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  1. h2oface
    I too was old enough.... 13 in 1968. I was wondering... just what was he clocked at 103.4 with in the 1960s?
  2. h2oface
    I guess there is always that hope that it will change, and the Ks will be reasonable and the fielding will get good enough.....but I think you pretty much do know, and when they face even better pitching and fielding than the minors, things aren't really going to change. But hope is captivating, if not productive at times.
  3. h2oface
    All of that and Stewart only gets charged with one earned run. Sometimes the stats are kind.
  4. h2oface
    3rd base production has been horrible. I don't know how much he will have to work. He will be welcome. He can't really do any worse, but I hope he will be "extra-motivated" just the same.
  5. h2oface
    Most encouraging part of the game for me was to see Hildenberger, a purveyor of inherited runners scoring, come in with the bases loaded and needing one out to get out of the inning.... and he did! That is how you spell relief! I really cringe when I see a one sentence statement that makes it appear that Harper has performed flawlessly. Against the Phillies in the first inning with the game only 2-0 on Friday - he let the game turn into a route and let all 3 runners with two outs score on the first pitch - a 74 mph hanging curve right down the middle that was blooped for a bases clearing double! (Albeit with some defensive gaffs) Just saying "Harper has now pitched 3 ⅓ scoreless innings for the Twins" really is not telling the story. He did get the last out in the 8th after Rodgers had to be lifted with 2 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd on Sunday. So he is 3/5 inherited runners scoring. That is also part of his young story. I love that a Gibson was on the mound opposing deGrom when he was prevented from breaking Bob Gibson's record. A tie is good enough, especially since most of Gibson's streak was complete games. Third base production 0-5 today, and continues to suffer. But clearly not needed today...... De Jong threw 46 pitches in the 9th? Whoa.
  6. h2oface
    All those at bats. For what? I fear Rooker will be the same. It just seems like a waste in the end.
  7. h2oface
    "Perhaps Willians Astudillo's influence is rubbing off on his teammates. Led by the nemesis of the three true outcomes himself, the Twins' lineup has largely found ways to put the ball in play so far, as Minnesota's 61 strikeouts rank second-fewest and 23 walks are fifth-fewest in the Major Leagues." Strikeouts is good news and a good trend. Walks.... not so much. The old pace myth is back I see.......
  8. h2oface
    Sure would be nice it these guys could get some hits. What do they say? Good teams find a way to win close games.....
  9. h2oface
    Probably not worried. But I still bet he is tired of slow starts. I know I would be, even if I realized that is my standard to bear.
  10. h2oface
    And when it is a totally arbitrary line, it gathers even more importance. ____________________ Don't cross it. At least their arms don't fall off if they do.
  11. h2oface
    Glad 34 is OK. Big difference.
  12. h2oface
    Looks like Rooker is off to his usual tepid start. I bet he is getting tired of that. "The Twins have a rule that if a pitcher throws 35 or more pitches in an inning, he will be done for the night." Wow. What an abitrary rule to have. Is this new, or a Falvey/Levine era thing?
  13. h2oface
    Smart or stupid? That might be a better question. That play was stupid and foolish and cost a run. The smart play was to play it off the wall. For the game and for is body. He didn't even look at the ball. He definitely needs to smarten up. We need him all year.
  14. h2oface
    I like wins, no matter how they come. Buxton just needs to get smart and relax. That catch attempt and throw were just horrible. Senseless. Hard to understand. Foolish. His brain needs to slow down. That whole play was disgusting, including a 93 mph no movement first pitch fastball right down the middle by Rodgers. Yuk.
  15. h2oface
    "Kepler struck out, and the rally went on to fall short. Presumably, Baldelli is just trying to show confidence in his core guys, but turning to a contact machine like Willians Astudillo in that spot – speedy runner on second, no outs, deepest bench the Twins will have all year – seemed like such an obvious call that it was surprising not to see it from the ostensibly analytical thinker. ....." Exactly!
  16. h2oface
    Too each his own. Gardenhire's blather made me sick, and rarely laugh, but often made me sick and furious and yell at the screen. I would take anyone BUT Gardenhire, so maybe, just maybe, I am biased.
  17. h2oface
    That's what I was refering to when I commented "Cuzzi can't see balls and strikes any better than he can see the foul line!" earlier in the thread. Disgusting umpire. I hope Odorizzi has learned not to throw it right down the middle on a 3-0 count. That pitch was meat to Hanley Rameriz. No need to ever serve up the juice on a 3-0 count. Never ever. Especially with 2 outs and the the bases empty. Of course, he has to know that already, right? This is not to deride the fact that he was stellar, today.
  18. h2oface
    Cuzzi can't see balls and strikes any better than he can see the foul line!
  19. h2oface
    That is exactly why umpires still calling balls and strikes is bogus. Did you see that curve that Kepler took that was in the middle of the zone and a good 3 to 4 inches up from the bottom of the zone? And Cuzzi called it a ball on Bauer? Poor umpiring is the reason for most bad calls, and yet, people want to make up a fake stat like pitch framing. This can only be fixed one way, and you know how that is. It is not the catcher.... it is the umpire. The whole premise of pitch framing is to cheat the reality of what happened. It is time to get balls and strikes right, without trying to cheat.
  20. h2oface
    Parker in the 9th with the game tied. Yuk. And not the funny yuk. What a waste of a Odorizzi's great outing. We probably aren't going to get many of those. And Parker in the 9th. Shaking my head. May gets no trust after a single, but Parker stays in after a single and 2.... count 'em... 1, 2..... wild pitches in a row. Still shaking my head. Buxton still hitting. No one else is. Mind you, Bauer and Kluber are formidable. Still. How about some hitting.
  21. h2oface
    I can't forget that even in his 2 good months last hear, he at one point in that lonely stretch before "overused", gave up 7 runs in a row from inherited runners, losing games for the team and his other teammates and infecting their stats, while his stats remained unblemished and made him look better than he was even then.
  22. h2oface
    I tend to, but not here. Just straight forward for this one. I am tired of so called good stories. I want a good story that brings a winner, not a passing novelty that costs us games.
  23. h2oface
    Half a dozen even worse. Swell. That is still so not encouraging.
  24. h2oface
    11 innings and sss is thrown out the window for Harper for the sake of a feel good story. Ignore what he did in Rochester. He is the silly Sire of Fort Myers anoitee, apparently. It probably won't cost us that many games before the inevitable happens. I hope. But all games count, no matter when they happen during the season.
  25. h2oface
    To me, a minor league 30 year old making the team is not a great story. Kimbrel in the pen..... now that would be something to get excited about. And I just never get the fascination with chubby ball players..... but then when I look at the audience..... maybe they just like to see someone more like the beefers watching. And Hildenberger? Seriously?
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