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  1. bighat
    Lewis Thorpe is awful. There I said it.
  2. bighat
    So Thorpe was the call here, eh? Hmmm.
  3. bighat
    Not my favorite, but I also have the Billy Ripken "F*%K FACE" card. And I got it legit, bought a few packs of '88 (or was it '89?) Fleer cards at Grand Slam on Lyndale Avenue. As a 13 year-old kid, that was certainly a collecting highlight.
  4. bighat
    OHHHHH YEASSSS!
  5. bighat
    Beeeeuutiful at-bat there by Arraez. Great to have him back in the lineup.
  6. bighat
    LOVED baseball cards as a kid. Think my first cards were '82 or '83. Always was a Topps guy. That '85 Topps Kirby Puckett rookie card (I have a few of them) has always been my favorite.
  7. bighat
    LOL same here, stepped away for a 10-minute phone call. Come back, we're on the board. C'mon Twins, let's add on here!
  8. bighat
    I'd love to see Willians taking some of Garver's at-bats. No snark. Bring 'em up.
  9. bighat
    Hope you're right! Yeah I was just looking at worse-case scenarios there. I think Mitch is good enough to figure it out, but it's really hard to watch when a guy like that just looks lost at the plate. As you mentioned, the entire offense is struggling - which I think puts more pressure on everyone, and as fans we all probably find it easier to groan a bit louder at the guys who haven't contributed yet.
  10. bighat
    After last night against the Royals (where Garver struck out in the 9th on 3 straight pitches without swinging), Mitch is now batting .111 with 13 strikeouts in 27 at-bats. He's striking out half the time, and only has 3 hits all year. I'm worried, yeah. Garver has 2020 to figure this out and he probably will only play in 30 more games this season, max. He doesn't get things fixed, he's looking at becoming a clear-cut backup moving forward, maybe a platoon right-handed hitting catcher who just plays against left-handed pitching. A stat-line of .224 with 6 HR and 21 RBI might be a typical season for Mitch over the next few years as he bounces around trying to find work before retiring and heading back to coach in New Mex.
  11. bighat
    Twins pitched Smelzter, Theilbar, Wisler and Poppen. Read that again. Smeltzer, Theilbar, Wisler and Poppen....and they somehow held a team to 3 runs! And the Twins LOST because they couldn't score off Jake Junis and Greg Holland. Yuck. Donaldson going to the IL and won't be back for probably 2 more weeks. Completely disappointing, no sugar-coating it. This is why other teams wouldn't give him 4 years, and it didn't even take 2 weeks for the Twins to get stung by this guy. Sure he's a good guy, a great player, and a solid veteran presence. Doesn't mean we can't be disappointed in what's happened so far with him. Sano is striking out 50% of the time and he's hitting .135 now. I know some people like to save this kind of comment and wait until he hits a home run and say "are you bashing him NOW?" - well, no, I wouldn't be. I would be cheering like any Twins fan. But his numbers speak for themselves, they're frankly among the worst in the entire league at this time. These giveaway games are annoying. But hey, half the league is going to make the playoffs, and there's really nothing major to gain from having the best record. The Twins may not win the division and it's going to be Chicago, not Cleveland, that finishes in 1st.... Good news: Hey how about Byron Buxton, folks! He's trying to carry this offense the past few games, at least someone's out there hitting.
  12. bighat
    A couple pretty bad games in a row against a couple bad teams. Still looking good. White Sox are on fire though. Gotta get the next two here, no more "throwaway games" please.
  13. bighat
    Meanwhile Detroit & Pitt are tied at 12 in extras.
  14. bighat
    Sano is striking out at a 50% clip so far too. Or 49% at least, to start the day.
  15. bighat
    Garver's in instead of Avila.... Okay that was a bit nasty, I'll slap myself on the wrist for that one.
  16. bighat
    You have to PH Cruz for Adrianza, right? If they tie it up, Gonzalez to 3rd and Arraez comes in at 2nd?
  17. bighat
    Helluva play by Polanco. All year with this guy out there.
  18. bighat
    Yep, should be 2 on, 1 out. Late in a 1-run game it's just brutal to see that. I know robo-umps have drawbacks but I think every time we see this kind of thing, more people will call for them.
  19. bighat
    Awful strike call on Adrianza there. Unforgivable.
  20. bighat
    Ouch. Twins in danger of letting a winnable game get away here.
  21. bighat
    Remember this year when Garver was batting lead-off? Don't think we'll see that again.
  22. bighat
    I don't think he does either, unless you consider him an innings-eater or mop-up guy. He did have a really nice pitch sequence to Merrifield the first time he saw him - just can't do it consistently.
  23. bighat
    Fuego Volcano, which is the same picture in my TwinsDaily profile pic! While living in Antigua created and ran my own Fuego Volcano Observatory (amateur job) and posted about a million videos documenting the activity:
  24. bighat
    Yeah if I could do it over again I wouldn't. We're going to adopt mama and bring her to the USA with us, and spay/neuter the kittens and find them homes (when they're old enough). Assuming they become friendly.
  25. bighat
    Behind the Antigua mercado in the bus yard! Watch yourself, those buses will run you over if you don't get out of the way! I have a great pic collage of all the different bus names/logos from that bus yard, cool stuff.
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