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  1. Aerodeliria
    Great hitting in this win! Unimpressive defense and starting pitching from Berrios. It's not a minor problem when you give your 'ace' a six round cushion and he nearly squanders it away (and almost certainly would have squandered it all). Kudos to Rocco for pulling Berrios for whom his leash has been a bit longer in past poor performances. Superbly balanced hitting in this game though. 12 runs, but only two home runs hit. It's nice to generate 12 runs without relying on six home runs to achieve it.
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    It sometimes happens when the scorer takes a nap for an inning or so, so when s/he comes to, the pitcher remembered gets the W. It happens.
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    Nice 'W'. I was so happy with how the bullpen performed in a very tight game. And a big hat tip to Rogers who had to deal with another late inning error from Sano and pitched his way through the mess. We may occasionally be able to skate through a late inning error or two in a tight game, but more often than not such things will lead to late inning heartbreaks, especially when playing teams like the Yankees. So should we put Gonzales at 3rd and Adrianza at ss for the 8th and 9th just to protect a one/two run lead? The errors are really piling up in these tight games for Sano and Polanco. What say you?
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    It takes a long time for a turtle to right itself once it's upside down. Welcome back!
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    PS-If it is an unwritten rule, who is the judge? As a batter, if you argue a strike call for more than say three seconds, you'll be tossed. I'm sure that is an unwritten rule. I guess the umpire should have thrown Cave out of the game for swinging 3-0.
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    If a rule is unwritten concerning game play, then it's not a rule IMHO. Last year some pitcher had a no-hitter going into like the 7th inning. It was broken up by a bunt single. The player was heavily criticized for breaking an unwritten rule. I'd say, that's smart baseball. Who knows, such a play might start a big rally, but instead, it almost resulted in a donnybrook. BTW, here in Japan, we had a VERY rare occurrence. We had both benches empty in a game between the Seibu Lions and the Orix Buffaloes after the Orix catcher was beaned. Usually after a beaning, the opposing pitcher removes his cap and does a slight head bow to indicate no intention. Apparently, this didn't happen. (There was even a retaliation bean ball in the next inning with an instantaneous ejection.)
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    I'll take Thorpe. He's my favorite of the Shuttle Twins.
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    It's not solely related to errors having a negative effect; it is when errors occur that is the critical issue. In a 10-1 game an error by either side will likely not be a big deal regardless of the inning. The Twins tend to make errors in the innings where it really matters--an errant throw here or there in one or two run games, which seems to ignite the other team. It also makes in that much harder on the pitchers to throw strikes, additional baserunners on board and knowing that a ground ball might be tossed into the stands or simply bounce off the first baseman's mitt. Errors and walks are the twin sisters of doom. When put together they spell disaster (or errorswalks if you're thinking literally).
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    I was thinking the same thing. Still the great teams do not make errors in crucial situations.
  10. Aerodeliria
    Truth! We definitely will need this version of him.
  11. Aerodeliria
    I agree 100% with your starter rankings and I would switch Houston and the NY for relief pitching. We'll have to see how Kluber performs, but I'd say Cleveland was the biggest winner in trading away Bauer. He was getting to be a problem and they've improved their hitting prowess dramatically. I actually give the Twins kudos for getting two relief pitchers in Dyson and Romo. If Dyson can pitch like he did tonight, the Twins bullpen improves dramatically. We all know that overusing Rogers is a lose-lose situation as we experienced in the final game against the Indians.
  12. Aerodeliria
    My favorite shuttler has been Thorpe. He pitched well again in AAA.
  13. Aerodeliria
    Nice game by Chalmers. I'm glad to see that Thorpe didn't tank it. He has a lot of upside IMHO and is my favorite of all of the shuttlers.
  14. Aerodeliria
    Biggest. Hit. 2019. Period. Perez gave us the best start he's had in what seems like forever and a day. Excellent use of the bullpen. Harper was NG but in these situations in the past, he has been decent. (I am worried that he has been trending in the wrong way, however.) What might get passed over is that our two newbies shone brightly in this game. Dyson cleaned up ;-) Some minor irritations: Pull Harper when he's not getting swinging strikes. Don't have a .352 guy bunting when he could just as easily drive in a runner. Errors!
  15. Aerodeliria
    Yay! Odorizzi is slowly returning to early season form just when we need him most.
  16. Aerodeliria
    There is one thing I am waiting for and that is moving Arraez into the one or two slot in batting order. I Rocco likes Kepler in the one slot, but OBP has got to be a consideration I would think.
  17. Aerodeliria
    Nice report and the additional info concerning Vallimer was a plum. Thanks everyone!
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    Starters can no longer give us seven or even five! Gibson can't throw strikes when he needs to. Perez seems to be a basket case at the moment, and even Berrios was left in too long against Atlanta (IMHO)...just to give the illusion that someone could go seven. The starters have got to step up their games or we'll soon be chasing Cleveland.
  20. Aerodeliria
    This is the version of Gibson I can't handle. Throw strikes! This game was winnable.
  21. Aerodeliria
    None of the above. He is a member of a polka band.
  22. Aerodeliria
    I think the point is that his pitches have an interesting trajectory when it leaves his hand. The difference between him and say Mejia (as a bad example) is that Smeltzer can throw the ball pretty much where he wants whereas Mejia has trouble hitting the side of a barn so ends up being very predictable on 2-0 pitches. Control is everything for a pitcher like Smeltzer, but as he appears to have it in spades, he can be an effective pitcher as was demonstrated against the Royals.
  23. Aerodeliria
    As always, a deep bow on this recap. Just for Buxton, maybe we should just make the HL instead of the IL...
  24. Aerodeliria
    I love winning the low scoring games.
  25. Aerodeliria
    The Polka-man delivers. Strike up the music and have a good time!
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