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  1. Vanimal46
    Best late night food after a day of drinking... Go!
  2. Vanimal46
    These are all great things!! What kind of pizza?
  3. Vanimal46
    If you think the Twins bullpen is bad... Stat line from Cleveland's bullpen tonight: 2.2 IP 5 pitchers used 11 ER
  4. Vanimal46
    8 glasses of wine in by 8 PM? Impressive!
  5. Vanimal46
    Cleveland's bullpen is a disaster tonight. 2.2 IP 5 pitchers used 11 ER Wasted a gem start by KluBot.
  6. Vanimal46
    Today is National Wine Day! So enjoy a glass, or a couple of bottles today just because!
  7. Vanimal46
    From Fangraphs: #20 on top 30 Minnesota Twins prospects https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-30-prospects-minnesota-twins/ Littell is a tough evaluation for scouts. He has a maxed-out 6-foot-4 frame, has been traded twice in the last two years, sits 87-90 or 89-91 depending on when you see him but can reach back for a 93 or 94 occasionally, and doesn’t have a plus pitch or plus command. That would normally point to an organizational player who doesn’t project for a big-league career of any consequence, but Littell is now in Triple-A and keeps performing, figuring out ways to set up hitters and get them out. His curveball flashes 55 at times, his changeup is average to a hair above, and he mixes in a slider against right-handers: the weapons are not overwhelming. Scouts will always question how effective he can be, and it’s likely that his big-league career is as a back-end starter barely surviving on guile and filling in as a long reliever at times. Because we don’t completely understand why Littell keeps performing, we’ll stick him here. [shrug emoji.]
  8. Vanimal46
    Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the clarification!
  9. Vanimal46
    Not sure I haven't seen him pitch... His recap on Fangraphs mentioned he sits 89-91 with his FB and no plus offspeed pitch. So I asked that in hopes to get clarification from someone who's seen him pitch.
  10. Vanimal46
    Now that he's DFA'd the Sox are on the hook for the $15 million. The Twins would pay him whatever the minimum is.
  11. Vanimal46
    He's not completely washed up at the plate. Is he just a 1B these days?
  12. Vanimal46
    As much as I want to be a parent one day, challenges like this give me pause... My age group in their late 20s was the last generation that could ride their bikes to the park and play with their friends until dinner time without adult supervision. /end rant now get off my lawn.
  13. Vanimal46
    You said it better than me.
  14. Vanimal46
    I'm not a parent yet and I can only go off of my time as a teenager which wasn't that long ago... I guess times have changed that much in 10 years. Of course there were situations that were embarrassing, lost friends, all of the normal teenage stuff. The big "killer" during my teenage years was suicide. One friend of mine took his own life for very stupid reasons, because a girl rejected him. I don't understand the disconnect today where kids take it to the next level... shooting people that embarrassed them or they don't like and taking their own life. How did this become part of school culture in such a small amount of time?
  15. Vanimal46
    Please keep asking them to do it. Handwritten letters are becoming a lost art, and separates them from most millennials out there. Most decision makers appreciate the personal touch and it's helped me get out of "voice mail jail" with several companies.
  16. Vanimal46
    Good read thanks for sharing. It's probably best just to avoid players with this injury until there's a better success rate like TJS these days... The general consensus is there's a drop in performance post surgery. And no rhyme or reason why a select few bounce back like Jaime Garcia. Overall it sounds like an unnecessary headache and disappointment.
  17. Vanimal46
    Tuna in a can...
  18. Vanimal46
    Just eliminate the national anthem all together. There's no rhyme or reason for doing it in the first place other than collecting marketing dollars from military orgs that do F-16 flyovers and the canned "military parent comes home early" to surprise their kid, who, weird enough, is on the field waiting for something.
  19. Vanimal46
    A 15 yard penalty is the dumbest thing I've heard. They didn't think of this loophole.... What if they decline the penalty and kneel themselves?
  20. Vanimal46
    You can always rely on California math and get close to the right answer
  21. Vanimal46
    What am I missing on Zach Littell where his stock is rising? Does he still sit 89-91 with his fastball and no plus offspeed pitch? I'd put him behind Gonsalves, Slegers, and Mejia on the priority list of SP to call up.
  22. Vanimal46
    Don't you think that's information I'd like to know?
  23. Vanimal46
    I agree with all of this. In regards to the Santa Fe, TX shooter his father provided the guns used in the shooting to his son. I also refuse to believe he was a "good boy" that displayed zero red flags prior to this. Teenagers aren't that hard to read. They may not be willing to have difficult conversations what's truly bothering them, but that responsibility is on the parents to get their kids help if they need it.
  24. Vanimal46
    I can honestly say I've never called in a fake sick day in my post college working career so far... Though my first job in Austin as a business development rep making 150 outbound dials a day really made me question why I go to work every day.
  25. Vanimal46
    I hope it's not blackout bingo... It's the game that will never end!
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