Byrdman

I must be a minority here but I love Gladden on the radio.  The wife and I enjoy his commentary on the way up to the lake during the summer.  I assume Corey goes to TV now. We miss Marney and would be pretty awesome to have her as the play by play on TV. 

I must be a minority here but I love Gladden on the radio.  The wife and I enjoy his commentary on the way up to the lake during the summer.  I assume Corey goes to TV now. We miss Marney and would be pretty awesome to have her as the play by play on TV. 

I must be a minority here but I love Gladden on the radio.  The wife and I enjoy his commentary on the way up to the lake during the summer.  I assume Corey goes to TV now. We miss Marney and would be pretty awesome to have her as the play by play on TV. 

The old "find elite cleanup hitter and find 1 or 2 elite pitchers"
Welcome to every team's wishlist every season. 
 

Yesterdays HP umpire did an excellent job outside of the foul tip called a ball, which is nearly impossible to get right. Yesterday was the most consistent of the playoffs. Consistency is at least as important as accuracy 

Can't have your Kirk Gibson moment without your Kirk Gibson. Besides, Buxton can't be any worse than Kiriloff has been. 

He's a special hitter. There isn't much more to be said. 
His home run yesterday off of Ober would have been a ball. It was 6 inches North of the normal strike zone coming across the letters on his jersey. 
The Home Run off a Brock Stewart was a cookie. Not every cookie gets eaten... he ate that one. 
That home run off Thielbar (who hadn't allowed a home run to a lefty all year) was almost a perfect pitch. It was a sweeper that caught the bottom corner of the zone low and away. Alvarez was able to PULL that pitch down the Right Field line for a home run off the foul pole. He didn't go the other way with it. He PULLED a slider low and away for a dinger... Who else is able to do that?   
His first home run of the series was a changeup center cut. He was ready for the change of pace apparently. 
That's 4 home runs against 4 different pitches, a high fastball out of the zone, Cutter dead center, Nearly Perfect Slider and an 84 MPH changeup. What do you want to throw him? Who from the Twins do you want to blame? 
He hit .295 with an .892 OPS against left handers this year. He hit .292 with an 1.044 OPS against right handers this year. 
He has 4 home runs in 12 AB's this post season. That equates to 136 home runs using the 410 AB's that he had during the regular season. 
You have to hope that he can't continue that pace and has to slow down sometime soon... However, in case he can keep it up... Keep changing speeds, move the ball in and out on the EDGES... if you walk him... you walk him but stay away from the middle. 
I'm not blaming our pitchers for what he is doing. The team you are playing is part of the equation. It hurts but we are watching a pretty special player playing special at a special time.   
 
 

Need to give him the Bonds treatment 

If there's less than 2 guys on base - just walk him. 

you just pitch around him ..YES..its that simple. pitchers have made horrible pitchers to this hitter..you do not let that guy beat you..you dont even throw strikes ..every pitch should be off the plate

This is absolutely, 100%, spot on correct. CC was covering 2nd, which is what he was supposed to be doing. To call him lazy, is complete B.S. Once he saw that Polo missed the play, CC took off like a bat outta hell to get the ball. All the way from damn near 2nd base. Once he got the ball, he threw a rocket to Jeffers. Perfect throw, on the run. Watch the sequence again and see how far CC ran to make that play. Could another SS make that play? Probably, but you could count them on one hand...and maybe in that exact moment, no other SS makes that play. Everything had to be perfect, and it was. That was one of the best plays I've ever seen a SS make in my 60 years of watching baseball. The guy is worth every damn penny of what the Twins pay him, and it goes  way beyond what he does on the field. 

This is absolutely wrong. Look where everyone is standing before the play begins. Julien is pulled way over, Correa was behind 2nd base. He was covering 2nd base for a throw to come to him. As soon as Polanco bobbles it he springs into action. He wasn't standing there lazily just watching. He was covering where he was supposed to cover. I get how y'all are coming to this incorrect conclusion, but it is incorrect.

Okay people are blowing the play in game way out of what it was.  First, to say "extraordinary display of baseball wit and incredible arm strength." Is just not accurate.  The arm strength part yes, and the throw was perfect in the situation.  Not taking away from that.  
However, people are acting like no other player would have done what CC did.  Watch the play and you will see him just standing there until the ball rolls past Polo.  Okay so he was being a little lazy expecting his teammate to make a play.  Personally, I think CC should have been running to back up the play and or to cover 3rd, but he just stands there.  Then when he see the ball rolling in the middle of no where, and he is the closest guy to it, I would not say it was extraordinary baseball wit to figure out he should go get it.  I mean do we say how amazing a play someone makes when they grab the ball and are closest to it?  Really, the fact that he took no effort to back up the play, like we are taught in little league, the runner does not even try to go home.  Maybe CC thought of that, like he was playing some game of dare the runner he will get there first, but my guess he just assumed Polo would stop the ball, then when it did not happen he did what any player would have done and go get it, and then his arm and perfect throw makes the good play.  
But please people stop acting like no other player would have had the mind to go grab a ball that is just rolling and he is closest to get it.  If he would have just stood there and watched it would have been upset he never moved and how dumb of a play it was. 
All that being said, we do not win the series without him, and his leadership has shown.  He telling Gray that they could do the pickup, and he calling it himself shows he does have a good mind for what to do and when. 

Been screaming for a bullpen overhaul for two years now.  Twins just don't believe in good relivers. Only person that is a must keep is Duran and maybe Jax. Everyone else can be upgraded.  But this team does not manage bullpens at all.  Last night was the perfect time to bring in Sands for 2+ innings when they pulled Ober.  But they also pulled Ober too early and should have let him go another inning or two.  But what ever.  SP should be going 100 pitches if they are holding there own this time of the year.  Just have a reliver ready at the 85 pitch count, incase they give up a string of hits/walks. 

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.  

Why, Goldy is old declining and done in two years.  AK will be a all-star for the Twins for a few years.  AK is way to good to trade away.  Big big mistake if they even think about it.