Episode 255: Buxton Mania
Gleeman and The Geek
John Bonnes
4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2016
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Aaron and John talk about Byron Buxton's red hot return to the majors, Max Kepler subbing for an injured Miguel Sano, how long the Twins can stick with Kevin Jepsen at closer, choosing a Twins rep for the All-Star game, going to Wrigley Field during a long weekend in Chicago, why Brian Dozier is treated so carefully, why you should check out MNFarmTeam.com, and what to do with Phil Hughes.
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| 0:00.0 | Green Man and the Geek |
| 0:10.3 | Green Man and the Geek |
| 0:16.8 | Talking baseball every week. |
| 0:25.2 | Because they're gleaming and the geek. |
| 0:30.3 | And welcome to Gleeman and the Geek Show on KFAN, sponsored by Minnesota corn growers at MNFarmteam.com. |
| 0:38.6 | Cross the table from me, Aaron Gleeman of Baseball Perspectus.com. |
| 0:42.2 | Aaron, would you like to publicly apologize to Byron Buxton for doubting him? |
| 0:48.2 | I know that you said, you didn't think he belonged here in April. |
| 0:51.0 | You think you wanted him to spend a lot more time in the miners. |
| 0:53.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:54.4 | You say this. |
| 0:57.1 | But John is president of the key man Byron Buckson Haters Club. |
| 1:03.0 | I don't think that's accurate. |
| 1:04.3 | I've got some reports last week when I was gone in Chicago. |
| 1:08.7 | Really? |
| 1:09.1 | I'm certainly not going to listen to the episode. I'll tell you that much. I got a few reports that you guys were all right without me, but that, you know, some of John's worst tendencies went unchecked. Oh, you think maybe I was a little overly optimistic? No, a little, just a few of your ones where I usually call you out, you know, when you're saying, you know, Byron Buxton is already a bust. |
| 1:28.5 | He should never even be above double A, that type of thing. And Parker probably thinks you're joking. Jeremy probably thought you were joking because it's like, what? Who would ever think that? Byron Bucson's going to be really good. But now I'm back. The boys are back. The boy is back in town. You've gone from doubting Byron Buxton to deleting the bandway. |
| 1:44.4 | You say this, but not everyone has heard all 250 episodes. The boys are back. The boy is back in town. You're gone from doubting Byron Buxton to leading the bad way. |
| 1:44.5 | You say this, but, you know, not everyone has heard all 250 episodes where I've, you know, tried to convince that Byron Bucson's ready. But I'm, here's the thing. He does need to learn to pick up balls in the outfield. He has a little trouble with that occasion. Yeah. Danny Santana was great at picking up balls in the outfield |
| 2:01.4 | after they bounced to the fence, |
| 2:02.7 | he would literally go pick them up balls in the outfield. |
| 2:01.5 | After they bounced to the fence, he would literally go pick them up and throw them back in. |
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