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  1. VivaBomboRivera!
    The post-season lessons on the value of a strong rotation continue to accumulate. The current Twins lineup is not of that caliber, and does not augur to reach it without adding at least one top-class arm. While we're at it: Do rhetorical questions make good headlines? Talk amongst yourselves...
  2. VivaBomboRivera!
    SSDD
  3. VivaBomboRivera!
    A (NY!) friend answered my expression of ambivalence, "He got to playoffs w/team not rated to contend. Nobody in April expected Twins to play that well all season." The counter is that October is part of that season, and when we got to the Division series we saw that Baldelli and his on-field brain trust (as well as the FO) was outclassed. Maybe time and a better 2020 performance will soften my opinion...
  4. VivaBomboRivera!
    Let's treasure every opportunity we get to watch both these men contribute to our pastime.
  5. VivaBomboRivera!
    This list - largely bookended by the M&M boys and the 2019 lineup - shows how thin the roster was for most of the past ten years. 23rd in the majors is no surprise. Good news is that the 2019 team holds a great deal more promise for the next three to four years than their 2009 predecessors (and I was a believer in 2009).
  6. VivaBomboRivera!
    Trade 100 or 150 points of SLG for batters with 50 more points of OBP. What matters more than an extra base hit is not making an out - there are only 27 of those in a game and they can never be recovered. While clearing the bases can be emotionally satisfying, keeping the rally alive for the next batter matters more. After all, the pitcher and the defense have only three bases on which to put runners.
  7. VivaBomboRivera!
    A player who has twice demonstrated grave errors in judgement and left his teammates in the lurch is not a good risk. Add a clause that he has to report to camp 20 pounds lighter or he gets paid less.
  8. VivaBomboRivera!
    Stay classy, and don't let the bastards grind you down! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E9BiDISzOVU
  9. VivaBomboRivera!
    27 outs between the Twins and the end of the season: Strike first; strike hard; no mercy*Leaven aggression with patienceScrap for every opportunity; don't relinquish anything without a fightThrow hard inside * Sorry, Miyagi-sensei
  10. VivaBomboRivera!
    My 1987 Homer Hanky sits neatly folded on the coffee table. The Yankees pitching staff was better briefed and coached for Twins batters. Rowson and Hernandez have not been prepared with an answer, and they need to find one. They should have been hard at work after yesterday's weak 4-run performance. Whatever they came up with overnight was not apparent. Safe bet that a lot of "rewind," "play" and "slow" buttons will be worn out between now and Monday night. Enough has been said about Twins pitching. Hopefully anyone who has been spouting the idea that the value of postseason pitching is overrated has been fully disabused of that notion based upon what has been happening in Yankee Stadium and at other ballparks. The Twins front office and dugout management are demonstrating that they are not ready to play post season baseball. This is humiliating. The talent and desire are there - blame for this poor performance lies chiefly with the leadership.
  11. VivaBomboRivera!
    Then that team should be called "Twinkies" and they should just go home right now. But they're not, they are a professional ball club with people who know how to win and have the ability to do so. Winning begins with thinking about how to solve the problem. Perhaps we will see them do this tomorrow.
  12. VivaBomboRivera!
    We could dispute whether Berrios should have had a chance in the 5th to show if he learned anything. You may be right that he didn't, and you are certainly right that his second time through the order was a big contributing factor to the loss. The list of homework items for Mr. Baldelli, his staff and his bosses is found in comment #4. Hope they review it carefully. 8^p
  13. VivaBomboRivera!
    Personally I am not that distressed about Dobnak. We'll see if everyone's hopes in him are rewarded. I want the man to have the best October cancelled honeymoon evah! Mildly surprised at Big Red's butterflies. Hope he gets a chance to show he can shake them off. Stashak just had a character-building experience that is not his fault. Hope his boss learned something from it.
  14. VivaBomboRivera!
    While your assessment of Berrios' performance is accurate (he may have adjusted in the bottom of the 4th...?), a greater share of the blame belongs farther up the food chain. We managed to lose this game.
