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  1. Your being far to gracious...more like worse to horrid... 😀 Just checked the order of the adjectives. Bad = a general level of poor performance. started Aug. 2024 Worse = a comparative, indicating decline...continues into 2025. Horrid = emotionally charged and extreme, suggesting something not just poor, but repulsive or miserable...NOW.
  2. If you include last seasons collapse 11-23. Minus the 13 game win streak. Twins winning % is only .380 Only two team below that in 2025 are CWS and COR. It reveals just how much of a mirage that streak was, a bright spot in what’s otherwise been a prolonged nosedive stretching nearly a full calendar year now.
  3. I turned it on for half an inning and that was all I could take.
  4. I had to see it to believe it. They even did it with a hit. This team is just futile.
  5. The sad thing is… A 90-year-old grandma in a wheelchair could sit on her couch at home and still call a better game than the average MLB umpire behind the plate. And that’s the truth. Until MLB finally implements automatic balls and strikes—and gives an umps in the booth the authority to quickly reverse bad calls, this junk will never end. Never. Fans are tired of hearing about the "human element" when it’s really just a fancy way of defending poor judgment. We’ve got the technology. We’ve got the angles. There’s zero excuse for letting blown calls dictate games in 2025. Fix it then MLB. Your umps suck!
  6. You've probably had back issues yourself and know how disabling it can be...this is a huge concern I agree.
  7. But Paddack is pitching,. ( Cue the Violins ) 🎵 "There can be miracles When you believe..
  8. You can always edit your post, just tap the three dots bar. ●●● in upper right corner.
  9. Brooks Lee reminds me a lot of a young Torii Hunter. It took Torii nearly 800 plate appearances before he finally broke out in 2001 at age 25. Before that, he hit just .251 with little power and shaky plate discipline. Sound familiar? I'm high on Brooks Lee, he's a keeper.
  10. Isn't Ober still on the DL. If so, that's 4.
  11. If the 40 man balancing act isn't enough, Trov didn't even mention options, or how many times a player on the 40-man roster can be sent down to the minors during a single season. Under the current rules (since the 2022 CBA), a player can be optioned to the minors no more than 5 times in one season. After that, if a team wants to send him down again, they have to designate him for assignment (DFA) — which means he’s exposed to waivers and can be claimed by another team. And realize, SWR for example was send down, then returned. That two times. He has 3 option left.
  12. Yep...1972...i was just a young punk sitting in right field when Mickey Stanley launched a laser. Just cleared the fence by a foot. It was Monday Night game of the week too...so national TV. Was wearing my green hockey practice jersey. Twins lost 2-1 despite out hitting Detroit 11 to 6.
  13. It's probably the main reason it took so long for him to get in the HofF. All those Gopher balls. I caught one of those homerun ....err...it actually bounced off my friends arms right into my hands...just a foot above the outstretched glove of Tony O. It was the winning run in the game. Still have the ball....gonna see what number it was on Berts all time list. The ball i caught was Blyleven's #39/480.
  14. I think the SF has the most annoying fan base. In my experience at least. I lived in LA for 7, SF for 3 NY for 2. Angel fans were the most tame.
  15. MLB Batting Averages by Count. So when the umps blow a call? ...it has no effect on the outcome of an at bat? Stats don't support that idea...not even close.. Count Batting Avg (AVG) On-Base % (OBP) Slugging % (SLG) 1-2 .160 .171 .248 2-1 .325 .503 .548
  16. They have absolutely no impact on the outcome of any game in the history of MLB...yep...gonna have a hard time defending that. If you really believe that, you’re not watching the same game as the rest of us. The numbers, the pitchers, the coaches, they all say it matters. But hey, don’t let reality get in the way of your opinion.
  17. That was a rare event. I've been to Dodger stadium dozens of times,.I feel safer there than downtown Minneapolis, at least night games.
  18. He walks Betts, then gets squeezed by the umpire...sometimes mlb is just hard to watch. A strike gets called on Clemens that's clearly below the knees...Festa threw a beautiful pitch...ball 2.
  19. Home Run #2: 411 feet Adjusted for sea level: 411 ft × 0.90 = ~370 feet Borderline: That’s enough to clear the left field or right-center power alley at Target Field (ranges from 328 ft to 367 ft depending on direction), but not dead center or deep gaps.
  20. Hit the ball he did...2nd homer probably stays in the yard everywhere but Denver. But it's a start. Regarding his comments...you never know which version of Lewis is going to show up, on the field or in front of a microphone. Fine wine or spoiled milk?
  21. 100% agree...getting to MLB is just one step. The minute you think..." I've made it"...the decent is on. Talent is never enough. I think of Mauer who worked hard in the off season to keep up vs a guy like Sano, who in my limited view, coasted on raw talent. One was a stud....the other a dud.
  22. RpR, i am thankful for your sense of humor which is often found lacking on TD.
  23. Whatever word you want to use for a desperate team trying to fleece another desperate team...im open to suggestions.
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