Squirrel

Good play, Kepler ... hard hit ball off the wall, kept to a single

to see if anyone wants him? dunno

heh ... reminds me of that song ... 'Big John'

big Mike! big Mike! BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG ... Mike!

so do I

cmon big Mike!

Well, that's the issue ... will he remain a part-time player or not? He certainly has a very high ceiling. But negotiations aren't done.

GO TWINS!!!!!

who knows for sure exactly what he turned down ... but this is how negotiations go

Neither player should be giving any discounts. The FO needs to make a market value offer to one of them, no more piddling around. Not the time to nickel and dime.

So ... that's it? An offer (that we don't know all the specifics of), a counter (that we don't know specifics of), a counter-counter and done? Are we to assume that 'can't reach an agreement' implies that that's it? (I don't have a subscription to The Athletic, so can't read the article.) Wow, I've been involved with many negotiations over the years, and they have all taken more than that. If that truly is it, then, hmmm.

You left ... that was the jinx

Or that he wants market value money and the Twins aren't there yet

As I said, on my computer ... not a big deal ... it doesn't cover content that I'm reading. Tablet just can't load the pop up video stuff. Ever changing ads and video ads is problematic in general for my older tablet making the site just way to slow to bother with. The phone, though, wish it didn't pop up at all, because that's a smaller screen and that does get annoying as it covers what I'm trying to read.

My tablet basically can't handle it and takes it forever to load the site, which probably means I need a new tablet, but that's not happening.

Yeah, I don't think so. Not only would that create a bigamy charge for one of us ... the likes we give one another would probably disappear

I will say this ... I'm no longer seeing ads for press on nails for your dog ...

oh phew, upon review

aww, crap

cmon, Twins ... bombas! I want more bombas!

I thought you would at least enjoy the 2nd definition, heh ... each superstition has its own story of origins (a good dad joke, for you)

heh ... says the man with more than twice that many ... who has told about that many more Dad jokes than me, too

lol ... you clicked on it??? I didn't think you would ... yes ... anyone in the performing arts knows 'toi, toi, toi' but the rest of you may not