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  1. Nine of twelve
    But Sano still needs to retain the ability to recognize pitches on which to totally unleash. As he did here:
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    Rosario's first major league game was in 2015. He never played for Gardy. Molitor was manager then.
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    I think there is truth in what anti-DH types say: that the strategy involved in managing a game is more complex with pitchers batting. But does that make the game better? My answer is no.
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    The HOF is a great honor, but the voters can't be counted on to honor deserving players and pass on those who are not deserving. Bert Blyleven is exhibit A. He was third in career strikeouts when he retired. Repeating for emphasis: THIRD!!! ALL TIME!!! That's all the voters should have needed to make him a first-ballot inductee. It was shameful that he had to wait as long as he did. Based on peak performance, it would seem that Santana should be receiving strong consideration. The blame for this not happening falls squarely on the voters.
  5. Nine of twelve
    One thing that doesn't seem to get enough attention is that managing, especially managing pitching, in the postseason is much different from managing in the regular season. Over the course of 162 games playing the percentages is much more likely to work in a team's favor. Putting a short leash on a starter after going through the lineup twice is likely to result in success. However, think of the postseason as a short season. The world champion will have played 11 to 20 games. Each and every game is highly important and the approach should be different. That's why starters are much more likely to get pulled after giving up three runs in the first inning, and (this is where I fault Dave Cash) pitchers who are clearly in control should, IMHO, not be pulled proactively.
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    I'm completely aware that a 302-foot Pesky pole home run counts the same on the scoreboard as a 500-footer. But when you consider that there are maybe only about 20 people out of 7.8 billion on the planet who are able to hit ones like the top three here it's just so awesome.
  7. Nine of twelve
    Hearing the chant from the Atlanta fans last night makes me dislike that team even more. I wish there were a way for all four teams to lose.
  8. Nine of twelve
    The Red Sox are the Yankees with beards.
  9. Nine of twelve
    Three of the teams left are three of my four least favorite teams. The fourth team is one whose management I disagree with regarding the team mascot/nickname. I hope my attitude regarding the rest of the postseason can improve to the level of mere indifference.
  10. Nine of twelve
    I dislike the Astros more than I dislike the White Sox. Now I have to decide which of the Red Sox and the Astros I dislike more. UGH!!!
  11. Nine of twelve
    I'd slightly lean toward Steve Carlton over Spahn.
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    Flukey plays happen from time to time. And flukey plays can demonstrate situations in which the rules could be improved. This is one of those situations, IMHO. If I were writing the rules I would advocate for a rule that every ball in play on which runners could advance that goes out of play after touching a fielder should be treated the same. (Except for a fair ball that never touches the ground and goes over the fence in fair territory would still be a home run.) That means the runner(s) and the batter-runner get one base beyond the base to which they were advancing. Under this proposal it wouldn't matter how the ball went out of play. Nor would it matter whether a fielder, in the judgement of the umpire, ever had control of the ball. This would eliminate the need for a judgement call by the umpire, and the fewer judgement calls the better.
  13. Nine of twelve
    Admittedly batting average is an incomplete statistic, but just to compare--the batting average of the American League this season was .245. With that in mind Simmons' .223 would not be horrible, even with a .274 slugging percentage (hard to believe a number that low is even possible) for a good defensive shortstop if the rest of the team was good enough to compensate. I'm not advocating for whether or not Simmons was a good defensive shortstop this season and I'm not advocating for whether or not he should have been dumped at the deadline. Just wanted to lend some perspective.
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    Agree to disagree. Here's my description of a symphony orchestra: String musicians, auxiliary supporting musicians, and percussionists.
  15. Nine of twelve
    I suppose, but even though the Oakland game probably the worst loss of the season, it was just part of the fallout from the defining moment, not the defining moment itself.
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    The most important thing, probably the only important thing, about umpiring is to protect the integrity of the game. This is accomplished by getting calls right as often as possible. Umpires owe it to the game to do so. If getting the calls right as often as possible means retiring or resigning to allow a better umpire to take over, then that's the right thing to do. And if getting calls right as often as possible means allowing non-human methods of making calls then that's the right thing to do.
  17. Nine of twelve
    I'll disagree as strongly as possible with the April choice. The season-defining moment, the season-killing moment, was when COVID-19 made its way to the roster. That threw the roster into chaos and it threw the schedule into chaos. It's never been specifically reported, but I'm sure team unity and morale were knocked down big-time. If I were a vaccinated team member I would have been angry, enraged, furious, livid at any and every member of the organization, uniformed and not uniformed, who refused to be vaccinated at the earliest possible juncture because that is certainly what enabled the virus to take hold.
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    I would absolutely trade Donaldson before I trade Arraez. Arraez is a future Rod Carew Award winner. He can be a core player for us, at DH if we have good fielders in the rest of the lineup, for many years. But in any case I hope Miranda forces that decision.
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    The FO does not evaluate talent. Scouts do. The FO does not work with the talent it has. Player development people, mainly minor league coaches, do. Obviously, it's still on the FO to have good scouts and good player development people in place but that's where trades are won and lost.
  20. Nine of twelve
    I agree that this is true in 2021, but if Miranda continues to impress in St. Paul in April and May it's time to get him in the major league lineup consistently. And if that's the case I think almost everyone will agree that he's the third baseman of the foreseeable future. That will be the time to shop Donaldson, and if he's healthy and playing well I think a trade would be a win all around--for the Twins, for the team receiving Donaldson, and for all the players involved. That's what I hope for.
  21. Nine of twelve
    I had a Gray Duck childhood. What is it with you people who spell it grey??
  22. Nine of twelve
    Well, I don't know if the Metrodome turf would have been a major issue. He would have spent the bulk of his time DH'ing so it would only have been while baserunning that it would have come into play.
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    There's more to it than just this, and analytics should be able to give an answer, at least in theory. Does the new stance actually result in more wild pitches and passed balls? Does the new stance reduce the number of baserunners as the result of (presumably) changing the ratio of strikes to balls? Does the new stance decrease the number of pitches thrown? Does the new stance impact the catcher's ability to field his position and to throw out runners attempting stolen bases? Are catchers more likely to incur injuries as the result of the new stance?
  24. Nine of twelve
    Beginning with the 1986 season through the 2021 season they have made the postseason twice in the last 36 seasons.
  25. Nine of twelve
    At the risk of veering too far off-topic, the word is bogeyman. Variations in spelling have arisen over the years.
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