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  1. Dantes929
    Here is my favorite bit on contraction though you have to wait to the end to hear it. Only posting because this guy is how I picture Riverbrian and how his mind works
  2. Dantes929
    I think manager position is overrated mostly. Batting and pitching coaches are probably more important. A manager is only as good as his players. To wit, I know a manager who was AL 3rd place and 5 times runner up manager of the year and won manager of the year (IMO, his worst year) all in an 8 year period, That is 7 top 3 finishes in 8 years. I think he is still available. Wouldn't mind Doug M or Mauer.
  3. Dantes929
    Its like Dozier starts every season saying I'm going to pull a bunch of home runs to left feild and then takes a half season to realize he can go with the pitch and get a bunch of hits. He then also realizes that by going with the pitch he still has enough power to hit home runs to right and center and that when he does that he gets better pitches to pull also.
  4. Dantes929
    I don't know why but the loss yesterday made me think of late 2004 when the Twins were in contention and Viola was staked to a 10-0 lead and we lost 11-10. Lost our last 6 in a row to finish 81-81 and 3 games out. Very happy to pull this game out, again showing the resiliency of this team.
  5. Dantes929
    I see the longer term value in it and for the sake of one start I think it better to wait. Will be disappointed if all three don't make the September call up. Does that burn an option.
  6. Dantes929
    Not a pun guy and it may have been used before. Molitor could have left Enns in but he had a lead to protect so he pulled him. Classic case of the Enns justifying the means.
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    I would like to see Gonsalves because we have read so much about him but Enns AAA stats are really good also. One game samples don't mean much.
  8. Dantes929
    Smalley was saying his best pitch was his change up but that he wasn't throwing it. Then he threw a couple but without good command. I don't think we saw the best of Enns but not sure of it.
  9. Dantes929
    Possibly he saw Enns make an error and walk in a run and thought he might be rattled and wanted to get him out of there with the lead. Minus his own error Enns might have been ok. He got out of there without it being a total disaster and I am ok if we see him again. Might just be nerves.
  10. Dantes929
    Nah. The Nationals luck that we beat Kinsler in the 7th game. Nats don't resign him, he comes back to the Twins and he gets the save for us against the Nats in game 7 of next year's world series.
  11. Dantes929
    Whoops. 2006. .
  12. Dantes929
    I predict he will improve on this pace also. Is that what you meant?
  13. Dantes929
    KC appeared unbeatable for a while and now has gone 3-7 . Anyone else remember when the Twins went 21-2 and only gained 2.5 games back in 2016. Twins have gone 6-4 in their last 10 games which isn't even that great and they gained 3 games. You just never know.
  14. Dantes929
    "The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a squeeze bunt. How adorable." Love that line. Reminds me of when my golf opponent hits a good drive but mine is farther and I tell him "Nice little drive". Doesn't matter if I out drove him by 3 feet or 30 yards and the most important part is that it is after the fact. The way we had been hitting the last month, the adorable squeeze bunt could well have been the difference in the game. In retrospect only we get to mock it.
  15. Dantes929
    I think you are right but all the rules of throwing a pitch apply. He has to come to a set position and I think there is some kind of rule about the delivery being a natural pitching delivery but the nuance is vague. His best bet would be to step off the rubber and throw but that takes some presence of mind when also thinking about making a good pitch.
  16. Dantes929
    I get your timing but I think it leaves a few time windows. I don't think he can just fire it home so if Eddie times it well he is off and running before the pitcher even starts the delivery or can start to step off the rubber. Catcher also needs to catch it and and apply the tag. I don't think he can jump out before the ball crosses the plate. Probably not a sure thing but I think the odds were pretty good.
  17. Dantes929
    I thought it just as likely that Eddie could have just stolen home in the time it takes the pitcher to react, stop off the rubber and throw home. Am I right in thinking he couldn't just throw home from the rubber without some kind of pitching motion? Either way, how can you possibly concentrate on the sign and the pitch when a guy is faking a dash for home and is already over halfway there?
  18. Dantes929
    The 2nd team has gone 7-3 against the 1st wild card team since the expanded format.
  19. Dantes929
    You have to be in it to win it. Exactly half the teams that get in as wild cards get in the "REAL" playoffs. Once past the wild card play in game Wild card teams have won 23 and lost 21 series in the first round of the playoffs and have won 12 League championships series and lost 11. Once in the world series the wild card teams have won 6 and lost 6. Essentially, you have a 50/50 chance of making the real playoffs if you get in as a wild card and then once in you have as good a chance as anyone else statistically. I would buy tons of lottery tickets with odds even a small fraction of that. Do I want the Twins to win the Central every year and being what you would consider a serious playoff contender? Of course. That doesn't mean that with where the Twins are right now I wouldn't also love for them to make the play in game. Just three years back KC was almost certainly going to go 0-1 in the playoffs but ended up coming back in the play in game and won their next 7 games. That is the kind of roller coaster possibility (not probability) that makes sports fun.
  20. Dantes929
    Jeez, we are still in long shot but doable territory. 3.5 games back with 53 games to play. Odds were 4.6% before the win today. Win 3 of 4 against the Brewers and see how the odds change. Fate is still in the players hands. It won't take a miracle. Not at this point anyway. It will take a good stretch of playing good baseball.
  21. Dantes929
    Lets see. Positives. Buxton inching his average up. Bullpen with 5 scoreless innings. Tom, what is the Twins record since you started doing these wrap ups? Its really the only correlation I can come up with for the Twins playing so lousy, though I guess the all star break probably didn't help.
  22. Dantes929
    The little research I did a while ago suggests that it is the innings that count more than the pitches and that is because of the time the pitcher sits in between innings. The best analogy I have for your example is golf. If my swing is grooved and I have a good rhythm I can probably hit golf balls for two hours and at a rate of about 15 balls every 10 minutes for a total of 180 balls without too much stress on my body. If I hit 15 balls in 10 minutes and then take a 10 minute break and then hit for another 10 minutes followed by a 10 minute break and so on I will hit about 90 balls in 2 hours but I won't be able to keep a good rhythm and my muscles and joints will be more sore, especially if I don't stretch during my 10 minute breaks. Recently, I saw Gibson stretching a lot and exercising while the Twins were at bat for long innings but rarely see other pitchers doing so. My conclusion from the article and my own experience is that they probably should. I don't think the longer pace of the games and grinding out bats compared to the old days helps any.
  23. Dantes929
    What is the reason Romero only threw 5 innings? 72 pitches and 50 strikes. Has he been on that kind of innings and pitch limits and I just haven't noticed?
  24. Dantes929
    I am very much the underdog never give up kind of guy but if they had a 9% chance of making the playoffs before this move, what are the odds after the move? 8%? After riding Rogers and Kintzler to playoff relevance for the first half, they have given up quite a few leads since the break which I think conservatively has cost us 3 wins. Maybe new blood can give us a boost.
  25. Dantes929
    Taylor is similar to Perkins in 2015. HUGE reason we were in contention beginning the 2nd half and huge reason we fell out of contention in the 2nd half.
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