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  1. Number3
    Ok, you work on your spin rate and I'll work on my command and try to improve my secondary pitches.
  2. Number3
    Spin rate??? Who cares? How about good old fashioned command of your fast ball in all 4 quadrants and mixing it up with at least 2 preferably 3 other pitches. Secret to pitching is keeping the hitter guessing and control. This craaaaap about spin rates and launch angles and exit velocities is part of what should have been on the thread that was moved to another forum. And these POP UP ADS ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY.
  3. Number3
    I keep the box scores of a double header I went to in 1963 in Washington between the Minnesota Twins and the then Washington Senators (now Texas Rangers). Twins won both games 10-1 and 14-2 and Harmon Killebrew (Number 3) hit 1 home run in game 1 and 2 in game 2 but that is not the point. Both games went the full 9 (not 7) innings and it was a good old time double header 2 for the price of one. Point is that the time for game 1 was 2:19. Game 2 was 2:23. That is the end of my post.
  4. Number3
    You probably lost the Twins' brain trust after the word "bold". Plus the sabermetrics necessary to calculate the pros and cons would stump Einstein.
  5. Number3
    In the mean time, to keep this about the Twins, they did win the shortened series against Cleveland and now on to the Central marathon which continues through most of July and starts with the White Sox tonight. By July 21 we will know about the 2021 season in pretty certain terms.
  6. Number3
    No question TV still loves sports and maybe more. First, they don't have to produce anything; just broadcast it. Second, as you said, the rest of what is on TV is pure garbage for the most part and producing a popular program is very expensive so even non sports TV is more and more so called reality TV which is where the real garbage is vs the fictional garbage. One more thing and I will end my rambling, for any game all you have to do is pick up your phone and see how it is progressing or what the final score was. If you really feel like you might have missed something you can go on line and watch the highlights which are all you pay to see in the first place.
  7. Number3
    Not just baseball but I believe even the all mighty NFL is not immune to declining interest. A major problem is too much media saturation and the game(s) you choose to watch are ruined by slow play and ridiculous commercials. NFL is somewhat protected by playing only 17 games but the overexposure will affect it too sooner rather than later. Deep down, and will never be admitted, I think these huge contracts have had an effect on the blue collar fan. Players today have more in common with hedge fund managers than they do with plain old working folks. We have to pay to see them play? They should be paying us to go the games.
  8. Number3
    Talking about winning streaks does no good. 1 game at a time, 1 series at a time. Need to win tonight period to have a chance to win the Indians series at home and then need to win tomorrow to win the series. Its all AL central until July 21 so how about winning 55% of those games? Time to pee or get off the pot version 2. They got off the pot the first time around but got back on it with a 5 game streak but that was against a team with a worse record than the Twins and another team with a .500 record.
  9. Number3
    I don't know how much time it will take to come back from his fractured hand but at least its not his throwing hand. Lets assume there will be at least 50-60 games left. So the obvious question is, will he be able to finish the season on the active roster? What do you think the Vegas odds would be that he will not? At least now he has been hurt in all 3 aspects of the game; playing the outfield, running the bases and hitting while still in the batters' box. Still can't get over his slipping and falling in the first ab and actually turning his previously injured foot or ankle.. No one else seemed to have that problem
  10. Number3
    The second part of my post still applies and unfortunately is probably a result of the way the game has evolved to more and more of a power game on both ends. Compounding that is how many pitchers are used in every game and how many pitches a batter sees in every at bat with foul ball after foul ball and high pitch counts if a ball is even put in play(I think the Twins used 7 pitchers last night.) and they all throw hard and they all can't be in total command every game.
  11. Number3
    If the Buxton incident precipitated this topic, the pitch did not hit Buxton, Buxton hit the pitch. Unfortunately, Buxton's hand was between the ball and the bat. I am amazed that more aren't hit because the target is never the middle of the plate. It is always on the outer or inner quarter of the plate and many times off the plate. So the margin of error on an inside pitch which has to be in the pitcher's arsenal is next to none.
  12. Number3
    Nothing like a 5 game winning streak to muck up the works. At least wait until after the Indians & White Sox series are over.
