Know where the infielders are standing, big fella

That's like travelling across the Atlantic and turning around a mile from the Spanish Coast.

Yeah.

 

Friends i woulda stayed with in the Twin cities had an Aunt pass on this past week.

 

If i were visiting them, it would be worth missing stuff at home on Sunday.

 

But i got what i come fer. Minnesota will still be here next time i come this way.

 

Maybe then the Twins will have a home game as well...

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Way to waste a leadoff double!

I guess I was jumping to contusions when I suggested amputation.

 

It is a mathematically elegant solution, solving all current and future leg problems...

Most people need a big old burley catcher to threaten them... no matter what job needs to be done. 

In our family she was just called Mom.

When was the last time the Twins had a player with true awareness of what's going on at all times? Molitor in the 1990's?

 

I like Vargas better than Arcia.

 

 

Well maybe I spoke too soon.

Well, Arcia is falling back to earth.    Oh, so did Vargas  

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Way to waste a leadoff double!

Try not to think of it as a waste. It's more like a painful but important lesson in situational awareness.

 

http://i.imgur.com/eEsd4V1.jpg

 

Yeah.

Friends i woulda stayed with in the Twin cities had an Aunt pass on this past week.

If i were visiting them, ot would be worth missing stuff at home on Sunday.

But i got what i come fer. Minnesota will still be here next time i come this way.

Maybe he Twins will have a home game as well then...

 

Yeah... Minnesota always waits for me

 

I guess I was jumping to contusions when I suggested amputation.
 

I think you and Chief were jointly jumping to collusion.

When was the last time the Twins had a player with true awareness of what's going on at all times? Molitor in the 1990's?

Mauer is an excellent baserunner for a big guy. Can't remember the last time he made a mistake on the basepaths.

I think you and Chief were jointly jumping to collusion.

I was about to say they were jumping to... Contusion

 

Well, Arcia is falling back to earth.    Oh, so did Vargas  

When Vargas hits you'll know it...

 

http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_17/995216/150425-nepal-earthquake-2p_546e3677b684a3c6971b832b59c6a247.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg

When was the last time the Twins had a player with true awareness of what's going on at all times? Molitor in the 1990's?

This could be said about Molitor the manager as well!

 

Mauer is an excellent baserunner for a big guy. Can't remember the last time he made a mistake on the basepaths.

 

In fairness, he isn't on base as much any more these days.....

 

*ducks*

Also, is that really on Vargas?  I think if his first step is back to second he might get nailed there too.  Just a crappy place for Santana to hit it.

Mauer is an excellent baserunner for a big guy. Can't remember the last time he made a mistake on the basepaths.

Yea you could be right. Maybe not as a first baseman but he definitely fit the bill during his years catching, for sure, as well as baserunning.

 

When Vargas hits you'll know it...

 

http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_17/995216/150425-nepal-earthquake-2p_546e3677b684a3c6971b832b59c6a247.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg

Yeah, kinda looks like the path Vargas was plowing between 2nd and 3rd ...

Tonkin made Andrus look absolutely silly there.

This could be said about Molitor the manager as well!

Ummm no comment

Also, is that really on Vargas? I think if his first step is back to second he might get nailed there too. Just a crappy place for Santana to hit it.

If you are as lumbering as Vargas you need to be playing careful, station to station baseball. Agreed that the way the ball was hit made it complicated.

Top of the 9th, eh?

 

What do we do now?

Also, is that really on Vargas?  I think if his first step is back to second he might get nailed there too.  Just a crappy place for Santana to hit it.

Yep. If Vargas plays it safe and the ball goes through, he might even be thrown out at third.

 

If you are as lumbering as Vargas you need to be playing careful, station to station baseball. Agreed that the way the ball was hit made it complicated.

 

Yeah, but you want him to be thinking about advancing to third on an out.  The problem is Santana hit it hard, right at the SS, who was behind Vargas.  

 

Kid was screwed the second the ball was hit.  If there was ever a time to just lay down a sac bunt, that was it.

When was the last time the Twins had a player with true awareness of what's going on at all times? Molitor in the 1990's?

Denny Hocking!

 

Top of the 9th, eh?

What do we do now?

Scoring a run would be nice. 2 would be even better. But I'm not holding my breath. Vargas with the double was probably our chance.

 

Yeah, kinda looks like the path Vargas was plowing between 2nd and 3rd ...

It would have been fun to watch the GLP ground crew work feverishly after the Twins' half of the inning as they tried to repair the giant divot where Lost Vargas reversed course.

 

Grossman...

 

Gross can mean big, right?

 

As in coming up?

 

I think you and Chief were jointly jumping to collusion.

leading to permanent confusion.

Mauer is an excellent baserunner for a big guy. Can't remember the last time he made a mistake on the basepaths.

He never gets thrown out. That's not quite the same.