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  1. Nine of twelve
    I'm so late to the thread that this may not get many views, but I think I have a very significant point. One of the thoughts that I had when I watched last night's game-ending play was this: where the hell was the left fielder? (Austin Meadows.) Watching the replay revealed he was wandering pretty much aimlessly in deep left center field. A major league player should always--ALWAYS--act based on what he can do to contribute to whatever may happen to take place on the field of play. As soon as the ball was struck in the direction of right field he should have been running fast in the general direction of the left side of the infield. Then, as soon as it became apparent that the throw from right field was coming to home plate he should have put himself in position to back up third base. Hasse was obviously culpable for that brain cramp of a throw but had Meadows actually been using his brain instead of letting it idle he probably would have prevented the tying run from scoring and certainly would have prevented the winning run from scoring. Moreover, with Urshela's confounding advance to third base there would probably have been at least one out recorded on the play. It goes to show that errors of omission can be just as damaging as errors of commission.
  2. Nine of twelve
    I've been a Twins fan since the earliest years. I have only very vague memories of the 1961 season but started to pay more attention the following year. While my dad was a fan I credit my mom with making baseball part of our family's lives. There weren't very many televised games back then but she usually had the radio tuned in with Herb Carneal and the rest of the crew.
  3. Nine of twelve
    And that was on a 45° day. That ball goes significantly farther on a warm humid afternoon.
  4. Nine of twelve
    With this lineup this game could be the blueprint for a lot of games this season. Score a lot of runs with power, enough to provide a cushion for our pitching staff.
  5. Nine of twelve
    This is maybe one of the more recognizable sound blasts in regular rotation at Target Field but it's unfortunately only average in the level of obnoxiousness. Next time you attend a game there I challenge you to actively pay attention to how loud and frequent and unrelenting the blasts of sound are. It will be illuminating, but a caveat: it could potentially forever ruin the ballpark experience for you. I realized I had learned to tune it out when I attended a game in 2019 with a friend of mine who commented thusly: "I wonder what they would do if they had epilepsy awareness night at a Twins game." Now I can't not notice it. It's such a shame that I can't go to see my favorite team playing my favorite sport in a beautiful stadium without being assaulted by the PA system.
  6. Nine of twelve
    The problem is that the Twins organization itself is the one and only source of the overstimulation that this space seeks to shut out. IMHO, among other things the organization would do well to stop the loud and pounding music over the PA system after every pitch. (When I say after every pitch it's a slight overstatement. When I say loud and pounding it's a slight understatement.)
  7. Nine of twelve
    Agree on all.
  8. Nine of twelve
    And if two people do not concur that is concurrent concurn't.
  9. Nine of twelve
    The Yankees and their fans deserve it.
  10. Nine of twelve
    I do not believe that the Correa signing came out of the blue. That just doesn't happen when this much money is involved. My guess is that Falvey and Levine (and, of course, Pohlad), and Boras (and, of course, Correa) have been working on this for some time, possibly since before the lockout ended. The preceding transactions the Twins made were almost bizarre unless the FO knew that they had something solid in the works. That they were able to get this done with no one catching wind of it is practically miraculous. Edited to add: And if this season turns out to be a successful one for our favorite team Falvine will have guaranteed themselves tenure for a long, long time.
  11. Nine of twelve
    I've decided to try to convince myself that Correa wasn't directly involved in the cheating in Houston, that he only stayed quiet because he was contractually obligated to stay there and didn't want to make waves until he left, that he has completely rehabilitated himself, and that everything he does while in Minnesota will be totally clean and great.
  12. Nine of twelve
    There are two catchers here. Remove one of them and insert Arraez as DH. 1. Arraez 2. Buxton 3. Polanco 4. Correa 5. Kiriloff 6. Sano 7. Kepler 8. Urshela 9. Sanchez/Jeffers
  13. Nine of twelve
    Every silver lining has a cloud.
  14. Nine of twelve
    I don't have the time or desire to find this out on my own so I'll ask: Are other teams going this crazy or is it just us?
  15. Nine of twelve
    I'd swap Kepler and Kirilloff. I'd also put Polanco at 2B and Arraez at DH.
  16. Nine of twelve
    I don't know for sure, but here's my guess. Raised bases allow the fielder to place his foot on the side of the base instead of directly on it, reducing the risk of injuries to both players from the foot being stepped on. Raised bases also enable the baserunner to grab the base and make it easier to slide to the edge of the base and also not to overslide. I think it's pretty obvious that home plate has to be flush due to considerations regarding a pitched ball.
  17. Nine of twelve
    4th, actually.
  18. Nine of twelve
    I don't want this to develop into a Josh Donaldson tangent, but this trade certainly impacts his role. I think it's very likely he'll be playing elsewhere come August.
  19. Nine of twelve
    I agree. It tells us that what they think about Lewis is that he is not ready now and probably will not be ready before 2024. Keep in mind he's only 22 years old. Not many shortstops make strong showings at the major league level at that age even under the best of circumstances, and he has had a very unfortunate sequence of events significantly impeding his progress.
  20. Nine of twelve
    Another point on the favorable side of this trade for the Twins.
  21. Nine of twelve
    Mods, can we consolidate the two trade threads?
  22. Nine of twelve
    It used to be that as soon as the third out was recorded it was hustle in, hustle out, batter get your helmet on while the pitcher takes 8 quick ones and play ball. Rarely more than 60 seconds. And the broadcasters had to simply deal with it. But now each half-inning is 2:00. (It was 2:30 but was shortened a few years ago). That's 16 or 17 minutes of nothingness added to every 9-inning game.
  23. Nine of twelve
    Yeah, for instance there was this 1954 bonus baby by the name of Killebrew.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Warning: curmudgeon alert. Just because a little hill in South Dakota was altered by having four faces carved into it doesn't mean we should have to choose four and only four best or favorite or most important players. It is unreasonably arbitrary. And the idea of eliminating the most significant player (by far) in franchise history from consideration just because the owner of a family business moved his headquarters to another location makes it even more unreasonably arbitrary. I can't do it. OK, thanks for letting me vent.
  25. Nine of twelve
    I assume your wink is because of the infrequency with which the Twins strongly contend. And I get that. But I didn't say not to go big. I said not to overpay. There's a difference.
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