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I think he’s getting the call, and it will either be Tuesday, Aug 27 in Chicago or Friday, August 30 against Detroit. He didn’t pitch Sunday, and only has two appearances for Rochester, so I imagine they would like to see him get 1-2 more chances before the call-up. Price is a bit of an odd comp for him, but I get the premise. I think we should temper expectations for him a bit.

The fine folks in Cedar Rapids must be thrilled to see Buxton play there for a couple of games. And I’m sure the players are excited too, and are looking forward to a nice meal paid for by Byron!

Whoops. Sorry. I guess I didn’t really pay attention.

I think, sometimes, in the midst of a gamethread, it is a bit easy to have a Chicken Little mentality. In the final analysis, the Twins managed to score six runs on seven hits off of Jackson over five innings, somewhat remarkably causing his ERA to increase from the 8.46 mark he had at game time! Anyway, this team, and specifically this offense, is no joke.

While it is a huge blow to Colts fans, I give Andrew Luck a lot of credit for realizing he needed to step away. It takes courage to do that, and it is going to take courage to deal with the aftermath of this decision, as well. I hope that he does not second guess. Joe Mauer had tons of critics (around these parts, even), despite playing his whole career as a Twin, achieving dizzying heights, earning (earning) a huge contract, suffering debilitating, career-altering injuries, and continuing to play on even as a shell of his former self. He didn’t deserve a lot of the poor treatment he got.

Great post, very thoughtful and on point. When I heard the news about Luck I immediately thought of Robert Smith. I think the conversation can certainly include concussions that catchers suffer in baseball, but there is a world of difference, in my view, in general between football and baseball. Football is a sport that absolutely destroys amazing athletes, especially RBs and QBs, leaving them with a shell of their former selves once they retire. That’s just not the case with baseball.

How long before they call this game?

He has been pretty consistent in giving up late leads recently.

Will be anywhere from 1.5 to 3.5 games ahead by the time they play again. Cleveland gets to play Stroman and Syndergaard in the meantime. Seems like a familiar story to win one game in a blowout and lose the series.

Doesn’t Skole seem like a player that should be on Minnesota, not Chicago?

Can we get Bigwig or General Woundwort in the mix, or at least Hazel?

I thought Royce Lewis had 80 speed.

Get ahead in the count, I’m pretty sure. The announcers were also touting how he had thrown first pitch strikes for a majority of the batters of the game.

Here is a slightly related question. What is the stance on “the air conditioner is on, please roll up your windows?” This has always been thing, but why can’t we do both, if we want to?

I am concerned. What flavor? Good game, tough loss, missed an opportunity to extend the lead to three and the winning streak to five. One bad pitch to Abreu really hurt. While we are saluting the suicide squeeze, very well could have been thanking them for the double play. I also think McCann blocked the plate, but it was a helluva play by both third base and catcher. Good send.

Excellent anti jinx by Provus—Sox have yet to lose this year when leading after 8.

It’s possible you are overestimating the import of tomorrow’s game.

Now that’s news we can use! Cruz!

This is a tough game. I think the Twins are going to find a way to eke this one out.

Holy crap.

Duran, Smeltzer and Vallimont all seem to have improved upon their minor league career track records after their arrival in the Twins organization, wouldn’t it be fair to say?

Thank you for doing the write-ups, and for posting relevant videos. Seems like a legit quid pro quo to me....

Love these updates. They are on pace to hit 315 or 316. They are averaging 1.95 HR/game. With 39 games to play, it seems obvious they will set the all-time record. It also seems plausible that they hit 300 this year. The biggest question, though, is whether they finish the season with the most home runs. The Yankees hit four yesterday, and have 226 for the year. They are 14 behind the Twins. Will the Twins be able to hold them off?

Great pictures. Seem wise to get out of the city...how is the situation there?