Twins Interested In LaTroy Hawkins?

According to Charlie Walters they are.

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I don't want to talk about it

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by AdamOnFirst on Jun 10, 2009 4:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hawkins > Crain

by Twins Territory on Jun 10, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My mother > Crain

And she’s dead! (Rimshot)

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Jun 10, 2009 4:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

…I’d rather take Hawkins and use him as Nathan’s set-up man. Generally he accels in that role.

by Jesse on Jun 10, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

why not?

They brought back Everyday Eddie, why not Hawk?

Could he be worse than Crain right now?

I’m just full of questions today.

by caluofmn on Jun 10, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Murphy's Law

I don’t know… while I think Hawkins would be a nice upgrade in the set-up role, there’s a possibility here that scares me: After the trade goes through, Joe Nathan is injured. The Twins, as most teams would do, turn to their newly-acquired 8th-inning guy to take over the closer role.

Unrelated tidbit – LaTroy Hawkins is the only player I’ve seen thrown out of a major league game in person. The umpire asked him to move his chair in the bullpen, and he refused (or else he moved it, then moved it right back to the same spot; I can’t remember for sure), so the ump tossed him. He didn’t even play in the game.

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Jun 10, 2009 5:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rumor was the Astros were thinking of using him as their closer when their real closer went down

no idea if it happened, I don’t really stay on top of my Astros news

by caluofmn on Jun 10, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tis True.

Hawk responded. 8/9 save opportunities converted. He’s had a decent year.

by Jesse on Jun 10, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think Charlie has any more inside info than me ...

but I’d welcome LaTroy. Gotta be an improvement. Can he play 2nd and hit in the 2 hole?

by SteadyDietOfCheese on Jun 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well Walters Last Month Said early one week that according to His Sources that Brett Favre was going to have arthroscopic shoulder surgery later that week...

And a month later…we find out that Walters was true…

by Tony_O on Jun 10, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shooter

If you say enough garbage, and he certainly does, eventually something will stick. Shooter is turrible.

If Ozzie Guillen likes Punto that much, I vote we send him down to Chicago. Punto and Guillen deserve each other.

by FoulJack on Jun 10, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think at this point the risk

is worth it. If he he pitches better than Crain, we win. He does have stank on the ball. He always did. He just struggled with control, and wanted more money than we were willing to pay him when he left.

If Ozzie Guillen likes Punto that much, I vote we send him down to Chicago. Punto and Guillen deserve each other.

by FoulJack on Jun 10, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs