Article: Why Weren't The Twins Pitchers More Aggressive?

[Richie the Rally Goat]

If you want to pimp your homer, go ahead and do so... I applaud you for it. but do so at your own risk. I'd love to see a pitcher plunk a bluejay in the back and then run around the infield with his "wings stretched"

[Richie the Rally Goat]

 

I think some of our guys mght be too worried about hitting someone and they don't go inside enough (either in frequency or distance).  Shoot, if you can't totally control how far you throw inside and still show a willingness to do so, that is a great deterrent  to diving a cross.

 

Encarnacion should have gotten plunked for the D-Bag act.  Not up high or anything, just a stinging reminder.  Loved Sano' s response to his dinger.

I would've liked a little more swagger from Sano, but getting your booty handed to you in such convincing fashion will do that. after all, it is a game

[jimmer]

Twins were losing and got swept.  That's not the time for Sano to put any swagger in his HR trot.  I think him not pimping his HR had more to do with that (and him getting slammed for pimping HRs in the past, because we wouldn't want to show too much moxy), than any kind of lesson he was trying to teach much more experienced players.

[sane]

"Why Weren't The Twins Pitchers More Aggressive?"

When an army is out-gunned, aggressiveness can lead to defeat, disaster and annihilation.

Pitchers are similar.

When you don't have enough stuff, you don't attack!