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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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!
  6. VivaBomboRivera!
    Corrected OP to "another run."
  7. 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.
  8. VivaBomboRivera!
    Fixed yet post! 😀
  9. VivaBomboRivera!
    Gettin' dark early at mid-summer. Bummer.
  10. VivaBomboRivera!
    This ball club needs an enema!
  11. VivaBomboRivera!
    D****d philosophers... ;-)
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  13. VivaBomboRivera!
    We can certainly hope! Yeah, but it certainly doesn't indicate any kind of positive direction or maturation. There is so much to be hopeful for in this squad, and it is maddening to see brilliance one day, mediocrity the next, and a train wreck the day after that.
  14. VivaBomboRivera!
    Will the real version of the 2023 Minnesota Twins please stand up?
  15. VivaBomboRivera!
    Clearly we need chicken bone amulets and more offerings to Jobu. (link SFW)
  16. VivaBomboRivera!
    The Twins’ belief in Kepler continues to prove misguided after he returned from the injured list to go 3-for-26 with seven strikeouts and zero walks. With Wallner crushing at Triple-A and Trevor Larnach on the mend from pneumonia, it’s worth wondering just how long the Twins will let this ineptitude happen. Kepler is not under team control beyond this season with a $10M club option (and $1M buyout) left on his extension. He's a corner outfielder hitting .192 with a 76 wRC+ in 140 plate appearances. In any other circumstance, a DFA would seem likely. Given how the Twins have stuck by Kepler, though, that seems improbable. Repeating my comment from the Sunday game summary here:
  17. VivaBomboRivera!
    Could we re-wind the tapes on past seasons back to a point where Max Kepler still has options? Is it that he's reached the limit of his ability and he really can't put the barrel on the ball anymore, or does he not realize that not just the ball club, but the game is about to pass him by? It would be nice to learn that there is a better explanation for these kinds of performances than the two above, but right now it just looks like we're headed for a sad parting. ☹️
  18. VivaBomboRivera!
    Strongest case I've see lately for the softball-style first base on both sides of the foul line. I almost puke watching the replays of Lewis's neck bending in that horrifying somersault.
  19. VivaBomboRivera!
    Ummmm, because he wants to test the market? But seriously, if the Twins were trying to engage Gray in extension talks right now, they certainly wouldn't be talking about it, and _we_ would be the very last people to know.
  20. VivaBomboRivera!
    Perhaps we should be careful in judging how much leadership this team has since none of us are present in the clubhouse (and elsewhere) when the doors are closed (that said, _everyone_ could tell the White Sox had a leadership problem last year 😉). Hitting the ball well is just hitting the ball well. An example of leadership is Correa keeping his head up and playing magnificent defense every damn day in spite of his present difficulties in the batter's box.
  21. VivaBomboRivera!
    How do we know this is "his philosophy?" Is that the way he played the game? His career numbers don't really point to that approach.
  22. VivaBomboRivera!
    Many managers might flee in terror at the thought of having to coach this lineup to somehow hit consistently, and cringe at playing Russian Roulette with this bargain basement back end of a bullpen. It'd be interesting to see what Dusty, Tito, Counsell or Snitker could do in this clubhouse, but if the results were close to what we see now, we also shouldn't be surprised. Blame Rocco all you want, but he's stuck with a bunch of kids who are literally brilliant one day and complete knuckleheads the next. When they ain't hurt, that is. ☹️
  23. VivaBomboRivera!
    He certainly proved it yesterday, but to borrow a phrase, "the moment's over." He'll have to keep performing at this level a little while longer to prove he should stay. Time to make hay - the sun is shining.
  24. VivaBomboRivera!
    If he can learn how to draw more walks, it will make him an even more valuable base runner in addition to cutting down his strikeout rate.
  25. VivaBomboRivera!
    Ed Julien had three extra-base hits, including an opposite field home run He slices, he dices, he makes julienne fries in seconds!
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