Gee... I can't believe Hughes is losing it. If only there was some evidence over the last couple innings that would have led us to believe the bullpen should have been getting warm.
Maybe management shouldn't be so darn scared of hosting a game on real opening day, rather than improving their odds of good weather by a minuscule amount and starting at home one week later.
That first strike to Rosario was rediculous. I can think of three of those (or better) that didn't get called for Twins pitchers I want to see the FoxTracks on that one.
Agreed. I guess MAYBE you could say the first hit should have been a single instead of a double, but the 2nd hit would have gotten him the 3rd anyway. If Buxton was in RF he MIGHT have gotten to that Jones double. It hit off the middle of the wall in the deepest part of the park
Well, they should stop. Statistically speaking, the odds of good weather on April 4th is almost the same as on April 11th. 1 year out of 20 maybe. Not nearly enough to justify passing up the allure of OPENING DAY vs "opening day"
For the 6th time in 7 years, MLB starts the Twins on the road. Funny... Detroit never has had a problem getting opening day games at home, and their average high temperature, in early April, is 2 degrees COLDER than Minneapolis.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-statcast-baserunning-data-ichiro-suzuki/ Second chart from the bottom Joe Mauer is actually speedy. It just doesn't show up in the form of SB because he take ridiculously bad primary leads from 1B.