Brock Beauchamp
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To bunt, or not to bunt? That is the question.
Brock Beauchamp replied to Platoon's topic in Other Baseball
I disagree. Laying down a good bunt against a straight-up defense is a challenge and certainly takes time to practice and hone the skill. But against the shift, all you need to do is keep the ball left of the pitcher and bunt the damned ball as hard as you can. Most of the nuance of a traditional "good bunt" doesn't exist when bunting against a shift. In fact, you want the opposite effect against a shift (bunt hard versus practicing making the ball die in the grass 20-30 feet from the plate). When bunting against a shift, you want the ball to roll as far as possible as quickly as possible. If the defense is radically shifted, there's a chance you get two bases if it reaches the outfield grass. Is doing that easy? Eh, I hesitate to call anything at the MLB level "easy" but holding out a bat, putting wood on the ball, and hitting it in a specific direction isn't the most challenging skill to learn. -
The strikeouts blipping upward before the concussion throw a bit of a wrench in the analysis but there was a lot more going on with Joe than missing the ball... when he actually connected, the ball wasn't hit very hard, which strongly implies that something was wrong with Mauer's vision and/or coordination. Hard Hit % 2012: 37.1% 2013: 37.4% -----------------Concussion 2014: 28.0% 2015: 29.8% 2016: 31.3% 2017: 36.4% 2018: 36.7%
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I hate to agree with Chief on anything Mauer related but it wouldn’t have killed Joe to swing at that 2-0 pitch. I’m not one to get too down on Joe because his approach is so consistent and solid but that doesn’t mean it isn’t occasionally aggravating, either.
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Game Thread: Cleveland v Twins, 4/18 @ 6:10 pm CT
Brock Beauchamp replied to diehardtwinsfan's topic in Archived Game Threads
I’m speculating wildly here but I suspect MLB was involved with the procurement of said generators. Which is fine, I only hope they’re put to better use after tonight’s game. -
I don't know what else it could be but the concussion. It's not as if he has changed his approach or defenses stopped shifting against him. I'm really relieved to see the old Joe back, aged to 34 years. I was a strong supporter of the contract because he always seemed like the type of player who would age gracefully. Unfortunately, it's unlikely we'll ever know how gracefully he would have aged had he not suffered the concussion.
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Yeah... that was a really awkward way to put it.
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Imagine how it must feel from the other side. We get offended, they get arrested.
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Yeah... Look at this article written before the 2014 season. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/leaderboarding-best-hitting-catchers-in-baseball-history/ Mauer is first in batting average, first in OBP, and second in OPS on the catcher leaderboard. What more did the guy need to do to be considered amazing and/or legendary?
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Explain to me how it's possible to talk about race. Truly, I'm curious how you think it's possible if people aren't allowed to question anything about race, even in a roundabout and generalized way. I don't get why you continue to equate "are some people judging Rosario/Sano based on racial stereotypes" with "all people are judging Rosario/Sano based on racial stereotypes".
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I guess being one of the top ten catchers of all time for a decade isn't good enough for some people.
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I will concede that Mauer isn't "clutch" in the sense that he'll take that walk all day long if the pitcher gives it to him. But is it really fair to compare him to the rest of first basemen when RBI are so homerun-driven and Mauer doesn't hit homeruns? We all love home runs but I thought one of the sticking points of the Moneyball era was "don't get out". I'm not dogging home runs but if you gave me a choice of Wade Boggs or Jim Rice, I'd choose the former.
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A Look Back to 2001: Mauer or Prior? (Part 1)
Brock Beauchamp replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This is a fun read. John Sickels is a smart guy. http://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=1764708 -
A Look Back to 2001: Mauer or Prior? (Part 1)
Brock Beauchamp replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Interesting way to analyze it and that's where many MLB teams have landed: a position player is a better bet than a pitcher. But I think Mauer should be viewed a bit differently: imagine Hunter Greene with a curveball. Mauer wasn't just a prep catcher: he was a prep catcher with such a refined approach that he was more Bryce Harper than Luke Hochevar. -
Honestly, I don't really disagree with showing force against al-Assad. He's an awful person backed by some pretty awful countries. But any time a bomb is dropped, I have to ask: How many homes and communities could we build around the world for each one of these things dropped on brown people? As you said, it's complicated. al-Assad is a monster propped up by the countries that truly stand in the way of progress (and it shouldn't be lost on us that Trump is drawing a line in the sand against Russia here when he has no interest in doing so about the election interference and general chaos they're causing around the world via the internet). Personally, I'm so fed up with Russia that I'd like to see the President take a back-breaking stance of intolerance against them and force a potential cold war again. We'd have all the same allies and they'd lose again, just as they did last time. The game they're playing only exists when no one stands up to them and forces better behavior. Russia can't stand on its own and we're allowing them to drive a wedge small enough that nations like China still tepidly back them. Force that wedge deeper and make China stay out of it (along with nations like France that receive cheap natural resources), leaving Russia on its own. No one worth mentioning is truly married to Russia. Put the screws to them.
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I just wanted to revive this thread because I'm so impressed with my dog right now. We're taking on a behaviorally challenged four year old and the dog is an absolute gem with her. They chase each other around the yard as often as possible and despite this behaviorally challenged child (who has previous issues with dogs, mostly small dogs), the dog plays like crazy with her. The dog shies away and gets scared on occasion but never, ever becomes aggressive. And now that the baby is nearing eight months old, she has learned the dog is the (second, behind the cat) most interesting thing in the house. And the other day, the dog spent five minutes chewing on the baby's hand because the puppers thought the baby was playing with her and wanted to play back. The baby believed this was the most amazing and wonderful thing that has happened in her short life. Labs, man. You can't beat them. They're the best.
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And this is really the crux of my earlier arguments in this thread. Liberals are "special snowflakes" for asking a question (which was literally the point of this entire thread, no accusations were thrown at anyone) but everyone else is perfectly reasonable for showing sheer outrage at the question. No one has called anyone else a racist in this thread; a question was posed. If you reflect upon that question and decide you're not making a decision based on race, move on with your day. It's that simple. In my opinion, the original post felt like a request for reflection and discussion, nothing more. At that point, who's the snowflake? The person who asked a question about our societal viewpoint or the person who is outraged by the question itself?
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God, yes, this. A statement about culture/society/institution is not a statement about anyone as a person. Or, maybe honestly, it is... because if someone equalizes the two as one and the same, they're feeding the beast that makes all these unfortunate societal conclusions. Maybe not directly, but certainly indirectly via their defense of it.
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Half a dose of quaintness, half a dose of underlying bias how it's just "fascinating" that someone from a primitive culture could learn how to hit a ball as well as an American.
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It's almost as if people forget that Kluber is one of the best pitchers of his generation. Almost.
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I didn't really mean to target you with that post, I just get frustrated how Minnesotans could watch such an amazing player and not appreciate him appropriately. Joe Mauer was a legendary catcher for 5-6 seasons. He was a good catcher for 3-4 more. It's a shame that he doesn't get the credit he deserves.
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Fair enough.
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Eight plate appearances. I mean, there are things to dislike about lots of things, but... Ryan Lamarre? Also... Joe Mauer had an OPS over 1.000 going into the night.
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Well, that's why they're playing these games in San Juan.
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Puerto Ricans probably care.
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Either way, the word country is not a proper noun or title and because we don't live in the Victorian era, we don't capitalize things because we want to make them more important and/or interesting.
