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  1. Daniel Anderson
    My group stayed in downtown Ft. Myers last year and it worked great. Plentiful restaurants and breweries within walking distance; I recommend Izzy's for seafood. Outside of downtown I'm partial to Doc Ford's - get the grouper sandwich. My group really liked Pt. Ybel's beers, but all of the breweries were good. At the park I prefer seats in the shade for afternoon games and the outfield drink rail for night games.
  2. Daniel Anderson
    I thought a lot of Wichita players made big improvements last year, and I liked the aggressive style they played. I don't know how much credit Dinkleman should get for that but I like his move to the Saints.
  3. Daniel Anderson
    Buxton and Ryan are affordable excellence, where they both are in terms of contract and productivity should be something that GMs dream about. Trade Lopez if you must, but those two should be what you build around, not what you trade for more prospects.
  4. Daniel Anderson
    I've been to 2 games in the last week and the best thing I've seen is that Buck looks fantastic - 4 for 5, with an HR, double and 2 SBs. Zebby had the best outing of any of the pitchers I've seen. Is Allen Cerda any kind of prospect or is he just a minor league roster filler? He's looked good at the plate for my 2 games,
  5. Daniel Anderson
    Nothing more demoralizing than a bad bullpen. A clarification - the Tigers essentially threw in the towel and aggressively sold at the deadline. How trading Jack Flaherty and 3 other contributing players from the major league roster has spurred them to a 25 - 10 run is unexplainable and a reason the game is so damn compelling.
  6. Daniel Anderson
    Buxton and ERod in St. Paul today.
  7. Daniel Anderson
    Frustrating that the bullpen seems to be giving up a lot of walks after going 0 - 2. Both Okert and Thielbar walked Varsho that way, and with scorching hot Vlad Jr. batting next it didn't work too well. Too bad, their approach to hitting Gausman was excellent.
  8. Daniel Anderson
    Early in ST Ober threw 95 in a game against the Phillies and Bryce Harper asked how anybody ever hits him. Seems that since then he has gotten consistently lit up. Varland pitched great, was named a starter, and since then has struggled. You wonder how much is mental, or if both are fighting injuries. On the good side, Pablo and Joe look locked in already.
  9. Daniel Anderson
    If you are up against a trivia question of what MLB player was also a state tennis champion, believe it or not the man Gardy nicknamed Sammy Softball, Matthew LeCroy is the answer. Big man but apparently a very skilled all-around athlete, and from all reports a great guy.
  10. Daniel Anderson
    I thought the radio broadcasts with Provus and Gladden were excellent for 6 innings but Gladden should not be doing play by play. Please use this transition to allow Attebury to call 9 innings now.
  11. Daniel Anderson
    I think the Rocco quick hook narrative is probably from the 2020 playoffs. In game one Maeda gave up 2 hits and no runs through 5 innings, had thrown 91 pitches and was pulled; Romo ended up with the loss. In game 2 Berrios gave up 1 run on 2 hits through 5 innings and was pulled after 75 pitches; Stashak ended up getting the loss. Neither of those moves seems anywhere near as outrageous as yesterday's BJ debacle, but I remember both of those guys really throwing well and that the Twins bullpen was running on fumes at the end of the year.
  12. Daniel Anderson
    One thing to watch is how bad the visibility is for hitters with these late afternoon starts. If it's a big factor it might favor starting a predominantly breaking ball pitcher (Maeda) over Ryan. If you remember the game Sonny pitched with all of the strikeouts - that was a sunny late afternoon start and hitters seemed helpless against his breaking pitches.
  13. Daniel Anderson
    In an article on MLB.com Jim Callis just named Brooks Lee the favorite for AL rookie of the year in 2024.
  14. Daniel Anderson
    It takes most people a bit of an effort to go to a game, so out of respect for your fans I think that while the home team has a position player pitch at least some concessions should be free. For 4 innings of it last night the Cleveland fans should have gotten a refund.
  15. Daniel Anderson
    A number of weekend home games have been on this and last year. Sometimes the TV sports grid in the Strib or PP lists them in advance. Chris Williams now has 26 RBIs with the bases loaded this year, in about 15 at bats. Do the Twins have anybody with 5 yet? I believe Strawberry had 18 homers in 29 games with the Saints in 1996.
  16. Daniel Anderson
    Just read that Lee is on his way to St. Paul, or wherever the Saints are, today.
  17. Daniel Anderson
    Looks to me like a few of the starters are wearing down. Maybe plug him in and rotate starters through a tired arm IL stint, starting with Ryan.
  18. Daniel Anderson
    I wouldn't be surprised if they find room for Polanco by trading Farmer. He wasn't signed to be a bench player and he could probably be a regular for someone else. The only move I think we will see for Buxton is to drop him in the lineup.
  19. Daniel Anderson
    A hitter who crushes left-handed pitching please. These games where great pitching performances are being wasted because nobody can hit the opponent's mediocre lefties are getting old.
  20. Daniel Anderson
    Hats off to Moran pitching the tenth. Two strikeouts against a team that seems really good at putting the ball in play right now. Also, a stellar play by Correa, what a cannon of an arm he has.
  21. Daniel Anderson
    The Fox broadcast on Saturday had a very interesting fact - Twins pitching is best in MLB in 6th and 8th innings, but worst in 7th. Is it that the starters are being left in a bit too long, or that whoever takes over in the 7th has been lousy? Seems that in a year when the overall pitching has been really good a few tweaks might be needed.
  22. Daniel Anderson
    I still hold out hope for Miranda becoming a solid defender at third. On one hand he seems to struggle with routine plays to his left, but then he makes what appear to be tougher plays coming in on the ball. I think the baseline play should have been irrelevant as Gray should have been quicker to cover third. Painful to watch Kwan's homer on a grooved slider after Hawkins pointed out that he couldn't catch up with Alcala's fastball.
  23. Daniel Anderson
    Does anyone know exactly how the automatic strike zone sets the top of the zone? The glossary on MLB.com says this about the top of the zone: 'The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants.' So does it spot those two points and divide it in half? Just curious and I would appreciate any insight.
  24. Daniel Anderson
    MLB network did a feature and had an interview with his brother Ethan, the top international signee last month - very impressive young man. Hopefully talent and poise run in the family.
  25. Daniel Anderson
    I would like to see him bat leadoff every day in St. Paul and play left field. Instead of an Arraez comp I see his speed making his potential more like Stephen Kwan - high on base with lots of stolen bases and don't worry about the power.
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