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  1. bighat
    Wow Bux, unfortunate grounder there. Just about the only way he can get doubled up.
  2. bighat
    Dick really has problems pronouncing "Arraez". Are - eye - yes. Not Are - eyes.
  3. bighat
    Unreal that I was just thinking about this and was going to post my own question about it. Here's who I think deserves it: Polanco - sadly, Lindor will get the start even though he's missed most of the 1st half. Fan voting is a joke and it's only gotten worse over the years. Rosario - deserves to be a starter as well, leads league in HR and RBI Berrios Odorizzi Perez I don't think Kepler, Buxton, or Cron have a chance to get in.
  4. bighat
    Twins may have something with Smeltzer here. Think about some of the other debuts of recent AAA guys: Stewart, Gonsalves, Littell....last night's performance reminded me more of what Romero was doing last year in his first appearances. Smeltzer just may stick. That said, regardless of what his MLB future holds, the kid is playing with house money. He's already beaten the toughest opponent he'll ever face. Awesome job last night, what a story and it was great to see his family supporting him big time. They were emotional and proud of him. Too cool. Buxton almost had that catch. Chief was right, this game felt almost like a playoff game or at the very least a late-season important game. Crowd was into it, good fight from both teams. Overall an entertaining little series for sure.
  5. bighat
    So this move gives Perez a bit of extra rest also. Twins playing the long game with their strategy here. With a 10-game lead why not?
  6. bighat
    I think you hit the nail on the head. Pineda has pitched 6 innings in 4 straight games, 5 the game before that. Dude's been logging innings like a workhorse. Twins have the luxury to give him a break and take a peek at some minor league options. I'm sure Big Mike is OK and he'll be back in a week or 2.
  7. bighat
    Rats. Oh well, the Twins were not going to go 102-0 the remaining 2/3 of the season. Rogers wasn't going to have a 0.00 ERA the rest of the way. This was gonna happen - and it'll happen again. The Twins let one get away against a good Milwaukee team. That's baseball. Heck, the White Sox took 2 of 4 in Houston last week. The Blue Jays roughed up the Twins earlier in the year in Minneapolis. The Orioles won the season opener in Yankee Stadium. Every team has a chance on any given day. I agree that the bullpen needs some help, we all know that. I'm not going to panic about Rogers or the Twins just yet though. Hope the Twins get some revenge tonight. My one sore spot: would love to see Cruz in the lineup again. Getting a bit annoyed. Don't think Cruz would have struck out on three pitches with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth....and I wish Sano would been thinking SINGLE instead of HR in his last AB.
  8. bighat
    Couple ESPN stories today, including Eduardo Perez and Tim Kurkjian both giving the Twins lots of props and ranking them definitively #1 in their personal rankings: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings052719/power-rankings-twins-rise-al-elite-reach-no-1
  9. bighat
    Either a coincidence or LaVelle & Dan read Twins Daily! Very cool. Whatever we're calling them, they're sure as heck fun to watch and have been the entire year. 9 game lead, wow!
  10. bighat
    I threw a few out there last week. I think "The Grain Belters" was the most popular (ie: one person said they liked it). This team is on a ridiculous roll. Do the Twins face any true MLB aces in the next week? I'd like to see a game against a Sale or Verlander type because at this point the Twins are just crushing mediocre and bad pitching without a second thought.
  11. bighat
    Completely agree. Honestly I don't think many ballplayer types fit the typical profile of a "millennial kid". Guys who get to The Show and have come through the minors have probably lived a life somewhere between "Animal House" and "Beverly Hillbillies" since they were 18 years old. Okay, maybe not all of them...but my point is that pro athletes probably rode their big wheels without helmets when they were kids.
  12. bighat
    I don't think the Twins are going to be sending Pineda to another contender at the deadline. With his 1-year contract there will likely be zero trade partners for him. He could be "dumped" as part of a deal (ie: Marlins give us Sergio Romo in exchange for Nick Gordon but they must take Pineda as part of the deal, etc). Kind of like the Twins last year with Logan Forsythe. Twins didn't want him, he just came in the same box as Luke Raley and we didn't have a choice. I don't think he's THAT bad. Way too early to give up on Pineda, he's actually thrown back-to-back quality starts, not sure why we'd panic just yet. Give him 2 more months before we pull any kind of trigger on Big Mike.
  13. bighat
    Molitor was almost physically unable to say the words "he had a good game" when talking about anyone. A guy could go 7 innings and give up 1 hit and Molitor would start the interview with "he got one up and made a mistake there in the 4th", or whatever. Baldelli, on the other hand, sugar coats everything. Almost every interview he uses words like "very special" and "quality at bats" and stuff like that. Sounds like a teacher praising elementary school kids. But you know what? It seems to be working - that's all that matters in the end. If it ain't broke don't fix it, I say. If I could talk to Rocco, I'd tell him he's having a very special year here as our manager. Just real quality stuff. Whatever works, man. I got absolutely no complaints.
  14. bighat
    Angels had 2 on, 1 out when I turned off the game to get some work done. 20 minutes later I turn it on and it's 6-0? Is this real life?
  15. bighat
    Matt Harvey vs. Martin Perez....these are the two players at the heart of the new best-seller: "Dumpster Diving 101".
  16. bighat
    Interesting game today - looks like there's about 86 people in the crowd. LaTroy Hawkins also had somewhere else to be so Dick's got a bunch of "guest broadcasters" with him today. Falvey's doing the first couple innings as the color man, this should be...interesting. Not quite as interesting as what's going on with Graterol. Wow....
  17. bighat
    Our most glaring weakness is the fans' inability to accept that this team is going to sweep the Dodgers in 4 games and win their 3rd World Series title in October. Aside from that, probably the bullpen.
  18. bighat
    I started exactly one game thread last year, and that game was rained out! I feel your pain man. Go get 'em next time.
  19. bighat
    In a perfect world, you get to keep the good players you like and trade the bad players you don't like for All-Stars. Alas, it doesn't work like that. Teams routinely give up prospects 1-5 in their systems for big names. If the Twins acquire a big name, expect to see someone you like going the other direction.
  20. bighat
    Conspiracy theory alert: Arraez is being showcased as the key piece in a major deal for a pitcher in July. Twins package Raley and Arraez for a solid #3 or #4 veteran for the stretch run.
  21. bighat
    Our 14th man (Austin) and 15th man (Reed) are/were both starting for San Fran this year many times!
  22. bighat
    ....plus he gets to go live in Japan instead of, say, Danville GA. You can do a lot more interesting things with 4 million in Japan than you can in sticksville. Good for this kid.
  23. bighat
    I heard that some fans went to bed at 10:15pm when the Twins were getting no-hit thru 5 innings. Oh, wait, that was me. Thrilled, yet not shocked to see the results this morning. Wow!
  24. bighat
    Twins getting no-hit through 4. Think I'll pass on the rest of this one. Hope to see at least a hit when I check the score in the morning. Cheers gang.
  25. bighat
    Noticed that too. The catcher caught the brunt of it. I can't believe the Angels are going to leave Smith in there, seems irresponsible given what we know about concussions.
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