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Twins MLB Draft Preview

With the MLB Draft coming next week, and TRE's post about the NBA draft spurring me on (it's the one right below this one, genius) I figured we might as well take a look at the MLB draft, particularly since the Twins are so involved. Involved as in they have the #2, #32 (thanks Cuddy), the #42 (thanks Kubes), and the #63. So this is pretty much a really great time to reload...
Via Down with Goldy  |  2 days ago
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NBA Draft Preview

Let's see if I can do better in my second post after running away from my other blog in the middle of the night like the Baltimore Colts. Damn you, Marko The year was 2005. Kevin McHale was in charge of a sputtering Wolves team that had missed the playoffs for the first time in 8 years by just one game. In June, they hired Dwayne Casey as head coach. That summer, they...
Via Down with Goldy  |  3 days ago
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Week in Review - 5/29/2012

I think I've solved the issue with the lack of content/posts on the site. I've decided to bring in a partner. TRE from www.stillgothope.com. He's a pretty funny dude and a good writer, he's a Twins and Gopher fan, and this should increase the amount of Gopher football coverage on this site by eleventy billion percent. He's already written one post, on a weekend...
Via Down with Goldy  |  5 days ago
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Oh, hello. So, I think this is actually happening. DWG and I got drunk at Duke's in Oakdale? Maplewood? Somewhere around there..it used to be Beer Belly's or Sargent Peppers or something. Anyway, we talked about joining forces and he actually remembered it and sent me an invite. I guess we're doing this ****. The cool thing about me agreeing to do this is my...
Via Down with Goldy  |  6 days ago
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How to rebuild the Twins

Although the Twins are pretty much hamstrung and stuck with Joe Mauer for the foreseeable future, that doesn't mean there aren't some moves they could make to try to rebuild quickly - which they'll have to do in order to become contenders again before Mauer is completely out of his prime assuming he isn't already. Obviously the #1 priority should be the draft, where...
Via Down with Goldy  |  10 days ago
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I think this Joe Mauer contract might have been a bad idea

- Quick, what's the flukiest home run season in history? You thought of Brady Anderson's 50 in 1996, right? Of course, I'm pretty sure everybody did. He's as out of place on a list of players with 50 homers in a season as most of this blog's readers would be in a book store, and I'm pretty sure he's the first name most people would come up with. But...
Via Down with Goldy  |  11 days ago
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Six Very Important Things from Last Night - 5/17/2012

Maybe this will get me posting more often. Be careful what you wish for. 1. The Twins beat the Tigers today, which would be newsworthy all on its own, but even more shocking is that gives them two straight wins over the Tigers (just the second winning streak of the entire season) and since this was just a 2-game series that means the Twins just swept the preseason division favorite...
Via Down with Goldy  |  16 days ago
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Monday Musings

- Biggest news of the day is the Big 10/ACC match-ups have been released, and your Gophers will be traveling to Tallahassee to play the Seminoles of FSU. This should be one hell of a good test to see how good the Gophers are next season, because FSU loses only two of their top 6 players from last year's NCAA team, and they always play well at home (where they always seem to...
Via Down with Goldy  |  19 days ago
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Via Down with Goldy  |  23 days ago
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Tuesday Talkers

Well my derby picks didn't exactly work out, but Mrs. W randomly picked the winner, "I'll Have Another", probably because she's a raging alcoholic and that brought in some dough. Which, naturally, she immediately assumes is hers and has already been trying to figure out what to buy with it. Funny how that works. When I win and make a withdrawal, she's...
Via Down with Goldy  |  25 days ago
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Derby Picks

I tried to write a real post tonight. I really did. I started and then stopped like 4-5 times. I don't know, I think when the only thing to write about is Twins' futility it gets kind of boring. I'll get back into the swing of things I swear. I'm planning on doing a weekend review for your Monday pleasure because at least that will get the ole writing juices...
Via Down with Goldy  |  May 03, 2012
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Tuesday Talkings

I know you're wondering if this blog is dead. It's not, I promise. I've just been really busy. What with work, heading to the cabin, kids' stuff, and my wife currently reading 50 Shades of Grey, I just am having trouble finding time to blog anything. And there isn't exactly any motivation either. Look at the Twins. They're terrible, and the Gophers don...
Via Down with Goldy  |  May 01, 2012
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Life Hates Me

