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  1. h2oface
    I can hear Gibson mumbling, "Bite Me!" He gets no respect. The Rodney Dangerfield of the Minnesota Twins.
  2. h2oface
    Some really good things happened today. The Astros can beat you in so many ways. Buxton got a hit. Even Morrison got a hit. Reed was great. The 8 run inning. And the Maximum walk off 2nd homer of the game! I personally can't stand Rodney being on this team, and expect him to blow leads. I am surprised if he doesn't. It is just a matter of time before this team eats it and moves on from him. But I expect Dozier to not make rookie decisions....... "For a moment, it appeared the Twins were going to turn a game-ending double play in the top of the ninth. Instead, Brian Dozier’s throw sailed passed Fernando Rodney, who was coming over to cover first base. The ball bounced into the stands allowing two runs to score, tying the game at 8-8." ??? It was not even close. The runner had touched first base and the ball was still 10-15 feet or so from Rodney's glove..... that is if it was actually thrown to Rodney's glove. Dozier got nothing on the side arm throw, and seemed to even want to not throw it as he threw it. The lead (the metal) glove award for the game. That was an easy throw to not make. Dozier needs to lead (the verb) better. Escobar got eaten up at third on that Stassi grounder, and a double play became another run scored. That was the double play, for a moment, that looked like it would happen, to me. Tough play, but Hildenberger had already let his 6th inherited runner score in his last 3 appearances in 5 days - and that run became the 7th, 7 of 7, 100% (Duke 3 - double on the second pitch and homer on his 4th, Rodgers 1 - single on the 2nd pitch, Gibson 3 - single on the first pitch today - they all say thank you, I'm sure). 7 out of 7 runners inherited scored in his last three appearances, plus 3 earned of his own! I don't understand why he is still in Minnesota instead of Rochester, and especially why MOY is still using him, and bringing him in with the bases loaded, today, again? I think Hildenberger will get it together, but he needs to do it in Rochester, and not in the bigs. He has options. He has no touch since he arrived in ST camp. Great win, all in all. But we only get better if we look at the good and the bad.
  3. h2oface
    It's one thing to have him back, and another to be effective. He will be back. Effective becomes the big concern. Hopefully, the amazing free agents signed will be so good that it will be onward and upward, regardless.
  4. h2oface
    Yeah, sorry. Brain fart. Reed, not Russell. Addison Reed. Thanks. .... Then, to start the inning, or against Davis with two outs to get out of the inning. Hildenberger has been totally not reliable yet this year.
  5. h2oface
    Hildenberger's "usually" was all last year. This year and spring training he has been horrible. Time to warm up in AAA if you ask me. It should have been Russell there, anyway. Buxton needs to start hitting. He has to play, so he needs to hit. Holding the Astros to 2 runs is a good pitching performance. Time to score some runs. Here comes Cleveland to the top of the stack....
  6. h2oface
    I hope strike three to Springer was a mistake he missed. Fastball right down the middle.
  7. h2oface
    LaMarre won't always be doing well, that is for sure. And Morrison won't always go 1 for forever. I don't think the conversation was about just pinch hitting for Morrison, especially to the wrong sided pitcher. It is a play the hot hand while hot. Any clarity for us on the Chargois pronunciation?
  8. h2oface
    As hot with the bat as Ryan LaMarre has been in ST and since the start of the season, I don't understand why he isn't DHing in place of Morrison at least half the time. Managers need to ride the hot bat, instead of missing it.
  9. h2oface
    Great to have Morrison around, eh? Especially in the middle of the order. He is taking the attention away from Buxton, though, who seems to be looking for the proverbial corner, again. I like Morrison's take on it. Just a drag to start the season with a new team that way. It's a long season, with plenty of opportunities to get hot. Watching Duke totally suck, and Chargois pitch well for the Dodgers, is sure frustrating for me. A bit of a side note here.... either Shag-wah has changed the pronunciation of his name, or whoever it was that gave us the pronunciation got it wrong, or all the announcers for the Dodgers are botching it. They are all calling him Char-gwah! (like in Charlotte, with the r prominent). But then, Charlie Steiner called Brian Duensing, Dens-zene,(as in Dennis) all last year in the playoffs. If they are wrong, it is time to get it right.
