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Major League Baseball Hall Of Fame Class Of 2018

I could not be happier with the 2018 Major League Baseball Hall Of Fame class; Jim Thome, Vladimir Gurerro, Chipper Jones, and Trevor Hoffman. My thoughts and memories on each:

Jim Thome – Awesome left handed hitter. Maybe not a great all-around player, but his bat more than made up for any fielding shortfalls. After playing his first 12 seasons with Cleveland, he became a free agent in 2003. Being a native of Peoria, Illinois and a life-long Cubs fan, he wanted to sign with the Chicago Cubs. He would have been awesome in Wrigley Field, but the cheap-ass Tribune company wouldn’t shell out the money. Instead, they signed Eric Karros in the twilight of his career and he shared time at first base with a young Hee-Seop Choi, whose career was a bust. A big thanks to the Chicago White Sox who signed Thome in 2006, three years after the Cubs passed on him. In 3.5 years with the Sox, Thome had 134 home runs, 369 RBI’s and a .265 BA, all between the age of 35-38. It was a pleasure to watch him play for the Sox. He is a first-class gentleman and played the game without any controversy on either a personal or professional level. Way to go HOF voters!

Vladimir Guerrero – A free-swinging hitter, I always remember him as a master of hitting balls outside the strike zone. I watched Ozzie Guillen for his entire career hitting balls out of the strike zone. However, Guillen was a singles hitter whereas Guerrero was able to use his unorthodox approach to hit for power. In 2004, he was a free agent and with the Cubs having a decent team, I thought Guerrero was the guy they should sign after passing on Thome the previous year. Granted, they had Sammy Sosa in RF, but could they not trade Moises Alou and convert Guerrero to LF? The White Sox had Magglio Ordonez in RF, but he spent most of the year on the DL, so you can’t blame them for the missed opportunity. Guerrero spent the first 8 years of his career in the un-baseball city of Montreal and spent most of the remainder of his career with the LA Angels. A short career compared to Thome (16 years vs 22), he still amassed 449 home runs, 1496 RBI’s and an awesome .318 BA. (In 2010, Andre Dawson wanted to enter the HOF as a Cub, but the HOF gods decided he should go in as a Montreal Expo. When Tim Raines entered the HOF in 2017, it was said he would be the last Expo to be enshrined. So perhaps Guerrero will go in as an Angel, but maybe an Expo?)

Chipper Jones – an all-around great player who spent his entire 19-year career with the Atlanta Braves. I did not get too many opportunities to see him play, but throughout much of his career, he was considered the best player in MLB. He finished his career with 468 HRs, 1623 RBIs and a .303 BA. Another uncontroversial player, he is totally deserving of being enshrined in Cooperstown. A career 3rd baseman, he is only the 17th 3rd baseman to be elected to the HOF. (Comparatively: P-79*, C-18, 1B-24*, 2B-21, SS-25, LF-22, CF-24, RF-25* - * includes Hoffman, Guerrero and Thome.)

Trevor Hoffman – I did not follow his career that closely but he was a tremendous relief pitcher/closer. He spent 16 of his 18 year career playing for the San Diego Padres and the last couple of years in Milwaukee with the Brewers. I probably knew more about him through my long-time-suffering Padres-fan brother-in-law Brian. However, as a part-time Brewers fan (I live in Chicago and go to 2-3 Brewers games a year), I did get to see him pitch late in his career. In his last two years with the Brewers, he had 47 saves. At 41-years-old, he had an outstanding year in 2009 with Milwaukee with 37 saves and a 1.83 ERA. He finished his career with 601 saves, second only to Mariano Rivera (652), collecting his milestone 600th save in a Milwaukee uniform.

The Pontification Part Of This Post - I am not disappointed that the likes of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa were again bypassed for the HOF. Ultimately, I’m not sure you can keep those guys out of the HOF. They put up the numbers and probably would have been HOF candidates without steroid usage. However, there is no doubt that steroids played a part in extending careers (at least in the case of Bonds and Clemens) at a time where both should have seen their stats decline due to aging bodies. In today’s edition of the USA Today, sports writer and HOF voter Peter Barzilai stated, “I may not like it, but I’ll keep voting for Bonds and Clemens until they get in. Neither tested positive or was suspended. Like most people, I have no doubt they doped, but unlike Manny Ramirez, they were never caught violating the rules.” Really? Maybe he is trying to suggest that they are innocent until proven guilty but it sounds more to me like he is saying, “If you don’t get caught, it’s OK.” The bottom line for me, known dopers should not be in the HOF until Pete Rose is enshrined. Yes, Rose is a very flawed human being. However, he was one of the all-time greatest players of the game and there is nothing suggesting that he did anything illegal or immoral relative to the game and his on-the-field performance. Off the field, and as a manager, yes, the guy is a well-known miscreant. But that leads to the great HOF debate; are they electing guys who were great players or are they electing them simply because they were swell guys? I lived in northern New York for more than two years and had an annual membership pass to the HOF. Upon my first visit to Cooperstown, I was happy to find that Rose’s accomplishments are at least highlighted in the museum, even though he is not an HOF member.  (I had previously been under the impression that the HOF treated him as if he never existed.) There is a long, complicated history that sets precedent for keeping Rose out of the HOF, but no clearly defined precedent for dopers. In the 1960’s and 70’s, players used amphetamines to keep their bodies going. Does that mean Mickey Mantle should not be in the HOF? In the 1980’s, cocaine was the drug of choice, but that was not a factor in electing (and I believe a deserving) Tim Raines to the HOF. So how do you even consider Bonds, Clemens or Sosa and keep Rose out of the picture? It doesn’t make sense to me.

At any rate, I think Thome, Guerrero, Jones and Hoffman are fine choices for the 2018 MLB Hall Of Fame class and I congratulate all of them.

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Minnesota Twins Clinch Dates

9/15/02- The 2002 Minnesota Twins ran away with the American League Central all season long. They had a favorable lead all year and had a chance to clinch the division on September 15th. Kyle Lohse and Cliff Lee squared off in a good one at Jacobs Field on that Sunday afternoon. A Mathew LeCroy sac fly put the Twins up 1-0 in the sixth. Kyle Lohse tossed six shutout innings and the Twins offense continued to add runs. Denny Hocking drove in a pair with single in the seventh and the Twins added more in the ninth. Tom Prince hit a sac fly and Michael Cuddyer scored on a Jerrod Riggan wild pitch. Eddie Guardado threw a scoreless ninth as the Twins secured at-least a tie for the American League Central crown. Later that day, the Yankees game was called after six innings due to rain. The Yankees beat the White Sox as the Twins celebrated in the clubhouse in Cleveland. 

