Minnesota Twins 2014 - ∞: To Infinity & Beyond!

[team22tank]

Alright, lets change it up a little hear.

Is "Joe the Plumber" going to miss more games or hit more RBIs this season?

I believe he has currently missed 35 games and has 28 RBIs.

He's coming back in 2112, he's currently with the Priests in the Temple of Syrinx.

I know you don't like any joking around with your Twinks but that was a serious question. It would make for a good bet.

It's just a tired act, the " I focus on one player I hate on a team ". I know women like you, I pull the same sh*t on them.

My last two Joe comments of recent were pretty legit, 1) when does he come back? 2) a fun trivia question. Each time I also used a fun nick name for him! And go figure each time you are the first to reply!

So with these women you know, do you let them run all over you as well?

[trixR4kids]

Just to clarify 6 million per win is in 2014 dollars and not 2007 dollars. IDK what the price per 1 WAR was back then. If I had to guess it was between 4 and 5 million and the Angels broke even on that contract.

[team22tank]

Alright, lets change it up a little hear.

Is "Joe the Plumber" going to miss more games or hit more RBIs this season?

I believe he has currently missed 35 games and has 28 RBIs.

He has a pretty good shot at a 50/50 season, 50 missed, 50 knocked in.

I was going to say if he misses 10 more I would take the missed games over the RBIs.

[Thirty-Four]

Here you go Thirty Four. Happy now?

Sorry I had the audacity to answer a question for somebody who is active in the thread by referencing a post made a week ago by somebody who isn't currently active in this thread that answered that specific question.
All better now? Try to follow along next time.

UPDATE: Suzuki will get $6 million in both 2015 and 2016 and the 2017 vesting option is for the same amount

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/ ... ith-twins/

So basically he's getting paid like a 1 WAR player which over the last few years he's more or less averaged out to. Not horrible but you'd much rather get prospects for him if possible.

You make me laugh, not intentionally, but I appreciate it all the same.

[Thirty-Four]

Danny Santana just made a pretty damn good catch in center.

[Thirty-Four]

Torres, the Padres reliever, is wearing one of the protective caps, it is the most ridiculous thing...

[sunbone]

Torii Hunter left here because the Twins were unwilling to budge on term. Dollar amount per year was not the issue--he came on Barreiro's show about a second after the ink dried on his contract and said he wanted to stay here and would've signed for less money per year but he wasn't going to stay for a three year deal. So it wasn't going to be a $90M investment to keep him here, it was probably somewhere in the 4/60 or 5/75 range. Most likely the latter.

It was a mistake letting him walk at the time and an even bigger one in hindsight. I'm sure his independent streak and the fact that he had the temerity to call out some of the other vets on the team when he felt it was warranted made his departure all the more inevitable. #twinsway

And they pretty much knew they weren't going to re-sign him and let him go for nothing. And 7 years later at age 39 the guy would still be the best outfielder on the team. Yeah, the Twins handled that brilliantly.

[Thirty-Four]

I said here in the summer of 2007 that they should deal Torii but they wouldn't for PR reasons. Signing him for $90 million at 32 years old sure didn't seem like a good idea to me. Maybe for a Hall of Famer, not for a Hall of Good player.

[Thirty-Four]

Twins are winning 4-3 in the Top of the 8th with two outs, folks. Fourth win in a row if they can hold on.

[Beauner]

For the twitter-ers, John Bonnes/TwinsGeek for Twins Daily and Gleeman and the Geek started a hashtag #EasiestTargetFieldJobs

Some of them are really funny. If you have a sense of humor. So Thirty Four, you should just skip this post.

I'm not going to waste the time with the Twitter formatting so I'll just post some of my favorites.
Cy Young Campaign Coordinator
Playoff game ticket sales coordinator
Ron Gardenhire's Pitching Coach
Clubhouse Champagne Celebration Preparation Team
Advanced Stats and Research Office manager
Alex Meyer and Trevor Mays agents
Vice President, Organizational Accountability
Trade Deadline Phone Operator
Kevin Correia K Counter
Joe Mauer HR Ball Retriever
October Beer Vendor

[Master_Shake]

For the twitter-ers, John Bonnes/TwinsGeek for Twins Daily and Gleeman and the Geek started a hashtag #EasiestTargetFieldJobs

Some of them are really funny. If you have a sense of humor. So Thirty Four, you should just skip this post.

