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  1. Dantes929
    They prescribed all the other dimensions of the park I can't help but think it would have been better if they had standardized fences as well. 410 in center and the gaps tapering to 360 down the line sounds about right.
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    #1 argument for automated strike zones. I was at a women's college playoff basketball game many years back cheering on the home team and about halfway through I noticed something really weird. The opposing coach never uttered a word to the refs and when one of her players showed displeasure with a call they went to the bench. She literally just coached her players and let the refs call the game while the home team fans and coach were constantly complaining and yelling at the refs. Of course the home team got the vast majority of the calls and won a pretty close game but it was still the most remarkable coaching performance I ever saw. I am a big believer in the scientific method but until shown otherwise by studies I am going to go ahead and assume that yelling and screaming at officials works. You may not want to take out the human element in umping a game but then you just have to accept that the human element is flawed.
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    Odorizzi just shut out Astros and the Yankees. I worry less about having an ace for possible playoffs cuz I know there are guys capable of pitching like aces at any given time and aces that can get rocked at any given time. I would rather have an ace but how can you currently classify Odorizzi's last two weeks as anyting but ace like?
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    Snowball effect. Disappointing results in the 1st inning. Pineda kept them to 1 for a while and then had to basically get 5 outs in the 5th. Mijares can't find the strike zone. Cole hot and the Astros offense is good. Anyone think we would sweep these guys? I would prefer the Twins just play good baseball and lose 5-0 but it wouldn't bother me to take 3 of 4 from these guys while being outscored by 8.
  5. Dantes929
    Given the choice I would bank a 3-3 record in the next 6 games and I don't care if it came via a sweep of the Astros and getting swept by the Yankees or vice versa. Go .500 against the good teams and beat up on the bad teams. Its a formula but it bloody well works.
  6. Dantes929
    I know it doesn't work this way statistically but doesn't Adrianza deserve about half a WAR for this game?
  7. Dantes929
    Except for the word indeed this was exactly what I was going to post before seeing yours. Well, actually, my prediction was about the results finishing the 2nd last day of April rather than heading into the last day of April but that is just semantics.
  8. Dantes929
    Does this game prove that Verlander and the Astros just can't compete with the big dogs like the Twins?
  9. Dantes929
    This is nothing but good. Orioles have won two games already against each of Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox and Rays. The biggest reason by far that their record looks so bad is the Twins. By a large margin I am guessing the two most likely outcomes of a 6 game series with the Orioles is 3-3 and 4-2. Fortunately, the most likely outcome of a 1 game at home is 1-0 so lets make it happen tomorrow.
  10. Dantes929
    You can't look past teams like this. Twins are unlikely to sweep the Orioles for the season. Orioles have played a tough schedule and the only team that has swept them so far is the Twins. They have beat the Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox and Blue Jays twice each. A win tonight would be nice.
  11. Dantes929
    I like that you brought odds into and the odds you stated are quite accurate but I don't think you went far enough with it. Gibson's odds of beating Baltimore were probably 70-30. Stewart's odds were probably 50/50 at best keeping in mind that Baltimore was at home and were 8-12 coming into the series having played mostly the big boys of the East. Stewart's odds of beating Verlander probably sat at 10-90 and Gibson's odds were probably no better than 20-80. Most likely result of those two games is 1-1 regardless of who pitches. Next most likely result is going 0-2. Least likely (but still a chance) is 2-0. I have no problem sacrificing part of the least likely odds of going 2-0 to give us better odds of going 1-1.
  12. Dantes929
    Not that I am down on Stewart but I would have liked to see Thorpe or Gruterol pitch this one. In general, I like to see guys that are doing well currently in the minors get the call up but I agree any team in this situation would have done the same thing. I don't like to see any conclusions other than a great pitcher on a really good team beat our 6-10 best starter with not quite the A lineup. I am guessing most teams, even the big boys have those games where they say "Our team is a little beat up and we are facing a really good pitcher. Instead of shifting things in a game we have a good chance of losing anyway, lets not compound the situation, hope for the best but situate ourselves better going forward"
  13. Dantes929
    2.57 ERA with Milwaukee last year. Sometimes its just guys figuring stuff out. Twins seem to do just as well against guys throwing 96 as they do against guys throwing 89. Walks, multiple errors generally contribute greatly to 3 run homers. Its not a good recipe no matter who you play. Not the end of the world losing to Houston but would prefer it be more their doing than our own undoing.