9/23/03- The 2003 Minnesota Twins started slow in April, but picked things up as the season had went on. The Shannon Stewart trade sparked the whole season. They used a big August to pull ahead in the American League Central. Johan Santana took a step forward as a fantastic starter in the rotation and the rest was history. The Twins faced off with the Indians again in this game. The offense got going in the third as Shannon Stewart and Luis Rivas doubled in runs. Shannon Stewart plated another run with a sac fly and Cristian Guzman drilled a homer off Jake Westbrook. The Twins had a 4-0 lead and Kenny Rogers did the rest. He threw 8 2/3 innings and hit a wall in the ninth. The Indians had a couple guys on base when Josh Bard hit an RBI single to center. Eddie Guardado struck out Greg LaRocca and the Twins had to wait for the Royals and White Sox to lose. The Yankees thumped the Sox 7-0 and the Tigers somehow thumped the Royals 15-6 that night. The wait was worth it as the Twins clinched the Central for the second straight year. 

9/20/04- The 2004 Minnesota Twins got off to a great start and didn’t stop the whole season. They rolled for a good portion of the year. A solid second half run put the Twins in good position to win the division. The Twins went to Chicago in mid-September with a chance to clinch on this Monday night. Torii Hunter and Corey Koskie homered off Mark Buehrle in the first inning and the Twins had an early 4-0 lead. Henry Blanco homered off Buehrle in the fourth and the Twins added a run in the fifth. Jose Valentin countered with two-run shot for the Sox in the seventh. Luis Rivas hit a solo homer in the ninth and the Twins added one more on a bases loaded walk. Meanwhile, Carlos Silva threw seven solid innings and Juan Rincon tossed two scoreless innings as the Twins won their third straight American League Central Division Championship. 

10/1/06- The 2006 Minnesota Twins had a rough April, but rode Johan Santana, Francisco Liriano, and Brad Radke to a nice season. They won fifteen or more games in each month since April and battled with the Detroit Tigers all year long. The division crown came down to the last game of the season in a fun one at the Metrodome. The White Sox got an early run off Carlos Silva in the first inning. The Twins finally figured out Javier Vazquez in the fourth. Justin Morneau drove in a run with a double and Torii Hunter took Javier Vazquez deep. The Twins had a 3-1 lead and added a run in the fifth. The Twins added one more in the sixth and had a 5-1 advantage. Meanwhile, Carlos Silva threw 5 1/3 innings and the bullpen did the rest. Dennys Reyes got out of the sixth on an Alex Cintron double play ball. Juan Rincon threw a clean seventh, Jesse Crain had a scoreless eighth, and Joe Nathan threw up a zero in the ninth. The Twins won, but needed to wait for the Royals-Tigers game to finish up. The two teams were tied at eight and in the twelfth inning. Kenny Rogers came on in relief for the Tigers and allowed an Esteban German RBI single. He later walked Emil Brown with the bases loaded to put the royals up 10-8. Jimmy Gobble had a scoreless twelfth as Twins fans looked on at the Metrodome. The Twins won the Central Division on one of the most dramatic days in team history. 

10/6/09- The 2009 Minnesota Twins season started rough. They were below .500 after May and still trailed the Tigers by 6.5 games on Labor Day. The Twins got hot in September and saw the deficit go down to two games with a huge four-game series in the last week of the season. The two teams split the four games and the Twins swept the Royals on the last weekend of the season. The two teams were tied and a tiebreaker game was needed. One of the best games in Major League history ensued. Magglio Ordonez delivered a run-scoring single in the third. Miguel Cabrera then belted a Scott Baker pitch out to center for a two-run blast. The Tigers had a 3-0 lead and the air in the Metrodome went out. The Twins got a run on a throwing error by Rick Porcello in the bottom of the third. Jason Kubel added a run in the sixth with a solo blast off Rick Porcello. The Twins were within a run and continued to inch closer in the seventh. Orlando Cabrera drilled a Zach Miner offering out to left to put the Twins up 4-3. That was one of the best moments of the season up to that poitn. Magglio Ordonez answered with a solo homer off Matt Guerrier to start the eighth. That tied the game and we headed to extra innings. The Tigers got a run in the tenth on a Brandon Inge double. Fernando Rodney remained in the game after getting out of the ninth. Matt Tolbert delivered a run-scoring single to tie the game. The next batter, Nick Punto then hit a flyball to left field and Alexi Casilla was thrown out at the plate to extend the game. The eleventh innings was fairly clean and we headed into the twelfth. Bobby Keppel got in and out of trouble in the 12th and the Twins had a chance in the bottom of the inning. Carlos Gomez led-off with a single to left. He went to second on a groundball and Delmon Young walked. Alexi Casilla hit a single to right and Carlos Gomez raced around third. Gomez got in ahead of the Magglio Ordonez throw as the Twins took Game 163 in a thriller at the Metrodome.  

9/21/10- The 2010 Minnesota Twins had everything. They had a solid lineup, a good rotation, and a great bullpen. They were awesome the whole year and the Jim Thome walk-off homer against the White Sox in August essentially clinched the division. The White Sox stuck around for September though. Scott Baker allowed a first inning run that night on a Travis Hafner double. Jim Thome countered with a solo blast off Roberto Hernandez in the second. The Indians used a Drew Sutton RBI single to put the Tribe up 2-1 in the fifth. The Indians added two more runs on run-scoring singles by Trevor Crowe and Luis Valbuena. Danny Valencia inched the Twins closer with an RBI single of his own in the sixth. The Twins offense finally got to work in the eighth. Jim Thome singled and was pinch-ran for by Trevor Plouffe. Delmon Young doubled home a run and Danny Valencia singled. Jose Morales hit a sac fly to right and the Twins were within a run. Denard Span kept the chain moving with a run-scoring single to left and the game was tied at four. Orlando Hudson put the Twins up with a double to center and the Twins led 5-4. Matt Capps had a scoreless ninth as the Twins clinched a share of the American League Central Division. I remember staying up late watching the White Sox-A’s game that night. The Sox were down 7-2 in the ninth when they got a couple guys on base. Former Twin Craig Breslow helped the team out by retiring the last two batters and the Twins clinched the Central that night. 

