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  1. gil4
    Must like the heated seats
  2. gil4
    I thought the wild pitch on the intentional walk summed up our season. I'm so confused!
  3. gil4
    If you missed the game it was the right amount of drunk.
  4. gil4
    ​I don't usually try to analyze MLB batters' swings because HS is about the highest level I can be useful, but it sure looks like Buxton stands a little too far from the plate. He can't cover the outer third, and meanwhile he had a massive home run last week on a pitch that was up and way in. Is anyone else seeing that or am I imagining it? I'm looking at his back foot, since with the open stance his front foot moves in from the starting point.
  5. gil4
    Same here. I never heard of the show and didn't even realize it was from a show until a couple of years ago.
  6. gil4
    As you pointed out, 100 is an arbitrary number that indicates "really bad," but the Twins have been really bad for five of six years now (just not quite that bad), so I'm hopeful that the process of turning it around is well under way, not just beginning.
  7. gil4
    You had to wait until September to share this vital info?
  8. gil4
    When I got the basic training haircut I was I looked like Tweety Bird. Some head shapes just don't work with the shaved look. I do cut mu own hair, though - #8 all over, then #4 up the sides and back, then #6 to taper between the two. Easy. No appointment needed.
  9. gil4
    Alomar, Knoblauch, Baerga, and Biggio were all playing at a high level at the same time. Two HoF, Knoblauch looked like he was on that track for a while, and Baerga was probably #2 on the list before he aged 10 years overnight. I'm not sure this list is better, but they are at least comparable.
  10. gil4
    Don't tell me now we're going to start converting pitchers into outfielders.
  11. gil4
    It sounds so much better with the S - we need to petition Webster's to get that changed. As a parent of one OBU grad and one OBU senior, it always drives me nuts that the plural of bison is bison.
  12. gil4
    The Dome was the greatest and the worst. When it was full and loud, it was amazing. When it was 1/3 full on a sunny Sunday afternoon, all of the plastic and the horrible PA system really stood out. I guess it was never quite the worst, but only Tampa was saving it from that (and it was close.)
  13. gil4
    That's the main reason most of us come here.
  14. gil4
    Sometimes when it's not working it makes sense to pull the plug for a while and then try again later. I think we reached that point with Buxton.
  15. gil4
    I think the only difference it made is Albers is subject to the 10-day non-injury recall rule for being on the 25th instead of 26th man (and I'm not even 100% sure that's true.) I'd be more upset with Albers returning without someone being injured than I am about any consequences of the rule.
  16. gil4
    I probably would have, but that says more about me than about your point.
  17. gil4
    That would be an interesting list to re-check in a couple of years.
  18. gil4
    Buxton will get more chances, and I really think he's just a couple of tweaks away from putting it together. I still think we will see them both in the middle of the line-up in the not-too-distant future.
  19. gil4
    Great article - definitely worth digging it out again. I imagine the 2014-2016 chapters would have some interesting stories as well. I don't know if he has the ability to put together sustained success in the majors, but it's nice to see his persistence rewarded.
  20. gil4
    Unfortunately, I can see one team giving him a multi year deal.
  21. gil4
    How long has he been using that extremely closed stance? I guess what he's been doing sort of works, I guess (apart from the 4 Ks last night), but I'd like to see him change that up in an attempt to find something that really works.
  22. gil4
    Solid yes for Plouffe. Weak probably not for Suzuki.
  23. gil4
    Once teams see his on waivers, an interested team might call the Twins and work out some trade parameters and then make the claim, but if they were unable to get a deal they probably would recognize the Twins received a better offer and wouldn't make the claim (unless they wanted to set themselves up for retaliation.) So someone might claim him, or they might be no deal in place and no claim to allow the Twins more time to work a deal once he has cleared. (Like the rest of baseball, there seem to be a lot of unwritten rules and gentlemen's agreements with these things.)
  24. gil4
    I suppose some team might claim him with the hopes of having exclusive trade rights to negotiate a better deal, but if there weren't some parameters for a trade set in advance, the Twins probably wouldn't look to favorably upon that claim.
  25. gil4
    They are put on revocable waivers, so the non-contender isn't going to get the player unless the team that waived him (most likely in the same boat) is happy to let him go for nothing. All they will accomplish is annoying the other GMs Teams will put more players on waivers than you would expect, although it wouldn't be the untouchables like Kepler, Buxton, and Sano. I'd bet Dozier, Escobar, Mauer (just in case he's willing to waive the no-trade), Suzuki, and Plouffe all clear waivers. Santana and Milone also will probably clear, and a couple of relievers might, too, just in case someone is willing to pay a premium. We'll just never hear anything about it unless they actually make a deal.
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