"Just a great mix of flame throwers and veterans" -- yes! So fun to watch. Style makes fights, that old boxing saying, feels like it can be true with baseball, too, with all the 1-on-1 match-ups... And I love so many of the different styles on this team -- batters and pitchers. You got a barrel-to-ball Carew-acolyte in Arraez; wildman Rosario, equally ready to thrill or infuriate; stoic, ultra-professional Polanco, quietly improving and impressing; the humble GOD-veteran Cruz; on and on, up and down the order, they're all so different -- except that they ALL grind out at-bats, grinding down opposing starters. And our pitchers: fastidious Machina, the would-be Ace hoping to harness his super stuff (and emotions); then, alongside him, 40-year old Hill tossing only two pitches, but one's a bender that's just a delight to watch; in relief, you've got the goofy, guileful Romo who stands out there like a toreador tossing his confounding, 78-mph sliders, and then the next inning, batters might have to face the straight-up, square-jawed power of May or amped-up Duffy; then, you've got bespectacled Clippard somehow doing his veteran-with-a-change-up thing... and then, as a capper, there's the calm, almost "aw shucks" demeanor of Rodgers while he just destroys opponents' 9th-inning hopes with his brutal offerings -- so many different styles! I know I'm overly exuberant -- probably enhanced by my pent-up yen for Twins b-ball... But, man: I just LOVE the different styles and personalities on this team!
"Just a great mix of flame throwers and veterans" -- yes! So fun to watch. Style makes fights, that old boxing saying, feels like it can be true with baseball, too, with all the 1-on-1 match-ups... And I love so many of the different styles on this team -- batters and pitchers. You got a barrel-to-ball Carew-acolyte in Arraez; wildman Rosario, equally ready to thrill or infuriate; stoic, ultra-professional Polanco, quietly improving and impressing; the humble GOD-veteran Cruz; on and on, up and down the order, they're all so different -- except that they ALL grind out at-bats, grinding down opposing starters. And our pitchers: fastidious Machina, the would-be Ace hoping to harness his super stuff (and emotions); then, alongside him, 40-year old Hill tossing only two pitches, but one's a bender that's just a delight to watch; in relief, you've got the goofy, guileful Romo who stands out there like a toreador tossing his confounding, 78-mph sliders, and then the next inning, batters might have to face the straight-up, square-jawed power of May or amped-up Duffy; then, you've got bespectacled Clippard somehow doing his veteran-with-a-change-up thing... and then, as a capper, there's the calm, almost "aw shucks" demeanor of Rodgers while he just destroys opponents' 9th-inning hopes with his brutal offerings -- so many different styles! I know I'm overly exuberant -- probably enhanced by my pent-up yen for Twins b-ball... But, man: I just LOVE the different styles and personalities on this team!