I'm not going to waste the time with the Twitter formatting so I'll just post some of my favorites.
Cy Young Campaign Coordinator
Playoff game ticket sales coordinator
Ron Gardenhire's Pitching Coach
Clubhouse Champagne Celebration Preparation Team
Advanced Stats and Research Office manager
Alex Meyer and Trevor Mays agents
Vice President, Organizational Accountability
Trade Deadline Phone Operator
Kevin Correia K Counter
Joe Mauer HR Ball Retriever
October Beer Vendor

Lol that's good stuff!!!

[Beauner]

Right Fielder when Joe Mauer is batting just about made me spit-take.

[team22tank]

For the twitter-ers, John Bonnes/TwinsGeek for Twins Daily and Gleeman and the Geek started a hashtag #EasiestTargetFieldJobs

Some of them are really funny. If you have a sense of humor. So Thirty Four, you should just skip this post.

I'm not going to waste the time with the Twitter formatting so I'll just post some of my favorites.
Cy Young Campaign Coordinator
Playoff game ticket sales coordinator
Ron Gardenhire's Pitching Coach
Clubhouse Champagne Celebration Preparation Team
Advanced Stats and Research Office manager
Alex Meyer and Trevor Mays agents
Vice President, Organizational Accountability
Trade Deadline Phone Operator
Kevin Correia K Counter
Joe Mauer HR Ball Retriever
October Beer Vendor

The Big 3 - 4 is NOT going to like this one bit. Especially the Ja Ma one!

[Thirty-Four]

For the twitter-ers, John Bonnes/TwinsGeek for Twins Daily and Gleeman and the Geek started a hashtag #EasiestTargetFieldJobs

Some of them are really funny. If you have a sense of humor. So Thirty Four, you should just skip this post.

I'm not going to waste the time with the Twitter formatting so I'll just post some of my favorites.
Cy Young Campaign Coordinator
Playoff game ticket sales coordinator
Ron Gardenhire's Pitching Coach
Clubhouse Champagne Celebration Preparation Team
Advanced Stats and Research Office manager
Alex Meyer and Trevor Mays agents
Vice President, Organizational Accountability
Trade Deadline Phone Operator
Kevin Correia K Counter
Joe Mauer HR Ball Retriever
October Beer Vendor

Hey, I laughed at your idiot friend pizza story!

[Beauner]

For the twitter-ers, John Bonnes/TwinsGeek for Twins Daily and Gleeman and the Geek started a hashtag #EasiestTargetFieldJobs

Some of them are really funny. If you have a sense of humor. So Thirty Four, you should just skip this post.

I'm not going to waste the time with the Twitter formatting so I'll just post some of my favorites.
Cy Young Campaign Coordinator
Playoff game ticket sales coordinator
Ron Gardenhire's Pitching Coach
Clubhouse Champagne Celebration Preparation Team
Advanced Stats and Research Office manager
Alex Meyer and Trevor Mays agents
Vice President, Organizational Accountability
Trade Deadline Phone Operator
Kevin Correia K Counter
Joe Mauer HR Ball Retriever
October Beer Vendor

Hey, I laughed at your idiot friend pizza story!

Well there is a difference between laughing at a friend ruining a couch and laptop and us eating delicious pizza on his dime, and having a sense of humor about a bad baseball team.

I still give him crap to this day for taking a leak on his laptop.

[dxmnkd316]

For f***'s sake Perkins... Correia goes out and earns himself a quality start and you blow it?! The humanity...

[Thirty-Four]

I take plenty of shots at the Twins, in fact I called for the firing of the staff and admitted the owners are sh*tty. To be honest though when a guy starts ripping his wife or g/f endlessly, I have no time for that either.

Twins lose, Perkins finally got burned and blew the save...

[Shooter]

Twins are winning 4-3 in the Top of the 8th with two outs, folks. Fourth win in a row if they can hold on.

no dice today. Will be interesting to monitor attendance once September rolls around and football starts up. No Buxton or Sano fantasies to put butts in the seats either.

[Norm]

Twins are winning 4-3 in the Top of the 8th with two outs, folks. Fourth win in a row if they can hold on.

Will be interesting to monitor attendance once September rolls around and football starts up. No Buxton or Sano fantasies to put butts in the seats either.

Went to the game today, (Once every other year) The place was about 1/2 full, announced attendance 35K.

