Twins: OMG we won a series in October. I don’t know what to do with my hands.

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  1. Jack Bauer

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    Agreed. He’ll outperform that contract even if he’s only healthy 50% of the time.
     
  2. mtsucalico85

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  3. fsu1510

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    I'm now looking forward to the season. If Buxton can stay healthy and add another pitcher it could be fun.
     
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    He'll adapt well here.

     
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  5. Kent Pavelka

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    That’s some impressive PR training.
     
  6. Rabid

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    I can’t believe they pitched to Buxton with the winning run on 2nd and 1st open.

     
  7. Rabid

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    No commentary to add beyond this.
     
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  8. Rabid

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    :sweep: over Oakland

    2-1
    1-0
    4-3

    9 straight home wins.
     
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  10. mtsucalico85

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    And that is just with the pro teams. Gopher football would have plenty of ammo to join that list (2003 Michigan game, I'm looking at you)
     
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  11. AbeFroman

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    No wonder we drink so much
     
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  12. buffs

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    Feels like it’s just a self fulfilling prophecy at this point.
     
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  13. Kent Pavelka

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    Man this has been a fun season already.

    I think Arráez is close to emerging as my favorite favorite Twin of all time. Yeah he’s productive but I’ve never seen someone who’s more of a must-watch at-bat.

    The gesticulating!
     
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    The Twins bullpen strikes again.
     
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    They’re so terrible. We’ve lost 3 games in the last week against Cleveland where we led in the 8th or later. We could be running away with this.
     
  17. Rabid

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    Another 2 run lead blown in the 8th inning. This is unbelievable.

    8 games in a 2 week period against Cleveland in which we led in the 8th in 7 of them and we are sitting at 3-4 with this game tied in the 9th. This should have been a 7-1 or 6-2 head-to-head stretch which would have buried Cleveland.
     
  18. Kent Pavelka

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    This season is so weird. Team is good but bullpen is so insanely frustrating
     
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  20. fsu1510

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    How is this even possible? Comically frustrating how bad the bullpen has been to let this many games slip away
     
  21. Kent Pavelka

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    There's been plenty of anti-Rocco sentiment re the bullpen which is insane to me.
     
  22. Rabid

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    The jinx has moved to Baltimore.
     
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  23. Kent Pavelka

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    Pagan redeemed himself tidily gotta give him credit
     
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  24. mtsucalico85

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  25. Jack Bauer

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    Lee & Prielipp was a great day 1 haul.
     
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  28. fsu1510

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    I was surprised they were as active as they were. Was prepared for another let down of a trade deadline
     
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    Pissed off Rocco is the best Rocco

     
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  30. Jack Bauer

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    Could we PLEASE stop using Pagan in close games?
     
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  31. Jack Bauer

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    4-2 Yankees in the 7th.

    Rocco: Hey let’s see what Pagan can do.

    KABOOM 5-2 Yankees
     
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  33. Kent Pavelka

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    A good thing happened to the Twins.

    Love having young old Carlos on the team. Sure hope he can stay healthy.
     
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  35. Kent Pavelka

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    Hey we're MN Sports fans, we hate ourselves too!
     
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  36. Rabid

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    I refuse to get my hopes up without better pitching.
     
  37. fsu1510

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    Will be the same team as last yr without better rotation
     
  38. Rabid

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    162-0 is still in play.
    Magic number: 158
     
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    Reduced the ERA but notched a loss. :angrycorn:
     
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  40. fsu1510

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    Another good pitching performance. Great from Maeda, hope he's not hurt and just precautionary
     
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  41. Rabid

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    This is just sad.



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  42. Kent Pavelka

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    I'm listening to games on MLB.com for 4.99/mo because BSN is a daggum joke. Overall I like listening to games, esp with the quicker pace of this season, but there is a Scott's Turf Builder commercial after each half inning and I'm going mad.

    Anyway pitching staff's been great. Maybe we need a thread change

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  43. Kent Pavelka

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    What a terrible season this has been.

    I miss Luis Arraez.
     
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    I like what they did there.
     
  45. Rabid

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    It looks like they will be a clinch tonight.
     
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  46. Jack Bauer

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    I realize this is three months old, but why? Lopez has been more impactful pretty much all season long.
     
  47. Kent Pavelka

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    the second half has been so good hitting-wise that it’s easy to forget how little punch they had the first two months. We were squandering great pitching.

    At that point the verve and unique ability that Arraez brought to the table was sorely lacking.

    Clearly with a full season’s worth of reflection and direct fWAR comparisons, the trade was worth it. But I’ll stand by my emotion-based post from then.

    As it turns out, strong rotation play and the injection of the exciting rookies saved the season. At the time of that post, it was feeling like August 2022 all over again.
     
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  48. fsu1510

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    Nice to win the division. Now win a dam playoff game! There shouldn't be any reason they can't this yr.
     
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  49. JC

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    Let’s go

    The streak is over
     
  50. fsu1510

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    Let's go! Good win, let's get the sweep.