  10. h2oface
    I don't see it. Other than the prospect pitchers.... and maybe Vargas and Granite, and maybe Cave...... I can't get enthused. I would bet that Chattanooga would beat this team pretty regularly. Vargas thought he had escaped the whole mess. I bet he feels trapped and pissed.
  11. h2oface
    Ah. This can be very true. Not inferring he isn't a fastball pitcher, just qualifying it. Of course, you don't make it at all without some command, that is a given. I would take command AND velocity over just command. It is fine that he had success, but the fact remains, he is a relatively slow fastball pitcher. And even slower so far this year (and last year). But I gotta go with upstage, eclipse, surpass, outdo, outperform, outshine, outclass..... the word you used has turned into a nasty word, and probably should go on the banned list. It made me vomit a bit just reading it.
  12. h2oface
    Any wrong call, no matter how close, is still wrong. That is when the hitter or batter really deserves to be rewarded for the perfect take or pitch. It is horrible and unfair. Most have just been numbed into still accepting it, and it is normalized. Lynn got several calls in his favor that were wrong, too.
  13. h2oface
    A relatively slow fastball pitcher.....
  14. h2oface
    The pitch f/x had exactly the same strike zone it always has. Funny how that works.
  15. h2oface
    Mulligan on the slam? Not a biggy. But coupled with the rest of his performance, and the 6 walks? No way. Can you say Ricky Nolasco? And Duke 2, and Reed 3 walks. 11 walks by the newbies. 11! That is just gross. Between the 3 of them, today, we were lucky this game wasn't lost 10-4. What's 11.25, 10.80, 13.50? Lynn, Duke, and Rodney's Twins' debut ERAs. Hey, it can only get better, right? Duke's already came down 7.20 just today! Nothing to get excited about. Escobar and Dozier look like the leaders of this team right now. The MLB strike out record may fall. Looks like Sano wants a record. 10 Ks in 4 games. But Buxton may give him a run. 6 Ks in the 4 games. Kudos for the home grown products, Rodgers and Hildenberger having good innings. Kepler finally had a strikeout this season. Buxton better get some hits before his head gets confused, again. Sano, too.
  16. h2oface
    I heard Gibson say...... "bite me".
  17. h2oface
    The more the starters and bats can keep Rodney out of the game, the better.
  18. h2oface
    The way the game is supposed to be played is to always try your best and take advantage of the opponent's weakness! No need to be a baby about it! Should they not try to comeback, and hit a home run either?
  19. h2oface
    Awesome pitching! With pitching like this, I might forget about losing Luke and JT, who both had great debuts for the Angels and Dodgers. Funny how two contending teams can use them, but not the Twins. It's a long season, with a great start.
  20. h2oface
    While I agree that Castro should have caught/blocked the "wild pitch" that let the strikeout become a base runner, throwing meat to the nine hole batter that became the triple, extra batter or not, was all Duke!
  21. h2oface
    "Fernando Rodney got off to a terrible start in 2017, with a 12.60 ERA through the month of April. However, after April, Rodney was lights out with a 2.38 ERA and a .442 OPS against. This was a driving factor in the Twins giving the 41-year-old an opportunity to be their closer for 2018." Seems the same might be happening for 2018 to start the season. Keeping him in extended spring training, to use up the crud for a month, seems it would be a unique and smart move.
  22. h2oface
    How about that offense! How about that MOY! Opposing teams are gonna love seeing Rodney. I just hope it doesn't last that long... but I have been saying that since the signing.
  23. h2oface
    Ryan LaMarre did earn it, but my bet..... it will be short lived. I hope we get a good couple weeks in the few at bats off the bench.
  24. h2oface
    I know how you feel. I had to suffer through a Colon start in LA last year. I am betting that Gibson will be a pitcher we like to see this year.
  25. h2oface
    Be it that the accuser stated that she only wanted to talk about it for her own mental health, and not create problems for Sano, it seems she should be happy with the outcome, and she has accomplished her goal. I hope Sano has learned, too. As a reader, I had certainly felt that the TD staffers had already judged him and convicted him. Hopefully, we all learn from this, respect the process, and move on and play some baseball.
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