[davescharf]

Alright, lets change it up a little hear.

Is "Joe the Plumber" going to miss more games or hit more RBIs this season?

I believe he has currently missed 35 games and has 28 RBIs.

He has a pretty good shot at a 50/50 season, 50 missed, 50 knocked in.

I'll buy you a beverage of your choice if he knocks in 50 runs this year

[Don Adams Wheel of Justice]

It was Mauer's first game since suffering the injury July 1 against Kansas City on July 1.

"As expected, I was pretty sore all over," he told the Pioneer Press. "The best thing is that the side I don't want to be sore isn't. It's everything else that is sore. I expected that, and it's OK.

I honestly can't take it any more. Joe, you played one f'ing game in a month AT FIRST BASE no less and you're "pretty sore"??? Hell, I was only kinda sore on the morning of July 4th after I shingled a goddamn garage on the 3rd!

[dxmnkd316]

Could it be that he only played one game and is sore because of it?

I injured my wrist playing soccer and after four plus weeks out, I was sore my first game back.

Jeebus.

[Slap Shot]

He said he was sore? Ohs noes!

btw, what is wrong with the grass in the outfield? Don't think I've ever seen that before at TF.

[Gopher Hockey Rube]

He said he was sore? Ohs noes!

btw, what is wrong with the grass in the outfield? Don't think I've ever seen that before at TF.

I'm sure it's all Sir Paul's fault. Drives the Target Field head groundskeeper nuts. If it was up to him the only events at Target Field would be Twins baseball.

[Don Adams Wheel of Justice]

Could it be that he only played one game and is sore because of it?

I injured my wrist playing soccer and after four plus weeks out, I was sore my first game back.

Jeebus.

You're aware Joe doesn't catch anymore, right? At first base all you do is stand and eat sunflower seeds. You can bet that quote was greeted with a collective eyeroll in the Twins clubhouse.

[dxmnkd316]

I don't doubt that for a second.

[Handyman]

Not to mention there is a bit of a difference between you playing Rec league soccer and a MLB player playing a rehab stint game.

[dxmnkd316]

Right, all I'm saying is that you hear it all the time in the NFL, there's "in shape" and then there's "game shape". If you're out for a month, you're probably going to feel it the day after your first game back.

[Thirty-Four]

Right, all I'm saying is that you hear it all the time in the NFL, there's "in shape" and then there's "game shape". If you're out for a month, you're probably going to feel it the day after your first game back.

But they don't hate the hypothetical athlete in your example.

[sunbone]

Could it be that he only played one game and is sore because of it?

I injured my wrist playing soccer and after four plus weeks out, I was sore my first game back.

Jeebus.

You're aware Joe doesn't catch anymore, right? At first base all you do is stand and eat sunflower seeds. You can bet that quote was greeted with a collective eyeroll in the Twins clubhouse.

I don't even know what to say anymore. I don't know which is more embarrassing, that he is sore after playing one game at first base, or that he is enough of a dolt to admit out loud that he is sore.

[Thirty-Four]

Honestly, who gives a sh*t what he says or doesn't say? I'd prefer he sit out the rest of the season and watch Vargas.

[Alby22]

Could it be that he only played one game and is sore because of it?

I injured my wrist playing soccer and after four plus weeks out, I was sore my first game back.

Jeebus.

You're aware Joe doesn't catch anymore, right? At first base all you do is stand and eat sunflower seeds. You can bet that quote was greeted with a collective eyeroll in the Twins clubhouse.

Business as usual for Joe. I used to get upset or angry with Joe or the twins for their repeated blunders but they have become so irrelevant that malaise has set in. I check the scores and standings every once in awhile but haven't watched 1 game on TV all year and have only used my tix (20 game package) twice all year. I'm a big baseball fan but this organization has zapped me of my zest.

[Thirty-Four]

Yet you buy tickets you don't use?

[dxmnkd316]

have only used my tix (20 game package) twice all year. I'm a big baseball fan but this organization has zapped me of my zest.

I'm sort of in the same boat. It's rough when you are being asked to shell out $15-$20 to park, $8-$10 for ONE beer, $6-$8 for a small food item. Then you have to watch a garbage product.

Depending on what they do in the off-season, this might be my last year as a STH for a while. But I really, really don't want to give up my seats. So it's going to be a tough decision. If they hire someone like the bench coach from the Rays like Reusse was praising, I think it would be a lot easier to fork over the cash. If they jack up prices I'm probably going to be out.

