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08-14-2013 , 11:41 AM

#5876

NHFunkii

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Would love to see a clip of that play - hard to figure out what happened from the article.

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08-14-2013 , 07:29 PM

#5877

willie24

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My god, don't you people own the 91 world series VHS?

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08-14-2013 , 08:04 PM

#5878

Kedu

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https://twitter.com/bracehemmelgarn/...786560/photo/1

Buxton/sano have a small spot on the cover of SI

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08-14-2013 , 08:18 PM

#5879

cha59

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My god, don't you people own the 91 world series VHS?

yes, but posting a VHS tape here is difficult.

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08-14-2013 , 08:26 PM

#5880

Halstad

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like 1:47:00 in

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08-14-2013 , 10:33 PM

#5881

SL__72

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Awesome post. I will be rewatching the whole game.

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08-15-2013 , 12:25 AM

#5882

spring83

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Originally Posted by SL__72

Awesome post. I will be rewatching the whole game.

It's kinda like watching a porno, that game. You want to watch the whole game (foreplay), but it's so damn tempting to fast forward to the end.

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08-15-2013 , 02:03 AM

#5883

NHFunkii

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Awesome. Was just gonna watch the fakeout play and then ended up finishing the entire game - no regrets on spending that hour.

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08-15-2013 , 02:43 AM

#5884

Halstad

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top of the 8th inning was very cool.

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08-15-2013 , 05:32 AM

#5885

JayTeeMe

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bottom of the 8th not as much.

Probably the best inning in baseball history

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08-15-2013 , 05:43 AM

#5886

Kaze13

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Originally Posted by cha59

Expanding on this a bit, last night, I saw on a scroll that the Twins traded Buterrible for either cash or a player to be named later. I commented to my friend that the Dodgers got screwed. Later the scroll got changed to cash + a player to be named later. Maybe the guy writing the scroll couldnt believe the Dodgers would give up both. We fleeced them.

PMac made a comment today along the lines of we got a great deal if cash was going the Dodgers way in the deal. lol.

As bad as almost all the Twins hitters are, every one of them is a lot better at hitting than Buterrible.

We actually got a prospect from the Dodgers in this trade. No idea how.

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08-15-2013 , 08:40 AM

#5887

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So Gibson sucks huh

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08-16-2013 , 07:43 AM

#5888

SarcasticRat

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I think he'll be good. Expectations just got set too high because we've been so starved for any kind of pitching talent, and I think people in general underestimate how difficult it is to instantly succeed in the big leagues (especially after Trout/Harper).

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08-17-2013 , 12:20 PM

#5889

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Originally Posted by Kaze13

We actually got a prospect from the Dodgers in this trade. No idea how.

Nice to see us win a trade for a change. Its been a while since that happened (the Span & Revere deals excluded because we wont really know about those for a long time).

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08-17-2013 , 02:15 PM

#5890

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Nice to see us win a trade for a change. Its been a while since that happened (the Span & Revere deals excluded because we wont really know about those for a long time).

Despite their best efforts, they destroyed the Santana trade.

The Mets got -$82.3m out of Santana.
The Twins got $15m in excess value for Gomez and another $4m or so from Hardy.

Although, to be fair that isn't the right way of judging it. The $20m or so they got in return for Santana probably is similar to 2008 Santana plus comp picks minus 2008 Santana's salary.

/edit Of course the above is the wrong, results-oriented, way to judge a trade. They won the Santana trade, they won the Span trade and the won the Revere trade.

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08-20-2013 , 07:05 PM

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It's kind of annoying browsing the WAR leaderboard on FG and seeing Carlos Gomez in fifth.

Last edited by PoseidonCubed; 08-20-2013 at 07:06 PM. Reason: They have him at 27 DRS too.

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08-20-2013 , 07:33 PM

#5892

minnesotasam

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Well, if it makes you feel any better they have JJ Hardy at 49th! Not sure where Hooey is though, seems to be out of the top 50.

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08-20-2013 , 08:31 PM

#5893

spring83

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Seeing Liriano in the 4th for Cy Predictor for the NL hurts a little bit too.

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08-21-2013 , 02:28 AM

#5894

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it hurts a little, but I'm really happy for both gomez and liriano. loved both of them.

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08-21-2013 , 08:19 AM

#5895

diskoteque

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Same

Gibson demoted

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08-26-2013 , 02:14 PM

#5896

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It had been a little while since I checked in on Sano/Buxton.

Sano is hitting.263/.341/.632 for the month of August.
Buxton is hitting .424/.553/.545 for the month of August! That includes 17 walks and 12 strikeouts.

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08-26-2013 , 02:54 PM

#5897

minnesotasam

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Dat .370 iso

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08-28-2013 , 02:24 AM

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Is it true that Joe Mauer doesn't really have concussion symptoms and just doesn't want to play anymore this season? I guess it's hard to blame him.

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08-28-2013 , 03:53 AM

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Is it true that Joe Mauer doesn't really have concussion symptoms and just doesn't want to play anymore this season? I guess it's hard to blame him.

? Where did this rumor come from?

Noticed Phil Mackey retweeted a bunch of idiot fans today calling for us to "cut in half the pay" of our "singles hitting" catcher (who actually has an .880 OPS) because "he's not what we need."

Out of all the Twins-related things to complain about, it boggles my mind how anyone could identify Mauer. Jesus.