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  1. Dave The Dastardly
    "Or, I suppose one could look at left-handed hitting catcher Jason Castro, who has veteranness (veterenacity? veterantment?) on his side." John- Might I suggest "veteranshipmanship". Apologies to MASH. Nice article by the way. I am getting so baseball smart from this site I think the Twins will soon be calling me to take over for Molly. Unless of course they go with Dougie instead.
  2. Dave The Dastardly
    Right on, Dude! (I'm a child of the 60's) My sentiments exactly! Though I think Berrios screwed the pooch by picking WC over spring training. His choice sure wouldn't blow up my skirt if I was the manager.
  3. Dave The Dastardly
    "But to change course on the reliever with the highest upside because of a middling spring training performance is either short-sighted or a flawed philosophy. " Actually I think it's both; short-sighted front office and Molly's flawed (and failed) philosophy. Saints preserve us! (That can be taken two different ways if you think about it.)
  4. Dave The Dastardly
    Cool stuff! I'm now smarter about pitching. Probably grade out around a D-, but I'm an old dog. Which means I won't remember any of this stuff tomorrow morning. Just like how I'm having trouble remembering how badly the Twins pitching staff sucked last year. Anybody seen my season ticket application? I think I started to fill one out...
  5. Dave The Dastardly
    Interesting article. Can't say as it makes me giddy about Santiago though. But I'm hard to giddy. That's why I haven't bit into the tail-wagging-the-dog (is there a pun in there somewhere?) theory over Obi Wan Castro and pitch framing either. I suppose somebody is going to come up with a nut-cup-adjustment statistic next and high school catchers all over the country will be working on their... balls instead of strikes.
  6. Dave The Dastardly
    Berrios has blown his chances of going north with the big team by sitting on the bench for the WC. He starts in Rochester. Mejia joins him so our "experts" can get a longer look at him. Duffy wins the 5th spot by default. Shaggy should join the major league pen. I see no future for Haley unless the Twins can cut a deal. If the BoSox wanted him back, he wouldn't have been available, IMO. So given the Twinkies historical interest in cast-offs, I think the pony up some cash and send him to Rochester. Given what we already have in the minors, I still can't figure out why we picked him up in the first place. But then I'm not a pitching guru, at least not as guru as some are said to be. Okay, maybe I'm not a guru at all. Maybe I've just been listening to Bert for too many seasons. Or maybe not enough seasons... Whatever.
  7. Dave The Dastardly
    Vogelsong's demise, though feared by many experienced Twins fans as something that would not take place until July or later, was inevitable. The Twinkies are the only major league team that has always sought messiahs in the old folks home. Or the morgue. Sometimes bystanders have to let the hopeful jockey know he's riding a dead horse.
  8. Dave The Dastardly
    An aggressive manager (like Dougie) would have Shaggy on the major league team. Molitor has no patience for young players and prefers not to use the yutes (apologies to Cousin Vinny) until they're at least 30 years old and have proven themselves to be perfect while throwing their arms out in the minors. Somebody should prod Molly every now and then and make sure he hasn't fallen asleep.
  9. Dave The Dastardly
    Charlie Chan says "Death by a thousand cuts most painful. Expectations sharpen blade."
  10. Dave The Dastardly
    I can remember LB Windschitl leading off for us in the 1950's. In other words, who's Rick Monday? Did he play other days of the week?
  11. Dave The Dastardly
    Is that a Catch-22?
  12. Dave The Dastardly
    You're right. If truth be told, I visit Twins Daily for wit, not wisdom. If I don't get at least one belly laugh and two chuckles off this site every day I'm outta here. Otherwise being a Twins a fan is just too depressing.
  13. Dave The Dastardly
    If I was 30 years younger I'd jump on the deal, but there's no way an old geezer with bad knees, ankles, feet (take your pick) is going to go standing room only. But then he isn't going to drink too many $10 beers either unless they come with a handful of bicarbs. I bet the Twins are going to strike out with the old foggies with this package. Cheaper and easier to enjoy the game stretched out on the couch with Dick and Bert for company. But then they always say that baseball is a young man's game anyway.
  14. Dave The Dastardly
    Until Dougie takes over I'll remain skeptical.
  15. Dave The Dastardly
    I get the feeling the Twins staff was short-armed by this report. Everyone knows the most accurate information is on Twitter.
  16. Dave The Dastardly
    Is that Placebo, or did you really mean Palacios?
  17. Dave The Dastardly
    "USBS has the same entrance system as Target Field: basically empty your pockets" Tom, you got that right.
  18. Dave The Dastardly
    Did they hold a gun on you?
  19. Dave The Dastardly
    How come lefties are the only pitchers that are crafty? I mean have you ever heard of a crafty righty? Is it a left-brain, right-brain thing? And what's that mean if you're a lefty but you aren't considered crafty? Does that mean you're dumber than a rock? Or just guileless? Somebody help me out here... I'm ambidextrous. Don't know which way to turn.
  20. Dave The Dastardly
    I agree whole-heartedly. I've argued against trading Dozier for prospects all along. The Twins have plenty of prospects already in the system. If they're going to build a team for the future they need to find out if the young guys mentioned can play at the major league level now. If they can, Dozier fits. If they can't, we need more than a Dozier trade to build a winning team.
  21. Dave The Dastardly
    2020? Is this like a Back to the Future kind of hindsight thing? This winter must be more severe than I thought.
  22. Dave The Dastardly
    Nice lead!
  23. Dave The Dastardly
    Good question. What's the end game? Are we trying to get back to .500 ball or just playing Make A Deal?
  24. Dave The Dastardly
    I'm giddy. Is that a picture of the pitcher Diaz with a 1-8 record? If so, how come he's holding a bat? Did his former coach force him to carry a bat around to remind him that's what he's supposed to miss when pitching?
  25. Dave The Dastardly
    Lighten up dude! The Twins aren't playing (although that might be construed as a blessing), the Vikings have forgotten how to win, the T-Wolves suck (as usual) and I heard the hockey team (what are they called again?) is doing their usual inconsistent thing and winter is slowly tightening its grip around our throats and pretty soon will have us by the balls (don't be alarmed - that's a little play on sports there). What else do Minnesota sports fans have to do right now but be preposterous? A fan's gotta survive any way he can. Even if he has to invent fecal matter. (Will that slip past the censors?)
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