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  1. spinowner
    I don't care much about whether he flips his bat. That's way less important than what he does with his bat when a pitch comes in.
  2. spinowner
    But it took quite a few years before he got enough command of other pitches to really succeed. I remember watching the Twins playing in Shea stadium in 2002. He was facing Mo Vaughn and got two strikes on him and then threw him a Blyleven-quality curve. Vaughn could do nothing but watch. That was the moment when I knew he had finally turned the corner and become a really good pitcher.
  3. spinowner
    Amazing but true--major leaguers can hit a straight pitch no matter how fast. I'm waiting for the day when some fireballer throws a straight 97 or 98 to Miguel Sano and he hits it over the third deck at Target Field. It will happen.
  4. spinowner
    Those are reasons that make me think that Sano and his agent(s) would negotiate for a lot more. That said, I predict Sano will get the biggest and longest contract ever signed by the Twins, probably in two years or sooner.
  5. spinowner
    I was too old when Kirby came up for him to be an idol or a hero. And I didn't see him play until 1985 because I was in optometry school out of state in 1984. But by 1987 he was my favorite Twin of all time and therefore my favorite player of all time. And that is still true today. The story I heard is that he had an eye exam scheduled during the 1995-1996 off-season but he had a cold or something that day and decided to cancel because his vision seemed fine. If he would have kept that appointment his condition would have been detected and treated and he would not have lost any vision. While he always had a positive outlook in public I have no doubt that he was devastated by being forced to retire before he was ready to do so. And the knowledge that his vision loss was completely preventable had to have made it even worse. We all have our demons and when a person is going through hard times it's easy for those demons to overwhelm. I strongly believe that if he had finished his career in the usual way he wouldn't have had the personal and health problems he encountered later and that he'd still be alive today. So if you haven't had an eye exam done recently please schedule one soon. Fortunately cases like Kirby's are rare, but we want people to find things out the better way and not find things out the worse way.
  6. spinowner
    I agree with you. Ick accurately describes the key lime and chocolate swirl.
  7. spinowner
    I don't hate them. It's just that to me the Twins don't look like the Twins in red jerseys.
  8. spinowner
    Ish.
  9. spinowner
    Winner, winner, orange/vanilla swirl cone at Sun Harvest dinner!
  10. spinowner
    Buxton on 2nd, Sano batting, 2 outs. IBB in the regular season. K in ST.
  11. spinowner
    White, gray or navy. Red should be only for trim. Bill of the cap at most.
  12. spinowner
    I have the TV on but not watching closely.
  13. spinowner
    I put a like on this post not necessarily because I agree with it. (I don't know whether I do or not; it's too early.) I put a like because it's interesting to see that someone did the work of extrapolating all the way to opening day.
  14. spinowner
    I'll add 3.: There is another GM willing to buy high. The Ben Revere trade was a good example. 1: Everyone knew we wouldn't win much in 2013. 2: We had Aaron Hicks. I would guess Ryan knew he wasn't quite ready but hoped he could survive. And 3: the Phillies were willing to give a good pitching prospect (May) plus throw in Worley. In reality I don't think this type of trade happens very often unless the buying team either is desperate, is in a pennant race or misjudges the player being sold high.
  15. spinowner
    Agreed, although it's easy to envision a scenario in a year or two in which I'd change my mind about Buxton.
  16. spinowner
    The Twins are making a positional adjustment? Who knew?
  17. spinowner
    I remember seeing the footage of him on draft day. Loved it then, love it now.
  18. spinowner
    Let's dream about home runs five years from now. Vargas: 35. Polanco: 10. Santana:20. Sano: 50. Murphy: 10. Arcia: 40. Buxton: 15. Rosario: 20. Kepler: 20. Walker: 25. The rest: 15. That's 260. Very optimistic but not outside of what is possible.
  19. spinowner
    Yep. Think forward to about 2021 when these players will be in their peak years.
  20. spinowner
    This is a website devoted to which team? Located in which state? When we're on this web site we are Minnesotans, whether we actually reside there or not.
  21. spinowner
    No, ish is correct. This is Minnesota after all.
  22. spinowner
    Add Arcia as the fourth outfielder. Thinking optimistically that could be the best outfield in the major leagues in a couple years.
  23. spinowner
    Promote this officer to Captain! (We already have a Chief.)
  24. spinowner
    No extension for either. Suzuki's future, as with many backup-caliber catchers, is as a coach. Or maybe minor league player-coach as in Crash Davis, if fiction can come true in real life. I think the Twins will come out smelling like a rose with Dozier's contract. He'll be down-turning when it expires and we'll have Polanco/Gordon/Vielma to cover the middle infield by then.
  25. spinowner
    This is the menu for today. Tomorrow's dinner will be something else (other than chicken). Let's see who the creative chefs are.
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