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  1. Unwinder
    Arraez is exactly the kind of guy you want to plug in at first base: A very good bat whose defense can be a liability elsewhere. Doesn't matter in the game's overall math that his calling card is getting on base instead of power. I'm fine with him holding down the fort and waiting to see if Miranda or Kirilloff pops off, especially if Lewis looks like he might spend some time at third base. Larnach will be back soon for Left Field, and Celestino has been an excellent fourth OF. I am more than happy with the performance of our young starting pitchers, but I have no idea how many innings they can reasonably cover this year. This might be solvable by the next wave coming up through the pipeline. I really have no idea. It would not hurt at all to get some insurance here.
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    Huh, I wonder what's going on with Kiriloff. That's a very dramatic turnaround! Did his wrist just suddenly get better? Did he revamp his swing overnight? Is AAA pitching just that much easier for him to hit than MLB pitching?
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    I hope they move.
  4. Unwinder
    Oakland has been doing everything in their power to put a poor product on the field and lose fans in some sort of gambit to get a new stadium. They have the worst attendance in MLB and it's not close.
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    Interesting tangent: I just looked up game attendance so far this year, and I noticed that the Twins have the worst AWAY game attendance in MLB by a long shot this year, due no doubt to the soft schedule and most games against large-market teams being at home.
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    Oh yeah, as a craft beer guy, I have no idea why the Twins are incapable of offering as wide a selection of local brews as the Saints. If I'm paying $12 per beer at an event with 18,000 people, I should be able to find pretty much any kind of beer that I want.
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    Generally I agree, the product on the field is pretty much indistinguishable from major league play unless you watch a lot of baseball, I like going to the Saints about as much as I like going to the Twins, for different reasons. Except for right now when all the good prospects have been called up and it's all AAAA filler.
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    I'm with you in spirit, but to be fair, you can bring in a whole carful of people with one vehicle pass. You need a big trenchcoat to do anything like that at a Twins game.
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    I understand that ticket prices have gone up, and obviously concessions are grossly overpriced, but I don't think that's a big part of the equation. Every other sport aside from maybe MLS charges more for tickets, and charges about the same for concessions. I don't see a lot of empty seats for the Wolves and Wild when they're doing well. I don't see any empty seats for the Vikings even when they suck. I think MLB has mismanaged the sport, particularly broadcasting it, to the point where there are not enough baseball fans to fill stadiums early in the season, even if the team is good. Maybe we get more turnout later in the year if the Twins build some momentum. Maybe the Twins do well but don't see a surge in attendance until next year.
  10. Unwinder
    For the record, I also plan on dragging all of my friends who are even nominally interested in baseball to Target Field as well.
  11. Unwinder
    Personally I think my family is going to be going to more games when the school year is over.
  12. Unwinder
    The White Sox's schedule looks quite a bit softer for them after the all-star break. We need to build up all the wins we can before then.
  13. Unwinder
    I feel like it's time for an article about how good the bullpen has been.
  14. Unwinder
    I feel as good about this loss as I can feel about a blowout loss. Plenty of baserunners, just need to start sealing the deal next time.
  15. Unwinder
    I was SLIGHTLY more there for Miranda's Target Field debut than for Royce, but I was excited enough to drive down and buy a ticket at the box office in the 4th inning after I finished making dinner. It was a fun one!
  16. Unwinder
    I was going to comment that I'm really apprehensive about all these one-run wins that could've easily gone the other way, especially against teams like the Athletics, but then I thought about the roster. Correa's out, Buxton's out, Arraez is out, Larnach's out, Garlick's out, and Sano is out (on top of being ineffective). It's pretty great that with all of these guys gone, the Twins have the depth to stay in close games.
  17. Unwinder
    Excellent. Now we can enjoy Royce's debut without a dark cloud hanging over it. Win-win.
  18. Unwinder
    We were due, and I don't mind losing one here and there. I hope Bundy bounces back though.
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    I might check it out, I've been thinking about picking an NL team to follow.
  21. Unwinder
    Still holding out hope for Sano over here. Every baseball fan has got one guy who they want to see break out and prove everybody wrong. Sano is the guy for me.
  22. Unwinder
    Remember when we thought the AL Central was going to be a formidable?
  23. Unwinder
    As a regular person who is not a professional athlete, the amount of money Correa is likely to make is imaginary to me anyway. If I were him, I'd tell myself I was set for life no matter what happens, and just sign with a team I knew I'd enjoy playing with for ten years. On the other hand, a ten-year contract is very long. Even if Correa does love Buxton, Falvey, Rocco et all as much as he says he does, if he gets the contract he wants, he has a good chance of outlasting all of them. Who knows if he'll like the next front office, the next manager, his future teammates, etc? From this perspective, he's better off getting all the money he can (or at least picking someplace where he likes the climate), because liking the team is a crapshoot over such a long period. And then on the other hand, for someone who has millions of dollars in their bank account, there really is a difference between getting $325 million and whatever lowball offer the Twins are likely to make.
  24. Unwinder
    It's too soon this year to be sure, and he hasn't had a full season playing like this, but I'm only bringing up those factors to pretend I'm evaluating him objectively and not getting carried away in the sheer joy of the moment. Yes, of course he is the best player.
  25. Unwinder
    You know, I'm quite shocked that I barely care at this point that Sonny Gray is injured. Nothing against him at all, his absence just hasn't even been a speed bump.
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