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  1. Melissa
    I was busy last night, so only started watching in the eighth. Astudillo’s double play was a good first play to see! Another fine write up, Jamie — thank you!
  2. Melissa
    Thanks for such an informative and entertaining report, Allen! The Wichita squad is especially sounding strong and raising my hopes. The Twins Daily mid season prospect ranking obviously came three weeks before the trade deadline, so it’s a bit harder to track our most recent shiny stars in the making.
  3. Melissa
    I thought it was meant as humor (?)
  4. Melissa
    The link is to a discussion of Fernando Rodney??
  5. Melissa
    Thanks for this, Jamie, all three young men you mention look to be promising!
  6. Melissa
    Well, it was the current front office that signed Nelson Cruz as a free agent, twice, so that’s pretty impressive.
  7. Melissa
    It was confusing at the park. Last night was our first visit to Target Field since the end of the Bomba season in 2019. It felt surreal and sad to see fans wearing Cruz 23 shirts, as he was scratched from the lineup just when we were settling into our seats. There were repercussions in the lineup, especially at 3rd base. Donaldson moved over to DH and Astudillo had a tough night at the hot corner. He missed a cutoff throw to allow the batter second base and was unable to handle three tough plays. I think JD would have made two of them.
  8. Melissa
    Wonderful writing, Nick - thank you! I’ll be 68 years old and miss aspects of the “way things were,” especially having set rosters as mentioned above. But hey, that’s life, things change, even on the eternally beautiful baseball diamond. My enjoyment is diminished this year by the team’s erratic and often poor play, but having The Game around again is so fine. And watching the new kids is fun!
  9. Melissa
    Wichita has it going!
  10. Melissa
    Naturally I chose not to watch the inevitably sad conclusion to the game in the 9th inning. You’re welcome, everyone!
  11. Melissa
    And only for 2018, I might add. For the bigger picture, SS are below average hitters (MLB wRC+ of 90, just above catchers). Edited to add: I see that Major League Ready already pointed this out.
  12. Melissa
    Hello TD community - when I click on "just click this link" I get the following message: Do you know, does this mean I need to update the Flash on my computer, or that there is something else going on? Thanks for any help ... Melissa Error: 404 Not Found There was a problem processing your request! Details: Attempting to load: http://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/gleemangeek/Ep_517.mp3 Previous URL: http://twinsdaily.com/ No Previous URL
  13. Melissa
    I liked seeing AK hit that double today against Tampa Bay! Such a smooth swing.
  14. Melissa
    Good news about Megan Ryan at the Strib! I have enjoyed her excellent reporting about the Gophers the last couple of years.
  15. Melissa
    Another thing that comes to mind with Dozier's retirement is that his playing arc illustrates further why teams are shying away from long-term contracts once players are past their arbitration years. As stated in another thread, teams are "paying for projection, not for past performance." Personally, I hope that the new agreement will give greater monetary awards to the younger players, when they are actually contributing at or near their peak.
  16. Melissa
    One of the pleasures for me as a life-long baseball fan is the long season and the many opportunities to watch the game, including some at the park. I get a lot of pleasure in watching these highly skilled players work their craft. Sure, there can be crushing disappointments - I was at Target Field for that extra-innings loss to the Yankees in 2019, when Aaron Hicks (ouch!) made the game-saving catch. But it was still a fun game to watch, overall. Certainly, when a team I follow makes the postseason, and then succeeds, it's all the more fun. But the long season provides so many occasions for joy, if we don't put all our eggs in the one basket of postseason success.
  17. Melissa
    Doc, I would keep the 6th IF option in St. Paul for a quick call up if needed as an IL replacement (assuming a 25-player roster). If we go to 26, maybe then?
  18. Melissa
    I like Luis as much as the next Twins fan, but I believe that his defensive stats (if we mean the traditional error rate) are affected in his favor by his limited range. If he got to more balls and had more chances his errors would presumably climb, too.
  19. Melissa
    So funny!
  20. Melissa
    Great approach, Matthew, thanks!
  21. Melissa
    I just loved this article and the Letterman show! Brought me back in lots of ways. I grew up in Milwaukee as a Braves fan, then we didn't have MLB for several years before the Pilots moved from Seattle to become the Brewers. I was in high school at the time and caught a few Brewers games at the old County Stadium, though I was never much of a Brew Crew fan. A few times the Twins were in town, and somehow, as I now remember it, it seemed that The Killer came up to bat late in every game and blasted that ball out of the park, sending the Twins to victory. Also: watching Dave L. in his prime was a real treat. Never saw this episode before. The band was so rockin' - I always wished I could hear more than the intro and outro of the music they played during commercial breaks. The cigar came out toward the end of the show. All so fine. Thanks, David Youngs!
  22. Melissa
    Longtime St. Paulite here. This is funny, of course, but in part because it rings so true. So many of my Minneapolitan friends complain that they get lost in The Capital City. "But ... they don't use the alphabet or numerical sequences!" Pearl clutch. On the other hand, the supposed N-E-S-W directions in downtown Mpls (skewed to follow the River, of course) threw me for a loop for a while. And when people say things like "32xx 34th" I have to stop and think which is the Street and which is the Avenue. Particularly bad in Dinkytown, where we have things like 4th at the corner of 14th ...
  23. Melissa
    But wouldn't a shortened season also reduce the salaries? Or are you assuming that a new player agreement requires full-season salaries even for a reduced number of games?
  24. Melissa
    I think Thorpe should have a SP role in AAA next year, assuming there is a minor league season. He could work on his velocity and command without it harming the big league club. Then if he does well, and the need arises, bring him back up.
  25. Melissa
    Fabulous!! ❤️❤️
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