  15. VivaBomboRivera!
    In a word, alarming. These are not decisions that lead to winning a ball game and establishing primacy over an opponent. Takeaways: Lying to the fans and the press that players on the roster are "100%" is wrong. It is understandable to want Arraez' bat (proven today), but not at the expense of the manager's honor. Please stop before credibility is completely lost.The better call would have been to start Schoop and PH Arraez when the situation called for it. Keep the other guy guessing about what is really in your hand.The leash is STILL not short enough when pitchers are showing they don't have their stuff.Stashak may belong on the roster, but he does not belong in a 1-run game in Yankee Stadium against the meat of their order.The dogs in the street know that Gibson is too ill to pitch effectively, and today proves it yet again. He should be watching while receiving treatment/therapy. Shame on management for continuing to run him out; shame on him for not blowing the whistle.Why waste an outing from Graterol once a decision is taken to throw in the towel by leaving Gibson on the mound to give away 3 runs? He is not a garbage time pitcher - why treat him that way?!?!What message does leaving Gibson out send to the team's hitters when there are still 6 outs left?The Twins have given up initiative in this series and the only way to get it back is to win tomorrow. Going home with backs against the wall almost guarantees and early end to October. Manager of the year? Not based on this performance.
  16. VivaBomboRivera!
    Technically cheating since we are underway, but statement would not change: Gibson is too ill to play and should be watching while receiving treatment/therapy. The bottom of the 7th just proved this. No objection to Stashak's presence, but his appearance in a 1-run situation is baffling...
  17. VivaBomboRivera!
    In a situation with multiple fielders closing on a fly ball in the infield, it falls to the catcher to call out the player in the best position to make the out. Couldn't tell from the audio and unable to see Garver's face, but his body language is that of an observer. That was Astudillo's ball. Teammates should have been warning off Arraez.
  18. VivaBomboRivera!
    Good, maybe that makes them ready to roll over. ;-)
  19. VivaBomboRivera!
    Big opportunity for a Brusdar breakout. But don't forget, they also used 6 relievers, and three more threw 36 pitches over 3.2 innings the night before. Score early. Score often. AMEN!
  20. VivaBomboRivera!
    So messed up there for a while that some of us had forgotten what he looked like. Back in form in the nick of time.
  21. VivaBomboRivera!
    ”I believe in ammunition."
  22. VivaBomboRivera!
    Sailed straight down the fairway and clean over the heads of many Twin Daily inhabitants. Golf clap.
  23. VivaBomboRivera!
    Keeping my powder dry on this one until after the Division is clinched. Until then, I invite the Twins Daily community to consider a related question.
  24. VivaBomboRivera!
    Twins got just about everything they wanted from this series, in spite of letting the third game slip away. Without wallowing too deeply in the loss, we should not forget that the score might have been different if Sano had not been careless on the base paths after his first inning hit. The guy needs to stay focused even when he's playing hot. Gibson is too ill to contribute and should be convalescing. The remainder of his career depends on him getting well. Net is the Twins faced three of the league's best starters and were able to take the upper hand. Assuming management has learned from the results of the bullpen experiment they are likely rebuilding the rotation for the remainder of the month and beyond. As of the 14th, Twins are 8th in the Majors in ERA (4.17) and 5th in FIP (3.67). Take Pineda and Gibson out and that doesn't change much. Knocking down Cleveland takes out one of those better pitching teams. If we're really lucky, Tampa Bay will find a way to do our dirty work for us so we can crush them in the ALCS the same way we did during the season. Personally I took a running leap and boarded the Bomba Bus in early June after the brakes had already been cut. Will be at Target Field for two games of the KC series. The Twins aren't likely to clinch by then unless the Motor City Kitties and the Phils stick it to Cleveland, but I'm riding this rickety crate into October, where I fully expect them to smack down the Yankees. That is all.
  25. VivaBomboRivera!
    Wow, a 5-hit, 9 SO, 1 BB shutout. Even in the 6th of today's second game, there's plenty of fine horseflesh to appreciate in the Twins stables. We just pushed our division opposition to 5 losses back. A 10 - 5 record against a mess of cupcakes for the rest of the month gets us to 100 wins. Once we've clinched, there will be plenty of time to sort out a playoff rotation.
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