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MINNEAPOLIS—The fourth-place Minnesota Twins finally came to realize baseball teams can score more than one run in a single play when, in the fifth inning of their 4-6 loss to the Cleveland Indians last Monday, they witnessed their opponents do just that. “It doesn’t seem like it should be allowed,” said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, who ran out of the dugout to protest when he saw two Cleveland players touch home plate. “We’ve never tried to pull anything like that. Quite frankly, it looks pretty hard. First off, you’d almost have to be in a situation where two people were on base, and then if you could manage that, a hitter would have to hit the ball so far away from the fielders that there would be little chance of getting it back to the catcher before the second runner reached home plate. Sounds crazy to me.” Though he admitted the team still did not quite understand how scoring multiple runs works, Gardenhire called it a “cheap gimmick” and said the Twins would not attempt it anytime soon.

dead_poet wrote:Twins Shocked To Learn You Can Score 2 Runs In Same Play
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Now its our time wrote:Apparently the Twins are trying to finish a deal that will send Denard Span to the nationals for Drew Storen

Now its our time wrote:Apparently the Twins are trying to finish a deal that will send Denard Span to the nationals for Drew Storen

PurpleMustReign wrote:
That's stupid. Span is one of our best players. Him, Cuddyer, Repko, and Revere would be great in the OF. We need pitching, but this would be a dumb move, IMO. I'd rather see what we can get for Young.

purple guy wrote:Stupid move, so it'll likely happen. I doubt the Twins could get a bat boy for Young. He came into last season looking good, in shape, and had a good year. This season, put all the weight back on, forgot how to play. He is frustrating. They probably have to give him away. On ESPN this morning the Baseball Tonight guys mentioned the Twins trading Cuddy to the Braves.........THAT would piss me off.

HornedMessiah wrote:A little disappointed they didn't make any moves. Do Young and Slowey have zero trade value? Why not trade Kubel? I know the trade deadline was today, but they can still make moves right?

glg wrote: Guys have to clear waivers, so it gets a lot harder. Any rival of a team trying to make a trade for one of them would probably block it.

purple guy wrote: I wondered how that worked after the trade deadline. To clear waivers, do only teams with worse records have a shot to block it, or does it have to go through all teams?

Knowing Michael Cuddyer can become a free agent at season's end, the Twins recently approached him about a contract extension, and two people familiar with the discussions said the team floated a trial balloon: two years for $16 million.

The conversations went no further, the two sources said, with Cuddyer focused on getting the Twins back to the playoffs and preferring to hold those negotiations in the offseason...

...Cuddyer, 32, is making $10.5 million this season, so $8 million per year would represent a pay cut. The last time he signed a deal with the Twins, in January 2008, it was a three-year, $24 million deal. The deal included an option for this year, which the Twins picked up following the 2009 season.

Last offseason, Cuddyer's agent, Casey Close, made multiple overtures to the Twins, hoping to spur discussions on a new contract, but the team opted to let this play out through the season.

Until recently, both sides had expressed a desire to wait until after the season to begin any negotiations. Cuddyer has made it very clear he would like to remain with the Twins, but he figures to have many suitors on the free-agent market.