Twins 10, Guardians 6: Lewis Hits Another Grand Slam as Twins Pour on Runs to Win

[Larry Janisewski]

14 hours ago, IndianaTwin said:

Those sound great. Do you have dates on either? They would be fun to look up.

I guess the Uecker game won’t be hard to find while looking at his home run log. 

Uecker on base twice in one game??? Didn't happen often. lol. He is an awesome baseball announcer/comedian.

[Doctor Gast]

4 hours ago, IaBeanCounter said:

I agree with using long relief.  However, I think Ober hit a wall when he approached 100 IP.  In his first 16 starts he pitched 94.2 innings at an ERA of 2.76.  His last 6 starts covered 28 innings with an ERA 6.75.  He needed a rest and the Twins need another RP, so optioning him back to STP was the best decision for both.  10 days in STP will allow him to skip a start or have a 2-3 inning start for STP. 

Agreed, under these circumstances I can understand sending Ober down to regroup. Also like that the Twins had taken him slower to start the season which basically has kept him off the IL. But I'd prefer pacing Ober more so he wouldn't hit that wall so we could keep his effective arm up in the MLB not in AAA again.

[Mike Sixel]

2 hours ago, Doctor Gast said:

Agreed, under these circumstances I can understand sending Ober down to regroup. Also like that the Twins had taken him slower to start the season which basically has kept him off the IL. But I'd prefer pacing Ober more so he wouldn't hit that wall so we could keep his effective arm up in the MLB not in AAA again.

Imagine the outrage if they'd taken him out when pitching well, to bring in RP.....

[Doctor Gast]

On 8/29/2023 at 5:45 PM, Mike Sixel said:

Imagine the outrage if they'd taken him out when pitching well, to bring in RP.....

I know the outrage, many times this type  of outrage have been wrong. Here they'd be wrong again.