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RE: Former Twins News - 7/29/2014 9:58:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Besides the obvious of Liriano, the one that was really stupid to let get away was RA Dickey.

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RE: Former Twins News - 7/29/2014 10:11:21 AM   
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Slowey was one of the most dominant minor league pitchers we've ever had and one of the best control pitchers in the game. I still think he would have had a long solid career if not for the wrist surgery. He was never the same after that.


I give him respect for making to the bigs with no stuff, but even before the injury he needed 100 pitches to get through 5. I don't think he was ever going to be anything great.

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RE: Former Twins News - 7/29/2014 10:12:29 AM   
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Besides the obvious of Liriano, the one that was really stupid to let get away was RA Dickey.



We didn't need him. Let him go somewhere else to be an all star and Cy Young award winner.

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RE: Former Twins News - 7/29/2014 2:59:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Scott Diamond, meanwhile, has a 2.70 ERA through 2 starts for AAA Louisville (Reds). Last start on Friday: 7.1 IP-6-2-2-1-4 on 95 pitches.

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RE: Former Twins News - 7/29/2014 3:01:56 PM   
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Slowey was one of the most dominant minor league pitchers we've ever had and one of the best control pitchers in the game. I still think he would have had a long solid career if not for the wrist surgery. He was never the same after that.


I give him respect for making to the bigs with no stuff, but even before the injury he needed 100 pitches to get through 5. I don't think he was ever going to be anything great.


Nor do I. He was a glorified junkballer, imo
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RE: Former Twins News - 7/29/2014 3:19:32 PM   
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Scott Diamond, meanwhile, has a 2.70 ERA through 2 starts for AAA Louisville (Reds). Last start on Friday: 7.1 IP-6-2-2-1-4 on 95 pitches.


Rochester is facing Louisville this weekend and I'm planning on going to see Meyer on Sunday as well as maybe Saturday's game. I sure hope Diamond isn't going for Louisville.

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RE: Former Twins News - 7/29/2014 4:37:51 PM   
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RE: Former Twins News - 7/29/2014 7:27:07 PM   
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RE: Former Twins News - 7/30/2014 8:37:45 AM   
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RE: Former Twins News - 7/30/2014 9:06:02 AM   
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Still get a chuckle out of realizing that Gardys Saviors for 2014 were
Shaggy
Kubel
Bartlett

You can't be that wrong if you flip a coin to make decisions.


You can if you keep flipping until you get the side you want.

Like the open competition between Punto and CPAMAN's shower dream.

Gardy kept flipping until Punto's face appeared.

Case closed.

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RE: Former Twins News - 7/30/2014 2:48:08 PM   
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Still get a chuckle out of realizing that Gardys Saviors for 2014 were
Shaggy
Kubel
Bartlett

You can't be that wrong if you flip a coin to make decisions.


You can if you keep flipping until you get the side you want.

Like the open competition between Punto and CPAMAN's shower dream.

Gardy kept flipping until Punto's face appeared.

Case closed.




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RE: Former Twins News - 7/30/2014 4:39:40 PM   
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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Still get a chuckle out of realizing that Gardys Saviors for 2014 were
Shaggy
Kubel
Bartlett

You can't be that wrong if you flip a coin to make decisions.


You can if you keep flipping until you get the side you want.

Like the open competition between Punto and CPAMAN's shower dream.

Gardy kept flipping until Punto's face appeared.

Case closed.



????

Would that be Brendan Harris?

Gardy destroyed that kid in '08. No way he shouldn't have started coming off what he did in 2007. How Punto gets the job after what he did in '07 boggles the mind, I was excited when they got him--from Queensbury, NY.....nice town.....been to the Silo for breakfast many times......but hey....Harris did end up playing his way off the team.
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RE: Former Twins News - 7/30/2014 9:48:22 PM   
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RE: Former Twins News - 7/31/2014 1:00:16 PM   
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Still get a chuckle out of realizing that Gardys Saviors for 2014 were
Shaggy
Kubel
Bartlett

You can't be that wrong if you flip a coin to make decisions.


You can if you keep flipping until you get the side you want.

Like the open competition between Punto and CPAMAN's shower dream.

Gardy kept flipping until Punto's face appeared.

Case closed.



????

Would that be Brendan Harris?

Gardy destroyed that kid in '08. No way he shouldn't have started coming off what he did in 2007. How Punto gets the job after what he did in '07 boggles the mind, I was excited when they got him--from Queensbury, NY.....nice town.....been to the Silo for breakfast many times......but hey....Harris did end up playing his way off the team.


Yep.....ask mark about his (mark's) shower dream post about Harris.......

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RE: Former Twins News - 7/31/2014 1:01:22 PM   
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Former Twins infielder Matt Tolbert has retired and will coach at Class A Williamsport in the Phillies organization (h/t @timmcdarby)


Maybe we can give him a tryout next ST.....maybe he can make the squad

like: Bartlett, Kubel and Guerrier next spring.......

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RE: Former Twins News - 7/31/2014 7:16:36 PM   
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RE: Former Twins News - 7/31/2014 7:50:58 PM   
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I guess the Terrible Tolbert Twosome days are over then?

Who was the other member?

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RE: Former Twins News - 8/2/2014 6:41:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Just checked our local jail roster, and we just took in a guy named .... Micheal Cubbage.
Cant be ... can it?
Or can there really be another one out there?

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RE: Former Twins News - 8/2/2014 9:08:19 PM   
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Class act.
Had some fun at-bats for us back when we still mattered. Very solid career.
Killed us as an opponent, brought us respect as a Twin.

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RE: Former Twins News - 8/4/2014 2:09:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		I still like the Meyer/May trades, but Denard Span is still a hell of a player. Hitting .294/.352/.395/.747 this year with elite defense and is 23 for 25 in steals. 29 doubles. 39 walks to 46 k's. He's absolutely a top 10 or so CF'er in the game and maybe even top 5 this year. He's currently 7th amongst CF'ers in OPS (Gomez is 3rd). Wide gap between the best two players in the game (Trout and McCuthcheon) and everyone else.

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RE: Former Twins News - 8/4/2014 2:46:00 PM   
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Toby Gardenhire, Head Baseball Coach at the University of Wisconsin Stout.

Finished the season 20-21.
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RE: Former Twins News - 8/4/2014 2:59:34 PM   
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Just like his Pops.

Toby Gardenhire, Head Baseball Coach at the University of Wisconsin Stout.

Finished the season 20-21.


After the last few years, he's actually better.

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RE: Former Twins News - 8/4/2014 3:55:00 PM   
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Just checked our local jail roster, and we just took in a guy named .... Micheal Cubbage.
Cant be ... can it?
Or can there really be another one out there?

Cubbage didn't last long enough. He could have been marketed brilliantly. I envisioned a doll in his likeness, call it..... "The Cubbage Patch Kid"

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RE: Former Twins News - 8/5/2014 11:24:23 AM   
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I still like the Meyer/May trades, but Denard Span is still a hell of a player. Hitting .294/.352/.395/.747 this year with elite defense and is 23 for 25 in steals. 29 doubles. 39 walks to 46 k's. He's absolutely a top 10 or so CF'er in the game and maybe even top 5 this year. He's currently 7th amongst CF'ers in OPS (Gomez is 3rd). Wide gap between the best two players in the game (Trout and McCuthcheon) and everyone else.

But this is unsurprising:

Denard Span has stolen 133 career bases at a 79% success rate. However, factor in his 25 times being picked off and that drops to 68%

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RE: Former Twins News - 8/5/2014 11:57:02 AM   
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