[Alby22]

Yet you buy tickets you don't use?

Yes, eating the price of the TIX is not a big deal when you know your saving $50-100 in parking, concessions. Like DX said this will probably be my last year of seats. There is no incentive to keeping them.

[Thirty-Four]

I don't blame anyone for not buying season tickets for any team. I go to 20 Twins games cheap, through various methods I don't usually spend more than the ticket for the rail, and a beer for me and my lady.

I hope they spend in the offseason for many reasons, we'll see what they do.

[Alby22]

I don't blame anyone for not buying season tickets for any team. I go to 20 Twins games cheap, through various methods I don't usually spend more than the ticket for the rail, and a beer for me and my lady.

I hope they spend in the offseason for many reasons, we'll see what they do.

Seriously just fire everyone and start over. New vision, new ideas, new leadership. That would get fans attention. firing TC or the bullpen coach or the valet parking attendant this offseason is just shuffling chairs on the titanic.

[team22tank]

I don't blame anyone for not buying season tickets for any team. I go to 20 Twins games cheap, through various methods I don't usually spend more than the ticket for the rail, and a beer for me and my lady.

I hope they spend in the offseason for many reasons, we'll see what they do.

Seriously just fire everyone and start over. New vision, new ideas, new leadership. That would get fans attention. firing TC or the bullpen coach or the valet parking attendant this offseason is just shuffling chairs on the titanic.

Fire TC Bear? What the hell has he done wrong!

He still has the play of the year in spring training when he caught that ball in his mouth!

[dxmnkd316]

I don't blame anyone for not buying season tickets for any team. I go to 20 Twins games cheap, through various methods I don't usually spend more than the ticket for the rail, and a beer for me and my lady.

I hope they spend in the offseason for many reasons, we'll see what they do.

Seriously just fire everyone and start over. New vision, new ideas, new leadership. That would get fans attention. firing TC or the bullpen coach or the valet parking attendant this offseason is just shuffling chairs on the titanic.

Dude, the damn bear has hit more home runs than the Twins in 2014.

[Thirty-Four]

If it's between keeping Gardy and Anderson or firing everybody, I go fire everybody.

I would also like to ditch the red bill on the road hat and redesign the road unis. I would add ditch the old Senators retread retro deal that the Twins started with in 1961, but everyone but me seems to love them.

Anyone know if the Twins have admitted publicly that they wore a batting practice jersey ( the red ones with no names on the back )?

[Beauner]

If it's between keeping Gardy and Anderson or firing everybody, I go fire everybody.

I would also like to ditch the red bill on the road hat and redesign the road unis. I would add ditch the old Senators retread retro deal that the Twins started with in 1961, but everyone but me seems to love them.

Anyone know if the Twins have admitted publicly that they wore a batting practice jersey ( the red ones with no names on the back )?

They talked about that during the broadcast. It was their spring training jersey this year IIRC.
It is pitcher's choice for jerseys and whoever was pitching that day wanted to wear the red ones.

I dunno, I kinda liked them!

[sunbone]

It is going to be a pretty emotional night for me tonight seeing Fuld on the opposing team.

[Bushwood Gopher]

It is going to be a pretty emotional night for me tonight seeing Fuld on the opposing team.

That's brilliant!

[frozen4champs]

It is going to be a pretty emotional night for me tonight seeing Fuld on the opposing team.

That's brilliant!

But, Punto is hurt and on the DL

[Thirty-Four]

It is going to be a pretty emotional night for me tonight seeing Fuld on the opposing team.

That's brilliant!

But, Punto is hurt and on the DL

I wonder if Gardy knew the writing was on the wall when Terry Ryan refused to take Punto back in the Fuld trade...

[bearpaw28]

If it's between keeping Gardy and Anderson or firing everybody, I go fire everybody.

I would also like to ditch the red bill on the road hat and redesign the road unis. I would add ditch the old Senators retread retro deal that the Twins started with in 1961, but everyone but me seems to love them.

Anyone know if the Twins have admitted publicly that they wore a batting practice jersey ( the red ones with no names on the back )?

I actually like the red bill on the road hat...but that's small potato's for a team 10 games under .500 starting a road trip in Oakland.

And hoping they spend more money next year? Come on...TR guards the Pohlads money...well....Better Than a Pohlad.

