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  1. h2oface
    The next batter pops out to Buxton in shallow center. That would have been 3 outs, with the score 3-0. There were 14 additional pitches thrown by Santana after Gregorius actually had struck out (not including the 6 to Marte for the fly out, which should have been out #3, not 2). 14 extra pitches in the 1st inning - 1 To Gregorius, 7 to walk Bird, and 6 to get Hicks to ground out. Santana would have been pitching ahead, and even after the second inning solo homer, the game would have been 3-1. So, I heartily disagree that the Twins chances wouldn't have been much better had the proper call been made. (and that is not entertaining that the Bird walk, and the Hicks strikeout would have been in the 2nd inning, and the 1st out, and Gardner wouldn't even had come to bat in the second to hit the home run..... because that is just ridiculous to consider because there is no reason to think the same chain of events that happened would happen if the space time continuum had been changed by actually correctly calling strike three in Gregorius' at bat)
  2. h2oface
    Not ridiculous enough for the Twins bats to hit more than 2 out and score more than 4 runs.
  3. h2oface
    Sure! But the brain trust was so sure that there would be no need for anything except playing the year out, getting their own manager, purging the minors and scouting, and concentrate on next year. Always next year, and hope there are not mysterious bilateral or unilateral leg injuries, nobody takes a pitch and breaks their hand for the year, nobody runs into a wall, etc etc..... next year. There was literally almost nothing done to this team yet. And even though they got to the wild card game, they are not even close to having a team that can really compete once they get in the playoffs, and no attempt, as of yet, has been done in that direction.
  4. h2oface
    Any wrong call is tragic, in my opinion. And just because it was consistently off on both sides, how does that ever make it better or correct? A perfect pitch by Santana was missed, and drastically changed this game. I, for one, will never be accepting of something that could so easily be improved for the better of the game.
  5. h2oface
    NY idiot. He is from NYC, right (a Staten Island High School)? Maybe he was on the take? Just kidding, but his severe mental mistakes in LA and this Wild Card game are unforgivable in my book. There is one mission..... only.... when running to first base...... and that is to step on the base - hopefully before the ball gets there. Anything can happen, and sometimes does. TOUCH THE DAMN BASE!
  6. h2oface
    Still interested in your take on what the actual criteria is, specifics beyond the generality. I speak for myself, without summoning a group that I haven't polled.
  7. h2oface
    You just needed to be a Giants fan 2010-2014.
  8. h2oface
    It was nice to get to the wild card game. It really was. In the day after, It is ever so clear that this club is so not built for the playoffs. Maybe all the .250 bats with high potential will become that. Surely it will not be banked on. But the pitching, starting and bullpen, is so far away from doing anything except arrive. I hope the Front Office DOES SOMETHING this off season.... and not a Belisle or Colon type. I had lamented on a thread about a week ago that it sure would be nice if Verlander was pitching for us. Somebody replied that he was.... by beating some of the teams we were trying to get distance from for the 2nd wild card. And indeed, he sort of was But a Verlander was nowhere to be found yesterday, and certainly wasn't pitching for us.
  9. h2oface
    prophetic!
  10. h2oface
    What does that even mean? What exactly are the criteria for losing right? Period.
  11. h2oface
    Santana made it astronomically easier for the Yankee bats. Serving it up like Colon. Right in the sweet spots. That surely was visible from all TVs. The umpires call on pitch 5 to Gregorius should have been a strike out. Instead, it became a home run on the next pitch. That didn't help. (the fancy 3D tracking showed it even better. Definitely was a strike, all through the zone. A perfect pitch.)
  12. h2oface
    I watched the whole season of Brockmire again after the game just to calm down.
  13. h2oface
    I have never heard a pitcher blame the time it takes to get a 3 RUN LEAD after the first half of an inning, before they have even thrown a pitch..... I have never heard a pitcher use it as an excuse for not performing. Until Santana.
  14. h2oface
    "Granite did well. In his first at bat, he singled. In his second at bat, he grounded toward first. The first baseman flipped to the pitcher who dropped the ball. The ball went to second baseman Starlin Castro who was backing up the play. Castro tagged Granite who was called out. Had he turned the wrong way? No. He inexplicably did not touch first base. I'd offer some explanation, but as I noted, it was inexplicable. While some may say that it is some sort of sign that Granite 'gave up,' I don't think that's fair. No one was giving up. This was a resilient team and a bunch of gritty players. Granite wasn't giving up, but somehow his footwork got messed up to completely miss the bag. It's something that does happen, but you don't want it to happen in a playoff game, and unfortunately, it ends up being almost a microcosm of the Twins/Yankees situation." Seriously? He also threw to first - where there was no one even there to catch the ball - in LA! The only mission one has running down the first base line...... IS TO TOUCH FIRST BASE! There no explanation for both of these game affecting plays. It is not that he gave up..... it is that his brain just didn't work.... again.
  15. h2oface
    When I saw it live, I started jumping up and down and making a fool of myself. I thought I had seen it go out.!
  16. h2oface
    The next batter, Castro, flew out. 3 outs - inning over. It is history. To deny how the bad ball and stike calls change game after game after game is just not paying attention and disregarding the effect it has on the outcome of game after game after game. After game after game after game.
  17. h2oface
    where the game turned..... another umpire gaff. time for automation. Plate umpire gives the Gregorius the strike three call and calls a ball on pitch 5..... and he homers and he homers on the 6th pitch. Ervin has to throw 13 more pitches. The game should be 3-0 with Bird leading off the 2nd. Instead gifted by the umpire... the game is 3-3. At least the Twins earned their runs fair and square.
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    Umpire calls

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    How well are the plate umpires doing?
  19. h2oface
    Where the wild card game turned 2017

    From the album: Umpire calls

  20. h2oface
    No need to wonder..... not on the roster. But I would have. Kirk Gibson didn't have to worry about how fast he ran........ and that is how you use him, if needed..... or.... would have used him.
  21. h2oface
    Again..... a vote that only includes twits. Very tired.
  22. h2oface
    John Harper: "The Yankees may own Ervin Santana, if you go by his 6.43 ERA over six starts in this Yankee Stadium, but it was only two weeks ago that they were locked up in a 1-1 game in the sixth inning against him, and if that’s the scenario on Tuesday night, the level of angst at the Stadium will be palpable." I hope we get the most recent Ervin in this game.......
  23. h2oface
    Jimmy Kimmel, while saying goodbye to A-roid after his spot on Monday night's Jimmy Kimmel show, said the playoffs start on Thursday. Bite Me, Jimmy Kimmel!
  24. h2oface
    In this century, I have yet to see a Twins team perform in the playoffs with a relaxed "whatever happens, happens" attitude. Not one game. The fans? Maybe, some. Not mostly. Perhaps, now? Not me.
  25. h2oface
    Daniel Kramer and Joe Trezza / MLB.com say: It's a matchup few saw coming when the season began, with Minnesota coming off a 59-103 2016 campaign and the Yankees still thought to be a year or two away from legitimate contention. But both clubs rebuilt in what felt like record time, as both relied on the progression of several key young players to quickly turn into contenders again. Record time for the Twins rebuild. Yup. That's what 7 years has felt like to me.... record time.
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