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  1. 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.
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    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.
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    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?
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    The 2nd team has gone 7-3 against the 1st wild card team since the expanded format.
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    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.
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    Why can't it work the other way? At least one season Duensing came in and gave them the shot they needed to get to the playoffs. Whose to say Gonsalves won't come in and get a few wins. Why assume failure?
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  10. 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?
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    I still have great hope for May and wonder what this season would have been had he been healthy and good. Bringing Gonsalves and/or Littel and/or Romero up and keeping hope for the season are not mutually exclusive and may instead be cause and effect. I might be dreaming but it is a nice dream.
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    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.
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    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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    According to rule 2.00 of the Major League Baseball rule book, a strike zone is defined as "that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the kneecap" I guess we could just keep the definition of strike zone and so yes, the strike zone would definitely be a different size for each batter just like it has been for years, though you would probably have to clarify if that is measured from their stance or from their standing height. I like the idea of still having an umpire behind home plate giving the traditional ball and strike signs but I guess that could be a robot also. Maybe program it to call plays like this.
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    Wait. Is he silly and ridiculous or are his ideas/comments/posts silly and ridiculous? Either way you forgot to include awesome.
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    And what about the Rod Carew type that would crouch. Much as I liked him I never thought it quite fair that someone in a crouch got a smaller strike zone than a guy the same height that stood upright. Most exciting about the automated zone is that it puts an umpiring career back into play for me and my 20/50 vision.
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    At the moment i would say Berrios and Mejia are not competing for a spot so along with Santana we have 3 rotation spots taken. That leaves the rest competing for 2 spots. Right now I hope it is Gonsalves and Romero just based on reports and minor league stats.
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    IMO, you only sell off Santana if you get a guy that is near ready and you think can be a young Santana in the very near future. Same with Dozier. No need to sell just to make space and no, we are not out of it. Neither Cleveland nor Kansas City are going to go undefeated the rest of the season. We have at least 6 games with each and they play each other also. Just take care of business and keep winning. About the game. I like Rosario and he has certainly been hitting well but with the game scoreless and Rosario on 2nd with no outs Granite got a base hit. Rosario stopped halfway to third to make sure it got down. No problem there despite what Smalley said about being aware of the outfielder's positions. It was no sure thing that it would drop, but then Rosario makes his turn at third and only when he looks up halfway to home and sees that it will be close does he go into full sprint and what should have been a run turns into an out. I see it often when players try turning singles into doubles as well. Running hard only after they make the turn and getting thrown out when running hard from the get go would get them in easily. Drives me nuts.
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    Well, part of the reason 2006 won at that rate to that point was Liriano had his CY Young level performance which ended in late July (12-2) that year. No one was thinking an injured Radke, Boof Bonser and 6 ERA levels from Silva, Baker and Garza to go along with Santana would sustain that winning rate. However, maybe 2009 would be a better comparison. A pitching staff led by our best starter Nick Blackburn, a 48-50 record and 5 games back in late July. They weren't too far over .500 in July 2010 either before going 43-22 to end the year. No one is saying it is going to happen but Punto, Cuddyer, Mauer and Valencia got hot in the final two months and it is not beyond a stretch of imagination that a similar group on this team can do the same. Of course they can just as easily go 2-10 in there next dozen games. Its baseball. I am just saying it is too early to stick a fork in them.
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    Of course all you say is true. We are also not back 10.5 I am by no means saying our position is good but this team has shown resiliency and 10 games from now can make a huge difference. Maybe we will be back even farther but this team has shown resiliency and if you can stick around .500 any kind of hot streak at the end can put you in contention. I like the underdog and while the payoff is more rare it is also sweeter. Way too early to stick fork in them. A 4 game losing streak can be negated by a 5 game winning streak. Its up to the players.
  21. Dantes929
    I remember Mike and Mike saying stick a fork in the 2006 Twins when they were 12.5 out in May. Again when they were 10.5 out in August. Give up on them if you want. They are just a modest good streak from being right back in it.
  22. Dantes929
    When I was watching, Morris was calling out the time between pitches. Mauer's walk took forever. Once, Maeda stepped off the rubber and Morris said it was 48 seconds that he was staring in and then didn't even pitch the ball. All of them seemed to take well over 30 seconds. Problem with taking over 30 seconds is that if a batter doesn't lose patience he will probably call timeout himself so he can go through his routine again and who can blame him? Maybe Maeda was slower than normal. Gibson on the list doesn't shock me but I am a bit surprised that Berrios is on the list.
  23. Dantes929
    ." Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda took about a month-and-a-half between pitches". Exhibit A for pitch clocks. I hate slow pitchers and Maeda would have had to double his speed to even qualify for slow. I got the feeling it was by design just to wear down the patience of the batter. The equivalent of a 5 hour round in golf.
  24. Dantes929
    I am also baffled by Gibson demotion rather than Colon. Both of Colon's starts I have thought "Wow, he got through the 4th inning. Get him out of there" In short he has been better than I expected which is still not very good. If Gibson had clunked his last start this move would make perfect sense but he didn't, so it doesn't.
  25. Dantes929
    First blemish on Mauer's defensive season that I recall. I know it was Sano's error in the 8th but that is the first time I have seen Mauer not bail out his fielder by making that scoop. I know it is hindsight but I have seen it several times. Gibson pitched 7 strong innings. Get him out of there feeling good about himself. Maybe you are right about Rogers coming in but he has been so awesome this season it is hard for me to criticize going to him.
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