Weekend Web Gems: Vet Free Agents, Hicks & Ice Cream

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Another week has come and gone here on the Pond. Some exciting things have occurred this past week; the World Series has begun and, a little closer to the Pond, Paul Molitor was added to the Minnesota Twins managerial coaching staff.

A lot of other stuff happened, too. Let’s see what happened around the interwebs on this week’s Web Gems.

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Over on Twinkie Town, Brandon Warne made a fabulous list of 30-something hitters that the Twins might find desirable for the upcoming season. My favorite option, and one I am all in favor of, is the return of All-Star catcher A.J. Pierzynski.

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If you tweet a lot, like me, and you are on this site a lot, like me, may I suggest to you Seth Stoh’s article over on Twins Daily. The article has a big ol’ graph of all the people related with the Twins that tweet from Single-A to the Front Office; if they are on Twitter they are on the list.

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So, we can probably all agree that Aaron Hicks had some issues in this past season. Expectations were a little high sure, but he didn’t really come close to them. Phil Mackey from 1500ESPN notes that he should maybe take some notes from Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino.

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Joe Mauer is a really nice guy and you’d probably really like to read about it. One of the quotes in the article from the former MVP is “Can I interest you in some ice cream?” so you know this is good stuff. This story comes from the Pioneer Press via the words of Molly Guthrey.

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Collin’s musical selection for this week comes from the mind and voice of Eric Church. Church, a country outlaw, released his new single on Tuesday called ‘The Outsiders’ and I really like it quite a bit. I’d suggest you listen to it if you like country music, outlaw music or just good music in general.