9/27/17- The 2017 Minnesota Twins had such a weird season. They would win a few games then looked terrible for a couple. The cycle went on for the first four months of the season. Brandon Kintzler and Jaime Garcia were traded as the Twins slid down in the American League Wild-Card standings. The Twins reeled off 20 wins in August and held sole possession of the second Wild-Card spot. The Twins had a chance to clinch the division that night and lost to the Indians. The Indians were shutting out the Twins until a later Jorge Polanco home run pulled them within two runs. Cody Allen got out of the jam and the Twins waited for the Angels-White Sox game to finish. With one out in the tenth, Nicky Delmonnico drilled a Blake Parker pitch out to right for a walk-off solo home run. The Sox helped the Twins clinched the Wild-Card spot that night. I remember waiting to celebrate until that game ended. It was 10:30 or so at night and I watched the Twins celebration in Cleveland. 

Overall, this was a fun trip down memory lane for me. I started following baseball in the 2002 season as a kid. The Twins got some help for the Yankees as they clinched that year. That next year, the Twins clinched at the Dome after waiting for the White Sox and Royals to lose. The Twins didn’t have to worry about scoreboard watching in 2004. They beat the White Sox and trashed the US Cellular Field clubhouse. The 2006 clinch was memorable due to the Twins winning and waiting for the Tigers to lose, so they could clinch the division. Game 163 in 2009 was the best baseball game that I have ever seen. That year was so much fun. The Twins needed to wait again in 2010 with a win and a White Sox loss in Oakland. The 2017 year was fun because they needed the Angels to lose after failing to beat the Indians. I’m expecting the Twins to clinch in Detroit this week. 

-Chris Kreibich-

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Why this year is different (although 5 game series are often skewed by sample size and who knows if it will even matter)

I’ve heard a lot of commentary about the Twins season. None of it is too optimistic about their prospects in the playoffs, and that’s understandable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLIt6xGSqek

That link is the game following the last playoff win in franchise history. It boils down to one mistake, leaving Joe Nathan to try for a third inning. Since then and including that game, the Twins are 0-13, with 10 of those losses coming against the Yankees, who the Twins will play this year for the Division series. But the Nathan mistake isn’t why we lost that series, nor is the Torii Hunter missed catch in ‘06 the reason we lost that series.

A lot of folks think we’re cursed, and that certainly would work as a narrative. A-Rod’s RBI double in 2004, or his home run in ’09 preceding Texiera’s walk-off. Curtis Granderson’s triple in ’10 comes to mind. But everything must come to an end- the curse of the Bambino did, as did the Cubs’, and the Twins aren’t going to lose every playoff game for the rest of their existence. It starts with one game, and I think the 2019 squad is built to do that. Here’s why:

2002 Twins 86-75

2003 Twins 85-77

2004 Twins 87-75

2006 Twins 93-69

2009 Twins 86-77

2010 Twins 92-70

2017 Twins 83-79

2019 Twins 98-64

 These are the Pythagorean records for all Twins playoff teams since I have been conscious, and it really validates what I stress when I talk about the 2019 Twins, which is that this is the first team I’ve ever seen that is actually GOOD. Like good good. ALCS good. Which is why we can beat the Yankees this year, legitimately, or at least take it to game 5. Let me explain:

 2002-2018: From Rick Reed to Addison Reed

The 2002 team had no fear. The playoffs were brand new and they won a weak AL Central with solid contributions from tons of guys- no mid 2010’s Detroit Tigers stars and scrubs BS here. 12 guys had more than 2 bWAR (a measure of overall value from baseballreference.com- 0 means totally replaceable, anything above 5 means a star player), including a career year for J.C Romero, who as a lefty pitched in 81 innings, allowing a total of 17 runs, with 3 home runs, 62 hits. bWAR for his season was 3.6. We also got nice above average seasons from Corey Koskie (How good could he have been not under the Twins slap hitting tutelage and minus his later concussion issues?), Bobby Kielty, Tony Fiore (91 good innings out of the pen), Kyle Lohse, Dustan Mohr; even Rick Reed was pretty good that year. The Giants and the Angels were better constructed teams, and it would have been a miracle for the Twins to go all the way that year. I couldn’t believe when they beat they A’s, and I couldn’t believe when Joe Mays shut the Angels down in Game 1. 8 innings, no runs and the Angels could not get a barrel to the ball to save their lives. We lost to the Angels because they were a better team (They won 99 games that year) but like the Astros in 2015, it was a good stepping stone for a solid core of guys.

The 2003 team was worse. There was no David Ortiz and only Brad Radke had an ERA+ (a measure of pitching that corrects for context, average score is 100) that was above average in our regular rotation. It was 101.  Shannon Stewart and Johan Santana had to save the season and lift us over the White Sox* and Royals, who had a magical season 11 years before they meant to- they had prime Mike Sweeney and Carlos Beltran, but their #1 pitcher (as I recalled but had to confirm) was Darrell May, who had a legitimately good season but would never do THAT again.

*I’m pretty sure the White Sox were the better team that year. They had prime Bartolo, Mark Buehrle, early ok Jon Garland and that one of year of Esteban Loaiza where he almost won the CY Young (226.1 innings of 2.90 ERA ball with a k rate of 8.2, his career k rate was 5.9). They also had prime Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Lee, and this was one of the years in the oughts where Frank Thomas stayed together and hit 42 bombs.

But the Twins prevailed with Shannon Stewart magic plus solid years from Mientkiewicz, Koskie and Pierzynski, won Game 1 against the Yankees because we let Johan Santana free (for 4 innings, as that was the game where he didn’t eat enough potassium and cramped out of the game), and then got swept the rest of the way, getting shut down by Andy Pettite Roger Clemens and David Wells. It was kind of an accidental bullpen game in game 1, but more on that later.

 The ‘04 Twins went back to being pitching dominant, with the first year of full season Johan (and his best year) and Joe Nathan joining the fold along with lights out Juan Rincon (watch him strike out Jorge Posada in the 8th in game 2). Radke was great, and Carlos Silva soaked up the rest. If Joe Mauer hadn’t gotten hurt that team could have been something, because the lineup was rough and relied a lot on career year Lew Ford (more on that later). Doug Mientkiewicz, Jacque Jones, Christian Guzman and Henry Blanco all struggled to various degrees. Morneau provided a spark in the second half, taking over for Mientkiewicz at the trade deadline and hitting 19 bombs.

