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  1. h2oface
    Am I the only one that thinks Keirsey could have/should have caught that fly that turned into a double when he gave up on it to take the bounce? It hit the wall at about 3 foot up.
  2. h2oface
    Many (most?) Twins’ fans/writers/admins will hang on to the potential hype to the bitter end. The flash was fun. Results have to be acknowledged. Dannys Valencia/Santana had a flash. They didn’t have the 1st overall draft pick to live up to. Somebody may eventually get a whole year of his upper side. Maybe. His defense even seems to be getting worse.
  3. h2oface
    It’s the eye black.
  4. h2oface
    All batters have to hit against the same MLB pitchers, or AAA temporary replacements. Glad you are happy with a little above average (which still fits the criteria of mediocre in my book -perhaps you are using the “for his position” caveat for comfort?) Grading on the curve always makes overall league performance comparisons easier to swallow.
  5. h2oface
    Striving for consistent mediocrity or less, and siting expected stats instead of actual results to convince yourself you are successful…… baseball has come soooo far.
  6. h2oface
    Only one sentence? Are you OK?
  7. h2oface
    And whose fault is the elitist access to what folks would read? It’s all opinion anyway, no matter how many stats one brings up. Correa has never given a whole season of contract value for the Twins. I don’t see that ever happening. Just opinion, though - soon to be played out to great disappointment.
  8. h2oface
    Really? You give up on them at least, at least ONCE A GAME! Do you even know what you post? Nice to see this caught you in a resonable rendition.
  9. h2oface
    3-4 is a lot different over the course of the season than 4-5. One is sustainable, one isn’t. At 53 pitches trough 5, taking a no-hitter into the 5th, or was it a perfect game, and oh dear out of the 5th with a one hitter with a walk, (a hit and a walk is included almost every inning even for Duran lately) ……. I live with the guy smooth rolling like JJ Cale, at the very least to take the mound to start the 6th even in a World Series game. Look elsewhere for fickle. 53 and a one hitter? And it saves the pen? Sometimes it’s more simple than simple.
  10. h2oface
    Sure it is. Many teams do bullpen days as a matter of plan. It is not unusual. They don't try to sustain that either. What is unsustainable is Baldelli using 5-6 pitchers a game, even when the starter (53 pitches worth and cruzing) can go much farther. That is what should not happen, especially when the end result is a loss, anyway. This is getting so I don't even want to see them in person in LA in July.
  11. h2oface
    Castro's injury replacement have to have a Twin all-star form, which is not to the standards of most all-stars because it was decided he was the best active uninjured Twin available from a team with no one else deserving either comparatively to the rest available in the league and it would be a novelty to pick a utility player...... yes, that all-star form. He's got the gloves, just don't expect all-star defense. He doesn't have "qualifying" PAs at this point for stats, but he sure has been an asset at the plate. Thankful for that. OPS currently a litte higher than Buxton, and average .290. Could really use more stolen bases (3).
  12. h2oface
    Sorry. I haven't been talking about that at bat at all. Others have. I am talking in general, playing baseball, and be present in the moment to make moves outside the "process", moves that win games because a team doesn't always stay in the box no matter what. Speaking of the shift you bring up, I hate it more when the shift creates hits because the defense wasn't there because they bet on the extreme shift to beat the odds. I enjoy a game where the pitchers field their position and cover the middle better (I guess that is over, eh?). NBA lotteries are set up so the worst team(s) still have the best chance to win the precious first pic. Fundamentally sound, by the percentages. Except, like the game of baseball, especially in the very small sample sizes that the games are on the line, staying with the precious "process" isn't winning the games in the moments games are won, and the worst team(s) in the lotteries with the best "odds" are getting worse than the precious first pick way more often (probably a bad comparison). Even the .300 hitter has better odds to fail that succeed. By over twice as much. Special moments involve different approaches to make better/best teams. Hey, you love the box. Good for you. I am happy for you.
  13. h2oface
    I guess .500 ball or less is solid to you, and fudamentally sound. All the fans love it. Pack stadiums for it. Championships are overrated. By all means, live in the box with the game on the line. All game. Everygame.
  14. h2oface
    Neither is watching pitches center center and getting rung up looking. Probably less reliable, eh? Without good contact outs, they couldn't talk about the all self important exit velocity. and what should have been but wasn't. I contend that looking at fine pitches, and close pitches with two strikes, that the batter is certainly NOT looking to put the ball in play. Most close games are not won on processes the yeild solid results, they are won on performing unusually in the clutch.
  15. h2oface
    This is true. Pulling SWR early with only 53 pitches was poor managing. This is also true. Walking the lead off hitter, the one that scored in the ninth definitley affected the outcome. Our stud failed to do his job 2 nights in a row. This is also true. Correa was pathetic at the plate with the pressure on in Houton all series. Also true.
  16. h2oface
    Because Vazquez is sure to have a better chance getting a hit or putting the ball in play???????
  17. h2oface
    You are kind. 0-15 . All 3 ABs in the 10th.
  18. h2oface
    Was this the game to declare that after? This was a great pitching game, from both sides, and competitive to the end. Our closing stud just didn't do it, tonight, and their's did. Reverse that and was it still an AAA team, tonight?
  19. h2oface
    The biggest injustice of this game was that one of the starters didn't get the win.
  20. h2oface
    Yes. But it was a problem today. Folks act like Houston pitching should have deserved the loss. No different. Man, that last pitch was center center, with a runner on third. And if you haven't been noticing how much the batters touch the ball against Duran, you haven't been paying attention. Sure, soft contact, fouls, ground balls, balls hit to the wall....... lots of contact and less swing and miss. It baffles me, considering how much his pitches move. Hey, some pitcher was gonna give it up. No one was warming up. Hader was going to go in the 10th. That was a 3 out game to extend to the 10th, and our stud gave up a walk and 2 hits.
  21. h2oface
    Should have Hader in the top of the 9th?
  22. h2oface
    Gotta play to the game. In the bottom of the tied ninth, all that happened earlier in the game makes no difference. It is pitcher and hitters this inning, this at bat. Could be 0-0 or 2-2 or 10-10. It is Duran and Duran only to perform, and the defense. Our batters had nothing to do with it with the game on the line in the bottom of the ninth.
  23. h2oface
    Lots of contact against Duran. Looked like Clase did in the playoffs.
  24. h2oface
    Houston thanks the shift addiction and Lee's range.
  25. h2oface
    A bunch of our hitters would have walked if they just didn't swing at all!
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