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I know you want Sano to HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTT, and he can, but he has shown real plate discipline and I just find that impressive for him.

Um, link, please?

Well, ChiTown can try, but ChiTown does have to get some work done today, too!

Game-time forecast: 70-75 deg F, currently mostly cloudy, but should clear and be sunny, winds from the S at 7-8 mph. All in all, shaping up to be a good day for a baseball game! Lineups: ORIOLES Machado 3B Davis RF Jones CF Pearce LF Walker DH Hardy SS Parmelee 1B Schoop 2B Joseph C Jimenez P TWINS Dozier 2B Mauer DH Plouffe 1B Sano 3B Hunter RF Rosario LF Hicks CF Fryer C Santana SS Milone P Stuff: 1. Milone v Jimenez. If Milone stays on this roll of his, I give Milone the big edge. He's just been, well, amazing; a 1.95 ERA since he returned, 5 quality starts in a row (a team best), I mean, yeah! I give him the edge. Jimenez has been good this year, too, but as I said, the way Milone has been lately, well, I pick Milone. Just hope he keeps rolling. KEEP ON ROLLIN', MILONE! GET! THEM! OUT! 2. Sano. Starting at 3rd today. I think they wanted him to get comfortable first ... at the plate, in the bigs … before throwing him in the field. He got that first home run out of the way last night, so it's time. That home run was great. A nice, easy swing and BOOM! That man has some serious power … let's keep it coming! But I was actually more impressed by his rbi walk. What youngster rookie has that kind of patience? I mean, come on, who doesn't want to hit a grand slam; how tempting is a bases loaded opportunity to just swing for the hills? Yeah, a grand slam would have been much more exciting, for sure, but he showed great restraint and patience. To me, that was impressive for the rookie instead of fanning on three straight pitches because the adrenaline had him swinging for the hills. 3. Hicks. Did someone flip a switch in him? Is it just, finally, coming together? He's looking better at the plate, he's providing some great defense in the field … I mean, is this the real Hicks? Did someone step into his body? Did he channel someone? Past would have me being cautious, but I'm hanging onto this current display with the hope of more to come. 4. Fryer up, Hermann down. Hmm. Well, okay. I mean, well, hmm. We'll see. I don't see this as an upgrade, but a change in hopes of something better. We aren't going to get a mlb-ready catcher, even a mlb-ready backup catcher without over-paying. Seriously, I really don't think so. Is now the right time to over pay for one? I don't think so. We can't just offer a huge quantity of decent and good and get huge quality in return. It just doesn't work that way. And if I were a mlb GM for a team with a good catcher on my roster, I'm not selling, at any price. What's out there to replace him? That just might be the priceless commodity of the day. Yeah, I know, everything has a price … but in this case, I'd be saying no. And no GM is going to offer the farm, including elite prospects, plural, not just good, but elite, because I think that might be the price it's going to take, if there is a price. Maybe an over-exageration, but we cannot offer a plateful of Duensings and expect a return some think is obtainable. 5. I'll be working in my library alone today. All alone. Know what that means? I can put the game up on my computer, turn up the volume as loud as it will go, and enjoy! Hopefully I get some work done, too. Mostly proofreading. I can do that with the game in the background. Yup, sure can. Play ball! Go Twins! P.S. Oops, forgot the most important bit of stuff ... #VoteDozier!

Mod note: Thank you. Peripherals are expected. But if you want to take a peripheral and make it a main focus, please start a new thread. Leave the Mauer moving back to catcher discussion out of this discussion on Hicks.

Don't we all

Heh. I said that a lot to a former car of mine.

Cmon, Rosie!

That was really an impressive walk.

Lol. Nope.

Patrick Reusse has said that one of the great things about baseball is that no matter how many games you've seen there's a chance that you can see something you've never seen before. I've never seen a run score by a strike out.

Yup. I think he has a Frenchie, too, or was thinking of getting one. One of the rare times I was on Twitter remember him asking for name suggestions.

Yup. IMHO.

Riders of the Storm ... Waiting for the Sun

Don't tell me you were at the Dead concert ...

Nah. It's a game thread. Almost anything goes. Baseball talk, good. Once lineups are posted and game time is near, it'll redirect on its own.

Thanks for posting this. I am currently on a plane. Lineups will come when I'm home.

Part of me isn't surprised. After all, Pelf was the call up before May when ESan was suspended. But it's not what I wanted to have happen.

You aren't a horror and I would never even hint that you were even close to that. Mildly annoying at times is a different story.

Well, geez, next time include airfare!

You can discuss Sano's call up here:http://twinsdaily.com/topic/18973-article-twins-to-call-up-miguel-sano/ Use this thread to continue to discuss Vargas.

Please redirect your discussion of the Sano call up here: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/18973-article-twins-to-call-up-miguel-sano/

Please direct discussion of the Sano call up here: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/18973-article-twins-to-call-up-miguel-sano/

You can continue talking about Vargas here, but to talk about the Sano call up, redirect to here: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/18973-article-twins-to-call-up-miguel-sano/ And let's move on from the rehashing of the Ortiz mistake. Thanks!

Continue the Sano call up in the official article thread here: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/18973-article-twins-to-call-up-miguel-sano/