As I inferred, I put myself through watching game 2 of the ALDS against the Yankees (up 1-0) recently and everything that I remembered from it came rushing back: Koskie’s double against Rivera that would have scored 2 but bounced into the stands, instead tying the game at 5. Then Hunter’s big home run in the 12th, and Nathan to all the world looking like he was out of gas in his third inning of work in the 12th - with 1 out he walked Miguel Cairo as well as Jeter to bring up A-Rod. What I didn’t remember was that Nathan threw a decent slider off the plate down and away, and A-Rod showed why he was one of the top 5 hitters of his generation and almost hit it out, poking a ground rule double (were it a regular double it would have been a walk off) to tie the game. After intentionally walking Sheffield, J.C Romero got Hideki Matsui on a soft fly out to Jones in right, and a good throw would have gotten Jeter. That didn’t happen, and one Carlos Silva start and a Rincon implosion later the Twins were done. The Twins hit well in the series after not doing that all season, but two decisions cost them: leaving Nathan in obviously, and giving Carlos Silva (and Kyle Lohse) a start. The lineup had gotten hot, but archaic ideas about how to use pitching in the playoffs cost them big- although those ideas wouldn’t truly be challenged until Craig Counsell took the Dodgers to 7 games in 2018.

I was jazzed about ’06. They had a good power and speed mix (On base percentages of Bartlett, Castillo and Punto: .367, .358, .352) with Morneau and Mauer both breaking out to post over 10 bWAR between them, Santana winning another Cy Young, and Francisco Liriano having his Greek tragedy. The bullpen was great, with Nathan having arguably his best year, Dennys Reyes giving up 5 runs the whole year and Rincon, Pat Neshek and Crain pitching in solidly.

But Barry Zito outdueled Santana in game 1, Mark Kotsay hit his inside the park home run on the ball Torii dove for but couldn’t keep in front in game 2 (right after we had tied the game with back to back jacks from Cuddyer and Morneau). And that was all the starting pitching we had- with Liriano done, and Boof Bonser pitching out of his mind in game 2, we had can’t-brush-his-teeth torn rotator cuff Brad Radke trying to gut his way through and running out of guts. And cartilage.

Maybe Craig Counsell or Kevin Cash could have made it work, but in 2006 there just wasn’t enough pitching.

In ’09 we had MVP Joe Mauer, Jason Kubel’s best year and Denard Span’s emergence. But the pitching relied a lot on Nick Blackburn and the mad rush to beat the Tigers in game 163 left us with Brian Duensing in game 1 against the Yankees. Brian Duensing was a nice pitcher that year, but he couldn’t handle that assignment. Game 2 was the Phil Cuzzi calling a fair ball foul game, the most errant umpiring call I know of next to the Armando Gallaraga perfect game disaster. Mauer singled anyway to start the 11th. So did Kubel and Cuddyer. Bases loaded, no outs, Delmon Young at the plate- he scaldes a line drive to Texiera at first for a loud out. Carlos Gomez grounds into a fielders choice at home, and Brendan Harris pops out. Kinda deserved that walkoff.

Who are you pitching with this team in a 7 game series anyway? And depth was an issue as well, otherwise Harris wouldn’t have come in for MATT TOLBERT, Gomez wouldn’t have hit with his .623 season OPS, and nor would Delmon with his .733. Blackburn and Pavano combined to go 12 innings, allowing 3 total runs between them in games 2 and 3, so even with those bonuses the fact that the team couldn’t even get to 4 games says a lot.

2010 could have been something, with a good offense led by Mauer and Thome, the one year Delmon Young was good, the year we had J.J Hardy and Orlando Hudson and Liriano had 200 k’s. But Morneau got his concussion, Nathan had Tommy John surgery, Kubel Cuddyer and Span all had bad years and it came down to Curtis Granderson hitting a clutch triple off of a cruising Liriano (The Twins led 3-0 going into the bottom of the 6th). Then the Twins realized that as nice as their seasons were, Carl Pavano and Duensing weren’t pitchers you rely on in the postseason- they pitched to contact and if their command wasn’t perfect they would get exposed. Guess what happened.

In 2017 the team wasn’t good. And they wouldn’t have made the playoffs if the Orioles, Angels and Royals didn’t all collapse while the Twins played .500 ball in September. Their starting pitching was average, with a great Ervin Santana season and a good Berrios one. But unlike the other teams on this list, the bullpen was suspect, with a not-quite-figured-out Ryan Pressly, sinker throwing Tyler Duffey and a Matt Belisle on the right side with a non-slider throwing Taylor Rogers on the left. Alan Busenitz and Trevor Hildenberger had career years but weren’t helpful in the Wild Card game, or really ever again.

The offense was the best of all the teams so far in a bit of foreshadowing, scoring 815 runs and featuring the last good Brian Dozier season, the start of Jorge Polanco busting out, and Joe Mauer having one last .300 season. Miguel Sano looked like a star for 3 months, then busted his shin and got a titanium rod inserted into it because he doesn’t care about baseball or something. Byron Buxton even had his first sustained period of excellence in the second half (and played 140 games!)

 Relying on the back end of the rotation

Those are the 7 playoff teams of the millennium. And here are the Game 3 starters for each ALDS team starting with ’02:

Rick Reed

Kyle Lohse

Carlos Silva

Zombie Brad Radke

Carl Pavano

Brian Duensing

 That group had a combined record of 0-6. This year the hope is that the new regime is smart enough to know that, even though they have 2 starters in Kyle Gibson and Martin Perez who are comparable to that group, and who tried hard and won double digit games, their best bet is to bullpen that game.

One aspect of the playoffs that teams are getting wise to but which have killed Clayton Kershaw in the past, is the inclination to “trust your guys” and “dance with the girl who you brought” or some other idiom about sticking with a certain pitcher out of loyalty or sense of obligation. Carlos Silva had a good ’04 season; of course Gardy would want to give him a playoff start. His results were quite a bit better than Kyle Gibson’s 2019.

But hitters hit .310/.342/.462 against Silva that year. You’re trusting your season to him continuing to get lucky. He gave up 10 hits and the series swung 2-1 to the Yankees.

 Results aren’t predictive

What we have in 2019 is the possibility that the Twins brass has learned from the mistakes of the past. You saw it in 2017 when they traded our closer, Brandon Kintzler, at the trade deadline. They knew that despite what the results showed, the team wasn’t good. Even though they got hot and made the WC game, they knew it wasn’t sustainable yet, and didn’t go crazy on free agents or win-now trades.

