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  1. VivaBomboRivera!
    Well, it's 10 HR over 41 and a third, but it sure as hell feels like it. ? Twins fans should be glad he's here, and at 65 pitches, they should clamor for a sixth inning. This bullpen does not have enough talent in it to get 12 outs every damn day.
  2. VivaBomboRivera!
    Run, Sandy, run!
  3. VivaBomboRivera!
    Clear demonstration of the difference between a team that is a playoff contender and one that is not. To beat a club like that, it is essential to learn how to hit their pitching. Keeping those bats running around in the field to tire them out is the only way to keep them from feasting on our pitching. See you tomorrow.
  4. VivaBomboRivera!
    He flipped the bird to the replay cameras, too...
  5. VivaBomboRivera!
    Tougher since Jeffers has been out. Try being a full-time catcher and hitting.
  6. VivaBomboRivera!
    Now tops on list in the category, "Room For Improvement." (as of 4 August)
  7. VivaBomboRivera!
    And then he wasn't.
  8. VivaBomboRivera!
    Buck and Polanco handed him his hat back on the 1st and 2nd of July. https://www.mlb.com/twins/schedule/2022-07
  9. VivaBomboRivera!
    Not to say that there aren't pitching holes to fill if this club wants to win playoff games, but most teams can win a game in which their pitchers allow only three runs. That said, the current staff, and the manner in which their work is managed, simply will not do. Teams that regularly fail to score runs also will not win playoff games. Twins stats in the last five games against two contending National League clubs: 4/30 (.133) 7/33 (.212) 0-4 RISP, 5 LOB 9/34 (.264) 12/37 (.444) 3-8 RISP, 4 LOB 5/31 (.161) 6/32 (.187) 0-7 RISP, 4 LOB 7/35 (.200) 9/37 (.243) 2-7 RISP, 6 LOB 7/33 (.212) 13/39 (.333) 2-9 RISP, 6 LOB BA: .196 OBP: .264 20 total runs over this stretch (season average is 4.53/game). They could have gone home 3 - 5 with just two more hits. Even the dogs in the street know that this will not get it done, which is why the fan base is angry. In this sense, this year's improved squad is far more frustrating than last year's collection of losers. Oh, and yes, it really hurts to lose a series to a squad that regularly suits up in uniforms that look like they came from an ice cream shop. Pistachio caps!
  10. VivaBomboRivera!
    Please, PLEASE, PUH-LEEZE don't make me watch another YouTube broadcast!
  11. VivaBomboRivera!
  12. VivaBomboRivera!
    Feels like we're back at the playground: "We want a pitcher, not a belly-itcher!"
  13. VivaBomboRivera!
    1. and 2. matter. 3. is, "Yeah, but what have you done for me lately?" "Command, you must learn command!"
  14. VivaBomboRivera!
    Gleeman called this situation very accurately in last week's podcast, Some thoughts: The manager on the field is burdened with having to work with the arms the GM provides The staff has been absolutely snakebit when it comes to injury and illness this year At 356 runs in 77 games (4.6/g), the staff could do with a little more run support to tire opposing bats by keeping them running around the field longer These three things said, going back to 2019 Baldelli (and Johnson, of course) has occasionally shown weakness in his ability to measure out the arms he has carefully enough to get all 27 needed outs. Plenty of room for improvement all around. Right now the only thing the Twins are contending for is an early exit from the wild card round.and
  15. VivaBomboRivera!
    Pagan has shown he's plenty good. It's the person who told him to toss nothing but sliders who needs to be taken to the woodshed.
  16. VivaBomboRivera!
    So, who called for Pagan to throw one slider after another to the Franimal? Madness.
  17. VivaBomboRivera!
    Arraez had a bad day, just 1 for 3 with a walk! ?
  18. VivaBomboRivera!
    Substance free summer. BOO-YAH!
  19. VivaBomboRivera!
    "Carew’s career .328/.393/.429 slash line..." Very difficult to maintain this level of performance over 18 years.
  20. VivaBomboRivera!
    LOB and RISP say there's still work to do...
  21. VivaBomboRivera!
    Wait a minute, we have a rotation...?
  22. VivaBomboRivera!
    The cure for this is offense. We know Chi Chi will do his best.
  23. VivaBomboRivera!
    That was a cleanse.
  24. VivaBomboRivera!
    It was a gift of a hanger, I grant you.
  25. VivaBomboRivera!
    If everybody got fired for having a bad month, we'd all be out of work.
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