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  1. spinowner
    One thing not mentioned so far is whether and when to extend our emerging young players. I think most will agree that right now is too early for this but if any of them perform very well next year it's something that Falvine and Pohlad must consider. The impact on 2018 would be zero unless it occurred during the season and even then it would probably be minimal, but control of the 2018 payroll would free up more money for this. Consider, in no particular order, Berrios, Sano, Polanco, Rosario, Buxton and Kepler. Rosario is the oldest at 26. If we do it too soon we could wind up with an untradeable underperforming player. If we wait too long we could wind up like the Royals and lose a valuable core. I think we all envision the powerhouse team we would have if all these players continue to improve, and I hope a way can be found to retain all of them, or at least come out ahead on any trades involving any of them.
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    Heezy1323 is an orthopedic surgeon. He (or she?--most orthopedic surgeons are male) gave us some briefings on Perkins' shoulder situation in the early part of the 2016 season.
  3. spinowner
    I want to hear concrete medical information, not some media guy saying "Don't be surprised if..." Sounds like unsubstantiated speculation.
  4. spinowner
    The trades they made at the deadline had no effect at all on whether this team would win the WS this year. I think they made the trades because they felt they were coming out ahead by making them. Just my opinion.
  5. spinowner
    Haven't had a chance to read the thread yet, but I just wanted to say that if his contract is not renewed I predict that he handles it with grace, as opposed to how the High-A manager handled it when that happened to him.
  6. spinowner
    Based on the standards of play in place at the time (before the new rules covering plays at second base) Nishioka was at fault. Or, more accurately, the Twins manager and coaches were at fault for not teaching him proper technique at turning double plays. Nick Swisher was very remorseful about the injury that occurred on his slide. And I hate to say it, but the injury did not prevent Nishi from succeeding in the US. He was way overmatched, again the fault of the Twins for the extremely poor judgement of the scouts involved in evaluating and signing him.
  7. spinowner
    The Yankee Stadium gun is way juiced, but the point remains that we are short on power pitching.
  8. spinowner
    Well, we were only 8 ½ innings away from a victory.
  9. spinowner
    Bit of an overstatement comparing this to Merkle but he should have been able to leap a little and get his foot safely on the base. But this is now two WTF moments for him, the first being that brain spasm that resulted in the throw to first base instead of home in Dodger Stadium.
  10. spinowner
    Unfortunately more than that with that swing.
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  12. spinowner
    10 kinds of people - those who understand binary and those who do not.
  13. spinowner
    Your anti-jinxes worked last Tuesday against Cleveland. Keep them coming, and then leave the thread in the 7th inning like you did before.
  14. spinowner
    First base was open. Batter could have run. He gets a talking-to if I'm managing.
  15. spinowner
    Jose throw about 4 more of those foul-off-the-ankle pitches.
  16. spinowner
    Erv could go on 2 days rest on Friday with the short start tonight.
  17. spinowner
    Cmon Jason this is a gotta get!
  18. spinowner
    Ladies and Gentlemen the evil empire no longer leads!
  19. spinowner
    Best Buxton catch so far this week!
  20. spinowner
    What's the record for game thread posts? Second inning and we're at 510.
  21. spinowner
    OK boys, don't let up with the bats now. Hammer down!
  22. spinowner
    Non nam hucking hon of a non nam hucking mitch.
  23. spinowner
    Bat boy needs to get that crap out of the way. If I'm the Twins bench I gripe about it.
  24. spinowner
    Yankee stadium gun is way juiced. They had Chapman at 104 when we were there.
  25. spinowner
    Listen to the Yankees fans booing a called strike that was in the middle of the zone. They have such a misplaced sense of entitlement that is surpassed only by Gopher men's hockey fans.
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