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Bert talking about Duffey "hitting a wall" and trying to get to "where he's been" This is the same Duffey with a 5.71 ERA this year, coming into this game. This is where he's been, Bert.

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Wow. Francona is about to get tossed.

Looks like a catch to me, unfortunately.

Yeah, that'd be a whole lot better as well.

Has Dick ever done a broadcast solo when Bert is out drinking and golfing? I think i'd like that a whole lot more than having Jack Morris or Roy Smalley fill in. Might be a lot of long periods of nothing but crowd/field noise, but I have no issue with that.

Yeah, that Atlanta series was a treat.

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I think a lot of it is going to depend on the trade market. I'd imagine we're going to be shopping quite a few players the rest of this season/this offseason, and its certainly possible we could could get a serviceable MLB catcher as part of a deal, or a catching prospect who might adjust our plans. Tough to say. I don't think spending big money on an FA catcher at this point is a smart move, as I'm definitely in the camp that it'd be foolish to think we're going to be highly competitive in 2017. And I'm 100% against trading any of our top prospects for a catcher. I'd prefer not to see us sign Suzuki to another deal, but beyond that I'm not too sure what the best option is here. 1-2 year deal on someone serviceable is probably our best bet if nothing happens with C in trades, but at that point FO might prefer the guy they know in Suzuki.

As an experiment, I installed an adblocker and now my porn browsing doesn't bleed over into the other sites i visit. Sorry about the lost revenue, Twins Daily.

Well, I guess now we know what you're into. Or if you have kids, you know what they're into.

Delmon Young wouldn't have had that.

Just send it to me, I'll donate it directly to the Human Fund. http://pickupthefork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/human-fund.png

Knowing Bert, he isn't broadcasting today.

On the bright side, maybe now Kepler will have a little extra motivation to hit some more dingers.

From what I can gather, Gibson turned into a pumpkin. Or a meatball. There were some meatballs, of that I'm certain.

What the hell happened? It was 8-0 and i went to do some laundry. Come back and its still the same inning and its 8-6 with a runner on second?

Do they sell ties in bulk at Costco?

Because they picked the date with the best looking ones they could come up with. Still nice though.

Yes.

Well, a double will work, I guess.

I hope Sano mashes a home run to spite them for intentionally walking Kepler.

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Also, I really hope we can get a sweet return in a trade with Dozier this year or this offseason. Hope he keeps up this mashing streak for a bit.