What the Levine Falvey regime did was take an objective view of their assets (is Mike Morin’s success sutainable? No? Ok then I won’t pitch him in the 7th inning of a playoff game. In fact, I’ll let him be the Phillies problem). They also threw all the “Twins way” shit out the window. No more getting benched for not going the other way, or for trying to hit a home run. And I know that point of view is very much a feeling and not really tangible- something inferred from David Ortiz’s comments years ago, a general sense watching games announced by Dick Bremer and Bert Blyleven, that power is nice but luxurious, as though wanting it too badly should be a sin. And then you have Joe Mauer, who embodied every aspect of that feeling- a guy who looked for his whole career like he could hit home runs, but didn’t because he wasn’t flashy, he didn’t want to draw attention to himself and must have believed that slapping singles and doubles to left field would be a more productive route in the end.

Here’s the big secret about Joe Mauer: As talented as he was- as a catcher, in his general coordination, in his eye at the plate, and his ability to slap an RBI single in some key spots for 14 years, he was kind of a moron. Seemed like he was a nice guy. But he has never in his life said anything remotely close to insightful and I truly believe that he earnestly and wrongly thought he could best serve his team by staying behind the ball and slapping it to left field. He was probably told that from a young age.

He mistook an illusion for a reality, and so did the Twins for 51 years. Every color guy on every team’s broadcast will talk about the importance of the fundamentals, getting the guy over, laying down a good bunt and going the other way. They will talk up players who do that for eternity, and constantly lament how the game isn’t played that way anymore. To every team trying to win, this is taken with a big fucking grain of Morton brand industrial sidewalk salt. They want 2-3 guys like that. To the Twins it was religion. They wanted 12-15 guys like that. They wanted Matt Tolbert, Nick Punto, Denny Hocking and Juan Castro. The did NOT want J.J Hardy or David Ortiz.

This has changed, hopefully, and with Mauer gone, it may have rinsed away completely. We set the freaking home run record. Mitch Garver openly admits he is trying to hit home runs. Max Kepler found out his power is to the pull side. Jorge Polanco found out he could take a rip early in the count. It’s all new; it’s all different. And I’m not saying the Twins will beat the Yankees in the first round because of this philosophy shift. What I am saying is that the 2019 Twins are NOT:

A Cinderella team getting their feet wet around 12 slightly above average guys (2002)

A decent offense with no pitching plus Shannon Stewart (2003)

A great pitching staff 1-2 with an average offense that gave starts to Carlos Silva and Kyle Lohse in the playoffs (2004)

A team with Boof Bonser as its #2 (2006)

A team that relied heavily on Blackburn, Pavano and Duensing in playoff games (2009 and 2010)

A lucky team with no bullpen and 1.5 starters (2017)

 So maybe they will.

  What’s different now

The best team out of the prior playoff teams is probably the ’04 team, whose struggling offense didn’t struggle in the playoffs. And with Santana being the best and Radke being HIS best, a modern manager could have used their decent bullpen to build something.

Now imagine the ’04 team, except their offense is much better. MUCH better. And despite having only two effective starters, can bullpen their way to wins with a pen that goes 6-7 deep. And unlike a Tony Fiore or a Ron Mahay, or a Matt Capps or Alex Burnett, this bullpen does stuff you can’t fake- stuff you can’t luck your way into.

Opponents are hitting .157/.223/.245 against Tyler Duffey in the second half.

They’re hitting .159/.220/.354 against Trevor May

(Both those guys were good in the first half, too)

Taylor Rogers gave up a .225/.273/.353 line for the year

To my count there are 9 relievers that can be counted on in different spots- Rogers, Duffey, May, Romo, Littell, Stashak, Dobnak, Graterol and Smeltzer (by different spots I mean that Rocco won’t throw Smeltzer into the 8th inning of a tie game to face Aaron Judge).

That depth can be leveraged to overcome the loss of Michael Pineda, and the fact that Berrios and Odorizzi are no locks to be effective. Stashak and Smeltzer can both give you 3 innings of effective mop-up duty that keep games close, and allows the offense to come back by exploiting New York’s middling starting pitching, and mercurial late inning relief (Namely Britton, Green and Ottavino).

 How to cope when Lew Ford leads your team in total bases

Almost as importantly, the offense isn’t going to need guys who had career years to continue thriving in the post when they were clearly playing above their true talent level. Lew Ford carried the ’04 team at times, but he was still Lew Ford, and he showed it against the Yankees and for the rest of his career. Same with Nick Punto in ‘06. Nelson Cruz is a force who scares the Royals as much as the Yankees.

Mitch Garver didn’t hot streak his way into a 1000 OPS; he’s kept it above .919 since April 9th. Check his game log.

These guys are actually good. So is Max Kepler, who I hope is ok. You don’t hit 36 bombs with reverse platoon splits by accident.

Marwin Gonzalez isn’t a great hitter but I trust he’ll take a good at bat when we need him too. You’ll appreciate that when you watch rookie Jason Kubel swing at two straight pitches at his eyes against Rivera in ’04.

Eddie Rosario is the wild card, and teams NEED* a wild card:

*Delmon Young on the Tigers, Yasiel Puig on the Dodgers, Alfonso Soriano on the Yankees, Eric Byrnes on the Diamondbacks. Rafael Devers for the Red Sox last year. That’s Rosario. Everyone needs an underachiever from the regular season to come up in the post.

Rosario, Polanco, Garver, Cruz, Sano and Kepler could all be game changing offensive players in a short series, which is not a quantity we’ve seen since Morneau went down with his concussion in ’10.

There’s no curse, the Yankees just exploited an obvious weakness of the Twins 4.5 separate times. That weaknesses boiled down to smoke and mirrors results that translated to good regular season stats, which led to Terry Ryan and Gardy trusting those results to be predictive. The 2019 team wasn’t built that way, otherwise Brandon Kintzler might still be part of it. The bullpen will have to perform for a lot of innings, the lineup will have to score, and one of Berrios and Odorizzi will have to perform to or above his talent level. As likely as it has ever been, this team could, say it with me here- take it to a game 5.

