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Schoop. Stupid autocorrect

School catches that one too.

Smoltz must still be bitter about '91. Costas named a kid after Kirby Puckett. He should give us some love.

Cron looks terrible. Could use some time off

That last pitch was sick. Unhittable.

Now Dick just said right heel for Cruz.

Cruz had to sprint in his top gear to leg out that double. I hope he didn't strain a hammy or something.

Littell went back down to make room for Garver.

Twins team slugging percentage is .520. 62 players have/had higher career slugging percentages. Most of them are HOF sluggers. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/slugging_perc_career.shtml Nelson Cruz isn't one of them. His is .518.

I gotta get to Target Field. Everyone looks like they are having so much fun!

Actual conversation from the booth (slightly paraphrased due to my weak memory) Dick: The Twins are on pace to score 923 runs this year. Many thought this team could score 800, but 923! LaTroy: If the Twins can keep up this pace they should be able to get to that number. Math must not be LaTroy's thing.

I still hate the Brunansky trade. We traded a slugging corner outfielder for a 32 year old 2nd baseman. It turned out that Bruno's best years were behind him, but I think he would have had a better career if he stayed in Minnesota. Herr was washed up when we got him. MacPhail should have known better. I remember his quote when a reporter asked why he did it. He said , "Someone would have burned my house down if I traded Kirby Puckett." That team needed a 2nd baseman, but that wasn't the way to address it.

It's a rally!

Nice hop Garver!

The only middle infielders who are free agents this year are Manny Machado, Escobar, and a bunch of old guys whose best baseball is behind them. I'm afraid that our 2019 middle infield is currently in our system.

We had a ton of talent come through the system in the late 90's/early 2000's (Hunter, Jones, Lawton, Koskie, Cuddyer, Bartlett, Mientkeiwicz, Ortiz, Pyrzienski, Mauer, Morneau, Baker, Slowey, Garza, Liriano, Santana, Perkins, etc) and a bunch of busts the past 10-12 years. It's still too early to give up on Buxton and Sano, but it doesn't look good. I'd bet on Buxton before Sano just because he has a wider skill set. We chose Mientkeiwicz over David Ortiz. Then Liriano blew out his arm. Then Kubel blew out his knee. Then we traded Santana for a weak package of prospects. Then we traded Ramos for Capps. Then Mauer and Morneau had concussions. Then we gave up on Gomez too soon and traded him. Then we gave up on Hicks too soon. We had a pile of assets, but blew it with a bunch of bad luck and some really bad decisions. Now our prospects are flopping. Dozier and Rosario are the only prospects who met or exceeded expectations over the past 10 years or so. I feel gross after typing that. Feel free to mock and ridicule if I didn't list the things on correct chronological order, but it's close.

Matt Garza

Nothing strikes fear in an opponent like Logan Forsythe in the cleanup spot.

Got hurt sliding into 2nd base.

X Ray negative to Sano. Called a bruise at this time. Knowing our medical team and luck, he will probably need a tourniquet by midnight.

I don't know if you noticed but this team is brutal. Maybe we can invent some semantics to mask our cleanup hitter. No good starting pitching option? No problem, have a reliever start and call him an opener. No cleanup hitters on the roster? No problem, bat Grossman 4th and call him a _____________(fill in the blank).

I get home and turn the game on just in time to watch Sano get carted off the field. Yikes.

We are going to have to agree to disagree. I'm not sure that Escobar is coming back. There is no equivalent option in free agency or anywhere in the organization. Playing Sano at 1B puts a utility infielder at 2nd and 3rd. Austin's best position is probably DH. I don't want to count on him to play much 1B or in the outfield. I think you need to limit your pitching staff to 12 to justify keeping a player like Mauer. I would actually prefer to carry a player like Mauer than an 8th relief pitcher, but I don't see it happening.

Totally agree. Players and coaching staff have every right to disagree with the decision, but allowing it to impact their performance on the field is unprofessional at best.

Why does Giminez pitch? He is terrible. Wasn't Austudillo better?