Garza's Great Game

"powrwrap" <powrwrap RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 26, 4:33 pm, S. Smith <scott.sm... RemoveThis @iphouse.com> wrote:
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> Yeah, I saw that...he had a no-no going through the 6th.
>
> His season numbers are pretty decent so far, 6-4 with an
> ERA of 3.76 and a WHIP of 1.21.
>
> Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda...


Did the Twins keep their receipt for Delmon Young?

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I'm going to guess there are no tradebacks.

However, Harris for Bartlett is looking good. Bartlett has been awful this
season.

brink
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:26:26 -0700 (PDT), powrwrap <powrwrap.DeleteThis@aol.com>
wrote:

>Matt Garza's line vs. Florida this afternoon:
>
>9 IP 1 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 10 K 1 HR


Yeah, I saw that...he had a no-no going through the 6th.

His season numbers are pretty decent so far, 6-4 with an
ERA of 3.76 and a WHIP of 1.21.

Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda...





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"powrwrap" <powrwrap.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 26, 4:33 pm, S. Smith <scott.sm....RemoveThis@iphouse.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I saw that...he had a no-no going through the 6th.
>
> His season numbers are pretty decent so far, 6-4 with an
> ERA of 3.76 and a WHIP of 1.21.
>
> Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda...


Did the Twins keep their receipt for Delmon Young?

Yes....but there would most likely be a 20% restocking charge.
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On Jun 26, 6:04 pm, "brink" <brinknos....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> However, Harris for Bartlett is looking good.  Bartlett has been awful this
> season.

Actually, from what Hartman was saying the other day, he's the toast
of Tampa. Apparently they love his defense and baserunning.

I was a big Garza backer all along. But one thing worth mentioning ...
we can't even free up a rotation spot for Liriano. Add Garza to the
mix and then what do you have? Don't get me wrong--I want him back.
He'd probably be our best starter right now. But ... at least it was a
position of depth.

Matt
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On Jun 27, 1:30 am, Matt <AcesWi... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 26, 6:04 pm, "brink" <brinknos... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > However, Harris for Bartlett is looking good.  Bartlett has been awful this
> > season.
>
> Actually, from what Hartman was saying the other day, he's the toast
> of Tampa. Apparently they love his defense and baserunning.
>
> I was a big Garza backer all along. But one thing worth mentioning ...
> we can't even free up a rotation spot for Liriano. Add Garza to the
> mix and then what do you have? Don't get me wrong--I want him back.
> He'd probably be our best starter right now. But ... at least it was a
> position of depth.
>
> Matt


AND: many of us were saying at the time that the Twins were going to
have to give up pitching for offense. The Delmon Young deal had some
question marks, but, as I recall, they mostly had to do with his
attitude and maturity. I don't remember there being much question
about his ability. I still have hope for him. I have, however, given
up almost entirely on Louis Rivas.

brianj
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> On Jun 27, 3:05 am, "brink" <brinknos....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> those losses I listed above will likely come back to haunt us as you can't
> replace All-Star level guys with barely-replacement-level guys and not feel
> it at some point...

> Of course, now they've gone and spoiled us by playing over their heads
> against the NL and sucked us all back into believing that they can do this
> again...  it's a tough one, on one hand you keep waiting for Casilla to
> forget he shouldn't be able to get on base like Knoblauch, for Buscher to
> stop averaging an RBI per game, for a bunch of mediocre arms in the bullpen
> to stop appearing to be yet another team advantage, and for the hitters to
> stop batting out of their minds with RISP...  but they keep doing it...  I
> guess we should just enjoy it while it lasts.

I hear ya, brink, but at what point are you won over to the fact that
they aren't replacement level players? That somehow Casilla, Buscher,
Harris, et al, are actually good players? A month of having a winning
record? Six weeks? I'm going to say that if the Twins are in the hunt
(in first or within 4 or 5 games) on August 15th that they should be
taken as real. That would be about 2 months since this current streak
started.

Is everyone aware that the Twins are #3 in the AL in runs scored? Yep,
right behind Texas and Boston. They are #9 in the AL in ERA. So the
idea of giving up defense for offense is apparently working.
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On Jun 27, 3:05 am, "brink" <brinknos....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hartman said that?  The old man really is senile...  or the Tampa residents
> are...

Maybe both ... though I should clarify that it was Chad, not Sid. And
as for Tampa, they're 17 games over, so I suspect every Ray is the
toast of the town.

Matt
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