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  1. Vanimal46
    How does one go about celebrating National Housewife day? Give her a night off of cooking? Or embrace it and go with the status-quo?
  2. Vanimal46
    For all of you Subway fans, it's buy one get one free sandwich today. However, you will not find me near a Subway even for free.
  3. Vanimal46
    Don't know much about the guy other than a quick google search. His price tag would be the make or break part of the deal for me. On a side note, I just looked up the avg. slash line in the KBO for all teams: .279/.356/.429 Compared to the AL this season: .255/.318/.412 Not sure what that will mean for Park as he transitions to the MLB; just pointing out the KBO appears to be a hitter's paradise.
  4. Vanimal46
    Let us know what 25 and under catchers are made publicly available in a trade. If there are, hopefully you're on board to offer up Kepler or Gordon + others to obtain that C.
  5. Vanimal46
    Maybe Gardy avoided a bad situation with the Nationals... They now went with their 2nd choice Dusty Baker after presenting an embarrassing low-ball offer to Bud Black of 1 year, $1.6 million.
  6. Vanimal46
    if Desmond wants a multi-year contract, it probably won't be with the Twins. However, if he's looking for a 1 year deal in order to rebuild his value for 2017 free agency, bring him in to talk.
  7. Vanimal46
    I don't know.... that would have been pretty fishy to draft Karp.... I'm here all week folks.
  8. Vanimal46
    They were pretty innovative coming up with a multi-media site. I didn't take advantage of the podcasts and videos created as much as I should have. With how much money ESPN was dumping into the project, you would have thought they would advertise it more than just a little blurb next to Five Thirty Eight.... They did have a good group of talented writers that I usually took the time to read: Andy Greenwald's TV and movies breakdowns, Chuck Klosterman's writing style, Bill Barnwell's breakdown of the NFL, and Wesley Morris. Maybe Simmons will poach some of the writers again when he starts at HBO next year.
  9. Vanimal46
    At this point it shouldn't matter about getting to the Little Caesar's Music City Papa John's Bowl Game broadcast live on ESPN 8 The Ocho. The number 1 goal now is to find a way to win the Floyd of Rosedale and the Axe...
  10. Vanimal46
    Much like what Chief posted, I would be open to 1 year with Texiera as the team's DH. There's a big need for a legitimate middle of the order bat, and all of our options (Arcia, Vargas, ABW) are all potentials, maybes, hopefuls. I don't think it would take Gibson TBH. Depends on if the Yankees want to get out of that contract and get a little younger... Heck I would take on all of his salary if it only requires a flyer prospect from us.
  11. Vanimal46
    I would be open for a Ramos reunion to the Twins. A Ramos/Zuke platoon is very respectable IMO. I guess it depends on what direction the Nationals want to go with who they want to acquire. Just my speculation they'd probably look for proven MLB players to capitalize on the stars already in place. Plouffe or Gibson is a good place to start like most other trade offers on TD.....
  12. Vanimal46
    You bring up a good point Mike. However I think right now, in the infancy stages of SSM being legal and more accepting than ever, upbringing is still a valid excuse. I think of SSM right now as what it was like in the south after desegregation. America as a whole wanted all races, ethnicity, etc. to be equal, but there were still late adopters to this issue. Torii and others that have his beliefs are just the late adopters to the latest social issue in our country.
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    Plenty to chew on here doctor. Athletes are public figures, and I think it's fair game to criticize his stance on SSM because he's in the public light, and it's a hot button topic in our country. When his stance is that firm against it, he should expect people on the other side of the argument to come out and defend their stance. I don't believe he's the only person in the MLB, any sport really, that would be uncomfortable with a gay teammate in the locker room. Problem is he was very vocal about it, and made known that he was in fact uncomfortable with it. That's also going to drum up criticism from people that don't agree with his views. It's probably not fair to call him a bigot without thinking about his background and how he was raised. However I'm not going to be offended if someone does. I hope Torii evolves with our society and realizes his errors discriminating against the LBGT community. But if he's out of the public light now that he's retired, it won't matter as much to me.
  14. Vanimal46
    Very exciting names to end the list. With Nick Gordon I see he's listed as 6 foot, 160 lbs. I realize he's 20 and has some growing to do, but do the Twins want him to put some meat on those bones? Or does it not matter for a speedy SS like him?
  15. Vanimal46
    I'm with John and the majority of posters on this subject. He could be a fine addition as a bench bat, but I'd like to find someone else who can fit that role, along with having more position flexibility than just DH/1B. I'm not Justin Morneau nor his doctor, but personally I hope he hangs it up for good. With multiple concussions and 2 young children needing him at home, I would think the risk is greater than the reward these days when it comes to trying to play again.
  16. Vanimal46
    The Twins aren't going to sign Span to a multi-year deal and then trade him 4 months into his new contract when Buxton is ready to take over. That will not bode well for any future FA signings... It's the same situation that they had with Willingham. Should have sold him off after the first season but didn't pull the trigger so they wouldn't ruffle any feathers.
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    After reading ChiTown's signature, I'm putting a lot of things together when it comes to the mods... Pretty genius of Brock, John, Parker, and Nick to pay cats to monitor the site! http://cosmetic-candy.com/wp-content/uploads/cat-sleeping.jpg
  18. Vanimal46
    Today is National Cat Day. So do something special for your cat! Chances are they won't care and ignore you anyways, but it's the thought that counts!
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    You are right, most agents can get their clients good contracts. However, Scott Boras isn't most agents.... He has the track record and an advantage on analytics for his clients than his competition. All I'm saying is tread lightly with him. He didn't build a net worth of over $100 million by losing at the negotiating table.
  20. Vanimal46
    As far as position players go, Weiters and Davis seem to be 1A and 1B. Both are Scott Boras clients, which makes me tread lightly. He represents a majority of the top players in the game for a reason. He gets results for his clients: that being long term, inflated salary contracts.. I'm not saying the Twins should avoid all Boras clients going forward. As far as Chris Davis is concerned, 6/144 estimated contract is of no interest to me. 6 years being the deal breaker.
  21. Vanimal46
    Maybe so. I'm glad we're all on the same page with Almond Joy. During my trick or treating heyday in the 90's, once word got out that a neighbor was handing out Almond Joys, that house was avoided like the plague.
  22. Vanimal46
    Sorry North, you lost me. I don't speak fluent Canadian. In America, Bounty is a paper towel.
  23. Vanimal46
    Best chocolate candy, ranked: - Twix - Caramello - 3 Musketeers - Snickers - Kit Kat ...... - dirt - vomit - walking into oncoming traffic and getting struck by a car - Almond Joy
  24. Vanimal46
    Clever planning by BIG National Holiday to have national chocolate day after national american beer day. Who doesn't like chocolate to cure a hangover?
  25. Vanimal46
    Cruz isn't a client of Scott Boras. Chris Davis is. Last year, good but not great players Ellsbury and Choo (both Boras clients) got 7 year deals. I would not be surprised to see a contract figure that Willihammer first posted.
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