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  1. ashbury
    MLB scorers tend to have day jobs that pay in that range or better. The sport would not get the people they wanted, if they offered less. Skill is in the eye of the beholder; everyone thinks they could do the Official Scorer's job, while only quite few actually have what it takes. Absolute concentration, coupled with the hide of a rhinoceros, coupled with a peer-oriented approach that leads to consistency. They also want to keep turnover low, likewise in the name of consistency. Good luck getting all that on the cheap.
  2. ashbury
    Berrios is on his way now to 27 consecutive outs.
  3. ashbury
    All right, we know whom to blame....
  4. ashbury
    Bonus points for the pluperfect subjunctive. Few are going to defend the definition of a pitching win, particularly in cases like this. But, change the definition. I can't condone a scorer taking the decision* into his own hands. * pun unintended, but embraced
  5. ashbury
    Late to the discussion, but I was bothered by it before I saw this article and just need to chime in to say "Concur". The Texas scorer completely misunderstands rule 9.17 in this application. Pertinent verbatim excerpts: Whenever the score is tied, the game becomes a new contest insofar as the winning pitcher is concerned.The official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher that pitcher whose team assumes a lead while such pitcher is in the game, or during the inning on offense in which such pitcher is removed from the game, and does not relinquish such leadThere is additional verbiage, such as "brief" and "ineffective", none of which applies. The rules are written to minimize the personal opinion of the scorer, not to add opportunities for that; this scorer seemed to think their opinion was solicited, when it most definitely was not. I don't know who has standing to protest a ruling like this (would be bush of Duffey to protest, while the Twins as a whole have a conflict of interest), but I hope it happens.
  6. ashbury
    Between a fine play at 2B and the two-run homer, a really, really nice game for Jonathan.
  7. ashbury
    I leave you tonight with this thought.
  8. ashbury
    Make it two. This isn't Spring Training.
  9. ashbury
    Chute.
  10. ashbury
    Schoop is capable of making major-league plays at 2B.
  11. ashbury
    Maybe they need to call more of them, so the players won't be caught by surprise.
  12. ashbury
    Welp, if we had added some runs, Ehire wasn't going to contribute.
  13. ashbury
    Ehire! Let's add some runs.
  14. ashbury
    That's gotta be a passed ball on Garver, right? TV was saying WP?
  15. ashbury
    Pretty good reverse-jinx, if I do say so myself.
  16. ashbury
    Whole lot of pitching. Not a lot of offense. So far.
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  18. ashbury
    There's enough of you, you probably could.
  19. ashbury
    It's this Attention To Detail that separates Twins Daily from all other sites on teh intarwebs. Quality processes lead to a quality experience!
  20. ashbury
    I've been critical of Cave's decision-making in the outfield, but I guess I have to broaden it to say that he periodically makes decisions that his peers would not make. Visionary? Or just not paying attention through 7 years of pro ball, as to how everyone else plays the game?
  21. ashbury
    I ran across this news item and did not see it mentioned elsewhere on TD. https://www.milb.com/milb/news/twins-ian-krol-among-four-suspended/c-310045456 From the article: Veteran reliever Ian Krol was among four Minor League players suspended for drug-related violations by Major League Baseball on Friday. Krol, who signed with the Twins in June and is currently with Triple-A Rochester, was suspended 50 games without pay after his second positive test for a drug of abuse under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. [The other three, none in the Twins organization] all received 72-game suspensions after each pitcher tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug Stanozolol. Last Saturday we saw word that Krol had been placed on Rochester's Inactive List. Apparently that was a prelude to this league action.
  22. ashbury
    You win. Beer's on me next time we're at a game.
  23. ashbury
    They opened up a spot on the 40-man when Eades was lost on waivers. They could have waited a week on that, if the plan was to add someone next week. Ergo, someone not on the 40-man is coming up to the Show. Unless... the FO is playing Super Inside Baseball and somehow this week was deemed better than next week for trying to sneak someone through waivers. Didn't work, in that case. Anyway, I'm guessing Graterol, who was mentioned by Rob Antony a week or two ago.
  24. ashbury
    Jake Cave is batting 1.000 this year. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=caveja01&year=2019&t=b#all_count If I'm Jake, I'm giving myself the red light on 3-0 for the rest of the season, to maintain this outstanding stat.
  25. ashbury
    I can not speak for others but in regard to stress reduction during a pennant chase the following coping mechanism always works like a charm for me.
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