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Pineda maybe, probably ... but I don't think there was any market for Simmons; and I think with Donaldson, people were likely looking for the Twins to take on too much of the salary for not enough return. There are reasons to pull the trigger and reasons not. But with Simmons, I don't think there was anything on the table, at all for him, so no trigger to pull or not.

When we signed Lynn, I was happy about it ... I thought he would be the pitcher he turned out to be. But then he ended up being such an ass.

I think they win the deadline because of the returns they got for who they traded. IMO, they made the correct decisions. I'm not upset they didn't trade who they didn't as there seemed to be plausible explanations for that ... no trade market for Simmons or Donaldson (although I'd rather keep Donaldson, at least for now, so that was a good non-trade for me). And they didn't trade Buxton. Not sure what I think of not trading Pineda but I'm more so-so on that now than I was initially. So, I think they won the deadline. Did they win the trades? That is too soon to tell.

Watching Kimbrel pitch for the Sox ... he didn't have far to go to get to his new team

We showed 'em!!! But I was a bit worried when Colomé came into the game ...

THIS is the quintessential mountain dew song ...

Makes the win even sweeter

winnah, winnah! Chicken dinnah ... and a nice bottle of Chardonnay

Okay ... we used to sing that at camp ... lol

There are some open dates for game thread intros next month ... just let stringer know you want one ...

You know ... he's drinking the original mountain dew ... from the still in his backyard

oh my gosh ... I had to ask ...

okay ... who will pitch the bottom of the 9th for the Twins?

woohoo ... Cleveland tacked on another run against the Sox ...

Okay ... we're signing you up to do a game thread intro and that is what you are going to do ...

great catch

You could talk about game watching beverages

The deadline wasn't enough inspiration?

It's amazing how good the games seem when you play a team more around your level Have the Sox game on now

heh ... the rankings aren't about quality ... they are about quantity

ChiSox and Cleveland in a high scoring game ... Cleveland up 10-8

I only know one ee cummings poem ... 'i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) ..' or something like that

Seems to be the question of the season ... why doesn't he leave them in, or why did he leave them in

heh ... that would be interesting

found it ... I missed the beginning of the game