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  1. h2oface
    Damn. After today we are cellar dwellers. Tied for the worst record in the American League.
  2. h2oface
    No. You just have to care.
  3. h2oface
    ..... and Derek Shelton. It may be the the 2 that supported the manager, made the manager, and without them in support, it is exposed. I can't believe some of Baldelli's decisions this year. Line ups, pitching, running...... lots to be disappointed with, and not just the performance of the players.
  4. h2oface
    Maeda and Berrios and we got swept. This is real depressing. This Boston team is a team that couldn't beat Baltimore, in fact, got slaughtered by Baltimore, in the first three games of the season. This is depressing. Cold excuses, eh? Both teams are playing on the same field. To watch Maeda throw it away to third, ala Colome, was jaw dropping.
  5. h2oface
    Batting Average is not meaningful? What? The purpose of a plate appearance is to get a hit. The game is based on throwing the ball, hitting the ball, and feilding the ball. Getting more hits than not is not meaningful? All those players in the HOF...... I wonder if they knew that.
  6. h2oface
    Now here is some creative managing.......... Mets and Phillies game 1 today. "In most cases, the runner on second is supposed to be the player who made the last out in the previous inning. But in this instance, Rojas had purposely subbed reliever Trevor May into that spot for Dominic Smith in a double switch, knowing the rule stipulates that if a pitcher occupies that slot, a team can use the player before that in the lineup instead. Thus, Francisco Lindor -- not May, Smith or a pinch-runner -- began the bottom of the eighth on second base. The move paid immediate dividends when Pete Alonso cracked a game-tying single into left, allowing Lindor to score with ease." But make no mistake. This is not baseball. This rule sucks the spirit of the game right out of it, and it just plain sucks.
  7. h2oface
    I believe it was a throwing error, so it flows right in to how he has been pitching.... although when he pitches, he makes it real easy to hit!
  8. h2oface
    Hey, I have seen crazier things work...... like letting Baddoo play in the Show. The gall of Detroit.
  9. h2oface
    Happ is one of the oldest starters in MLB, and has proved to be exactly what we thought he would be so far in 2021, a solid, average, MLB starter. Well, we are a .500 team. I guess that all fits. I love stats, especially the most important one...... wins. We went after average and comeback and a tossed off closer on the cheap that the Sox and the rest of the league passed on, and this is were we are, early. But hey... nothing a bunch of hits by the offense won't cure (although the offense has already gave them a 6 run lead with 11 outs to go, and that wasn't enough). The #MNTwins have tied or led in the 8th inning of every game this season and are 5-5. That is just devasting.
  10. h2oface
    And then there is the hidden facts that don't get into the stats. Game one... 4 runs scored as unearned, 3 because of Colome's own error, and the other unearned runs that lost the games in extra innings but were devasting.... I remember those facts, too, and whether or not they get factored into the bullpen stats, they happened and counted, eh?
  11. h2oface
    Context, my friend. Please. Don't throw out the context.
  12. h2oface
    Calume? Even when getting defended, he gets no respect.
  13. h2oface
    Because if you give the pitching staff 6 runs.... 6 runs.... that isn't enough and the offense is responsible? Oh. Just ignore today.... and opening day? Where the offense gave the bullpen 5 runs and a 3 run lead with just 3 outs to get? And the 3 extra inning debacles.... not once could the pitching staff hold for just one inning?
  14. h2oface
    Losing record at home for the home fans. And just sickening loses. They all count. That's why one should care. Because there is no such thing as it doesn't matter.
  15. h2oface
    Unfortunately, unearned runs count just and much, and have lost 3 of the 4 games, and some were kinda earned.... Colome first game on his own throw and bonehead decision.
  16. h2oface
    How many games is Baldelli gonna let Colome lose for us this year? So far, Colome has given up the lead, the tie, or the lead and the game, in the 8th and 9th innings, in 33% of all the games the Twins have played in 2021, and in 75% of all our 4 losses. SSS? You can only use what you have, and that is the reality of it all right now. I cringed at the signing, and I dislike it even more now. If they keep going to Colome, it will only get worse. Even his 2 saves were cringe worthy. First the FO went with Rodney, and now this. This is what so called pitching development experts give us?
  17. h2oface
    I think I am with you.... but there is Alex(ander) Colome, and Danny Coulombe (who we also signed to a minor league contract this off season), but who is this Columbe guy? After the double after the lead off homer in the 6th, that was the pull time for Shoemaker. Absolutely. As much as I have little hope and faith for Dobnak, that was the time to put him in for a long relief outing, maybe to finish the game if he held. I guess Baldelli is not so keen after the Dobnak mess the last outing in low leverage in the ninth. And the pitch to Seager that Shoemaker was still complaining about after giving up a double, single, and another home run, and finally got tossed 3 runs later? Clearly a high pitch, by at least 6 inches.
  18. h2oface
    It helped the Mariners plenty. I think that was the point.
  19. h2oface
    The first loss was mostly a blown 3 run lead by the multiple blunders of Colome in the 9th. And when the Brewers and the Tigers and the Mariners did score in the 10th..... we had no one in the bullpen that came and and set them down 1-2-3. Not one out of 3 times.
  20. h2oface
    Does Sano have any options left? Oh, that's right, minors hasn't even started yet.
  21. h2oface
    Luck prevailed on that two inning outing. Didn't help my blood pressure.
  22. h2oface
    I would love to see someone come up and blow Sano away. Wishes and reality are two different things. So far, nobody has even been able to replace Rosario, who arguably had better results than Sano. So I keep wishing. Wishing for Sano to actually become a complete consistent ball player, or for someone to dramatically displace him. In the mean time..... I will see a lot of Ks, this I know for sure.
  23. h2oface
    I hope you are right. I have come to think Baldelli is incapable of making a gut call, and only relying on the "books".
  24. h2oface
    Not my baseline. But it seems your projection. Just part of the Sano story. I don't mind disapointment, and I don't deny it, either. Makes the highs higher. When you are a great player by failing 70% of the time.... to be a baseball fan, you have to embrace a long life of disappointment.
  25. h2oface
    Well...... top prospect in MLB through the minors, has a movie made about him.... hype hype hype. Of course the world then expects him to be a HOFer. And why not? He was entitled as he rose and now it is time to be what he was meant to be. I don't see it as unfair. He got every opportunity, every benefit of the doubt when it came to other distractions, and the money. I don't think it is unfair to expect him to deliver at all.
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