Game #1 - Twins 3:10 PM
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Duffy looks good but it is only the Twinkies.
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I bet that Dayton is kicking himself for not resigning Santana. Twins got him for pretty cheap, considering the numbers he has been putting up.
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@brooksmd said:
Spring Batting Averages
• Gordon – LF .323
• Moose – 3B .197
• Cain – CF .261
• Hosmer - 1B .172
• Salvy – C .176
• Moss – DH .267
• Orlando – RF .288
• Escobar – SS .290
• Mondesi - 2B .333
Perfect evidence that spring ball means nothing.
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I hate the batting order, but I hate everything this past week! Today is the first day the sun has been out. Crappy bday for frank
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Lots of videos on YouTube about it or you can use this link. I seem to recall that plumbers have a specialty tool that you can pick up at any decent hardware store that makes the removal that much easier.
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@brooksmd Stem type valve? Can you get the stem out of the fixture? Should be a PDF on it somewhere?
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@JayHawkFanToo The removal isn’t the hard part. Putting the spring in isn’t the hard part. It’s getting the rubber boot or seat down in the hole where the spring is.
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@globaljaybird No, getting the rubber seat in the hole where the spring sits. Naturally the seat is bigger than the hole.
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I am thinking this is what one of the ends of the tool does…
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@JayHawkFanToo What would work is a tube something like the sleeve used to put pistons in engine blocks.
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@brooksmd I’m thinking u should have put that rubber seat in that thingy before u put that thingy in the hole?
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@Crimsonorblue22 That’s why you’re not a plumber.
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@brooksmd I would have got the out at first!
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Big fingers and small hole doesn’t help either.
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@brooksmd tweezers?
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@Crimsonorblue22 nope
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@brooksmd at least I didn’t leave u like @globaljaybird did!
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@brooksmd @JayHawkFanToo may be correct abt the stem removal tool. I have seen some that are that way, but mfg’s differ. If you have pics, is likely someone at a local hardware store can clue you in. NOT a box store but a real hardware store or even a plumbing supply. Most faucets are cartridge type now, so stem type repairs are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Hopefully you’re not working under a bath tub or behind a shower wall. Good luck. Straam may be gonna give this one away if Ned lets him…
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@globaljaybird let’s google or as I prefer now, gaggle that tool!
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@brooksmd Ya think da Cubs would take a couple of guys back that ain’t doin so hot this spring?
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This BP isn’t impressing me Dayton…
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@globaljaybird Naw I doubt it. They got what they wanted. Well at least Wood didn’t walk a run in. lol
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@globaljaybird This vid will show you what I’m dealing with. Like I mentioned, it’s that spring and rubber seat that goes in the hole at the bottom. Big fingers don’t help. The seat is just big enough around to not go in easy. What I do is try and apply pressure with a finger and then use the allen that takes the handle off to push the offending edge in enough to get the seat to seat.
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Well fortunately this is the first game of a 162 game season. Long way to go.
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Okay now, time for one of those famous Royal 9th inning rallies. Let’s go boys.
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@brooksmd so minor looks good!
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We’ll get’em Wed. Boys getting a much needed day off tmrw. Later all.
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@brooksmd not feeling hopeful, you?
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@brooksmd The video show a ceramic cartridge & not a traditional stem. My exp with those is that changing the cartridge stops the drip dang near all the time. It is either the cartridge itself or the O ring on the bottom of the cart that is usually the culprit. I did see the guy using grease on the seat but if it still will not go into the seat tube, it may be too large for that faucet. Those parts may be machined in tolerances in the hundredths. Plumbers grease may or may not work. Also get a damn good light in that pilot hole to make sure its clear.
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Are you using a new rubber washer? it is possible the old one is pretty deformed and this is why it is not going in. The grease lubricates and help hold the spring in place and it should go in fairly easily.
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I can’t wait to hear what worked!!
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@Crimsonorblue22 Likely a real plumber…
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So I guess the bullpen could possibly be an issue this year…
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@Kcmatt7 said:
So I guess the bullpen could possibly be an issue this year…
Early contender for the Understatement of the Season Award!
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It might not be too early to say the pitching staff could be an issue.
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@brooksmd Well hell, while we are at it, the lineup is a little off too if you ask me. 6 all or nothing guys followed by 3 guys that don’t look like they could hit a HR playing slow pitch softball. And literally in that order. If the lineup stays as is, expect a lot of solo HRs and a lot of 2 or 3 run games. Won’t be pretty.
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