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Gleeman and The Geek

Episode 439: Tied

Gleeman and The Geek

John Bonnes

News, Sports, Sports News, Baseball

4.8808 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Aaron and John talk about a bad week at Target Field dragging the Twins into a tie with the Indians atop the AL Central, Nelson Cruz's ruptured wrist being "good news" somehow, the lineup setting all kinds of home run records, the wheels coming off the starting rotation, and Taylor Rogers running on fumes.

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0:00.0

Gleeman and the geese

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Gleeman and the geese

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Glemen and the geese

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talking baseball every week

0:22.8

Because the Glemen and the Geek

0:29.2

And welcome to Gleaming the Geek show

0:32.9

On KFAN

0:34.6

100.3, sponsored by North Star Remodeling, Fine Editions, Kitchens, and Bass since 1972.

0:41.6

I'm John Baldess of Trinsdaily.com, and with me, Aaron Gleeman of Baseball Perspectus.

0:45.8

What a week, John.

0:47.6

The team's had quite a week.

0:49.1

We've had quite a week.

0:50.3

I've got to say, I think most people think of Aaron Gleman as sort of the objective voice of reason when it comes to the twins.

1:00.6

And I think that's right.

1:01.2

But I don't think people probably understand how this team affects you sort of emotionally on a day-to-day win-to-loss basis.

1:10.4

Yeah, I would say I'm no different than anyone else. Sure, it looks like that's right. In terms of an individual day, I just think my sort of big picture view of things tends to be more towards the middle, I guess. But yeah, also. But which part of that big picture we tend to emphasize, I think, might have a a little bit we've talked about this in past

1:27.5

years about how oh you know they'll have a terrible week and then they went on sunday and suddenly

1:31.3

our whole uh episode is a little more upbeat right and now uh yes there aren't there's been very

1:38.0

few of those even this year not looking like it's going to be a particularly upbeat week no and this

1:42.3

fort nurse shouldn't necessarily be i mean honestly this whole season now as we sit here basically it's it's mid aug be a particularly upbeat week. No, and this, or not should it necessarily be. I mean, honestly,

1:44.5

this whole season now,

1:45.6

as we sit here,

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