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  1. Nine of twelve
    This drops us to 6-4. Keep in mind that this is MLB, where 6-4 is outstanding.
  2. Nine of twelve
    Sounds like she was not the sharpest bulb in the sky.
  3. Nine of twelve
    This sounds like a good problem to have. Both players should probably be playing shortstop almost every day. Since fielding can be worked on just as well at low A as it can at high A it seems to me that Miller might benefit from some more time at low A if he's struggling at the plate. If he starts raking we can move him up and worry about making adjustments at that time.
  4. Nine of twelve
    The thing about this is that Ted Williams was an otherworldly hitter. He had an outstanding eye to recognize not only whether a pitch was a strike but what the pitch would do. And he was the rare player who did have insane bat-to-ball skills. Because of this he was able to take strikes early in the count with little to no worry. Mere mortals, however, have to swing at pitcher's pitches more frequently, hoping the ball happens to hit the bat.
  5. Nine of twelve
    The home plate umpire is empowered to overrule the electronic call in such cases. No challenge needed. And by the way, I'm not sure I've ever seen this happen in a major league game. I'd bet it doesn't happen more than about once a year.
  6. Nine of twelve
    I haven't done or read a comparison of the Twins' strength of opposing teams comparing the new schedule and what the old schedule would have been, but it is no surprise that the difference is of little to no consequence. We lose games against Detroit and Kansas City but we gain games against the Pirates, Reds, Cubs, Diamondbacks, and Rockies. Don't forget that the NL Central had a lower win percentage in 2022 than the AL Central.
  7. Nine of twelve
    Interesting thought. Hadn't considered that before. I guess I'd stay with the rules as they are now. (I know we are veering off-topic a bit here but sometimes a discussion just flows like that.)
  8. Nine of twelve
    It's easy to see if a pitch is in the box graphic on the TV. But that box is far less precise than electronic pitch calling systems, especially for the upper and lower boundaries.
  9. Nine of twelve
    This sounds like a good idea. I would think that someone in the organization must have thought of it.
  10. Nine of twelve
    That may be true for the first few months or so, maybe even less time than that. But human beings are adaptable. Ultimately, a control pitcher and a batter with a good eye will benefit. Just the way it should be.
  11. Nine of twelve
    My understanding is that each player has the top and bottom of his strike zone programmed into the system.
  12. Nine of twelve
    The objective of officiating any sport is to correctly determine what has happened in the game and to correctly enforce the rules of the game. Many other sports have had systems to supplant or supplement human officiating for many years. In some cases this has even become part of the English vocabulary. (Photo finish is one example.) Electronic pitch calling is more accurate than human pitch calling and has been for several years. Moreover, electronic pitch calling will improve over the course of time. Human pitch calling will not. MLB should have implemented electronic pitch calling years ago.
  13. Nine of twelve
    I'm not sure what your expectations are. In addition to checking the active roster, there are numerous web sites that post starting lineups several hours before game time. If you have to choose a game in advance do you expect the team to notify you who will be playing in which games days or weeks before the fact?
  14. Nine of twelve
    This is a good point. So simply check the 26-man roster on the Twins web site and you'll have all the information you need.
  15. Nine of twelve
    There's no reason to go if I can't watch Craig play.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Dang. I'm canceling my trip to KC on account of that.
  17. Nine of twelve
    At a game I went to about 10 years ago number 24 hit a home run. A fan near where I was sitting yelled, "You can't handle the Plouffe!"
  18. Nine of twelve
    If you think a prospective ticket buyer is entitled to know someone's personal medical information then you and I disagree.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Whether it can or can't hurt depends on one's perspective. Fans want to know all the details, but the truth is that the details are none of their business. I do not want my private medical information disseminated for everyone to know about, and that wouldn't change if I happened to be a professional athlete.
  20. Nine of twelve
    This a yarmulke on the head of a guy I happened to see at Costco 4 years ago, so there is such a thing. (FYI he did give me permission to take the photo.)
  21. Nine of twelve
    I suppose some people view the trade as bitter, but I certainly don't. To me it was just baseball.
  22. Nine of twelve
    This does not matter. At all. The ERA title threshold was an arbitrary number (1 inning pitched per team games played) set over 100 years ago. As FDG was saying, it's team wins that matter. A manager's goal in the regular season is to win enough games to qualify for the postseason. Having pitchers throw 162 innings is not anywhere on the priority list.
  23. Nine of twelve
    I think it's a valid point that Baldelli sometimes pulls the starter too early, but that's the case with every manager. Is that better or worse than pulling the starter too late? It's not possible to perfectly guess the best point to make the change every time. Some say to let the starter go until he gets into trouble. OK, but a fatiguing pitcher can get into trouble quickly, and into big trouble very quickly, many times more quickly than a reliever can get warm. And the pitch clock will amplify this because pitchers won't be able to stall now. You can't constantly warm a reliever beginning in the 6th inning every game just in case the starter does get in trouble because you'll burn through your bullpen much faster that way. So what it comes down to is the manager has to take everything into account--including statistics--and make a pitching change if he feels the reliever coming in has a better chance of succeeding than the pitcher currently in the game. Period. And if the pitcher coming out gets in a snit about that he just needs to get over it.
  24. Nine of twelve
    I will guess (and it's only a guess) that Coulombe would have provided more help this year than Sands. We'll check back on that in 6 months. But I'm sure the front office was looking beyond just this season as Sands is 8 years younger. If there was not room for both on the 40-man choosing Sands over Coulombe could well be the better choice overall. Edit: Even if there was room on the 40-man it's easy to make the argument that rostering someone younger would be a better use of that space than Coulombe.
  25. Nine of twelve
    As with everyone, if he does the job he'll get the ball. I agree with many that he seems to be emerging as a good major league reliever.
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