  13. Number3
    He bounces all right. Off the ground off of a wall or a ball bounces off of him. Did you see his first ab where he fell running out of the batters' box?
  14. Number3
    He is an injury magnet. If you believe in curses he would be a prime piece of evidence. looking at the replay, the pitch was inside all the way and Buxton took a full swing directly into the pitch. Made no attempt to avoid contact so he must have though it was a pitch he could get his bat on. Any other player; just one of those unfortunate things that rarely happens. With Byron Buxton its almost expected. On the running catch he made there was a collective groan as he headed for the wall.
  15. Number3
    I thought Astudillo was the 3rd best reliever.
  16. Number3
    Real simple. Twins have 91 games remaining. If Buxton doesn't play at least 80 of those games it doesn't matter how important he is. At age 28 he is approaching the age where youth is no longer an asset injury wise. No reason to expect him to be less injury prone as he hits the 3 decade mark. Stay tuned.
  17. Number3
    Yes they did. This team refuses to be swept. And pulled the starter after 4 innings and less than 70 pitches. I am beginning to think that Baldelli doesn't want his starters to get credit for a victory except for Berrios. A .333 winning % is fine, just don't get swept.
  18. Number3
    Was that the play where he was deprived of a home run because he missed first base while rounding the bases? Bottom line is as long as the human element is involved don't expect perfection and more and more don't even expect logic.
  19. Number3
    What is with this current breed anyway? Mickey Mantle ran over a sprinkler head in his prime and played many more years on a knee that would have this bunch whining and calling 911 because "it hurts". Look at the NBA playoffs. These guys are all over developed, over weight trained and it has destroyed their durability and if something doesn't feel right the nurses come running from all directions. The players are now viewed as huge investments with lawyers ready to go and not as professional athletes whose job it is to show up and play.
  20. Number3
    All of this is/was very predictable. My question is, what is accomplished by sitting him or playing him at a lower level? Another injury is inevitable so just play him when he can play and put him back on the il when he can't. Its not that complicated. They act like this is the final injury and once it is 100% mended Buxton is good to go for the rest of the season. Ha Ha Ha. Fool me once.....you know the rest. When its contract extension time make him an offer and let him walk.
  21. Number3
    So next time out maybe Maeda will get 77 pitches. Mean while 10-0 last night and on to another unheard of starter. So far the only thing the Twins have done on the winning side is avoid being swept. Can they keep the no sweep streak alive? Almost like the playoffs.
  22. Number3
    So the next guy comes in and essentially loses the game. Who came up with 76 pitches? Did anyone bother asking "Hey how do you feel?" Can you at least start the 5th inning? Being a starting pitcher in MLB is the best job in all of sports. Basically be paid multi 9 figures to sit on your backside 99.9% of the time and be treated like a rare piece of pottery.
  23. Number3
    Partial from rv78 ".....to pulling starters when they are still effective, probably only based on pitch counts...." Simple question for Rocco; Why did you pull Maeda after 4 innings? Or, in other words, Why did you pull Maeda after 4 innings? I assume he was asked this after the game but I missed it. It seems that only Berrios has the ability to go more than 4 or 5 innings according to Baldelli. Please, just stop managing.
  24. Number3
    You can't fire the team (not saying Baldelli will be fired but he may decide he needs to spend more time with his family after this season.) so you fire the coach/manager. What else is new in pro or big time college for that matter? Its just a fact that this Twins team like several others has a knack for losing games one way or another. Even though the pitching is mediocre neither do they have the ability to put hits together or get clutch hits among the few they do get. If that isn't enough, throw in some key defensive lapses just for kicks. The hope was that the from out of no where 9th inning in game 3 against the Yankees would be some kind of spark. Instead it was ho hum lets drop another series and lose the home stand 2-4. Some one should write a book entitled "The Long Season II" Maybe Jim Brosnan Jr.
  25. Number3
    Then something like last night happens. Luckily Yahoo has highlights. This team should be called the 911ers. When the light at the end of the tunnel is the proverbial oncoming train then they manage to pull out a victory or sometimes even 2. Problem is you have to watch for 3 plus hours to see 10 minutes of bliss even in last night's impossible finish.
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