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  1. VivaBomboRivera!
    Proving that if it's middle-middle, even a 100mph fastball is a cookie. That pitch had a flashing green light on it.
  2. VivaBomboRivera!
    Still inconclusive after 10 games. Batting average and runs/game up slightly, strikeout rate down slightly. It's hard not to like a 6 - 4 record, but only two of those wins came against a postseason contender. The Twins will not play a team currently better than .500 until they meet the Diamondbacks in August. Now is the time.
  3. VivaBomboRivera!
    As of now, I'd agree. Yesterday's collapse and the loss on the 7th really put a hole in the progress they had made. The only index that is still notably better than before 30 June is strikeout rate.
  4. VivaBomboRivera!
    Statistically, through the loss on the 8th, the team's performance showed marked improvement, resulting in a 5 - 3 record that could be regarded as a new beginning on the season. The humiliating loss on the last day before the All Star Break erased most of those gains in one fell swoop (assisted by the loss on the 7th). Nine games is still a small sample size, but the best that can be said for the club's play since since that meeting is that the jury is still out. If they continue on this pace they are headed for an 84-win season, and a lot of 'splainin' to do.
  5. VivaBomboRivera!
    I've always been a fan of knockers - Carew, Arraez, Garr...
  6. VivaBomboRivera!
    Most of the numbers say that this was not a bad offensive game, consistent with the "season beginning on 30 June." Two numbers, 2 R and 8 team LOB (all in scoring position, no less) deliver the sting of disappointment. It hurts to hit 5 (5!) two-baggers and still lose the game. Batting average, on base percentage and strikeout rate have all improved markedly today and for the eight days since the miserable 82-game first half. Under normal circumstances, we'd be pretty happy going 5-3 (extra-inning loss excepted), but the fact that the club had to climb out of a 2-game-under hole leaves most of us feeling... meh!
  7. VivaBomboRivera!
    Easily the worst game since the "season began." Fortunately, the K rate was relatively low in spite of the weak hitting. Gotta feel for Buck. The man is due in a big way.
  8. VivaBomboRivera!
    Because outfielders sprint on nearly every batted ball. Can we stop now? The club says he is not in shape to play outfield. Why should that statement be suspect?
  9. VivaBomboRivera!
    Please do not omit the 6 BB. Today's OBP was still .324 even though BA was .185. 9Ks not great, but K rate is decidedly down since 30 June. We shall see if this trend continues. This club amassed 838 strikeouts in the first 82 games (10.2).
  10. VivaBomboRivera!
    See what happens when pitchers get run support? Makes winning much less hard work. So far over six games, the promise has been kept.
  11. VivaBomboRivera!
    So far, the "season begins today" promise is being kept. Keep hope alive! A recommendation and a question: Kenta Maeda is a brightly burning evening star right now - catch him before he sets Who put a quarter in Max Kepler, and what took them so damned long? (OK, that's two questions)
  12. VivaBomboRivera!
    We could watch how SLG moves over the next several weeks and see if it correlates with a change in runs or BA, but the current data set is just the right workload to be manageable and see if the story really has changed. Briefly considered also tracking team RISP and LOB, but left off for same reason. Don't let that stop you from tracking it if you wish, and please add your erudite analysis to the conversation. 😉
  13. VivaBomboRivera!
    Thanks for the tip. There's much worse company to be with than Dick Bremer. Table fixed.
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  15. VivaBomboRivera!
    You're welcome! 😀 SLG is meaningful, yes, but more fundamental problem for the past two years has been putting the ball in play and keeping the line moving. Runs/game before 30 June: 4.18 Since: 4.5
  16. VivaBomboRivera!
    Easily the best offensive performance by the Twins since the 9 - 4 win over the Blue Jays on 10 June. Refreshing number of hard hit balls. Appears to renew the promise that the season has started.
  17. VivaBomboRivera!
    (Update - Twins clinch the American League Central Division championship at game 174. Eleven games over .500 since 2 - 6 Game 81 loss at Atlanta, when their record was 40 - 41. A very different second half-season, indeed.) Putting this statement to the test by tracking a few under-performing indices from the first half over the next several weeks to see if any new habits have taken root. The jury will be out at least several more games, but feel free to talk amongst yourselves. One stat not tracked is hard hit rate. Welcome any reader suggestions for source data.
  18. VivaBomboRivera!
    That might be one of the most profound and damning statements about the state of the Twins I've read on Twins Daily ever. In the same boat. If I were shopping today, I'd only be looking at pitchers' names. My 2019 vintage Kepler jersey no longer has any shine. I've been hoodwinked.
  19. VivaBomboRivera!
    Is something rotten in the state of Minnesota? By now most people are tired of conspiracy theories, but that doesn't mean the Black Sox were not real. Sports gambling is on the rise, and the consistently poor performance of a lineup that ought to do better is starting to look suspicious. Perhaps we need to prove that the Twins lame effort really is a combination of age, injury, overthinking, carelessness and/or lack of talent. They may just all be bad at the same time, and that certainly isn't the worst reason for so many batters to be watching pitches in the happy zone sail past them.
  20. VivaBomboRivera!
    Quite the light show in Hotlanta. Today Joe Ryan learned something new about the difference between "very good" and "great." Tomorrow's another day. Stick it to 'em, fellas!
  21. VivaBomboRivera!
    Corrected OP to "another run."
  22. VivaBomboRivera!
    As much as it is tempting to blame Pagan, the bottom of the 7th would have ended without another run scored if Gray had moved to cover first on Harris' hit into the 3 - 4 hole. No telling how things might have played out after that. It was bang-bang, but that defensive reaction needs to be instinctive.
  23. VivaBomboRivera!
    Fixed yet post! 😀
  24. VivaBomboRivera!
    Gettin' dark early at mid-summer. Bummer.
  25. VivaBomboRivera!
    This ball club needs an enema!
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