  14. Dantes929
    I have no idea if he will continue his success but everyone gives up occasional homers. Everyone. Just watching on tv but it does seem like there are days it looks like I could hit him and others where it looks tough for anyone to hit him. If a manager has any value at all it would be to keep him on a short leash during the former and to lengthen it for the latter.
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    First of all I think he tries plenty. I rarely see him on first for more than a few pitches and yes, he should have the option of picking any of the first 4 pitches to go on. Its disruptive and it helps him read the pitcher and absolutely I want him to maintain the 100%. I think I read somewhere you have to steal like 80% to really make it worth while. His problem by far has been getting to first base. I know he is leading the league in doubles which is great but if no one is on ahead of him a single or walk is nearly equivalent to a double. I have said this often but he should be bunting often for base hits. It is extremely exciting when he gets one down and pitchers and infielders hate it.
  16. Dantes929
    I guess you can care what the national media says when they say it while also not caring if they say anything at all but on the face of it Mike, you gotta admit, that was a pretty good burn.
  17. Dantes929
    Same feeling I get when someone says New York or Boston fans or media would never accept this or that. What do I care about what obnoxious fans tolerate? I assume Mets and Orioles fans don't tolerate failure either but it still happens.
  18. Dantes929
    I wish Verlander was going to face Cleveland rather than us. The worst case scenario is we get swept by Houston and have the 12-10 record I was expecting and would have been just fine with before the start of the season. Anything better than that is welcome.
  19. Dantes929
    I don't know the audience so I didn't know how far back to go. I lived through the Ron Davis era so everyone seems like Mariano Rivera to me.
  20. Dantes929
    You have higher standards than I do. Baltimore has scored more runs per game than Boston, Houston, Cleveland and 10 other teams this year. When the best reliever in Twins history has given up just under 3 runs per 9 and when the best reliever in MLB history gave up over 2 runs per 9 I'm not going to complain about the guy that just had two saves in two days and has a 2.31 ERA. Did you ever watch Nathan pitch? Did he ever give you the warm fuzzies? Perkins had a strong tendency to make things interesting as well. Every reliever gives up runs to every team eventually.
  21. Dantes929
    Umm, Top team OPS last year was Boston with .792. Twins are sitting at .860. I would love if this offense was just warming up but it is more likely that it is peaking. 3 years ago it was just absurd how badly the 9 guys projected as starters performed the first month of the season. Not a single one played up to expectations or to his history and the buy brought in as a reserve (Nunez) was the only one hitting worth a darn. Now we have everyone meeting or exceeding expectations except the guy brought in as a reserve (Gonzalez). I would love if it is sustainable but that .860 OPS is really likely to come down rather than go up. How much of a decline is what will define the season. The 2-4 losses you think we should have won is probably equaled by 2-4 wins other team fan bases thought they should have won but lost.
  22. Dantes929
    I always heard the best dating advice was to be honest so once I tried it with an old flame of mine. It was by far the most honest relationship I ever had. I didn't lie to her at all..... well, except for not telling her my real name and address so in case she got pregnant she couldn't track me down
  23. Dantes929
    If anyone watches PTI on ESPN you will hear Tony complain about the Nats bullpen and Mike complain about the Cubs bullpen on a weekly basis. They have been doing it for years. The Twins pen came in and saved a win in the opener. 1st game against KC they came in to a tie game and went 3 innings to win in extra innings. The next day they came in gave up 0 earned runs over 4+ innings allowing the Twins to come back and win 7-6. 1st game against Philly the pen came in with a 3-2 lead and didn't give up a run over 4 innings. Against Detroit they came in with a 3-2 lead and held it for 3 scoreless to win 3-2. They did another nice job last night. You may think they have cost us a few games but how does that stack up against the rest of the league? Yes, Kimbrel would be an upgrade but he blew 5 saves last year and was a whisker away from blowing several in the playoffs. You can say they blew 2-3 games. I can say they did better than league average in 5-6 games to get us wins. Hurts to lose a couple in a row the way they did but a few games have been on the offense in not scoring runs and several on the starters. Overall, I am pretty happy to be 9-6.
  24. Dantes929
    Yes, arbitrary. Take your pick of any stat for a week or any time period. I would just like to see some sign of competence after this layoff. Everyone else got 6 weeks of action to ease themselves into the season.
  25. Dantes929
    Before being called up I would like to see him perform with some level of success in the minors keeping in mind he has missed full ST. Maybe at least a week of batting .300 before being called up.
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