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  1. VivaBomboRivera!
    Children! You disappoint Mother Elektra! Stop Posing as Major Leaguers and start playing up to her standards! Removing tongue from cheek, Mother Elektra notes that our 2021 Twins are on the verge of a woefully historic performance. At 26 - 41, they now own a .388 win percentage, exactly a tenth of a point below the season result in 2011, the beginning of their seven-year bout with awfulness that bottomed with the club's all-time worst (.364) 2016 effort. [Personal note: Having directly witnessed the futility of '81 (.376) and '82 (.370), until today it had not dawned on me that the Twin' absolute nadir was of much more recent vintage] We've noted that this is the 30th anniversary of the 1991 World Series winners, but few have remarked that 2021 marks the 60th year of Major League Baseball in Minnesota. Let's hope this club can find some way to salvage a bit of pride and commemorate these landmarks by at least exceeding the 1961 squad's 70 - 90 (.438) record.
  2. VivaBomboRivera!
    My head is with G & G. My heart will follow if they lose more than 5 of their next 16 games. Excellent look at the different approaches the club could take for the rest of the season and what they could mean for the lineup next year. These questions will provide reasons to continue to watch games this summer.
  3. VivaBomboRivera!
    So, tomorrow the Twins take the rubber game and begin their drive for a wildcard berth, right? ⚾
  4. VivaBomboRivera!
    Good evening. Kept my powder dry until we could see the result of the second game of the series. To be clear, it did not have to work out the way I called it, so this post is not a bat flip. However, it does appear that there was a better chance for a W with the three arms in combination today than there was when the Twins were a run down yesterday. The main reason why yesterday was not a win-at-all-costs situation is because there were still 99 games left, and it is still possible (not probable) for the Twins to play .600 ball through the rest of the season and end up with 85 or more wins. Had that been a 2019 or a 2020 playoff game I would have been on your side of the argument. See you for the rubber game - takeoff point for our wildcard drive! ???
  5. VivaBomboRivera!
    Tom, this is a fine review that covers many of the considerations around how the decisions could have been made differently. Some thoughts: This is not the first time the Twins have found themselves out on a limb without enough rope - the question of Baldelli's total plan for covering the mid- to late- innings deserves more study; looking forward to reading more of what you have to say on that topic "If the Twins had scored" is more of a consideration when the bottom of the order is coming up, but a manager has to have some faith in his lineup; Gordon's average was .370, Simmons' a not too shabby .250 and even Celestino could have delivered - all they needed was one guy to get on base to get back to the top of the order The whole situation would not have come about had Duffey not surrendered the go-ahead run; it would be worth a few words to describe the pickle that presented Baldelli There was already a lively discussion on this issue in the Game Recap; besides acknowledging the contributions of other members of the press, to the extent this article covers some of the same ground we read in those comments, you might wish to recognize a few them as well Thanks again. Please keep 'em coming.
  6. VivaBomboRivera!
    Don'tcha just love facts?
  7. VivaBomboRivera!
    That's just it. In a 162-game season, you have to think about today and tomorrow. Makes your brain hurt, don't it?
  8. VivaBomboRivera!
    This earlier reply should help.
  9. VivaBomboRivera!
    Excellent question. Look to Indiana Twin for the answer: There is still a case for staying with Rogers, but he will not be able to go the distance. Even if he made it all the way through the 8th, it still means turning the 9th over to Robles (or Colomé). At that moment, nobody could know that Donaldson would tie the game in the bottom of the 8th (think about it - the only reason Duffey didn't get the Big L is because of the Rainman). If the Twins do not score and lose 4 - 3, then everyone but Shoemaker, Jax and Colomé are blown for Saturday's contest. What does that do for our chances of converting a good outing from Berrios into a W? It's a balancing act. Some choices have a higher probability of success than others. This takes us back to making the most of the tools at hand. The on-field manager could be faulted for any number of decisions, but there is also the undeniable fact that he wasn't given great arms to work with. Hell, we're damn lucky that Ober has pitched as well as he has. Oh, and before we make this all about pitching, let's not forget the bats went 0 - 2 RISP and left 4 more runners on base today. Ptui.
  10. VivaBomboRivera!
    It's "The Apprentice" approach to player personnel.
  11. VivaBomboRivera!
    Given what the bullpen usage situation was (see above), there were not a lot of choices to get the last six outs: Leave Rogers in Bring in Colomé Run out Shoemaker Less than attractive, all three. It is up to management to stock the shed with sharper tools.
  12. VivaBomboRivera!
    Go here for the high-level, rest of the season view.
  13. VivaBomboRivera!
    They say I'm crazy, but I'm just growing old...
  14. VivaBomboRivera!
    See? I told you it was odd.
  15. VivaBomboRivera!
    Even in the first two losses, the Twins did not give up in the late innings and brought runners around. The player who showed real unwillingness not to stay down today was, strangely enough, JA Happ. Already down 0-3 in the top of the first with Gio Urshela on third, Happ lost control of a 92mph fastball that bounced off Rortvedt's glove (oddly neither a WP or a PB) and sailed to the backstop. Rortvedt leapt after the ball which had bounced back towards home. Rather than assuming the runner would score and making a half-hearted attempt to cover, Happ put his body on the line. While taking a bouncing underhand throw from the catcher with his pitching hand, Happ slid across the plate to block Urshela's (dumb) head-first slide and rolled onto him to apply the tag. The block was legal since Happ was receiving an on-target throw for the out, and could have been perilous for him if Urshela had come in feet-first (as the Yankee runner was likewise entitled to do). Happ gave up another run later and did not get the win. He certainly has not thrown as well as he or the rest of us would have hoped this season, but in doing what it took to prevent another run and get the third out he set an example for his teammates and contributed to the comeback. I'm glad he's on our team.
  16. VivaBomboRivera!
    That's an anniversary pearl necklace right there, Dude.
  17. VivaBomboRivera!
    It's called the bang-bang, bang-bang play.
  18. VivaBomboRivera!
    Hey Nineteen, that's Scott Erickson!
  19. VivaBomboRivera!
    Who's that guy Sano, amigo? Why is he standing in the on-deck circle Wearing Radke's 22? Bodacious sluggers Such as your friend would never have made the team Back in the Metrodome...
  20. VivaBomboRivera!
    After today, you... Go back, Jack Do it again
  21. VivaBomboRivera!
    Besides Rod Carew interview, Celestino's first hit and two jacks from Polanco, most memorable thing about this game is a quote from Dick Bremer:
  22. VivaBomboRivera!
    Even if the math is against us we can still stick it to teams that deserve it. bring on the damn Yankees and the cheatin' Astros!
  23. VivaBomboRivera!
    "Might need to reign it in [against the Royals] a bit..." I see what you did there.
  24. VivaBomboRivera!
    Attrition due to injuries is already bringing this about.
  25. VivaBomboRivera!
    The stink on the field in the late '70s and early '80s did not prevent me from going to the Met and the Hump.
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