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The Vernacular of Landscape

The Vernacular of Landscape is a survey of contemporary landscape photography curated by Noah Waldeck and co-edited by Float Photo Magazine. Showcasing images from 58 artists from around the world, this 60 page perfect bound books measures 8.5×5.5�� and features a debossed recycled paper cover. With work from:

Rob Stephenson, Diana Nygren, Patrick Warner, Tim Dechent, Lewis Ableidinger, Nathanial Schmidt, Emmanuel Monzon, Roger Grasas, Michael Wriston, Nick Zukauskas, Daniel George, Adrien Blondel, Ivan Echevarria, John Sanderson, Paul Sisson, Sandro Katalina, Brooks Geenen, James Doyle, Christiaan Kritzinger, Raul Guillermo, Tod Kapke, Cody Schlabaugh, Cristian Ordonez, Balint Alovits, Pratya Jankong, Danny Rowton, FeiFan Zhang, Reid Elem, Anthony Onesta, Joshua Oldfield, Ryan Parker, Maxime Taillez, Balazs Fromm, Julian Reid, Franck Doussot, Dineke Versluis, Irene Tondelli, Cody Bratt, Matthew Portch, Leonardo Magrelli, Christian Kondic, Solange Adumabdala, Kyle Everett Smith, Berber Theunissen, Dan Mariner, Michael Garbutt, Fred Guillaud, Mattia Paladini, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Stephen Berry, Lawrence Braun, Will Cox, Morgane Erpicum, Liam McMillan, Pol Viladoms, Jeff Phillips, Chris Bennett & Chris Round

Subjectively Objective is a contemporary photography gallery and publisher founded and curated by Noah Waldeck. The type of phrase you could picture as the subject of an Ed Ruscha painting, the name Subjectively Objective sums up our ideas about the nature of photographs. Our main focus is on contemporary landscape and conceptual work that embraces that inherent subjectivity in the photographic medium, depicting the world from the artist’s unique perspective.

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Categorical burials solid doubt on Nicaragua’s coronavirus figures https://www.today-24.com/categorical-burials-solid-doubt-on-nicaraguas-coronavirus-figures/?feed_id=9288&_unique_id=5ec1728eb2b5f Roger Ordonez was hospitalised with r...

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Roger Ordonez was hospitalised with breathing problems last week.

When his son Enrique came to visit the next morning, the 69-year-old retiree was already being buried by government workers in protective white full-body suits in a cemetery on the outskirts of Chinandega, a city of 133,000 people in northwest Nicaragua.

The hospital warned the Ordonez family to self-quarantine for two…

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Express burials cast doubt on Nicaragua’s coronavirus figures

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Roger Ordonez was hospitalised with breathing problems last week.

When his son Enrique came to visit the next morning, the 69-year-old retiree was already being buried by government workers in protective white full-body suits in a cemetery on the outskirts of Chinandega, a city of 133,000 people in northwest Nicaragua.

The hospital warned the Ordonez family to self-quarantine for two…

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The Ordonez are settling into Ava's family home in Brindleton Bay. She comes from a long line of “wickies” and recently inherited the partially renovated lighthouse. It’s still functional, but now most of it is automated. They will, however, be required to maintain the facilities (yay! for For Rent lot traits!)

Gallery Information for the original build:

Gallery Information for the original family. I tweaked them quite a bit, but, I still want to give credit since I used all 3 sims as a base. @trappedwell

Also, I am still looking for more townies! Help me fill up Brindleton Bay!

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All-Star Baseball 2003 cheats & more for GameCube (GameCube)

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Genre: Sports, Baseball

Developer: Acclaim

Publisher: Acclaim

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Release Date: February 28, 2002

Hints

Thom Brennaman’s Stories

Start a game and allow the controller to remain idel. After a few minutes after they have announced the lineups and the starting pitcher, Thom Brennaman will start telling in-depth stories about baseball.

Easy Cards

Use the following trick to unlock all the cards in one or two games. Once you unlock the Cooperstown Legends and the Pixels, play as the Legends. You will find that within the fifth or sixth inning, every hit equals ten points and possibly more. Constantly hit homeruns and strike out the batters and you should have forty to fifty packs to open after the game. This is the easiest way to complete your card collection and unlock the cheats.

Easy Points In Trivia Mode

For easy points in any one of the three modes of trivia (classic, home run derby, and speed), when you get a wrong answer, do not continue to the next question. Instead, press B so that the game asks if you want to quit. Then, press B again to remain in the game. After you have done this, press A to go advance to the next question. As a result, the game will give you a single and not penalize you with an out. Note: In home run derby trivia, this method will give you a homerun instead of an out.

Easy Points

You can gain “points” for certain feats performed during a game. An easy way to get a lot of points is to throw a perfect game. This is worth 100 points. Switch controls every time the CPU is up at bat and intentionally strike out. This will get you points for 27 strikeouts, and for a perfect game. Repeat as many times as needed. To get more points in franchise mode to sign your free agents, during the off season either create a player and pick him up as a free agent or sign free agents and release them at the end of the season.

Hidden Commentary

While looking at the credits press A to hear commentary about the developer who is currently on the screen.

Cheat Menu

Press L at the controller selection screen to activate cheats that have been bought.

Better Franchise Or Expansion Mode Teams

Use trades to get rid of your older less talented players for slightly better players. Even if the CPU rejects your trade, keep trying repeatedly and it will usually eventually accept it. However, make the trade reasonable, such as a B- player for a B or B+ player. If the player you really want just does not seem to want to join your team, try trading for another player who is slightly better, then return to that player you want and try again. Do this every season to keep good young players.

Restore Pitcher’s Energy

In season, franchise or expansion mode, go to the DL, and put any pitcher on the 15 day DL. Then immediately take him back into your lineup. He will have recovered all of his energy.

Better Pitching

The best pitchers have a pitch called a “Slurve” (for example, Mark Burhele of the Chicago White Sox). Also try the “Dominate Curve” with Pedro.

Better Hitting

Immediately after the pitcher releases the ball, press Start. You will see where the ball is going and if it will be a strike or ball. Resume the game and move your batting cursor over it to get a nice powerful swing. Note: You do not need to press Start directly after the pitcher lets go of the ball — it just gives you more time to move your cursor after the game is resumed. Use the pause technique before batting. When you see where the ball is going, try your best to get the ball as close to the point of the contact triangle (the part closest to the batter, not the thick part of the triangle). You will usually get homeruns or at least doubles.

Control Homerun Replay

After hitting a homerun, a replay of it will be displayed. When you see your batter heading home from third base, press various buttons to see different camera angles.

Infinite Points

You can gain points for certain feats performed during a game. You can use these points to buy cards which unlock cheats, stadiums, jerseys, producers, and players. An easy way to get a lot of points is to throw a perfect game. This is worth 100 points. Switch controls every time the CPU is up at bat and intentionally strike out. This will get you points for 27 strikeouts, and for a perfect game. Repeat this as many times as needed to get an unlimited amount of points.

