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Game thread: Twins vs Jays, 4/16, 6:40 pm CST

Brock Beauchamp

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jkcarew Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

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Unless I missed something, the pitch seemed fine.

Sometimes you take a hack and roll over on one. It’s hardly news-worthy in a 162 game season.

See Mikes comment above.

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I'm not a big fan of not swinging at pitches you like.....except when Buxton is on first with no outs....

Take the pitches you like. It’s not as if Max is flailing away out there. He’s hitting well this season and the pitch wasn’t out of the zone from what I could see.
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On a more serious note: I'm working on an app/webpage to help people organize their job search......if you want to offer advice, PM me. 

 

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When you have Cave, Adrianza, and Castro batting 6-7-8 you're going to feel that way. Probably the three worst hitters on the team. Very anemic.

The same Cave that had a great rookie season and he's hitting .333 now? I ain't defending Adrianza or Castro's bats, but Cave's bat is pretty solid.

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Take the pitches you like. It’s not as if Max is flailing away out there. He’s hitting well this season and the pitch wasn’t out of the zone from what I could see.

 

agreed......in general....but in context? I probably take one there, unless it is exactly what I'm guessing/looking for. But, this is a mild nit, not any kind of indictment.

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On a more serious note: I'm working on an app/webpage to help people organize their job search......if you want to offer advice, PM me.

 

mods: If this is bad, just delete it....

Totally fine. Start a thread about it in the off-topic forum if you want.
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The same Cave that had a great rookie season and he's hitting .333 now? I ain't defending Adrianza or Castro's bats, but Cave's bat is pretty solid.

 

Yeah, apologies to Cave on that post, my bad.

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agreed......in general....but in context? I probably take one there, unless it is exactly what I'm guessing/looking for. But, this is a mild nit, not any kind of indictment.

My point is that fans take a little too aggressive approach to seasons that have 550+ plate appearances. Baseball is hard. Really, really hard. Max thought he got the pitch he wanted and swung. It didn’t work out.

 

That happens.

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also Nelson Cruz, if he ever gets in a game again

 

He's almost as old as me, I'm sure he's tired from all that travel and then sitting around.....

 

note: he's not really that old, but it sounds funnier, I think, to say he is.....

note 2: explaining jokes seems bad, I need to keep working on this humor thing.

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He's almost as old as me, I'm sure he's tired from all that travel and then sitting around.....

 

note: he's not really that old, but it sounds funnier, I think, to say he is.....

note 2: explaining jokes seems bad, I need to keep working on this humor thing.

He is as old as me and I'm tired from sitting around drinking this Scotch.
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Take the pitches you like. It’s not as if Max is flailing away out there. He’s hitting well this season and the pitch wasn’t out of the zone from what I could see.

If you bat behind Buxton, you need to be willing and able to take pitches early in the count when he’s on base. Every at-bat does not call for one generic approach. Is it a rule that he HAS to take a pitch there? No. That’s why I say he must have really liked that pitch.

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If you bat behind Buxton, you need to be willing and able to take pitches early in the count when he’s on base. Every at-bat does not call for one generic approach. Is it a rule that he HAS to take a pitch there? No. That’s why I say he must have really liked that pitch.

See my later post. If you watch film of Ted Williams over a season, you’ll find ways to “criticize” his approach.

 

Again, baseball is hard. All but the most elite players fail 65% of the time. Sometimes you see a good pitch and miss it or roll over on it.

 

That’s baseball. Critiquing those kinds of failures makes for a long, long season.

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Drink some more. It will wake you up!

I don't know that I believe you, but a stranger on the internet couldn't possibly mislead me!
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He's almost as old as me, I'm sure he's tired from all that travel and then sitting around.....

 

note: he's not really that old, but it sounds funnier, I think, to say he is.....

note 2: explaining jokes seems bad, I need to keep working on this humor thing.

Before explaining a joke that bombs, it never hurts to tap on the microphone and ask if it’s on...
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I don't know that I believe you, but a stranger on the internet couldn't possibly mislead me!

I thought everything you read on the internet is true.

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No game thread yet?

Two teams will face off. Likely only one of them will win.

Discuss.

Sport invented by the Greeks in the original Olympics.

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