Episode 38: Flummoxed by Ron Gardenhire

This week Cody and Eric dive into the poor pitching management of Ron Gardenhire, Joe Mauer's hit-streak amid a season filled with strike-outs, and then we discuss the posibility of seeing Kyle Gibson in a Twins uniform and the outside shot of a 6-man rotation in Minnesota.

We name our Twins hitters and pitchers of the week, and then go Down on the Pond and talk about Low-A Cedar Rapids Kernals first basemen Dalton Hicks.  

We finish up the podcast talking about beers from Europe and making a trip Around the League (including a fabulous Korean bat flip).  

Only an hour of fun this week, but we'll be back next week with a special patriotic Talk to Contact in honor of Memorial Day.

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Episode 37: Talking Prospects with Jason Parks

On Episode 37, Cody and Eric are joined by Baseball Prospectus' Jason Parks to talk about the Twins Minor League system.  Jason Parks has plenty to say about Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano, as well as some of the pitching prospects.  

Before Jason Parks comes on to the show, Cody and Eric go through the Twins news, including the pitching performances of Kevin Correia, Mike Pelfrey and Scott Diamond; Joe Mauer's Fenway expertise, and the explosion that is Oswaldo Arcia.  

To close out the show the guys name a Listener of the Week, go Down on the Pond with Michael Tonkin, and regardless of what they're drinking (juice?!) they take a quick tour of the biggest news stories around the league.

80 minutes of fun!

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Episode 36: T2C Tourism Bureau

Cody Christie (2nd from left) enjoys a recent tour of the Talk to Contact
office space with a few of his close, personal friends.

Talk to Contact is proud to bring you another episode packed full of Twins talk.  This week Cody and Eric discuss the magic of Kevin Correia, Ron Gardenhire's mismanagement of the pitching staff, Gardy's tenure with the Twins, when and why it might be time to cut ties with Mike Pelfrey, and generally blather on about all things Minnesota.

We're joined this week by the Rochester Red Wings play-by-play man, Josh Whetzel, whose broadcasts are streamed online at Sports 1280 WHTK, www.whtk.com.  He gives us a quick run down of who's hot and who's not in Triple-A, and identifies some names to watch for in the not-to-distant future.

More or less shennegians this week when we go Down on the Pond, take some questions from the internet, and name Brad Swanson (@bridman77) the Listener of the Week.

Tune in for almost 100 minutes of Twins radio gold.

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Episode 35: Cody Gets a New Job

Episode 35 is a Minor League/Prospect heavy podcast, something we haven't done for a while.  We talk specifically about Miguel Sano, Byron Buxton, Adam Walker, Kyle Gibson, Trevor May, Alex Meyer, and then finally go Down on the Pond with Kennys Vargas.  Lots of good stuff in there.  We also discuss the Twins recent performance against the Marlins and Rangers, pick out the Twins hitter and pitcher of the week, and then do a little bit of baseball chatter when we look Around the League.  

Enjoy!

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Episode 34: The Kirby Puckett Podcast

The Kirby Puckett podcast, featuring Jim Crikket fromwww.knuckleballsblog.com and www.metrosportsreport.com joins Eric and Cody to talk about the Minnesota Twins' Low-A Minor League affiliate Cedar Rapids Kernels.  

Cody and Eric talk talk about yoga, go around the league, and create radio gold for almost 90 minutes.  Enjoy the podcast and thanks for listening!

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Episode 33: Beer, baseball, and the news

We ran into a slight audio issue this week, because Eric is bad at recording.  There is a slight echo on the recording for the first 25 minutes or so.  Sorry!

In Episode 33 Cody and Eric discuss the finer points of a five game losing streak, Oswaldo Arcia's surprising call-up, what the do with a struggling Aaron Hicks, and we look at the general happenings around the league.  

Cody and Eric both enjoy a Leinenkugel's beer to remind them that summer is near.  

Just a one hour show this week, but Cody and Eric are pretty cool dudes, so they make it work.  

Thanks for listening!

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Episode 32: The First Place Twins and Double-A Rock Cats Preview

This week Cody and Eric forge ahead without Paul who is now out to sea with the United States Coast Guard.  The two of them talked about the first place Minnesota Twins, surprisingly decent starting pitching, and the hitter (Justin Morneau) and pitcher (Kevin Correia) of the week.  After a quick run down of Twins news from the first week of games Eric and Cody are joined by Andrew Walter, the Twins Fan from Afar.  Following a quick break Cody and Eric go Down on the Pond, talk about beer, and take a look around the league.  Join us for an enjoyable 90 minutes of Twins talk.

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