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  1. Vanimal46
    This smells like a Tonkin game.
  2. Vanimal46
    Are we sure Pressly knows where the ball is going once it leaves his hand?
  3. Vanimal46
    http://i0.wp.com/cdn.bgr.com/2016/07/dumpster-fire.gif?w=625&quality=98&strip=all
  4. Vanimal46
    The title of this thread reminded me how much I love JoJo.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-jgiwvWLzg
  5. Vanimal46
    It certainly looked like they wanted click bait as far as the motivation. And to get the same people riled up who mention $23 million salary every time they talk about Joe Mauer.
  6. Vanimal46
    Oh wait, you're coming from Busch Gardens. So you'll probably have your face painted, no? http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-DN390_beer_P_20140702171730.jpg
  7. Vanimal46
    Here you are, in yellow.
  8. Vanimal46
    Hmm, I would have liked to see Jake Reed get a chance instead of Tonkin getting a 4th chance in Minnesota. Regardless, good luck to Tonkin.
  9. Vanimal46
    The "when" of this article being published was what irritated me initially, as it was way too convenient to publish the day after Sano was injured. Frankly, this story didn't need to be published at any point during the season. The Twins are playing good baseball, and there should be other stories to focus on than a hot take piece on Sano's "optimal weight". If this were published in August 2016 when the Twins were 40-odd games under .500 and Sano struggling, I could understand. Not when the Twins are in the wild card hunt and playing well.
  10. Vanimal46
    Aussie Bossy 12:23 Are Lewis Thorpe's numbers encouraging? How has his velocity look? Eric A Longenhagen 12:23 It's good he made it through an entire season without a DL stint. Mostly low-90s last I checked, though it was a while ago. Erykah Badu 12:36 Is Akil Baddoo more talented than I am? Is is a legit prospect? Eric A Longenhagen 12:38 Why don't you call Tyrone and ask him? He's legit.
  11. Vanimal46
    Nothing wrong with him giving up a bomb to Logan Morrison, who's done it 35 separate times this season. I could certainly see that wipe-out slider working well in the 9th inning too.
  12. Vanimal46
    Last night was the first chance I got to see Curtiss pitch. Even though he gave up the HR, he bounced back for a quick 3 pitch K, and another K after that. He's got filthy stuff. I hope he can take over the role we wanted Pressly to be this year (6-8th inning high leverage)
  13. Vanimal46
    Concur. His outing last night was painful to watch. He has no command of his pitches, which is critical if he's throwing 88-90 MPH. Even Dick on the broadcast was confused as to what he was throwing out there. Something along the lines of "I'm not exactly sure what that 79 MPH pitch was."
  14. Vanimal46
    If the goal was to groom an eventual replacement for Bert, I think they need to keep looking. LaTroy (my original vote) started off strong, but fell off the more games he called. Torii does nothing for me calling a game.
  15. Vanimal46
    Their offense is going to be bad. Really, really bad. I can't see them winning more than 6 games this season.
  16. Vanimal46
    I'll stick with Twins Daily..... Everyone here does a great job writing content and getting several topics started. But I stay because of the community of members who comment on the stories.
  17. Vanimal46
    Good lord that video.... Makes me want to ice my own ankle now.
  18. Vanimal46
    Hmm, yeah I could squint and see a win there. It hasn't moved the needle much to improve the organization, but still a win. I'm hoping that Falvey/Levine get a big win like the Kluber trade for Cleveland, and the Hamels trade for Texas.
  19. Vanimal46
    I can concur with you that Houston isn't a big baseball market. As amjgt also pointed out, Houston is a very large city of transplants. Texas as a whole is becoming this way... Austin has 150 people moving here on a daily basis. There's potential just by sheer numbers that they could be a large market team. But residents of Houston that moved there from CA, AZ, FL, etc. don't care about Houston sports. Houston has always played second fiddle to the Dallas-based sports teams. I see way more bars advertising Rangers and Cowboys games than Astros and Texans games.
  20. Vanimal46
    This is certainly one of the most memorable trades in Twins history.... The summer of Frankie Liriano was unbelievable, even if it only lasted for a couple of months. That was probably the first time I've seen a slider thrown in the low 90's. What makes me sad is that there hasn't been another trade that comes to mind over the last 13 years where the Twins are clear winners. That needs to change with the new regime.
  21. Vanimal46
    They cleared up the TV coverage issue a year or 2 ago... Living down here now, people hated the "Houston Sports Network" because it was only available for Comcast customers (about 40% of the market). They didn't have any agreements with DirecTV, Time Warner, AT&T, etc. Now that ownership was bought out by AT&T, and they have the channel available for all cable subscribers.
  22. Vanimal46
    Yeah I edited my original post to include that.... If he does finish top 5 in Cy Young, then the $22 MM shouldn't be an issue for 2020. He would be a very good pitcher still.
  23. Vanimal46
    2020 is a vesting option if he finishes top 5 in Cy Young voting for 2019. Not guaranteed. Kurt Suzuki for example had a vesting option with the Twins this season if he hit a certain amount of PA's in 2016. Obviously he didn't reach that number, and isn't on the team. Hell, if he does finish top 5 in Cy Young voting for 2019, the $22 MM next season shouldn't be an issue then since he's still very much at the top of his game.
  24. Vanimal46
    Works out better for the Twins, that's for sure. I don't know how many of the 6-7 pending FA's they can re-sign, but it's certainly not going to be all of them. Keep on delaying that rebuild, KC!
  25. Vanimal46
    Vanimal appreciates you mentioning yourself in 3rd person.
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