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Arcia appears to need some work on laying off the breaking balls in the dirt.

Yes, as a DH he is an elite defender.

I am blaming my dog for last inning.

Nice first inning by Diamond. He looks relaxed and ready to go all day.

I am getting the Sox feed and they were talking about being happy that Span and Revere are gone.

My wife is at a book fair all day and the dog is ready to pick up brunch sometime around the third inning.

I can understand that some people seem to feel strongly that the Twins mishandled Slowey. I even agree that in some respects they may be correct. On the other hand, I am also getting a vibe as if at least some people will be happy if Slowey no hits the Twins. Since this is a Twins fan site, rooting for an opponent is inherently inflammatory and I urge people to be very respectful of each other if they want to post here. If I did not have a commitment to enforce TD policy, I would not come back to this thread. For those of us like me who may get a little angry at the concept of rooting for any opponent when they are playing against the Twins, I urge you to save yourself the grief of coming back to this thread. And if you can't resist posting, please follow the letter and spirit of TD policy.

Thanks for another great report, Seth. It sounds like Colabello is red hot. I would love to see what he can do if he is called up.

It seems to me that today's win was special. Worley had a good game and the Twins eked out a tough win. I will sleep well tonight dreaming of 1st place..

I continue to believe that the Twins should hire Parker as a special coach. This is another in an illustrious series of articles that go right to the heart of what a player needs to focus on.

Back to .500 seems pretty good right now. Plus the Sox bullpen should be tired tomorrow.

I am willing to get on or off any bandwagon just to get the win today.

Escobar!!!

I am hoping that he was up late last night partying.

You should consider a career in broadcasting. Thanks for posting this.

Thanks. I am at my office and appreciate all details and commentary. You are my play by play announcers today.

Please elaborate.

I am stuck at the office and the game is not making it to California today anyway, so I will have to "watch" it on cbssportsline.com. If those of you who can watch the game can post as much detail as possible, I will be grateful to you.

Great report. As for Dawson's Creek, it is a fun show if you don't turn on the sound -- Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams were goddesses in the making.

I just want to read about baseball. I suppose that some drama is inevitable, and there is some subjectivity in moderating the forums, but this thread was hijacked by bickering. If you go back and read the entire thread, I hope that you will agree that there was a lot of psychodrama that detracted from the baseball discussion. I am not placing all the blame here on any one person. And I am holding myself to blame for not intervening sooner and/or closing the thread. If someone misrepresents your position, then please give them the benefit of the doubt. People often remember things differently. If you want to prove that they are in error, then please politely and respectfully present your evidence. If you do it that way, the chances of them changing their perception will be greater, and everyone will see that you are following the spirit of the TD policy, which is to promote friendly, respectful debate -- "with all due respect, I believe that you are incorrect because [arguments/evidence go here]". Also, if you feel that someone is being rude, then send them a private message or report their post to the moderators -- don't participate ina feud that is both annoying and boring to those of us who are here to talk about baseball. It would be no fun having to watch ten minutes of a boring soap opera to get to a half inning of baseball and the TD policy is designed to minimize drama and maximize baseball discussion. We are finding that more than 95% of the issues have been generated by a very small percentage of members. We are also finding that once people appreciate the intent of the policy, almost all of them are able and willing to change. Please give this some genuine consideration from the perspective of the vast majority of members who want baseball, not bickering. If you want an even more candid discussion of this, please PM me.

This is about not having more dumb squabbles about what was or was not posted, and yes I believe that it is disrespectful to tell someone to go search the archives for an author's ancient posts.

Please refrain from any squabble about what is or is not in the archives -- if it can easily be found then please post it, but let's not have post after post arguing about what might have been said.

You should be arrested for attempted murder of snepp, because his wife would likely kill him if he followed your advice.

Tell her that you have important moderating to do?

When I started this thread, I was hoping that there would be a lot of intelligent discussion. We started with some of that, then some intelligent members got sidetracked into showing disrespect for each other which then devolved into bickering. When intelligent adults fight like third graders, it's no fun for them and it's no fun for the rest of us to read. That's what CSPAN is for. I appreciate the restraint that was shown by all but one member, and that member has now been asked to not do this again. We are all Twins fans. This is a sacred bond. We are better than fans of other teams and TD is better than their websites, Even our stupid bear is better than the feces flinging fleabag that the Angels have. Let's look at this thread as a rare lapse and each do what we can to do better,