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  1. strumdatjag
    While watching a 2023 Spring Training Game, I commented to someone that I was fast forwarding thru Castro’s at-bat because he wasn’t going to make the team. I was way too wrong last year, and off the charts wrong in 2024. Congrats to Willi Castro, who is very deserving of this. He joins a list of great utility guys for the Twins, Tovar, Warshington (as Killebrew pronounced it), Newman, Punto, Escobar (and maybe I missed a few more).
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    Nice pbp by Marnie Gellner tonight.
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    Continues in Chicago tonight!!
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    Lack of at bats keeps Miranda and Lewis off the team. Jeffers’ production has dropped off. BUT - Jax, Ryan, Buxton and Castro are worthy and one may make it to replace an injured player. Santana has been surprisingly good, but not at an all-star level.
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    I watched him stretch and turn great throw from Correa into a great play. He’s hitting like he did years ago. I didn’t see this coming. I will give you a Mea Culpa.
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    NEVER LEAVE THE BALLPARK EARLY. You are guaranteeing missing games like tonight’s. You also guarantee missing the walk-off win. For those who say “they lost anyways” or that it was worth “beating the traffic”, you just don’t get it. That crowd was Rockin’ and you missed the excitement. Skip the first inning if you can’t take in a full game.
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    I only see one camp that’s passionate. One camp says that the person I have still not given a name is available, likely to be a cheap contract (Twins don’t want to spend too much this year). has arguably put his troubles behind him while possibly maintaining an elite skill level, and therefore should be part of the “Mercenary” conversation. The other camp is the passionate camp:that detests the guy, and wants to shut down all conversation about him.
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    John Cale (after his stint inthe Velvet Underground) wrote a song about mercenaries being paid a meager wage: Which is just about enough to make them wanna kill for you. But not enough to make them wanna die for you! Fortunately, even the minimum MLB salary would not be a “meager wage”. So, I have no problem with the Twins obtaining the right mercenary
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    He set the record for strike-outs in that league. Sounds pretty maximum to me.
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    He played two years, so after one year he was brought back.
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    The Twins could sign a former Cy Young Award winner, with two good seasons in Japan and this year a stellar season in Mexico, setting the league strike-out record. They would not have to give up anything and MLB may be spared from litigating a nasty lawsuit. He has been rumored to be a cancer in the clubhouse, and is disliked so much by some on TD that I didn’t even mention his name. But he would instantly improve the pitching on this team.
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    Varland would contribute if the Twins would just settle on him as a reliever.
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    We had to watch a less than stellar 2023, because of C4 foot pain. This year, he is playing at an all-star level. I like Corey Seager too.
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    I’m not. But Joe deserves this. Again, I suggest he use some of his wealth to hire some comedy writers and give the best induction speech ever given. Deadpan, aw-shucks delivery. Practice it. Give credit with an edge. Then when people laugh, look befuddled like he didn’t mean to be funny. C’mon Joe, you can do it!!!!
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    With Matt Wallner on a tear in AAA, why not give Max Kepler’s arm a rest on the IL? Matt Wallner has a gun for an arm that should play well in RF.
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    If professional athletes were excluded based on their sexual choices, there would be a sizable minority excluded. Think of the many players with multiple children from multiple women. After the games, many players on road teams often hang out in “Gentlemen”s Clubs”. This is a time when sexual preference is not supposed to bar one from employment - even those that appear to most of us as kinkier.
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    In April, Bauer’s accuser was indicted on charges that she defrauded him. Meanwhile, he has had two good years in Japan and just set the Mexican League Strike-out record. Houston has apparently shown some interest in signing him.
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    Jorge Polanco is coming off of Seattle’s IL. He is batting .195 on the year so far. Sub-.600 OPS. Looks like the Twins broke their ties with Polo just in time. I remember, several years ago, going to see Buxton in Cedar Rapids and coming home extremely impressed with Polanco. It’s a tough biz.
  19. strumdatjag
    Oops. I meant 50% Fans, 25% Players and 25% Sportswriters.
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    It ain’t happening for Royce. Too few games played and too many spots will be taken by unworthy players voted in by the fans. The vote for starters should be a compilation of 50% fans vote, 25% players vote and 50% sports writers vote. That should reduce the number of unworthy but “popular” players starting. The fans voting will reduce the exclusion of blackballed but worthy players that are either unliked by players (personality or other issues) or by writers (who don’t like the good players who won’t give interviews).
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    Another fact: More time has been spent devoted to chronicling the tenure of Willie Mays with the Minneapolis Millers than Willie Mays spent playing for the Minneapolis Millers. True, but I won’t fault you.
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    OK - I don’t like the bandana on the head. I’ll put up with the excessive eye-black (I’ll even give you Auston Martin’s excessive eye black too). Just have Royce dump the bandana. If it wasn’t for the bandana, I’d buy into Royce-mania.
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    Willie Mays was much better than Twins Pitcher Joe Mays!
  24. strumdatjag
    Best thing to do when Deduno was on the team: Chant “Day-Doo-Noe” in response to the stupid canned Dayo cheer. Again - can somebody specifically explain the Dsyo cheer. What specifically are we cheering for or against?
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    Ooops. Thanks for the correction of my faulty correction. Now I remember. The legend obliterated the truth.
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