I can choose from the Hawk, Gladden an co, or just the PARK sounds....which is zero announcers, which is actually really refreshing. All you hear is stadium noises, crowd murmuring the umpire and the ball hitting the glove or the bat.
So when do the players take accountability? Seems that on TD there is always someone else to blame, unless it's Mauer or Perkins. Sano and Buxton are struggling? It's obviously Terry Ryan, Molly or Bruno's fault. Mauer and Perkins are struggling? It's obviously their lack of conditioning, their off-season work out plans and their attitudes. I am not a "Ryan choir boy." It just amazes me at how much blame gets thrown around on this site when player's aren't performing.
Or is just attempting to light a fire under someone's ass. Players should know hitting in the mid 100's is not a way to keep their job. I'm not saying I like the idea of Murphy on the ML roster, but still.
Dozier has walked 14.3% of the time this year and 9.3% of the time in his career. Ben Revere career 4.1% and Span 7.0%. Only Hicks has taken a better percentage of walks, and it's in very limited plate appearances. Hicks is also hitting .091/.167/.091 this year. Dozier might not be your typical leadoff man, but let's not pretend that trio was anything more than what they are. Span was a good CF, he has also been off the team for 4 years. It's time to move past it.
Last year people wanted TR fired for a horrible staff full of veterans and not promoting Buxton and Sano quick enough. Does anyone remember the thread about Buxton being sent down after his time on the DL? Or how many people bashed him for calling up Sano later than he should have? Now, the guys are up and aren't hitting and it's.............TR needs to go! It's almost comical.
Mastroinanni's career slash line is .212/.274/.289. Yes, it's better than Buxton's, but that really doesn't give anyone a much better chance to win now.
I'm assuming you are talking about using them both in the 6th inning? Using Park and Nunez would have forced Arcia into RF, Murphy into catch. Which fully empties the bench for the last 3 innings of the game.
Yeah, they got hit with a runner in scoring position and then someone hit one over the fence. Two things the Twins have really struggled doing this year.