Sunday, March 21,
2010
Links and Thinks
So, for the past couple of
weeks, I have posted a bunch of Q&As with many
Twins minor leaguers. I always enjoy reading more about the minor leaguers, but
to read their thoughts and learn more about them is really fun. I have not been
keeping up with thinks to other Twins blogs and stories lately, so I thought a
big weekend posting with several links would be appropriate.
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First, I was able to go to Target Field
today with the Twins Geek and The Voice of Reason for
an Open House for season ticket holders. If you are a ‘friend’ of mine on Facebook, I posted about 30 pictures of the stadium on
Saturday. The facility is amazing. Every seat faces the infield. The concourses
are huge. You can watch the game from anywhere. It’s got so many neat
attributes all around the stadium. The art and photography is incredible. It
was just such a great place, and I was glad to be able to see it already. Oh,
and with temperatures sitting around 30 degrees, the heated lighting systems
around the concourse were very nice! We even ran in to Fanatic Jack who was
equally excited to see the new stadium, which still has some things to finish
up before the season begins.
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Roger Dehring writes his weekly minor league update over
at Twinkie
Town. This
weeks’ update is terrific. Roger is in Ft. Myers and was able to watch
a minor league game and talk to a player and some players’ family members.
Hopefully he’ll send more updates.
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This week at the TwinsCentric StarTribune blog:
o John was puzzled
by the Twins long contracts to Nick
Blackburn and Denard Span.
o I wrote
about the Wilson Ramos/Drew Butera backup
catcher situation.
o Nick posted
an analysis
of the Twins Left Field situation.
o John
discussed the importance
of an anchor to a pitching staff.
o Parker
spent the week in Ft. Myers, and while he was there, he was able to sit down
with Twins assistant GM Rob Antony. His Friday blog wrote about part of his
interview discussing
RBI versus Slugging Percentage.
·
Here are Josh’s Thoughts on his
Number 6 and Number
7 Prospects.
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K-Bro made a case
for letting Joe Nathan and his arm wait.
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There was not a new episode of The Show
this week, but there was still plenty of Twins discussion on some podcasts:
o DW The
Great’s Saturday morning show had lots
of guests.
o Travis and
I discussed (and argued) about a lot of Twins subjects on the Travis
Talks Minnesota Sports podcast on Monday night.
o Fanatic
Jack’s Twins Talk podcast on Wednesday night was excellent.
o Be sure to
go to Twins
MVB tonight (Sunday) for this week’s MVB
Live show from an unknown, surprise location.
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Hitting the
Eephus digs into who
can replace Joe Nathan?
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I think I’m going to go on a Twins
Train Twins trip sometime this year. I’d really like to. Check out
their trips and let me know which one I should go on. Maybe a bunch of us can
all go on the same trip?!
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Call to the
Pen looks at an important,
epic performance by Scott Baker.
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Undomed considers the 12
man pitching staff.
·
At the Knuckleballs
blog, Jim Crikket
posted some pictures and a story
from Saturday’s Twins/Rays game.
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Jim Crikket is also keeping busy in Ft. Myers by writing
on Howard Sinker’s blog too.
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Apparently Phil Rogers is impressed by Max Kepler, but Mickey
Mantle comparisons… come on!
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me, or feel free to leave
your comments here.