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  1. ashbury
    Not too much different. Since we didn't score in the bottom of the inning, it suggests all that the DP would have done is let us live to see another inning. The repeated inability to push across just one more run in any of the previous FIVE innings is what did us in.
  2. ashbury
    Chief was responding to a statement that "I have seen Eddie gun down several dozen base runners trying to stretch in the past couple of years". Most of the 47 occurred before "the past couple of years", when teams were still challenging him. He had 9 assists last season and 7 so far this season. I felt, same as Chief apparently, that there was no need to exaggerate to such a degree. Doing that cheapens the praise for Rosario's arm rather than enhances it.
  3. ashbury
    109 pitches against Oakland in July, upon checking, but yeah, good memory, I would have guessed more than that. Concur on the blame. It's fun to debate how to eke out a close win, because sometimes you'll have those situations and want to win your share, but through 9 innings the pitching and defense did their job and the offense mostly did not, and we should not have been faced with Graterol or whoever in a high leverage 11th inning situation if the offense had.
  4. ashbury
    Seems like imminent peril of getting ahead our ourselves here.
  5. ashbury
    The videos/tweets are embedded in the article. What browser are you using, and can you easily switch to another, to see if that's the problem? If you are able to see the videos, and are wanting to capture the URL, in Firefox I found that I can do that only while the video is running and then right clicking. Here are the URLs in this article, disguised (so that the site software doesn't try to embed the video) by removing "https://twitter.com/" from each: fsnorth/status/1169794725898907648 ParkerHageman/status/1169815777236545536 Adam_Henning/status/1169812759103623168 jcmccaffrey/status/1169803619971031041 TomPrecourt/status/1169804876077064193 Hope any of this helps.
  6. ashbury
    Rosario's game last night brought to mind the old saying "he can beat you so many different ways." In the post-season we're back to 25 man rosters so there isn't the luxury of carrying a player who can beat the other team in only one way. Ian Miller's AAA track record suggests an OPS in the low .600s in the majors - way low for an outfielder no matter how polished. The scouting report I checked indicated he has range but not much arm. He seems to have a good eye but major league hurlers will just throw him strikes. His one way (baserunning) of beating opponents might be superior to that of others vying for a spot, but I don't see how Miller beats other teams enough different ways, to be anything besides a longshot.
  7. ashbury
    Weigh your reply carefully, CB.
  8. ashbury
    Far Away the best post we'll see today.
  9. ashbury
    They weren't really running "on" him. It was just baseball being played as it should be, on both sides, and Eddie met their move with the required counter. One out would have been a different story.
  10. ashbury
    I can watch that video of The Throw again and again and again. Wait, can? Have. And again.
  11. ashbury
    Yeah, that glosses over the absolute rocket that was directed right to his own midsection, which luckily he got his glove up in time to make a "look what I got!" catch. Ball went in at 99 MPH, came back at probably 120. Good for him, for making that play, the only out recorded against Betts last night, perhaps the only way an out COULD be recorded on that guy.
  12. ashbury
    The folks at Fenway gave Berrios a nice hand for his play on the slow grounder. I always feel that I'm among baseball fans, and not just home-town rooters, when I'm there. But they do love their Mookie, too.
  13. ashbury
    That is the position I was very afraid the Twins would be in, during their rough patch. Very glad it's not.
  14. ashbury
    Moderator's note: disagree with others' opinions, all you want, but please avoid mocking others for even having a different opinion.
  15. ashbury
    Weather permitting, I'll be watching the game in person on Wednesday. Really looking forward to seeing my Twins!
  16. ashbury
    I want him back. If I'm actually a GM I'd ask my analytics staff to confirm my hypothesis that he's the kind of pitcher who will continue to be effective into his early 30s, so a 3-year commitment doesn't scare me if it's at a reasonable price (somewhere below the QO level, per year). If we can't agree to terms, QO him. Ditto with Big Mike, for what it's worth. You can't go into an off-season with so many question marks in the rotation. I'm on the fence about Gibson - bad luck for him to get seriously ill during a contract year, but baseball's a cruel business and the FO has to be hard-headed about it.
  17. ashbury
    They do have one. Buxton in May.
  18. ashbury
    Hope he's not busted for taking steeroids.
  19. ashbury
    A major league season wears players down, and in particular pares down the weight. When you come into Spring Training on the heels of a serious gastric infection, you stand the chance of not having the needed reserves. I actually think Gibson is showing a lot of character this season, perhaps along the lines of Radke's final season, and probably along the lines of dozens of players every single year.
  20. ashbury
    Bivens. Unimaginable.
  21. ashbury
    Gibson looks emaciated. Gaunt. Maybe skipping a start or two can let him build up some reserves.
  22. ashbury
    My only qualm is, "what if there's a bird strike?" Captain Sully is still back there on the runway.
  23. ashbury
    Those are not common, even for a first place team. Houston's the only team to have done it this year. Three teams (Boston, Pittsburgh, Houston) did it last year. "Just a single one"? Pretty high bar to set.
  24. ashbury
    Conversely, unless he is viewed as someone special, there will be no shortage of guys to cover for him as of Sept 1 and provide equivalent production, if you really want that roster spot for someone fresh.
  25. ashbury
    They can't quite justify using a 737, or even an Embraer regional jet. Here is the equipment they use for the route:
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