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Jim Kaat - 16. Or Greg Maddux - 18. Bert never won a GG. He just thought he was a great fielder, and would always tell you.

Probably couldn’t hear it in this situation. Players in MLB have no excuse. They have been playing for at least 10 years on the way to the show. It really is on the players, I think.

Had him at first still…. if he could throw it there. A goat instead of a hero. Too bad. Why can’t pitchers field their position anymore?

Kinda Yankee loving ii a degrees of Kevin Bacon way….. 😇

Umpires…….. Schwarber is pissed! Wasn’t even kinda close.

Exactly. But it doesn’t mean that one should acknowledge walking in a run by any pitcher as acceptable or even an excuse. But shrugging the tough spot is OK if it works for someone. Heroes step up, especially in the playoffs. A blown save was this result, and it was only on Duran and not batter heroics, unless not swinging is considered heroic, which it may be.

REAL baseball in extras!

So. That is EXACTLY why they traded for him. To handle AND succeed in that spot. Relief by definition. Great 8th though.

Waking in a run? Escape? More of a bent and leaked.

Who are the quiet new limited partners that bailed out the Poland scum that allowed them to get financially bailed out from their supposed debt and tank this team? Why is it a secret?

Falvey or Baldelli? How about the both option? They go together. The are/were a self proclaimed team.

If a team is doing that, they ARE winning! Goes hand in hand.

Captain Clipboard. Bullpen Bozo. Early innings Pinch Hitting. And never smart enough to NOT pinch hit Margot. Should have AT LEAST been gone at the end of 2024, after managing the great collapse.

Best thing that can happen to a Twins player is to get traded. At least then you might get to be in the playoffs AND WIN SOME GAMES, and even get a ring, as many traded have. Bader and Duran are really smiling, and look to have a great chance to play in the Series.

Pipeline is a myth. More like Falvey’s oil leak. It’s like the difference between expected stats and what really happens. Only one means anything.

To the title question: who cares? The FO is reluctant to reset? What does a sellout and becoming the worst team in MLB since called, then?

Does the 33 million the Twins gave to Houston to take Correa count? 😇 New York Mets: $323,099,999 Los Angeles Dodgers: $321,287,291 New York Yankees: $293,488,972 Philadelphia Phillies: $284,210,820 Toronto Blue Jays: $239,642,532 Texas Rangers: $220,541,332 Houston Astros: $220,217,813 Atlanta Braves: $214,836,398 San Diego Padres: $208,909,333 Chicago Cubs: $196,288,250 Arizona Diamondbacks: $195,294,235 Boston Red Sox: $193,629,093 Los Angeles Angels: $190,508,096 San Francisco Giants: $173,019,524 Baltimore Orioles: $162,314,278 Seattle Mariners: $146,793,414 Detroit Tigers: $143,193,033 Minnesota Twins: $142,762,022 St. Louis Cardinals: $141,455,581 Kansas City Royals: $130,001,503 Colorado Rockies: $120,693,976 Cincinnati Reds: $115,466,833 Milwaukee Brewers: $115,136,227 Washington Nationals: $107,653,761 Cleveland Guardians: $100,522,729 Pittsburgh Pirates: $87,645,246 Chicago White Sox: $82,279,825 Tampa Bay Rays: $79,216,312 Athletics: $73,118,981 Miami Marlins: $67,412,619

FINALLY! Amazing how much crap one used to get by saying Baldelli should go in back in 21 and 22 from those that finally came around. Glad it happened however long it took. That Falvey didn’t go with him is tragic. Even more tragic is Pohlands still owning the team. This is the manager that kept running Manny Margot out there to pinch hit. What a genius. A legend in his own mind. Nobody made him do that. All Baldelli. Like his countless pinch hitting and bullpen decisions. Fire these invasive McDonalds adverts too! (infecting the phone site)

Still no backing for your claims.. How better or best option or tool available becomes you thinking I would mean 100% accurate is fascinating. You must define words differently than dictionaries to have come to that understanding of what was said.

Parades don't come to quitters. It is apparent that Cleveland's success while Falvey was there had nothing to do with him, regardless of the spin that it did, and that it would transfer to us when he was given control. Cleveland continues to turn it on at the end of seasons, and we know what Falvey's Twins do. Cleveland was 46-49 at the All-Star break. (Twins were 47-49). Cleveland was 54-54 on July 31. Did they sellout, throw in the towel, and dismantle their team? Nope. They were 68-68 on September 1, 10.5 games back. The players didn't quit, either. Our Falvey threw in the towel. Decimated the team. Even with Lopez and Keaschall coming back, he chose to blow it up. Not Cleveland. Atlanta won a World Series in 2021 with many players hurt and out for the season and 51-54 on July 30th. They didn't sellout the farm for the future, but Alex Anthopoulos made some improbable choices that worked (including a supposedly washed up Eddie Rosario, who had an improbable run and was MVP of the NLCS, batting .560 with three home runs and nine RBI in six games). And they didn't cash in all the trade value and deal an expiring Freddie Freeman, but kept him to make a run with him. They didn't give up! That got a parade. Even when it seems improbable, great things can and do happen. But it never happens to quitters. When you sellout for hope and dreams in the future, you mostly find that the future was now, and the dream keeps recurring in the dream state, but not in reality. Will it always happen, if you don't quit? Nope. But it will NEVER happen if you do.

Falvey traded for hitters that hit under .200. Do not despair. .200 is within reach. .200 is the new .300. We already have Lee and Lewis and Wallner and Julien and Clemens even over .200.

Definitely. Whatever it takes. We need more sub .200 bats in the lineup. Makes it more exciting when the team occasionally wins a game with hitters in the .100s Falvey must think fans are stupid. Very respectful.

Is 24-26 young? Still learning? Making mental mistakes? Need developed still? If they haven’t figured the mental part out by now, what was all that baseball about all those 10 to 15 or more years for?

But yet it is used to grade the umpires, and overturn calls. Hmmmmm. How does that compute with your claims that have no backing? It is better. It is a tool. Not a robot, just as my thermostat that measures temperature better than my guesses is not a robot. Always use the best method available without delay, I hope. At least try to get it "righter". Most fans certainly want the right calls. I don't like bad calls, regardless of whether it helps my team. I want the humans.... the players.... to decide the games, not the umpires.

For all the easy strikes calls he takes when he is batting, it seems he could use some work.