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  1. Nine of twelve
    No.
  2. Nine of twelve
    It's bad to make any out at third.
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    He was designated as LHP on gamecast on the Twins website when I was looking at it. Maybe you misread it, or maybe you were monitoring a poor game viewing site.
  4. Nine of twelve
    Who is this player wearing #8 and what has he done with Jake Cave?
  5. Nine of twelve
    Dave Kingman personified the saying--swing as hard as you can in case the ball hits your bat.
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    Ryan Pressley's results badly trailed almost all of his metrics during the season that he was traded to Houston. Next thing you know, he's a reliable late-inning guy--often a closer--for a team in the World Series. Not saying Pagan will turn out to be like that but this helps me to understand why the team is willing to keep him on the roster.
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    Reducing the number of intra-division games makes it more likely that the first place team in a weak division could finish the season under .500. I hope that happens because I think the hue and cry from the baseball purists out there would be very entertaining. Even though I would tend to agree with them.
  8. Nine of twelve
    That would be great, wouldn't it? Francona didn't show anything much in his first few years managing (at Philadelphia) but he consistently ranks high at this stage in his career. Who knows--maybe Baldelli is the next Francona.
  9. Nine of twelve
    The conclusion of the Atlanta/St. Louis game was broadcast during the rain delay so I watched that. As a result I saw two walk-off walks on one night. What are the odds?
  10. Nine of twelve
    Except that Urshela played third base tonight.
  11. Nine of twelve
    Cave comes through. As expected.
  12. Nine of twelve
    Looks to me based on radar that the game will resume fairly soon and be completed with no further delays
  13. Nine of twelve
    Trying to get that post of mine deleted. Decided I shouldn't have posted it.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Isn't it obvious?
  15. Nine of twelve
    When Blyleven retired he was third in career strikeouts. ****ing third!!! And he's still fifth. If that's not all-time great I don't know what is. It's shameful to HOF voters that he wasn't a first-ballot inductee.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Why would you want a manager who is of only short-term value? We Twins fans may have a slanted perspective on this with TK and Gardy having relatively long tenures, but as for me if I were hiring a manager I'd try to get someone who has potential to do a good job running the team for a decade or two. Terry Francona comes to mind. Boston let him go as a knee-jerk reaction and Cleveland swooped in and set themselves up for the long term. Finding someone like that should be the goal.
  17. Nine of twelve
    The official MLB rules are not clear to me on whether the umpires must notify the manager that a mound visit has been credited. While it appeared to me that Baldelli did make a mound visit as the kerfuffle was winding down, if the umpires did not notify Baldelli that a mound visit had been credited then Baldelli has a legitimate beef.
  18. Nine of twelve
    This is the true crux of the matter. It's easy to fire a manager. It's far more difficult to hire one. If a current employee in a high-level position is going to be let go it's crucial that management has identified qualities that are mandatory for a replacement and, further, has identified an available person to step into that role. Otherwise there is a good chance that the organization will be no better off afterward. So if you think Baldelli should be fired, that's fine. But it's an empty opinion unless you have a specific replacement in mind.
  19. Nine of twelve
    The teams would have the same number of 3-game series and 4-game series either way. The only difference is who the opponents are. Teams fly between cities on almost every road trip anyway, so this is essentially a non-factor.
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    As a result of viewing commercials broadcast between innings I have decided that I will never, ever buy a Kinetico water treatment system.
  21. Nine of twelve
    Incorrect. There are 13 games against each division opponent.
  22. Nine of twelve
    OK, here's a quirk that causes dissonance in the symmetry portion of my brain: The schedule would exactly accommodate 14 games against each division opponent, 6 games against each non-division team in the same league, and 3 games against each team from the other league with the exception of 4 games in the so-called rivalry series. Almost perfect symmetry, 162 games. Pleasing. But instead, the schedule calls for 13 intra-division games and 64 games against other teams from the same league. As a result, home-and-home within the division is unbalanced. It further means playing 7 games against 4 non-division teams in the same league and 6 games against the other 6. Disturbing. Can we get an explanation for this distressing situation? I can even accept the explanation that it was done simply to bug me personally, but someone please tell us why. Edited to add: I just thought of one possible explanation. In the event of a tie-breaker being needed for postseason seeding MLB wants there to be an odd number of games against each of the other teams in a division. This is weak (IMHO) because I'd rather see a second tiebreaker used in the rare event of a 7-7 split. A small but worthwhile price to pay for symmetry.
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    Bigger picture: The job of a manager during the regular season is to win as many games as possible. That means getting the most out of their players over the course of a season, which in turn means not overworking them, which in turn sometimes means not necessarily trying to win the game currently being played if it would decrease the chances of future wins. Beyond that strategic matter, managers are in a far better position than any fan when it comes to making decisions. They have much more information available to them and they are much more knowledgeable about the game itself and understanding implications of their decisions. In this case, my assumption is that Baldelli and his staff have concluded that even though it does tax the bullpen to remove starters sooner than has typically been done in the past it would tax the starting rotation even more and result in fewer wins overall to have them pitch deeper into games.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Hi everybody, and welcome to today's game thread. I check the obituaries every day. My name was not listed so that means I have to keep my promise to write today's opening post. I do not include any kind of baseball analysis in my thread openers because there's plenty of that on this site already, done by people more skilled and more knowledgeable about such matters than I am. So I use a 5-topic format. Today I'm going to mention something from baseball history from 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago. 2012: Miguel Cabrera wins the triple crown. 2002: After the Twins survive the threat of contraction, Jacque Jones hits a home run in the first plate appearance of the season. 1992: Center fielder Andy Van Slyke of the Pirates records an unassisted double play, a rare feat for an outfielder. 1982: The first regular-season MLB game in the Metrodome registers an attendance of 52,279. 1972: 86 regular-season MLB games are cancelled as a result of the first players' strike in history. No lineups have been posted at this time. That can be added later by anyone who wishes to do so. Expected weather conditions at game time: Partly cloudy, 72º F, northwest winds at 2 MPH.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Arraez was born to hit pitched baseballs.
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