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  1. gil4
    In their defense, the stadium is pretty nice for an indoor stadium. I'm pretty sure they haven't had any games postponed on account of snow yet.
  2. gil4
    Does that mean English is not your first language? You write well if it is, but if it's not, that's doubly impressive.
  3. gil4
    Granite or Moore?
  4. gil4
    Same here. I only opened the article because I thought it might eventually tell me the correct pronunciation. I guess Marvin and Merlin are in play until someone tells me otherwise.
  5. gil4
    I started 1st grade in 1970. My first baseball memory was being home sick one day and watching a Pirates-Orioles World Series game. I didn't become a Twins fan until the following year. My experience was "when your team is mediocre when you're a little kid, and you think it's going to be that way every year" That 1977 team was a lot of fun, but 1971-1986 sure made me appreciate 1987 and 1991.
  6. gil4
    A few weeks ago, someone mentioned a Gene Mauch quote about Glenn Adams - "He plays bat." That could easily have applied to Killebrew. Few have "played bat" better. I just don't think he played enough 3b to beat Gaetti or Koskie. I'd have to go with Killebrew as a utility player - it's either him or Punto*, and while Killer didn't demonstrate hustle by diving while being thrown out at first very often, I'd much rather displace LNP at Ut than Hrbek at 1B. (I'd leave Carew at 2b.) * - The Punto thing was a joke - Caesar Tovar is miles ahead of him, but I'd still put Killebrew here and maybe call it multi-position players.
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    Bud Grant was good enough at 3 sports to earn 9 letters in college, but baseball was the one he didn't play professionally. He was a back-up for the Lakers for two years before switching tor football, which was the only sport one could make a case that he was a star as a player. According to Wikipedia, he was a DE his first year and led the Eagles in sacks (an unofficial stat at the time.) The following year he switched to receiver, which might have been more impressive than switching from the NBA to NFL, especially since he was 2nd in the league in receiving yards. He then jumped to the CFL for more money, and he was one of the top receivers there for about 5 years until he became a coach (at 30).
  8. gil4
    It's a huge step up from the pj's they wore on July 4th the year before: 2018: 2017:
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    FtMyersJuly42017

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    FtMyersJuly42018

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  11. gil4
    I wouldn't have done anything more than a two-way contract that required him to keep the red bird and the fish costumes handy. He better have been working on his flopping around on the ground, too - the Blue Wahoo gig is tougher than just standing there like an ear of corn.
  12. gil4
    If he had hit .280/.330/.420, the stats would be part of the puzzle. If he puts up another .348/.392/.578 when he moves up to AA, I'm not sure how significant the other pieces will be.
  13. gil4
    Is it even possible to prove the 2018 decision wrong? If he stinks, they were right. If he's great, it helped motivate him, and they were right.
  14. gil4
    Two would be an improvement, but I'd prefer to force them to pitch to an inning's worth of batters. I also suggested allowing a change any time the pitcher allows a baserunner, so the manager can sub for ineffectiveness, but not just constant changes as a strategy. Plus, the real reason: Three is a magic number, and two is not.
  15. gil4
    I would prefer three batter minimum, or after a batter reaches safely (excluding verbal intentional.) I like universal DH, I'm OK with how it is now, but I don't want to go back to no DH. I like the 20 second pitch clock. They could use some version of the NFHS rule for the batter - must keep one foot in the box unless ____ (there are some exceptions - pitch in dirt, defense makes a play on a runner, swing or bunt attempt takes him out of the box). Penalty for violating is a strike. I agree on the mound visits. I like the 26 roster size and 13 pitcher limit. I'd say allow a minimum of 28, maximum of 30 in September, with no more than half the roster pitchers. They would probably need to define who counts as a pitcher (Ohtani, McKay) and spell out a exception for Butera et al, maybe allow position players to pitch after 7 innings when down 10 or after allowing 15, and allow them to pitch in extra innings, maybe 15th inning+. I wouldn't mind seeing some form of a draft lottery, maybe among the bottom 4 or 5 in each league (8-10 total). I also wouldn't mind a minimum salary threshold to qualify for certain financial benefits. I like the wave.
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    Me and Bartolo will be waiting for you in the alley...
  17. gil4
    No kidding. You'd think these guys could afford to buy a pair that fits right without it.
  18. gil4
    On a sad note, a former Minnnesota athlete with type-1 diabetes - Wade Wilson - passed away today. The article didn't mention the diabetes, but I remembered it from reports during his playing days (and confirmed my memory with Wikipedia.) http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25902231/wade-wilson-former-cowboys-qb-assistant-coach-dies-60
  19. gil4
    The Twins need a couple of their young players to turn into stars or they won't win at the level that would satisfy us. What known commodities should the Twins build around? I don't see any on the roster who are anchors for a championship team, and I only see two who are close - Rosario and Berrios. I don't see Rosario ever getting there, and Berrios isn't there yet (but I could see it happening). I see a few guys who would be useful parts on a championship team (Rosario, Gibson, Rogers, Polanco, Cruz, May) and some more who could be if things break right (Reed, Kepler, maybe Castro and Pineda, Schoop, Cron). The most likely candidates to be the stars we need to anchor a team are Buxton and Sano, with Berrios also a possibility. The other guys who could step up are Polanco and maybe Kepler. I'd say we need three legit stars to have a chance. I would love to have the Twins go after Machado or Harper. That would mean only two of the five potential stars would need turn into actual stars.
  20. gil4
    I'd much rather be sitting in Target Field in late October than in either of the Chicago stadiums. Nothing to do with the climate, and completely off topic.
  21. gil4
    Willy Mays Hayes was AWESOME! (Except for the Indians uniform.)
  22. gil4
    I thought something along those lines. Maybe while he's learning to bunt like Carew, he could learn to steal bases like Henderson and Raines, and learn to pitch like Clemens or Seaver. Just let the ball hit the bat, run, and throw. Easy! (Oh, and we still want him to hit like Mays, too.)
  23. gil4
    Does he still have option years available or would he have to clear waivers?
  24. gil4
    It turns out they were right about Sanchez last year, but didn't keep him around long enough to see it.
  25. gil4
    Don't we still mockingly put the term "proven closer" in quotes around here? The Twins need good relief pitchers and I really don't care about "proven closers." We had one of those last year and he had three blown saves and two losses* in April before he got his third save of the year. * - Full disclosure - 3 BS + 2 L was in 4 games; he was charged with both in one game. Also, in one of the BS games he got the win, so it wasn't quite as bad as I made it sound, but it sure wasn't good.
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