[dryfly]

If it's between keeping Gardy and Anderson or firing everybody, I go fire everybody.

I would also like to ditch the red bill on the road hat and redesign the road unis. I would add ditch the old Senators retread retro deal that the Twins started with in 1961, but everyone but me seems to love them.

Anyone know if the Twins have admitted publicly that they wore a batting practice jersey ( the red ones with no names on the back )?

I actually like the red bill on the road hat...but that's small potato's for a team 10 games under .500 starting a road trip in Oakland.

And hoping they spend more money next year? Come on...TR guards the Pohlads money...well....Better Than a Pohlad.

That made me laugh... hard.

[Beauner]

It is going to be a pretty emotional night for me tonight seeing Fuld on the opposing team.

Unfortunately the A's are a good team and Fuld doesn't start for them. So you'll have to be awake late into the night to see him get an 8th or 9th inning defensive substitution.

It seemed early on that Lester had no-hit stuff tonight but he gave up back to back singles in the 6th.
For a guy without an electric fastball (90-91mph) or a devastating breaking pitch like Kershaw's... He is really nasty. Really an artist on the mound. Everything he throws has a lot of movement. Reminds me a bit of the guys the Braves used to have.

[Maize]

Props to Kurt Suzuki for coming through in the clutch and allowing me to turn off this game.

[Beauner]

Plouffe and Willingham play a game of "I got it, I got it, I got it... you got it!"

Woof.

[Thirty-Four]

It is going to be a pretty emotional night for me tonight seeing Fuld on the opposing team.

Unfortunately the A's are a good team and Fuld doesn't start for them. So you'll have to be awake late into the night to see him get an 8th or 9th inning defensive substitution.

It seemed early on that Lester had no-hit stuff tonight but he gave up back to back singles in the 6th.
For a guy without an electric fastball (90-91mph) or a devastating breaking pitch like Kershaw's... He is really nasty. Really an artist on the mound. Everything he throws has a lot of movement. Reminds me a bit of the guys the Braves used to have.

Correction, and you waited until after the game started to take your shot, Fuld is getting a day off. He has started every game with the A's until tonight.

[Thirty-Four]

Props to Kurt Suzuki for coming through in the clutch and allowing me to turn off this game.

Suzuki did come through, I assume you meant Plouffe. You guys suck at trolling the Twins, you can do better than this...

[Beauner]

Props to Kurt Suzuki for coming through in the clutch and allowing me to turn off this game.

Suzuki did come through, I assume you meant Plouffe. You guys suck at trolling the Twins, you can do better than this...

.....Suzuki broke up the perfect game in the 6th. So Maize, knowing he wouldn't see a perfect game, went to bed.

Do you just assume every post not made by you is an insult?

[Beauner]

It is going to be a pretty emotional night for me tonight seeing Fuld on the opposing team.

Unfortunately the A's are a good team and Fuld doesn't start for them. So you'll have to be awake late into the night to see him get an 8th or 9th inning defensive substitution.

It seemed early on that Lester had no-hit stuff tonight but he gave up back to back singles in the 6th.
For a guy without an electric fastball (90-91mph) or a devastating breaking pitch like Kershaw's... He is really nasty. Really an artist on the mound. Everything he throws has a lot of movement. Reminds me a bit of the guys the Braves used to have.

Correction, and you waited until after the game started to take your shot, Fuld is getting a day off. He has started every game with the A's until tonight.

Yeah. And then Coco Crisp came back and Fuld went back to the bench to be the 4th OF and late game sub.
There is a reason this same team (Oakland) released him earlier this season. He wasn't playing for them.

[Thirty-Four]

Props to Kurt Suzuki for coming through in the clutch and allowing me to turn off this game.

Suzuki did come through, I assume you meant Plouffe. You guys suck at trolling the Twins, you can do better than this...

.....Suzuki broke up the perfect game in the 6th. So Maize, knowing he wouldn't see a perfect game, went to bed.

Do you just assume every post not made by you is an insult?

What, you guys are as thick as Bremer? Nothing through FIVE is anything...

You got a comeback for your attempt to kiss ol' sunbone's sunbone? Fuld IS the starter, getting a day off.

[Viking]

It is going to be a pretty emotional night for me tonight seeing Fuld on the opposing team.

Unfortunately the A's are a good team and Fuld doesn't start for them. So you'll have to be awake late into the night to see him get an 8th or 9th inning defensive substitution.