Cheats

Cards

Card Name 1 Bobby Abreu 2 Edgardo Alfonzo 3 Roberto Alomar 4 Moises Alou 5 Brady Anderson 6 Garrett Anderson 7 Rick Ankiel 8 Tony Armas Jr 9 Jeff Bagwell 10 Harold Baines 11 Tony Batista 12 Albert Belle 13 Carlos Beltran 14 Adrian Beltre 15 Kris Benson 16 Lance Berkman 17 Craig Biggio 18 Barry Bonds 19 Kevin Brown 20 Jay Buhner 21 Jeromy Burnitz 22 Pat Burrell 23 Ken Caminiti 24 Jose Canseco 25 Sean Casey 26 Luis Castillo 27 Eric Chavez 28 Jeff Cirillo 29 Jermaine Clark 30 Roger Clemens 31 Bartolo Colon 32 David Cone 33 Jose Cruz, Jr 34 Johnny Damon 35 Eric Davis 36 Carlos Delgado 37 JD Drew 38 Ray Durham 39 Jermaine Dye 40 Jim Edmonds 41 Juan Encarnacion 42 Darin Erstad 43 Carl Everett 44 Steve Finley 45 Cliff Floyd 46 Brad Fullmer 47 Andres Galarraga 48 Freddy Garcia 49 Nomar Garciaparra 50 Jason Giambi 51 Brian Giles 52 Troy Glaus 53 Tom Glavine 54 Juan Gonzalez 55 Luis Gonzalez 56 Mark Grace 57 Shawn Green 58 Rusty Greer 59 Ken Griffey 60 Vladimir Guerrero 61 Tony Gwynn 62 Jeffrey Hammonds 63 Mike Hampton 64 Todd Helton 65 Rickey Henderson 66 Orlando Hernandez 67 Richard Hidalgo 68 Tim Hudson 69 Geoff Jenkins 70 Derek Jeter 71 Randy Johnson 72 Andruw Jones 73 Chipper Jones 74 Jacque Jones 75 Brian Jordan 76 David Justice 77 Gabe Kapler 78 Eric Karros 79 Jason Kendall 80 Adam Kennedy 81 Jeff Kent 82 Byung Hyun Kim 83 Ryan Klesko 84 Chuck Knoblauch 85 Paul Konerko 86 Barry Larkin 87 Carlos Lee 88 Kenny Lofton 89 Terrance Long 90 Javy Lopez 91 Greg Maddux 92 Edgar Martinez 93 Pedro Martinez 94 Tino Martinez 95 Ruben Mateo 96 Fred McGriff 97 Mark McGwire 98 Kevin Millwood 99 Ben Molina 100 Raul Mondesi 101 Mark Mulder 102 Mike Mussina 103 Trot Nixon 104 Hideo Nomo 105 John Olerud 106 Paul Oneill 107 Magglio Ordonez 108 Rafael Palmeiro 109 Chan Ho Park 110 Jay Payton 111 Andy Pettitte 112 Adam Piatt 113 Mike Piazza 114 Jorge Posada 115 Mark Quinn 116 Aramis Ramirez 117 Manny Ramirez 118 Pokey Reese 119 Cal Ripken 120 Mariano Rivera 121 Alex Rodriguez 122 Ivan Rodriguez 123 Scott Rolen 124 Tim Salmon 125 Curt Schilling 126 Richie Sexson 127 Gary Sheffield 128 John Smoltz 129 JT Snow 130 Sammy Sosa 131 Shannon Stewart 132 BJ Surhoff 133 Mike Sweeney 134 Fernando Tatis 135 Miguel Tejada 136 Frank Thomas 137 Jim Thome 138 Jason Varitek 139 Greg Vaughn 140 Mo Vaughn 141 Robin Ventura 142 Jose Vidro 143 Omar Vizquel 144 Larry Walker 145 David Wells 146 Rondell White 147 Bernie Williams 148 Matt Williams 149 Preston Wilson 150 Kerry Wood 151 Brent Abernathy - Rated Rookie 152 Cory Aldridge - Rated Rookie 153 Gene Altman - Rated Rookie 154 Josh Beckett - Rated Rookie 155 Wilson Betemit - Rated Rookie 156 Joe Crede - Rated Rookie 157 Jack Cust - Rated Rookie 158 Alex Escobar - Rated Rookie 159 Pedro Feliz - Rated Rookie 160 Nate Frese - Rated Rookie 161 Carlos Garcia - Rated Rookie 162 Marcus Giles - Rated Rookie 163 Alexis Gomez - Rated Rookie 164 Jason Hart - Rated Rookie 165 Adrian Hernandez - Rated Rookie 166 Eric Hinske - Rated Rookie 167 Cesar Izturis - Rated Rookie 168 Nick Johnson - Rated Rookie 169 Brian Lawrence - Rated Rookie 170 Steve Lomasney - Rated Rookie 171 Nick Maness - Rated Rookie 172 Jackson Melian - Rated Rookie 173 Jose Mieses - Rated Rookie 174 Greg Miller - Rated Rookie 175 Eric Munson - Rated Rookie 176 Xavier Nady - Rated Rookie 177 Blaine Neal - Rated Rookie 178 Abraham Nunez - Rated Rookie 179 Jose Ortiz - Rated Rookie 180 Jeremy Owens - Rated Rookie 181 Pablo Ozuna - Rated Rookie 182 Corey Patterson - Rated Rookie 183 Carlos Pena - Rated Rookie 184 Wily Mo Pena - Rated Rookie 185 Timo Perez - Rated Rookie 186 Adam Pettyjohn - Rated Rookie 187 Luis Rivas - Rated Rookie 188 Wilkin Ruan - Rated Rookie 189 Duaner Sanchez - Rated Rookie 190 Alfonso Soriano - Rated Rookie 191 Rafael Soriano - Rated Rookie 192 Ichiro Suzuki - Rated Rookie 193 Billy Sylvester - Rated Rookie 194 Juan Uribe - Rated Rookie 195 Carlos Valderrama - Rated Rookie 196 Eric Valent - Rated Rookie 197 Matt White - Rated Rookie 198 Mike Young - Rated Rookie 199 All Star Cheat 200 All Star Plate 201 Jeff Bagwell - Special Card 202 Tony Batista - Special Card 203 Barry Bonds - Special Card 204 Roger Clemens - Special Card 205 Carlos Delgado - Special Card 206 Jim Edmonds - Special Card 207 Jason Giambi - Special Card 208 Troy Glaus - Special Card 209 Ken Griffey Jr. - Special Card 210 Vladimir Guerrero - Special Card 211 Tony Gwynn - Special Card 212 Todd Helton - Special Card 213 Richard Hidalgo - Special Card 214 Reggie Jackson - Special Card 215 Dave Justice - Special Card 216 Harmon Killebrew - Special Card 217 Mark McGwire - Special Card 218 Roy Oswalt - Special Card 219 Rafael Palmeiro - Special Card 220 Mike Piazza - Special Card 221 Albert Pujols - Special Card 222 Manny Ramirez - Special Card 223 Alex Rodriguez - Special Card 224 Nolan Ryan - Special Card 225 CC Sabathia - Special Card 226 Mike Schmidt - Special Card 227 Gary Sheffield - Special Card 228 Tsuyoshi Shinjo - Special Card 229 Sammy Sosa - Special Card 230 Ichiro Suzuki - Special Card 231 Frank Thomas - Special Card 232 Jim Thome - Special Card 233 Robin Yount - Special Card 234 Astrodome - Classic Stadium 235 Classic Fenway - Classic Stadium 236 Classic Wrigley - Classic Stadium 237 Classic Yankee - Classic Stadium 238 Acclaim Sports Park - Classic Stadium 239 Enzo Field - Classic Stadium 240 Fischbach Field - Classic Stadium 241 Lockodome - Classic Stadium 242 Old Snavely Stadium - Classic Stadium 243 Whitaker Grounds - Classic Stadium 244 Zentmeyer Dome - Classic Stadium 245 Forbes Field - Classic Stadium 246 Polo Ground - Classic Stadium 247 Riverfront - Classic Stadium 248 Tiger Stadium - Classic Stadium 249 Brandon Adcock - Dingers (Developer Card) 250 Kevin Brinson - Dingers (Developer Card) 251 Randy Buck - Dingers (Developer Card) 252 Nigel Cook - Dingers (Developer Card) 253 Malc Crummack - Dingers (Developer Card) 254 Peyton Duncan - Dingers (Developer Card) 255 Nelson Everhart - Dingers (Developer Card) 256 Tim Flier - Dingers (Developer Card) 257 Tom Green - Dingers (Developer Card) 258 Bill Kydd - Dingers (Developer Card) 259 Matt Liverman - Dingers (Developer Card) 260 Andrew Locko - Dingers (Developer Card) 261 Wes Mailman - Dingers (Developer Card) 262 Mike Mann - Dingers (Developer Card) 263 Matt McEnerney - Dingers (Developer Card) 264 Shawn Nicholson - Dingers (Developer Card) 265 Dan Rubel - Dingers (Developer Card) 266 Cooper Sellers - Dingers (Developer Card) 267 Mike Skinner - Dingers (Developer Card) 268 PJ Snavely - Dingers (Developer Card) 269 Ryan Starr - Dingers (Developer Card) 270 Sarma Vanguri - Dingers (Developer Card) 271 Mario Ventrella - Dingers (Developer Card) 272 Rob Whitaker - Dingers (Developer Card) 273 Justin Withers - Dingers (Developer Card) 274 Tom Zentmeyer - Dingers (Developer Card) 275 Dingers - Teams 276 Pixels - Teams 277 Islanders - Teams 278 Rated Rookies - Teams 279 AL Legends - Teams 280 NL Legends - Teams 281 Wrinklies - Teams 282 Angels - Alternate Throwbacks 283 Astros - Alternate Throwbacks 284 Athletics - Alternate Throwbacks 285 Blue Jays - Alternate Throwbacks 286 Braves - Alternate Throwbacks 287 Brewers - Alternate Throwbacks 288 Cardinals - Alternate Throwbacks 289 Cubs - Alternate Throwbacks 290 Devil Rays - Alternate Throwbacks 291 Diamondbacks - Alternate Throwbacks 292 Dingers - Alternate Throwbacks 293 Dodgers - Alternate Throwbacks 294 Expos - Alternate Throwbacks 295 Giants - Alternate Throwbacks 296 Indians - Alternate Throwbacks 297 Mariners - Alternate Throwbacks 298 Marlins - Alternate Throwbacks 299 Mets - Alternate Throwbacks 300 Orioles - Alternate Throwbacks 301 Padres - Alternate Throwbacks 302 Phillies - Alternate Throwbacks 303 Pirates - Alternate Throwbacks 304 Rangers - Alternate Throwbacks 305 Reds - Alternate Throwbacks 306 Red Sox - Alternate Throwbacks 307 Rockies - Alternate Throwbacks 308 Royals - Alternate Throwbacks 309 Tigers - Alternate Throwbacks 310 Twins - Alternate Throwbacks 311 White Sox - Alternate Throwbacks 312 Yankees - Alternate Throwbacks

