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Consistent with your post, Mauer has been looking good lately.

The first inning started so well...

This inning is not going well for Milone.

I want to ride in that now famous Dodge Dart.

I think so.

Does calamari count?

Nice win!

Perkins strikes out the Hammer! We can win this one.

I was talking about letting the ball drop instead of running at top speed into a probable collision with a teammate In that situation, I believe that the probability of a significant injury is higher than .0001%. I also believe that near collisions are not that common and that even if players were more conservative, the number of balls allowed to drop would be fairly small. In my mind, a minor league game is essentially a training exercise akin to an exhibition game. I don't like seeing prospects diving into the dugout to try to make a catch and taking similar risks in an exhibition game. Yes, this shows heart and we all love the effort. But now it's possible that Buxton may never fully recover and that makes me question what happened. I appreciate the value of players always giving 110% and being willing to sacrifice their bodies to make a play. But I am not the only person who feels that players like Puig on the Dodgers need to dial it down a little to reduce the risk of a major injury. Now that Buxton has suffered what seems like a significant concussion, I wish that he would be a little more careful in what I see as essentially exhibition games. I also understand that the centerfielder should yell to the corner outfielder to make it clear who should make the catch. I don't know whether Buxton called for the ball or not. I just wish that one of the two players had veered out of the way and we did not have to worry about whether Buxton will never be the same. Also, I wish that someone would design comfortable headgear for outfielders that gives them at least some protection. In my mind, even some protection would be better than none.

I wish that the Twins would lecture their minor league players to simply let the ball drop rather than risk a collision that might end a career. Maybe that would do no good, but these are minor league games that mean nothing, and I would rather let a few balls drop than ever see this again. Who knows how good Kubel would have been if not for the collision that destroyed his knee, and now we have a situation where it seems possible that Buxton may never fully recover from the concussion. I also wonder why it would not be possible to provide Buxton with a padded hat to wear in the field for the rest of his career, that might give him some protection against another concussion. Obviously this applies to all teams and all prospects. In an era where new materials are being invented all the time, it seems to me that professional sports teams in general should be a lot more proactive in developing innovations to protect their players.

Quick poll -- what is your favorite Robin Williams movie? My favorite Robin Williams movie is Good Morning Vietnam. I have seen it at least 5 times.

I think that we are all saddened by his passing. Being here together trying to have fun may help.

On replay, I think it was a terrible slide.

it looked to me that Plouffe started his slide too late and could have been safe with a better slide.

I am glad for him. He always seemed to give 100% for the Twins.

Or you could have done this.

Done.

Give Hughes credit for a very good outing today. One run in 7 innings, with 7 Ks.

I wish that it was Perkins facing Fuld right now.

The As announcers said that Hammer has 8 HR in 18 games against the As. Someone should be calling the Angels and Tigers tomorrow to make sure that they are aware of this stat.

Hammer time, at last!

Perkins has not pitched in this series. It might make sense to ask him for 2 innings today?

Twins lead!

Nice framing by the As catcher.

It seemed to me that Shafer should have been more ready to move his body across the plate to make sure he made contact if the pitch was outside.