36 thoughts on “February 17, 2014: Whoops”

1. So many baseball nuggets are filling my Twitter feed this morning.
   Spring is unofficially here.

   1. I've always enjoyed reading Howard. Not much news here, except for his quip about Rosario "...taking a leave...for reasons within his control, apparently." It didn't strike me as a reference to his 50-game suspension, but I could be hope I'm wrong.

      1. I'm pretty sure it's just a very awkward way to reference the drug suspension. I guess I don't know what else it might be about, so I hope that's it.

2. The twitters tell me that ex-Twin Jim Hoey has retired.

   1. Apparently Hoey is going to work in web development for The Healthworks Group.

   2. Out of the blue last year, Hoey randomly retweeted something from my brother. My brother still has no idea how or why Hoey was getting a tweet from him.

   3. Alas. Good luck in the next stage of your life, Hoe-Down!

      1. One of the best-photographing ballplayers I can think of.
         I'm looking for the Hoey banner (World's Greatest, in a similar style to my Chuck James banner), but can't find it.

         1. You mean this guy?

            

            I'm not sure if it's in the rotation or not.

            1. That's the one!
               World's greatest Hoe-Down!

3. Derek Wetmore ‏@DerekWetmore
   Rob Antony confirmed that Pedro Florimon will have an appendectomy today. It's arthroscopic so Antony sounded optimistic 2 weeks, no basebll

   Do you think Jason Bartlett feed him some Krusty-O's?

   1. The Twins are totally going with Bartlett over Florimon, right? Because Castro.

      1. Ugh. This is uncomfortably close to completing the full circle of infield futility.

         1. Try as they might, Jim Hoey's got a new job.
            Sorry, Terry Ryan.

4. With today being an off day here for many, I thought it better to divert Third Monday Movie Day until Tuesday. It'll be here tomorrow.

   1. I'd save this for a movie day post, but I'll forget by then. Anyway this is cool. ‘Movies R Fun!’: R-rated movies drawn in the style of a children’s book

      1. not as creepy as his Prom of the Apes drawing

5. The most convoluted element of NBC's tape delay Olympic coverage is the lack of live curling

6. Gardy saying already that the Twins might break camp with 13 pitchers. Good lord.

   1. and four catchers?

   2. Good grief.

7. So far today I've just taken my third dose of Day-Quil, gone through at least a quart of OJ and am on my 4th cup of green tea w/ lemon and honey. I can't wait to be able to breathe again.

   1. Are you watching the bobsleigh races?
      Even HPR could see that Jamaica is "Not very good."

      1. The US sled team is making up for the short fallings of the speed skating team.

8. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please.

   1. But who would "run" the offense in the fourth quarter?

      1. still not Rubio.

   2. I'm hearing multiple reports regarding Wolves. Clear they are desperate to move Barea.

      1. Half a season too late, you ask me.

      2. I'd trade him for a short stack of pancakes. I'd be a terrible GM.

         Hopefully Flip isn't that desperate to move him.

      3. I know getting rid of JJ is a tall task cause he is terrible, but giving up Bud AND getting in return T. Prince and his terrible contract seems too much.

         1. Terrible contract versus knees made of peanut brittle. I'm okay with that trade-off, especially if I don't have to watch JJ dribble the air out of the ball any more.

            1. Fair point.

            2. maybe they could work a three-team deal to pick up Kevin Grow to replace Bud's outside shooting.

9. A raccoon invade the Yankees?
   A raccoon invades the Yankees.

   Its a cute photo!

   1. My spies are everywhere.

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