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  1. spinowner
    Boy, I'll bet her parents will really love that!
  2. spinowner
    What, cutting down from 200 pairs of shoes to 150?
  3. spinowner
    Tuned in just in time for the dinger!
  4. spinowner
    Now let's see if he publishes an apology. I'll give him until tomorrow.
  5. spinowner
    Game time is in 1 hour and 25 minutes, and seeing no game thread I'll volunteer to do a quick bare bones post. Yankees: 1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF 2. Brett Gardner (L) LF 3. Carlos Beltran (S) RF 4. Alex Rodriguez ® DH 5. Brian McCann (L) C 6. Chase Headley (S) 3B 7. Didi Gregorius (L) SS 8. Rob Refsnyder ® 2B 9. Ike Davis (L) 1B P. Michael Pineda ® Twins: 1. Eduardo Nunez ® 3B 2. Danny Santana (S) LF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Brian Dozier ® 2B 5. Max Kepler (L) RF 6. Byung Ho Park ® DH 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. Juan Centeno (L) C 9. Byron Buxton ® CF P. Ricky Nolasco ® Current weather: Temp: 75F Heat Index: 75F Wind: ESE 9 Sky: Partly cloudy Here's hoping our trade chips all enhance their value and that our prospects all further their development.
  6. spinowner
    I've been one to give TR the benefit of the doubt. The Twins had better-than-average success from 2001-2007 considering the budget constraints he worked with and I think the organization as a whole was in much better shape at the end of last season than it was 4 years previously when he was rehired. I took that and his generally positive press as evidence that he was good at his job. Even through the major league team's struggles this season I was willing to accept the notion that it was at least in part just a patch of unforeseeable misfortune. However, IMHO this transaction is the last facet of an indefensible blunder. Arcia has 30-HR talent. Obviously there are shortcomings elsewhere in his skill set but you don't just give up on such a player as young as he is as quickly as they did. It's beyond me to understand how the team did not have him in the lineup every day starting at about May 10. Knowing he was out of options and experiencing a season in which playing to win had become far less important than evaluating and developing prospects meant that it was in the best interest of the team and of the player to give him an extended look. This whole fiasco has flipped me to the point of view that TR should be replaced as soon as ownership can identify a satisfactory replacement.
  7. spinowner
    It's a welcome change to read a post by an actual expert as opposed to one by a self-proclaimed expert. Thank you for adding your expertise to the discussion. I hope you don't mind if I pose a question. Many people have suggested that Perkins' injury or injuries have been the result of poor conditioning, with some pointing out that his waistline measurement has appeared to be larger during the last couple seasons than it was in past years. Do you feel that his overall physical conditioning had any bearing on this most recent diagnosis?
  8. spinowner
    Whoopie!
  9. spinowner
    Arcia could have done that as well as Kepler.
  10. spinowner
    That's probably true, but we aren't in a position where we lose Park if we want to send him down for a month or two. It should have been much more important to do what would benefit Arcia than to do what would benefit Park.
  11. spinowner
    Just now read this; first I heard about it because I had a busy day. There's no defense for this. There's no reason not to keep him. Send Park or Kepler to AAA, let Arcia play regularly for a couple months and see what he can do. P***es me off.
  12. spinowner
    This is true, and sometimes he used his left hand just to see if anyone was paying attention.
  13. spinowner
    More concisely: Perfect summer weather.
  14. spinowner
    I tho I thought at the time of the extension that it was a good one for the Twins. He had emerged as a top-level closer in spite of being a lefty, and the calendar really wasn't that unfavorable. This is just an unlucky occurrence both for player and team. I'd also like to ask whether Perkins' off-season conditioning regimen (whatever it was that he did or did not do) had any bearing whatsoever on this injury. My assumption is that there is no correlation, but I don't have time to research that.
  15. spinowner
    Cmon, Nunez, we'll never be able to trade you if you keep making errors like that.
  16. spinowner
    I was just trying to be nice.
  17. spinowner
    Or about 7 Wisconsin adults.
  18. spinowner
    How much of a surprise is it when you post it on the internet?
  19. spinowner
    How about this, Bark...Dick Bremer just mentioned that Nunez and Plouffe are both celebrating birthdays today! Happy Birthday to all three of you!
  20. spinowner
    Meanwhile the Angels are continuing their messing with Santana campaign. Even less entertaining.
  21. spinowner
    Messing with Sasquatch commercials are back? Must we be subjected to those again? Not that the other Jack Links commercials are any better.
  22. spinowner
    Enjoyed, except for the part about the White-Sox-announcer-who-must-not-be-named.
  23. spinowner
    I saw this somewhere recently. Hmmm, now where was that... There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov.
  24. spinowner
    Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae
  25. spinowner
    Do you suppose it could be because he's not getting enough regular playing time? Just maybe? I say someone goes to the minors (Grossman, Kepler or Park) and Arcia plays 5-6 days a week for the rest of the season. You don't know what you're releasing if you don't let him play.
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