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  1. Squirrel
    If the Twins want to go for it and compete next year, Buxton needs to be ready. He needs to get his reps. If he's not up due to another injury, okay, I get that, but if he's not up because of control, that's a bit self-serving. If he's ready he should be up and playing and getting his reps in at the ML level. It just strikes me as a little 'cheap' and not quite ethical even if technically it's a move they could make.
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    I'm guessing that we get a lot of blame on the violence of video games themselves.
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    Is it wrong of me to feel kind of weird about how well I'm doing my first time out? I'm not a good prognosticator, usually, so I wonder what special abilities I have to channel this?
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    I've been advocating moving Polanco to 2nd for a while, of course along with a Machado signing. I don't think Lewis will stick at SS, at least according to what many national writers think. But maybe by the time Lewis is ready, and if he sticks at short, you move Machado to 3rd and Sano to 1st/DH.
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    I know you are being a bit tongue in cheek hoping for an injury to a player, but I really hope there are no more injuries to Buxton and he's back up in September to get some reps in at the ML level before the off-season. If the only reason there is to not call him up in September is control over another year of playing time, I hope they don't do that, and I really don't want there to be an 'injury excuse' to do it, either, but would understand that.
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    Everyone. Owners, other moderators, site posters ... if you have any issues you can either PM one of us, one of the owners or use the report function. You’ll see the word ‘Report’ under a post; click on that and follow the prompts.
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    This is getting off topic, but I'll respond. I have also said, many times, that signing Machado is my impossible dream. I don't expect it to happen, but I still want it to. And I think most people know this as well. He would fill a need more than perfectly, as he'd be ideal for what we need, and we have the means to do it. It's not likely Machado would want to come here, but ... I think they should still go all out and try. Still ... if not him, I think we can find better than Forsythe. If we 'settle' for Forsythe, to me that's a sign we aren't really trying to contend. I'd rather have Escobar playing 2nd, to be honest. And no ... Gordon isn't ready. I was hoping at the beginning of the season, and pushing for it to happen, but he's not ready yet and needs another year at AAA.
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    I'm not scapegoating anyone, and neither is anyone else, so stop it. I've said it for months now how I want the Twins to sign Machado. If Sano wasn't back to field form, but he seems to be doing well there, I had thought moving Sano to 1st and seeing if Machado would play 3rd. But the other scenario I've said, a few times now in various threads, sign Machado to play SS and move Polanco to 2B. While you can't build a team made up entirely of the best at all positions, why not go for upgrades when and where you can get them. Polanco at 2nd and Machado at SS is an upgrade, so do it. that's my philosophy. As for Castro, I'll give a little on that, but we have NO IDEA how serviceable he'll be next year. He could be fine and I'd be okay to roll with Castro and Garver. But if he's not, the FO should be prepared to make a move to UPGRADE the position and not fill it a less-than-average body. I'll admit that I think Wilson has done an adequate job in a losing season, but if we want to win, we can't always rely on what we have and should be looking for upgrades, not merely adequate fill-ins. I wasn't for re-signing (yes, it's re-signing, not resigning) Dozier next year ... this has been my plans for months, so quit telling the masses that we're 'scapegoating' players because we want something BETTER. I also think our starting pitching will be fine ... but ... we could look for an upgrade, but I think we need to upgrade the bp. And I'm all for trying to re-sign (yes, it's re-sign, people, with a hyphen, not resign, that's a different word with a different meaning) Escobar. Not sure what we'll do at first. But, again ... we need to UPGRADE when we can, and I think we can here, not fill it in with merely adequate, questionably average players.
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    And, again ... we are back to the beginning. Who deserves it and who doesn’t? Where is that line and how is that decided? Does a jury Decide? A judge? What is the criteria for unredeemable?
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    Um ... which is superior?
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    Uhhhhhhhh ...........
  12. Squirrel
    Don’t forget the tattoos. Pfft.
  13. Squirrel
    For those of you who quiver at the thought of being at the Sox park, because it's 'Oh, soooo scary' ... I biked home from there today. Very nice pleasant ride, too. Wimps.
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    Okay, that was my answer
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    Okay, do I leave the game now and bike home or at the end and take the crowded train?
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    Polanco does a Nunez
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    He was on time today. At the game wearing two pairs of sunglasses
  18. Squirrel
    Sign Machado and move Polanco to 2nd.
  19. Squirrel
    I may try to go to the game. I have an eye appt at noon. Depending on if the doctor is on time and at what point in the exam my eyes are dilated, I may not want to be sitting in full sun for the game soon after that.
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    I think it’s a good concept but not sure it’s practical because I think we have too many pitchers. Is Santana done for the season? Mejia? You mentioned Odorizzi in your article, but not in your tweet ... does he get a piggyback or will he try to pitch complete? And would our BP get enough work in this scenario? We have just as many pitchers there we need to see and give work to, imo.
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    Your first sentence is what makes us losers next year. If we go into the season with Forsythe and Castro we won’t come close to the playoffs. If the FO is okay with those pieces and do nothing better than that, the FO does not want to contend. And yes, our core needs to improve. I’m less worried about starting pitching than I am about the team behind it and the BP.
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    The older we are the more difficult it is to learn languages to fluency, and English is one of the more difficult languages to learn because of all the exceptions to rules and various other idiosyncrasies in the language. And not everyone is good at it. Despite 7 years of studying French I never became conversant. I could read it fairly well, but speaking, no. Same with my attempts at learning German and Italian.
  23. Squirrel
    Is this Berrios first full season on the team, or was he up from the beginning last year?
  24. Squirrel
    Any of you Food Network watchers? New series that started this last year called ‘Girl Meets Farm’. Not sure exactly where she’s at but I think near the Fargo/Moorhead area. She’s the daughter of a colleague of mine ... fun show.
  25. Squirrel
    Moderator's Note: "I Told You So" is not respectful, and is not acceptable posting style at this site. It leads to bickering, rather than change any minds. After having a moderator discussion on this thread we decided to close it.
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