I was at the cabin all weekend winning at pulltabs and now work is kicking my ass so I got nothing right now. I'll put up a post either tomorrow or the next day. As an apology here's a picture that made me laugh.
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 29, 2012
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It's Going to be a Long Summer

There's a reason, outside of my debilitating illness, why I haven't been posting as much this baseball season as usual and it's pretty simple - this pitching staff sucks to the point where, even if the offense has a monster game, they still have a pretty damn good shot of losing. It's gotten to the point where when Liam Hendriks didn't allow a run in the first...
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 25, 2012
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I'm Dying

I've been deathly ill for the last two days, thus the lack of postings. I'm starting to think I might be turning a corner. If that's the case I'll have something up tomorrow night. In other words, if there's no post tomorrow I'm either dead or in the hospital.
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 24, 2012
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Wednesday Wonderings

Finally managed a little time to get some thoughts down on paper or whatever you want to call it cybernerd, so I better get to typing before it's too late. Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but work has really been kicking the ever-loving **** out of me the last two weeks. Hopefully things will calm down after this weekend - The biggest news is that Trevor Mbakwe is officially...
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 18, 2012
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Week in Review - 4/16/2011

Feels like I haven't done one of these in a while, but in honor of baseball really getting going I figure I probably should. But since I also didn't get started on this until 8pm on Sunday night, let's cut the chit-chat and just get down to business. This isn't some romantic vacation on an island in some kind of awesome sweetwith rose petals and a jacuzzi with Luther...
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 15, 2012
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American League Preview

Now that the constant threat of legal action has died down (go to this post and scroll down to the comments) and my big presentation at work went off without a hitch today (which had me working 12+ hours both the last two days, which would be why I haven't put up any posts) I have decided to buck up, toughen up, and get through it and give you people the American League preview...
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 13, 2012
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AL Preview coming I swear

Unfortunately due to the constant threat of legal action hanging over my head (read the comments under this post) I haven't quite been able to finish my AL Preview yet and some people are getting restless and/or just like to ***** about stuff. Anyway, it'll be up tomorrow so chillax brah.
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 09, 2012
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Twins off to a Great Start

Well that was pretty embarrassing. In fact, it was so embarrassing that let's just go ahead and list all the cool things that happened and then maybe we can decide which is the worst. 1. Getting swept by a team that has finished last in their division for four straight years, hasn't had a winning season since 1997, hasn't broken 70 wins since 2005, and once again has...
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 09, 2012
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2012 MLB Preview - National League

Well what a fantastic end to the college basketball season. Who wouldn't be rooting for Kentucky? The plucky underdog who does things the right way with a no nonsense coach who won't stand for shenanigans and teaches the fundamentals. Just awesome **** right there. So as sad as it makes me, it's time to move on to super awesome baseball which starts tomorrow, and...
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 04, 2012
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The Big 10 - A quick look at next year

Before packing up my Gopher things and moving on the baseball and the Twins I figured it might not hurt to take a look at what each Big 10 team has coming in and going out for next season, just to see where the Gophers may stand at this early point. I did this last year as well and enjoyed it, although you definitely shouldn't look it up to see what predictions I made and just...
Via Down with Goldy  |  April 02, 2012
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We are not the Champions, my Friend

Well that was anticlimactic. At least it doesn't really matter though, it's still just the NIT. I know getting your doors blown off by a bunch of poindexters isn't exactly the ideal way to end your season, but at least we aren't getting cheated out of another game - I mean they're done either way. I think I know the answer to the eternal question "Win the...
Via Down with Goldy  |  March 29, 2012
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NIT Preview - Gophers vs. Washington

Woo-wee, who's excited for this one? I certainly am, and although you'd probably assume it (and be right most of the time) that's not sarcasm - I'm legitimately fired up for this game. Not because it's the NIT Final Four because that's a pretty meh accomplishment still, but because Washington is fun as hell to watch. They're the embodiment of everything...
Via Down with Goldy  |  March 26, 2012
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Gopher Notes on a Sweet 16 Thursday

- Obviously the Sweet 16 is the big news tonight, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention at least a couple of Gopher related items - this NIT Final Four berth and the Trent Lockett news. First, it's still the NIT. No matter what, it's the NIT, but I will say that I'm actually starting to care. The first win at LaSalle was an ok win. The win at Miami was pretty...
Via Down with Goldy  |  March 22, 2012
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