Article: Series Preview: Twins vs Red Sox, 5/17-5/19

[Ultima Ratio]

I don't understand this at all. Buchholz is over 100 pitches and we aren't shelling him. I just. don't. get it.

[Physics Guy]

It would be a daily shopping trip to the waiver wire to rotate through guys to build up IP. I could grab someone like Feldman and then drop him and get someone else to throw Sunday like Diamond.

 

Who are your top 6? You must have daily roster changes. If so, I would drop him for the streaming spot.

[Reginald Maudling's Shin]

Yeah... It's plays like those that don't count as errors but are defensive examples of what winning teams do.

 

Its a play that could have saved a run or led to a big inning for the Sox. That's the stuff baseball is made of.

Yep, is it bad that I thought about Nick Punto for a second? That's the kind of goofy play that he'd make.

[Physics Guy]

I don't understand this at all. Buchholz is over 100 pitches and we aren't shelling him. I just. don't. get it.

 

Because you are not used to seeing a pitcher of this caliber, except on other teams. (I'm guessing that was your point.)

[Physics Guy]

Geez, is Ortiz using a walker to get to 1B????

[Ultima Ratio]

Does Ortiz not even fake-jog back to the dugout anymore? Get the man a jazzy!

[Ultima Ratio]

Because you are not used to seeing a pitcher of this caliber, except on other teams. (I'm guessing that was your point.)

 

You got it... all systems running and within normal parameters.

[Riverbrian]

Who are your top 6? You must have daily roster changes. If so, I would drop him for the streaming spot.

 

Harvey

Moore

Medlen

Cingrani

Jose Fernandez

Kendrick

 

i would normally drop Kendrick over Hellickson but Kendrick is pitching well enough to kill that idea.

[buckninetyone]

yet again coach carter shows up on the timeline

[Riverbrian]

Mike Carp... There are times I wish my name was Brian Gorilla.

[Physics Guy]

Harvey

Moore

Medlen

Cingrani

Jose Fernandez

Kendrick

 

i would normally drop Kendrick over Hellickson but Kendrick is pitching well enough to kill that idea.

 

I would say go for it. If Hellickson starts to pick it up, drop Kendrick. Your staff doesn't look great, so you probably can't sacrifice tallying stats for rate stats.

[Guest USAFChief]

Is it just me, or do the top half of most innings seem to take a lot longer than the bottom half?

[Riverbrian]

I would say go for it. If Hellickson starts to pick it up, drop Kendrick. Your staff doesn't look great, so you probably can't sacrifice tallying stats for rate stats.

 

For 12 team league... I'm pretty happy with that staff. Medlen will be the problem child out of that bunch... I can live with that.

[Physics Guy]

Mike Carp... There are times I wish my name was Brian Gorilla.

 

Or at least the Brian part...

[Riverbrian]

Is it just me, or do the top half of most innings seem to take a lot longer than the bottom half?

 

I think the innings are just slow to gather momentum.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Is it just me, or do the top half of most innings seem to take a lot longer than the bottom half?

 

Does somebody actually keep that stat - length of half-inning? That would be interesting to have quantitative data on.

[Physics Guy]

Is it just me, or do the top half of most innings seem to take a lot longer than the bottom half?

 

Most of the time I would say it is just you....but you are correct.

[Riverbrian]

Does somebody actually keep that stat - length of half-inning? That would be interesting to have quantitative data on.

 

Along with the stat of hat straightens per inning.

[Guest USAFChief]

Contact by the Hammer...progress. Man he's in a funk lately.

[Riverbrian]

Doumit or Morneau in a fight? I gotta say Doumit

[Physics Guy]

Contact by the Hammer...progress. Man he's in a funk lately.

 

And tonight Morneau doesn't look much better.

[Guest USAFChief]

4 straight pitches in the dirt, and Justin swings at 3 of em, check swing on the other. Worst AB of the year?

[IdahoPilgrim]

I always kind of assumed that an average half-inning should last about 10 minutes - figure a 3-hour game length, divided by 18 half innings.

[Riverbrian]

I always kind of assumed that an average half-inning should last about 10 minutes - figure a 3-hour game length, divided by 18 half innings.

 

you have to factor in the commercials.

[snepp]

Doumit or Morneau in a fight? I gotta say Doumit

 

 

The only acceptable answer is Luis Rivas.

[snepp]

Contact by the Hammer...progress. Man he's in a funk lately.

 

That's one way to put it.

[IdahoPilgrim]

That was one thing I appreciated during my minor league trip last year - game pace did seem significantly faster than in the majors.

[Ultima Ratio]

4 straight pitches in the dirt, and Justin swings at 3 of em, check swing on the other. Worst AB of the year?

 

Come on, the first 20 Hicks ABs were epic in that category.

[Physics Guy]

I may have been a little quick to compliment Florimon earlier.

[Riverbrian]

Come on, the first 20 Hicks ABs were epic in that category.

 

Chief... I gotta side with Ultima here.