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  1. ashbury
    Rocco gave the new guy a chance to make friends quickly by coming in and being all bad-ass - "just got off a plane, howyadoin, let's go win some games now, whaddayasay". It blew up in their faces. But not a season-killer, I'm pretty sure. Just, didn't work. I'd need a lot of evidence to convince me that the idea had no chance from the outset.
  2. ashbury
    Very thin bench for position players. And they'll have to DFA somebody - roster limit is 25.
  3. ashbury
    To quote Michael Scott:
  4. ashbury
    A large percentage of the US population lives in a small band along the I-95 corridor - although a goodly portion of that is north of Philly - still in terms of human beings his flight crossed a lot of the nation.
  5. ashbury
    I got out of the hobby when the discussion became predominantly about the speculative value of the player/card and not for the love of the game or the players. Sorry. Wanna buy some Topps/Fleer/Donruss from circa 1985? Didn't think so.
  6. ashbury
    He's a National Leaguer - he pitched against the Marlins as recently as late May. Plus I'm sure there was a conversation with him before he took the mound. Plus he has a catcher to share the decision making with, in the moment. He's a veteran, and isn't asking the bullpen coach, "what do you call that wiggly pitch, again?" He's got to make his pitches. That's all. And when he doesn't: Get'em tomorrow.
  7. ashbury
    Handling pressure well can come from multiple directions. I resist the easy interpretation that they are mentally weak, or whatever - with few exceptions, that kind of player gets weeded out well before they reach this stage, or at least coping mechanisms are taught. But I am concerned that the pitching strategy in the 9th or later is simply different from earlier in the game, and if our guys are going to the plate with the same strategy as in the earlier innings, they could be setting themselves up for failure. Which is why I named the batting coach, above, as needing to do some reflection. It's his job to find answers. WHY are the numbers like they are, is what he needs to get to the bottom of. It's SSS. It could be a fluke. But, like I said, worrisome.
  8. ashbury
    I hadn't, but it's a good question, and unfortunately there's an illuminating answer available at baseball-reference.com https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/split.cgi?t=b&lg=MLB&year=2019#all_innng MLB-wide, extra inning OPS isn't too out of line with other innings. (The 9th is markedly low, and there are probably good reasons for that, going beyond the word "closer".) https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=MIN&year=2019#all_innng Our 2019 Twins have an extra inning OPS of .602, going into today's game. The ninth inning isn't aces either, at .683. I needn't tell you, this is lower than any other inning. It's small sample size territory (106 PA in extras), but not comforting. We go from above average offense to below average, after eight. Time for some soul searching for our batters, and probably the batting coach as well.
  9. ashbury
    There is some irony in a move, intended to strengthen the bullpen, having an immediate result that leaves it in a highly weakened state heading into the next series.
  10. ashbury
    If the Twins had just taken my advice, and traded for a reliever, this would have happened.
  11. ashbury
    His participation had increased during the past several months (would have to check), so he may indeed not be able to continue at the present pace, if he anticipates a job change or a move or a new child or... lotsa things could bring him back down to previous levels. Too bad.
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  13. ashbury
    Because it's a discussion forum? People post here because they have an opinion. If you have no interest in a particular subject, move to a different one. If you want to provide a counterpoint, do it respectfully. Don't snipe at other posters simply for their having an opinion.
  14. ashbury
    Quickly!? The rebuild began in earnest after the 2012 season. Eddie Rosario reached AAA in 2015, Max Kepler and Mitch Garver and Miguel Sano reached AAA in 2016, so that we could begin the anticipation countdown for 30-HR power soon. Things have taken FOREVER to change.
  15. ashbury
    It was downright Monkeypawsesque.
  16. ashbury
    Name all the games where the temperature at first pitch caused multiple players to say to each other, "I hate this place in April."
  17. ashbury
    What's a Hemingway?
  18. ashbury
    Or, before, considering he wasn't called up. OK, that was mean.
  19. ashbury
    That part of the save rule is written only in terms of the situation when the pitcher comes in.
  20. ashbury
    Correct. The part of the Save rule that garners the most complaint, "you can come in with a 3 run lead and get the save" applies only if the reliever registers at least 3 outs. And with nobody on base, he didn't qualify under the other clause of the rule either. No save. / ninja'd two times over
  21. ashbury
    Chicken dinner in honor of Jose Berrios's fine game: Well, maybe "honor" is putting it too strongly - J.O. may be tired of hearing Ole and Lena jokes. Also, this isn't a good enough dinner.
  22. ashbury
    Ooo. Too soon.
  23. ashbury
    Rocco gets credit for the 8 shutout innings, though, right?
  24. ashbury
    As Yogi said, when you come to a fork in the road, take it.
  25. ashbury
    As long as we don't lose.
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