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  1. h2oface
    I just couldn't assume he could have done it that wrong. Thanks for doing it right.... and I can consider worshiping WAR.
  2. h2oface
    But our FO is the self ordained, and ordained by TD writers, as the pitching development and identification guru's of baseball! How could this result you claim, be?
  3. h2oface
    This is classic for Saint Paul. They are practicing for this year's Twins by stranding runners, wasting good performances, and even have a closer, Coulombe, with a last name far too close Colome (those extra letters don't fool me), who gets the same results.
  4. h2oface
    This is the truth.
  5. h2oface
    Exactly.
  6. h2oface
    This quote from Baldelli after the 6-3 loss before this one.... “We’re not just going to send someone out there because they've been around a little longer or they’re a little more experienced,” Baldelli said. “We’re going to pitch the guys that we think have the best chance of getting us outs and we’re going to challenge our guys to do that.” He did that all year until Waddell. Hence Colome over and over and over and over.....
  7. h2oface
    Twins rank in the AL’s top-4 for WAR at multiple positions including second base (2nd overall), third base (1st overall), and left field (4th overall). Left field? LEFT FIELD? So much for WAR meaning anything.....
  8. h2oface
    I hate being a Twins' fan this year. Such disappointment, daily.
  9. h2oface
    For parts of 3 years now - end of 2019, all of 2020, and start of this year - i have been reading from stat hounds that Rogers pitching is better than results. I long for when his results are great and his pitching is not so good..... Right now his ERA and WHIP is not the complete story. The 5 inherited runners/5 inherited runners scored are part of that. It is one thing to come in with a 3 run lead and give up two and get the save. But coming in with runners on and shutting them down is what relief pitching is all about. I would still rather have 3 Rogers and less of what else we throw out there late.
  10. h2oface
    Thanks! Great article about Maeda's pitching.
  11. h2oface
    I'm sure glad that some are excited about the farm. I used to be, and there was a bunch to get excited about, but plenty of disappointment prevailed, and now I have a hard time seeing the promise. I must be getting old.
  12. h2oface
    Official score is a Simmons error, and it was, but it is Kirilloff's fault, eh? I'm not saying that official scoring is great (outfielders can literally drop a fly ball that they get to in stride, it even hits the base of the glove and not the tip, and it is scored a hit instead of an error just because they have to run a long way, as we see pretty often now - and twice today). Kirilloff saved Simmons from a second throwing error in this game. when he couldn't decide to run to second or throw it to first. Both of the Simmons' throws in question he made on the run.... both were his responsibility. "Donaldson and Simmons brought their gloves." I would hope Simmons shows us arm that matches his glove. He has 3 errors already this season. Could have had four. I would much rather see Kirilloff at first than Sano. I guess those that think Kirilloff sucks defensively didn't see him pick that throw that put the finishing touch on Donaldson's play and made it a highlight instead of a Donaldson throwing error. Sure was a relief to squeak this one out.
  13. h2oface
    I would like to give credit, but Duffey came in the game with a runner on first and 1 out, and gave up a double on a meaty 75 mph knuckle curve on the third pitch. He gifted Waddell a run. And Rogers? Getting the easiest closing opportunity ... a 3 run lead to start the 9th...... These guys made it a close game. It wasn't a close game until Duffey and Rogers made it a close game. I will give them credit when the come in the game and shut it down, not when they turn the faucet up.
  14. h2oface
    Shoemaker, Robles and Colome. Desperate horrible signings at the time of the ink.
  15. h2oface
    Colome, Robles, and Shoemaker. All horrible signings. J A Happ. Surprising me. 1 out of 4 for the FO. Not so great for pitching experts.
  16. h2oface
    Hitchens? The atheist cat?
  17. h2oface
    What happened to him? The last 10th Inning Stretch post is march 15, 2019.....
  18. h2oface
    We already know a 6 run lead in the 7th isn't enough.... or a 3 run in the ninth.
  19. h2oface
    Looks like keeping Baldelli out of the game as much as possible is the key to success. Lots of runs, and no pressure on the pen. Can they do that every game?
  20. h2oface
    Once he got the coaches out of his head....... success. Listen to yourself. Perhaps more should. That is why folks saying that the hitting happening right now is because of a coach seems far fetched. I doubt it. Coaches can be a valuable asset. But they can also be washed up dreamers that just want to be a part of the game that they were never good enough to excel at, and want to hang around. "I could never do it, but let me tell you how....."
  21. h2oface
    This from an article on the MLB page.... "But the Twins actually led the AL with a 42 percent hard-hit rate entering Tuesday, and their average exit velocity of 89.7 mph was second only to the Blue Jays. But the results haven’t followed -- just ask Kirilloff, who entered the game 1-for-18 but was hitting the ball well enough for a .293 expected batting average and an expected slugging percentage of .608, per Statcast." This is where baseball has gone. All this expected crap to try to make it acceptable to lose. Whoppee. Wining the hard-hit rate stat sheet. Expected means nothing in the win and loss columns. Actual means everything.
  22. h2oface
    This is more the Maeda that you will see. But 6 homers in 2 games? I hope not that. Last year was a lucky hot streak. Still can't believe how people were anointing him ace and even how the management took away Berrios' opening day start for 2 hot months from the new guy. Relief. Both Thielbar and Alcala come in and can't get the first batter out. Thielbar just throws it right down the middle and it only took one pitch. Free Colome. Release him immediately. Can you imagine being a teammate and having to look at him everyday? Torture. I'm not a bandwagon guy. I hated the signing.
  23. h2oface
    Arraez can get some timely hits, but man, is he a liability in the field. The big loss to Oakland with the throw from 3rd, and this game the horrible pull up on a catchable ball in left field that cost a run. Astudillo is a liability in the field anywhere you put him. Having utility that can't really play the position(s) you put them in that well is not a path to victory.
  24. h2oface
    FO hires are not Twins' loyalists. They really don't care that much about the team, except as a stepping stone and to make money. I can't believe how folks can get to be such apologists about their hired gun execs. We are the ones that care about our team. Self assigned and for free. Levine has been here some 5 years (I think) and has not presented us with one great pitching prospect that has stuck and become a star. Not helped build a team that has won 1 playoff game (0-6). So personally, I don't really care what happens, except fixing the bullpen immediately if not sooner. I don't care who does it.
  25. h2oface
    World Series? World Series? WORLD SERIES?!?!?! This team has only one team with a worse record than them in MLB! Folks really drank the kool-aid about this team being so good. And not just here. Baseball fans everywhere..... power rankings, etc.... Fools all.
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