not giving a crap about such crap!
  3. Platoon
    If Robbie ends up anywhere above 4th OF, you won't need Vegas to give odds on the teams playoff chances. Sheesh. And everyone thought Revere could not throw!
  4. Platoon
    I don't have the time to read all 4 pages, but did anyone mention trading Duensing yet? /)
  5. Platoon
    I think Jimbo has a definite point. He has seen an inordinate amount of mistakes. And if you go back and look, at least on tv replay, he is getting a large amount of pitches in his sweet spot. We also have not been exactly facing this years list of Cy Young candidates lately, as the teams recent overall hitting seems to show. He also seems to have hit an awful lot of foul GB which used to go to the third baseman. A lot of hitters have a hole in their zone, let's say 35% of the zone. With Dozier it's likely reversed. His hits in about 35% of the zone, and is virtually an automatic out otherwise. While he has been able to foul off some good two strike pitches, good pitchers are going to keep eating him up with that amount of a weakness.
  6. Platoon
    I was surprised Tanaka did not show some mercy to his fellow countryman! At least the Christians had a chance.
  7. Platoon
    I was surprised Tanaka did not show some mercy to his fellow countryman!
  8. Platoon
    Just catching up, 11 straight strikes. It is sometimes better to leave sleeping dogs, sleeping. As for Milone. It's a great idea to attack the strike zone. But it would also be great to have so,ethic to attack it with.
  9. Platoon
    How could we know? They don't even seem to have any idea!
  10. Platoon
    In the attached article by John Shipley of the Pioneer Press, Molitor and Ryan seem again on different pages. Molitor seems to admit that he thinks he will be judged by wins. He also throws out the idea of Park going to Rochester, while Ryan seems not that sold on the idea. I am not a Molitor fan, but I do think if Ryan wants to do his version of a rebuild, he has to assure Molitor that if the young players get time, and they struggle, and the losses pile up, it will not be a rationale for looking for a new manager. It's the only way a rebuild can successfully occur. I found it an interesting read. http://www.twincities.com/2016/06/23/twins-debate-sending-byung-ho-park-to-rochester/
  11. Platoon
    I seriously doubt Rob Anthony would announce that the phone is ringing off the hook and increase the pressure on th FO. C'mon! I would move Plouffe, he is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kind of like whoever was the Vikings wide receiver when Randy Moss arrived. You really have a choice between Dozier and Polanco. That's the reality. It seems Polanco is a pure hitter, Dozier certainly is not. Glove wise, might be closer than some think. I am not on the EE is an above average shortstop train. But I would keep him over Nunez because I trust his glove more. Which is why a SS exists, not for his bat. Nunez goes, sell high for a change. Park? A guy like Kang makes you think it could some day work, but so far he has actually regressed. You could flip him and ABW for a month, and see what you have in each. That's what this season should be about. But remember, while you might fleece a GM desperate for a fill in, they all know that the bats of Dozier, Plouffe, EE, and Nunez for the last month are not real. Each has enough history to go back and look at that far exceeds thirty days. And also remember this is Terry Ryan we are taking about. You'll be damn lucky to see Park go to AAA, trading Plouffe would be over the top for him!
  12. Platoon
    I was one of those who thought this was not going to be a good year in the first place. I agree, no one thought it would be worst team ever status, but I was not optimistic. The whole roster was a shambles coming out of ST, not just the pitching. You cannot try and hammer your way to a successful baseball season. And while I know that roster was set by Ryan, I think that in this instance we lucked out. Ryan would not have traded a couple blocking veterans for an arm or two he would have traded a couple more guys like Hu, guys with good upside, for a chance to go from 60 wins to 70 wins? But I also thought a Chargois and Burdi would be settled in by now. Picking up top end FA relievers is for good baseball teams. Not us.
  13. Platoon
    Plating a run is on a par with Gladdens constant "elevating a fastball" I got so sick of that term, I start d using the stair again!
  14. Platoon
    It's possible he got sidetracked?
  15. Platoon
    If Albert Einstein had studied the last twenty years of TwinsWorld, his most famous work would have been titled 'Theory of Irrelativety'!
  16. Platoon
    I wish Abner Doubleday could have saw this series. He would have thrown up his hands and declared the game unplayable, a poor use of grass, and unfit for the general public! And put the cows back in the pasture.
  17. Platoon
    I have posted this before. If they get hot, they are too valuable to trade, and if they stay cold, they have no trade value. That's the company line. Ryan is already waffling on the no RF remarks. I am sure before he trades Precious Plouffe, he might send Park down for awhile. It's gonna kill Ryan to trade Plouffe. There is no history of him trading FO favorites. I am afraid his hair will fall out! Edit: I might add that this is a FO and manager that is sending its stud on rehab today, and either they don't know what to do with him, won't say because it's super secret, or never thought about it until asked by one of the intrepid beat reporters. Sheesh
  18. Platoon
    So if I were to use an axe bat and join the Twins? (First off I would have to have been released by every team in MLB, sign a MiLB contract, and be moved to the bigs two days later, and have a hopeless future). I got that part covered. Anyway, assuming that using a normal bat, I would never hit a fair ball in my career, would I hit about .060 with the axe? And if so, and I battled my tail off, would I have a long and secure career in Mpls?
  19. Platoon
    Plouffe could? have a chance to put up some numbers, but he isn't getting the soft stuff he used to, and he isn't a great FB hitter. Dozier as a long ball threat is cooked. He either goes the other way for doubles and the rare mistake HR, or he goes back to pull happy Brian. He still is kind of, the ground balls through the hole, and the foul ground balls down the line, are hiding it for now. It has been better, but anyone who thinks he's a changed man is listening to theTwins publicity machine. Park is still a lotto ticket. Huge uppercut. And seems to be a big guess hitter. The big time power is there. I have no doubt Sano and Buxton will be just fine. Only in TwinsWorld would this be considered a power lineup. Of course only in TwinsWorld would anyone put all these guys on the same team and expect results!
  20. Platoon
    Thanks for sharing. The paragraph pertaining to Shane Robinson tells a lot about why the Twins are the Twins. We fall in love with the same type of player over and over and over. Punto, Robinson, Suzuki, and now Grossman. It's like watching the movie Groundhog Day. We have never been able to differentiate between players that can "play" MLB, vs being able to "win" in MLB.
  21. Platoon
    2500-1? Seems a little optimistic to me!
  22. Platoon
    Your chickens over there seem to have extremely long necks?
  23. Platoon
    The good news about Park is when we play in the NL, missing the DH won't really be an issue. The bad news for Park, is EE hitting for him tells you a lot about what's gonna happen when the Big Guy returns from rehab.
  24. Platoon
    EXTENSION EXTENSION EXTENSION
  25. Platoon
    Looks normal to me!
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