All Stadiums

R2(2), L1, R2, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, UP, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, UP.

Unlockables

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Easter eggs

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Glitches

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Guides

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[cowplant-snacks]

Gracie is such a cute doggo.

I’ll have limited internet access for the next few weeks - if you feel inclined to help me with a tzr, I’d appreciate it! lots of love, Cowply <3

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Dawson lost a tooth!

I’ll have limited internet access for the next few weeks - if you feel inclined to help me with a tzr, I’d appreciate it! lots of love, Cowply <3

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Meet Roger Ordonez (he/him)

Roger is the Executive Chef and Co-owner of the Wiskerman's Wharf Market & Cafe.

unflirty \ family-oriented \ maker

[cowplant-snacks]

Coming Soon! | You're officially invited to the Grand Opening of the Wiskerman's Wharf Market & Cafe.

Ava stopped by the restaurant to do some playtesting, I mean to see how the prep for the opening is coming along on their cafe.

You'll get to see more of the Ordonez family soon! For now, please enjoy Roger's very hairy arm and Ava's very cute face.

ps. that's Kyle Kyleson on the far grill.

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Meet Roger's Mom, Cataleya. Vineyard Manager at Ordonez Family Wines in Tartosa.

I’ll have limited internet access for the next few weeks - if you feel inclined to help me with a tzr, I’d appreciate it! lots of love, Cowply <3

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Meet Roger's dad, Lorenzo. Owner and primary Winemaker at Ordonez Family Wines in Tartosa.

I’ll have limited internet access for the next few weeks - if you feel inclined to help me with a tzr, I’d appreciate it! lots of love, Cowply <3