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Although on a sad note, Kirillof's average has tanked down to .369... so sad to see. I'm thinking that the Twins need to cut bait and move on.

I concur, Jeffers has been flat out raking. It's impressive and encouraging to see him hit the ground running in his professional debut.

If he was Army, I would say right around year 3(ish) he would be looking at his O-3 (CPT), but I can't really speak for the Chair Force's timeline for officers (can't imagine it's too much different though).

??? I think my montage isn't loading... I still feel sad

I'm not really sure that I can say on is "better" than the other or has had "more" of an impact. To me and my limited intellect and vocabulary, I look at Puckett and Killebrew as two different (but equally important) eras of baseball. I was born to late to know or enjoy Harmon as a player (although my dad loves to talk about him, and thusly I got him an autographed Killebrew baseball shortly before he passed... Best.Xmas.Present.Ever ) and I, like many of us grew up and cultivated my love of baseball with Puckett on the field... but, I couldn't really say one is more important than the other. Both were and are equally important to the franchise during two different and distinct eras.

I like Molly, I really do. But I just can't shake the feeling that he was a better player than he is a mananger. I think he has the ability to be a good instructor/teacher of the game to the younger players (I.E. hitting coach/roving instructor), but... when it comes to the being the Skipper, the HMFIC, the Big Kahuna, El Guapo the Macho Grande, (or...Pedro) I'm just not sure that he is the best fit for the team and it's players.

Hard to say, but I still think Falvine did a pretty fair job with this deal. I'm at least curious to see how the new guys pan out.

Well said Good Sir. We'll miss you Brian, Thank you for all you've done.

Interesting.

Well, if that's the case, I wish you well Brian. Fair winds and following seas!

I'd have to concur Tom. We saw him at the Jacksonville/Chattanooga game a couple of weeks ago and while my son was speaking with him very briefly before the game I noted that he looks in fantastic shape (he's bulked up a lot), but... yeah, something doesn't seem 100% with his arm despite the increase. Sometimes an arm just gives out and it's a real shame to see.

Great write up Ted. Really appreciate the insight and thoughtfulness of the article.

Well, #11, #19 and I couldn’t find the other guy. Hope it works out for us, and wish you well Esco, we’ miss you.

He’s only 21. Most of the Twins college players have started in E Town. But I do agree, it’s great to see him tear it up thus far.

We were at the Chattanooga game last night, and as Cody mentioned... they weren't clutch with RISP. Although the one caveat to that is Rooker. He absolutely scorched a groundball to the left side that the 3B for Jax had to make a ridiculous diving stop to grab and just barely beat the runner at second for the force (when Rooker makes solid contact, wow...). Bencomo didn't pitch all that poorly, but nothing he threw really jumped off the table though. He was sitting between 88-90 all night, although he did seem to have a fair changeup working. Other than that... he looks like your typical journeyman innings eater. *** Just remembered this... my son (who is a 14 y.o. pitcher just entering his Freshman year of HS) noticed this as soon as Bencomo through his first pitch. In his exact words, "Wow, see how flat his ball looks. It's almost like he has no movement on his FB."*** The real killer was the throwing error by Motter with two outs. It was a fairly hard hit grounder to short, and he would have had time to set his feet... but he rushed, and uncorked a throw that was two to three feet outside of Rooker's reach up the first base line. Wiel's homerun was a scorching line drive to left center that exited the park in a real hurry and was never in doubt.

Why did Captain Hook cross the road?? To get to the Second Hand store... (insert groan here )

Good point. Also, I have to wonder if at some point though, if Falvine aren't somewhat setting Molly up to fail. As folks have said, he was never their pick or choice for manager and was for all intents and purposes handpicked by the Pohlads (or at least it seems that way to me... I know, I know, put the crayons down and step away ).

I... well I'm not really sure how to put this but, for some reason in the back of my brain I've got this odd feeling that some of this sits with ownership. Some folks have pointed out that Moliter oddly seems to have a considerable amount of sway over personnel decisions. If I remember correctly, didn't the owner publicly come to Molly's defense during the crisis of 2016? I can't fully put many of these "oddities" we are seeing with the roster fully on the FO, at least not yet. I know this seems a little out there, but it just feels like the FO is hampered a little by Moliter's relationship with the owner.

I totally agree. Sometimes a team is just... snake bit, and the season goes south. For me, it is that imperfection of baseball that keeps me enthralled even through the years like this .