It seemed early on that Lester had no-hit stuff tonight but he gave up back to back singles in the 6th.
For a guy without an electric fastball (90-91mph) or a devastating breaking pitch like Kershaw's... He is really nasty. Really an artist on the mound. Everything he throws has a lot of movement. Reminds me a bit of the guys the Braves used to have.

I still think of him as a Cubs pitcher. Absolutely brilliant.

[Beauner]

Twins are officially calling up Trevor May! He will get the start tomorrow.
Finally!

[team22tank]

Twins are officially calling up Trevor May! He will get the start tomorrow.
Finally!

Three Four probably just wet his Twins Diaper!

[Thirty-Four]

Twins are officially calling up Trevor May! He will get the start tomorrow.
Finally!

Three Four probably just wet his Twins Diaper!

You better come change it quick!

[Armadillo]

Twins are officially calling up Trevor May! He will get the start tomorrow.
Finally!

Three Four probably just wet his Twins Diaper!

You better come change it quick!

It got weird in here.

[dryfly]

Twins are officially calling up Trevor May! He will get the start tomorrow.
Finally!

Three Four probably just wet his Twins Diaper!

You better come change it quick!

It got weird in here.

You just noticed?

[Beauner]

Twins are officially calling up Trevor May! He will get the start tomorrow.
Finally!

Three Four probably just wet his Twins Diaper!

You better come change it quick!

[Thirty-Four]

Twins are officially calling up Trevor May! He will get the start tomorrow.
Finally!

Three Four probably just wet his Twins Diaper!

You better come change it quick!

That gif is longer than a diaper change takes.

[monty]

Okay, so the Twins mismanaged centerfield, but they had better at bats last weekend against a average pitching staff and darn near swept a series in Chicago. We might get to see the Trevor May soon. After we claimed another retread center fielder, the Twins sent down Logan Darnell. May starts tonight for Rochester, if he has a good outing will the Twins call up to start on Saturday? Hughes and Corriea Tuesday and Wednesday, Pino on Thursday, and in a bold move the Twins pitch Gibson on his normal 5th day with an off day for the team between his starts. That leaves May as a possible call up for Saturday's start against the Sam Fuld led Oakland A's.

A blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

[Slap Shot]

Props to Kurt Suzuki for coming through in the clutch and allowing me to turn off this game.

Suzuki did come through, I assume you meant Plouffe. You guys suck at trolling the Twins, you can do better than this...

Do you just assume every post not made by you is an insult?

Um, saying there was no other reason to watch a Twins game was an insult, dippy.

[Beauner]

Props to Kurt Suzuki for coming through in the clutch and allowing me to turn off this game.

Suzuki did come through, I assume you meant Plouffe. You guys suck at trolling the Twins, you can do better than this...

Do you just assume every post not made by you is an insult?

Um, saying there was no other reason to watch a Twins game was an insult, dippy.

Staying up until midnight to watch a last place team when you have to work the next day?

[Slap Shot]

That goes without saying and misses the point. I wasn't offended btw, just sayin.

[monty]

The Twins as a team have their collective hands around their throat. There isn't one part of this team that doesn't choke under pressure.

[Handyman]

I am sorry but when you are 100 games out of first place and can barely see .500 you have no pressure on you. People overuse the idea of choking.

[dryfly]

I am sorry but when you are 100 games out of first place and can barely see .500 you have no pressure on you. People overuse the idea of choking.

No kidding... There is a distinct difference between choking and just plain old fashioned sucking.

[Slap Shot]

[ believe teams under Gardy have regularly been mentality soft, which only compounds the lack of talent on rosters such as this one.

[trixR4kids]

IDK, when you have starting pitchers who don't have the stuff to be efficient and go deep, and a subpar bullpen (Perkins is fine obviously), and a roster that wasn't exactly constructed with defense in mind, the mental side of the game is only going to matter so much. I guess you'd have to be more specific about the situations in which you think their mental toughness or whatever is the problem.

[trixR4kids]

Just saw a job posting for the Twins (Developer) and one of the requirements was must be able to sit for extended periods of time. And someone posted as Joe Mauer saying "No problem here"

[Beauner]

Woof.
Rough outing for May.
14 batters faced thusfar. 7 walks.

[Armadillo]

Woof.
Rough outing for May.
14 batters faced thusfar. 7 walks.

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