The Official 2006 Minnesota Twins Season Thread® - Page 8

MorseMoose · 06-06-2006, 04:30 PM

Power hitting OFer...I like the draft pick mucho.

molarmite · 06-06-2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MorseMoose

Power hitting OFer...I like the draft pick mucho.

Is that who we got in the draft?

magnet · 06-08-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mrcoach00

I really do appreciate your help!

We'll be coming in on 94 from the west (from Park Rapids area). I'm looking at Minneapolis on Google Earth, and it looks like one big cluster of highways! We'd like to get there about an hour early for the 7:10 start.
Any hints or suggestions would be great!

Thanks again for all of your help!

Oh, one more thing... is there any way you guys could pull some strings so that I could Liriano or Santana pitch?

ooh, 94 eastbound into MPLS on a friday night with a twins game? I'd say use mapquest and add at least 15-20 mins to it.
You are right about our clusterf*ck of highways. Hwy 55 might not be a bad alternate route, it runs straight through downtown.

molarmite · 06-10-2006, 07:08 PM

How about them Twinkies.

MorseMoose · 06-10-2006, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

How about them Twinkies.

Looks like Silva just ain't gonna cut it in the rotation this year...

ramses · 06-10-2006, 09:25 PM

It's funny that Silva issued an IBB. What with how few people he walks.

molarmite · 06-11-2006, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MorseMoose

Looks like Silva just ain't gonna cut it in the rotation this year...

If only he can get his sinker to start working for him.

twins15 · 06-11-2006, 02:26 PM

That reminds me, I got a new Twins blog up and running that I update pretty quickly every night, so check it out or make a comment.

(and don't show to Giants fans

)

http://thankyoubriansabean.blogspot.com/

magnet · 06-11-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

If only he can get his sinker to start working for him.

He just needs some vaseline.

twins15 · 06-11-2006, 07:21 PM

That Liriano guy can pitch well on occasion.

MorseMoose · 06-11-2006, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by twins15

That Liriano guy can pitch well on occasion.

Liriano is the most amazing pitcher I have ever seen pitch, bar none.

drprestwood · 06-13-2006, 09:48 PM

Santana has been sick...then Varitek hits a solo shot, and he's losing. Why? Because the Twins offense can't do poo!

drprestwood · 06-13-2006, 09:50 PM

CUD-DY-ER!

Yes!

Jonzard · 06-13-2006, 11:35 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cuddyer was home!

Jonzard · 06-13-2006, 11:38 PM

JASON KUBEL for PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

drprestwood · 06-13-2006, 11:40 PM

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

UngratefulDead · 06-14-2006, 04:54 AM

What is the 82-85 mph pitch Santana throws? Is it a slider? Just watching the highlight reel and he recorded every single one of the 13 Ks with it.

Jonzard · 06-14-2006, 05:03 AM

He throws his slider at about that... but he pitches a lot of changeups (which go down to about 77) he strikes a ton of guys out with that. I am guessing you saw some guys go down to the slider and some to the changeup. He only throws fastballs about 50% of his pitches, which is quite low for a guy regarded as a flamethrower. He gets away with it because his changeup is nasty... probably the toughest in the league to hit. Then again his slider/curve is quite nasty too.

Thats probably why he is the best pitcher in baseball.

UngratefulDead · 06-14-2006, 02:58 PM

Interesting. It was that fastball/hard changeup combination that made Jason Schmidt so dominant for a couple of years, though Santana has obviously found a way to be more consistent with it.

Jonzard · 06-14-2006, 05:56 PM

I hear the Batista era is over. Bartlett is coming up too finally!

EDIT: http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/NASAp...=.jsp&c_id=min

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MorseMoose Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,023 Infractions: 1/1 (1)	Power hitting OFer...I like the draft pick mucho.

06-13-2006, 09:48 PM	#152
drprestwood All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,501	Santana has been sick...then Varitek hits a solo shot, and he's losing. Why? Because the Twins offense can't do poo!

06-13-2006, 09:50 PM	#153
drprestwood All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,501	CUD-DY-ER! Yes!

06-13-2006, 11:38 PM	#155
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	JASON KUBEL for PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

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06-14-2006, 04:54 AM	#157
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,415	What is the 82-85 mph pitch Santana throws? Is it a slider? Just watching the highlight reel and he recorded every single one of the 13 Ks with it.

06-14-2006, 05:03 AM	#158
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	He throws his slider at about that... but he pitches a lot of changeups (which go down to about 77) he strikes a ton of guys out with that. I am guessing you saw some guys go down to the slider and some to the changeup. He only throws fastballs about 50% of his pitches, which is quite low for a guy regarded as a flamethrower. He gets away with it because his changeup is nasty... probably the toughest in the league to hit. Then again his slider/curve is quite nasty too. Thats probably why he is the best pitcher in baseball. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

06-14-2006, 02:58 PM	#159
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,415	Interesting. It was that fastball/hard changeup combination that made Jason Schmidt so dominant for a couple of years, though Santana has obviously found a way to be more consistent with it.

06-14-2006, 05:56 PM	#160
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	I hear the Batista era is over. Bartlett is coming up too finally! EDIT: http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/NASAp...=.jsp&c_id=min __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB Last edited by Jonzard; 06-14-2006 at 06:01 PM.