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  1. ScrapTheNickname
    Also, if they are suspended, why is it okay to play in Extended Spring Training Games? I think they should be banned from all MLB-related facilities.
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    After the game Florimon is now hitting .118. Florimon must go. Florimon must go. Florimon must go.
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    Mauer has struck out 18 times. Not a fun or refreshing trend.
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    Well, you're both right as far as I'm concerned. The weather conditions are what they are and the Twins have to play in them. But also the season - with additional rounds of playoffs - has gotten stupidly long. Start in March end in near-November! Originally it was 154 (or then 162) and then a 7-game playoff of the best two teams and everyone went home. So you're both right.
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    I'm not sure what is more depressing, the Twins or all our comments about the Twins. I think I'm going to take a break ... already.
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    Great, great column, Seth. It is so good to step back for a moment. Thanks. I am totally invested in being a bystander ... of professional baseball (the Twins in particular) and this strikes me as odd. No matter how much I love watching, it seems that winning is now the most important thing. And I'm only watching. This is kind of strange. But when I was playing it was all about the fun, competition, and camaraderie and I miss that. I'm 56 now and I remember the grassy smell on the end of the bat, riding bike 5 miles into town every day to play Little League, the bitter ending of the 1967 season when the Twins went on a slide and The Red Sox went on a tear, and I blame Rod Carew for ruining my career because he was so cool I had to imitate his stance but he had the wrists of a Baseball God and I didn't. The town I grew up in was very small so I was able to be a starter for 3 years, then I played one at a junior college. And now on a deeper level too - as a close observer of the Twins - I invest a lot of hope. It is quasi-religious, I think. Baseball is a very practical, but giving religion. There are a lot of people who can't wait for the Twins game to come on the TV or radio so they can disappear into it for two or three hours. Thanks, Seth.
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    Exactly. Same thing with Saves.
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    The stat that I find most irritating is the number of saves that a closer has. It would be common sense to quantify one's ability not by the sheer number of saves but by the percentage of saves won. E.g. BaseballReference.com lists the all-time saves leader as M. Rivera as 652. J. Nathan is #10 at 341, but the percentage of saves completed are nearly identical. MLB stats show the saves and save opportunities but they don't calculate the %! Maybe this is old ground for you all but I had to spill my guts about it.
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    There are a lot of nasty things about getting old but having memories that fewer and fewer people have can be a good thing. I am 56 and I have much feeling for the way baseball used to be, especially when the minor leagues were independent and thus were not just breeding grounds for the Major League.
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    yes very entertaining thanks i have been freed from commas and dashes and such
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    I agree. It must be a cold day in February.
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    As far as reunions go, I think Scott Baker has a big upside and would been the wiser signing. He think he may surprise and give Seattle a solid year. Guerrier, on the other hand, seems past his prime. Yes, a Minor League deal, but still not exciting. Johan Santana, the last of the great Homecoming Kings, would look great in a Twins uniform again and I would give him the benefit of all doubts just to see that.
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    Wouldn't Jeff Baker be an inexpensive right-handed platoon DH for the Twins? He hits LHP great and as we know Kubel does not. Please discuss amongst yourselves.
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    I like your optimism. Nothing wrong with optimism now and then.
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    I am glad to read that Knoblauch is back in the mind's of Twins fans. I did some research on his rapid decline as a baseball player and it seemed linked to his father's dementia. After the game he has seemed to retreat into his shell, wanting nothing to do with MLB which is his prerogative, of course. I looked at a picture of him from a couple of years back and he looks much worse for wear than his age would indicate. Let's hope a little fan recognition from the Twins will bring him back to life a little bit. I know this contains a lot of speculation, and I apologize for that.
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    What you say is true, but I don't root for Exxon or Mobile or the Yankees, I grit my teeth, hope to hell all their holes are dry, and go on with my life.
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    But fan voting for the all-star game is a travesty. a) The bigger market teams have more voters, 2) There is no limit to the number of times a fan can vote, III) Players and coaches are smarter voters than fans.
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    Excellent point.
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    I believe about 2/3 of all starting pitchers right handed. Suzuki is a right handed batter, as is Pinto. In 2013 Pinto hit great against righties in a small sample, but Suzuki over the last three years has been horrible against righties, hitting just .233/.287.
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    A dead buddy hackett playing right field? What's this?
  21. ScrapTheNickname
    Such a good past it can't be original! Good though.
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    Thrylos reminds us of the infamous decision to dump Hardy after 2010 because Gardy wanted the team to be faster and then summarily plugged in the woeful Nishioka into the SS spot. I think this was a watershed moment for the Twins. In 2010 they won 94 games and had probably the best team the Twins will ever assemble, yet they were humiliated once again in the playoffs by the Yankees. There was a sense of desperation among fans, coaches, and the Front Office. In other words, we all share the blame for what happened next). The Twins had to get better, or else. We could have stood pat and won during the regular season but again been weak against any stellar team with three good starting pitchers in the playoffs. The decision was made to gamble, to try to make the team better at once. Nishioka. The team's fortune and reputation began to plummet at once, and soon enough Smith was gone and Ryan was back trying to fix the motor.
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    Buck seems to be just below average defender (dwar slightly minus and throws out runners in the last three years at league average but over his career is 3% below league average). *Perhaps Twins Daily could run an article on dwar and rf to make these stats more useful. I can read them but I don't necessarily understand their true relevance.
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    I never understood why Twins fans booed AJ in the first place. He didn't demand to leave like C. Knoblauch, for instance, he was traded away. The booers just seemed uninformed to me.
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    Parmalee at 3rd was a joke, accentuating the barrenness of any other options.
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