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  1. h2oface
    I love that! I think intentionally throwing a ball at someone, anywhere, anytime, and especially at the head, is the most cowardly thing a baseball player can do. I think there should be consequences for the pitcher. They get away with murder. They should be held accountable. Seems fans just don't like to have fun. Lewis was funny and original. And in the minors. Fans and players just can't take it. It really is sad, in my opinion. Push-ups at second, funny. Throwing at a guys head, or body..... childish and totally cowardly, and needs to be stopped.
  2. h2oface
    I totally agree with you, Gonzo. To not pictch your ace against their ace increases your own ace's aceness. I feel the same way to start the season. Set the rotation so your #1 is facing off against their #2. And that follows your #2 against their #3, perhaps, and so on. The only disadvantage, in a sense, comes with their number one against your #5, in a rotation. But you could go their # 1 against your #3, and then their #2 against your #1 and their #3 against your #2, and your have pre-set the advantage in 2 out of 3 matchups. But I really dig your analysis even more. No need to go #1 against #1. If you beat their #1, which is not unreasonalbe, it sets up for a large advantage for the next two games. I like your thinking.
  3. h2oface
    I get 4/13 for Astudillo's 4 games since call up, with one homer and 3 singles - .308 for average (and .308 is also great, yes?), and he was 3/4 the first game, so 1/9 the last 3 - .111 average. Maybe just call him up for one game at a time, and get the 3/4 repetitively? Or send he back as soon as he goes o-fer, as his start of the season was great for the first week. Small samples are fun to play with, that's for sure. Extended samples probably more reliable, but it is hard to get extended at bats if you aren't a higher salaried player, if you don't produce with regularity.
  4. h2oface
    Wasn't Pineda the 4th starter, and Perez the 5th? It was Perez that got bullpenned to start the season. Sure Perez has maybe, maybe pitched better overall (recent starts may disagree) but just declaring Pineda the 5th starter seems arbitrary, and actually a demotion because he has pitched the worst of the starters. It doesn't really matter..... the # assigned.... but a tad bit interesting to me. Is Pineda's performance as the 4th starter as acceptable?
  5. h2oface
    I would much rather have Arraez on the 25 man roster than Astudillo. Astudillo may be versatile, but his fielding is sub par at all positions.
  6. h2oface
    ....but.... 6 wins to 3 is what really matters. I don't like splitting a series with KC or the Tigers, though. We need to take those 3-1
  7. h2oface
    As of right now, KC holds a +2 run differential against the Twins so far this season. Pesky.
  8. h2oface
    deGrom-ed again!
  9. h2oface
    gift pitch calls........
  10. h2oface
    Sure would like to see someone else behind the plate for this half inning.......
  11. h2oface
    Eddie's DUE!
  12. h2oface
    About time Diaz let they try to score.
  13. h2oface
    He had a great "Nuke" LaLoosh pitch today.
  14. h2oface
    That doesn't mean they haven't been in the games. Pesky. Twins with 4 one run wins, and a run differential of only +1. The other a 2 run win. So I take brutal back. Replace with annoyingly pesky. They look a lot better than a team that loses 2 for every one they win.
  15. h2oface
    Totally agree.
  16. h2oface
    That plate ump is horrible.
  17. h2oface
    How does KC have such a poor record? They have been brutal against this powerful juggernaut from Minnesota.
  18. h2oface
    Berrios keeps getting deCrom-ed by his teammates. There goes another win in his column.
  19. h2oface
    I wouldn't be at all surprised to see this team play .500 ball from here on out. That should still win the Central. But they need to beat teams that only win 1 out of 2 games from the rest of the league.
  20. h2oface
    Half a season is over, and Lewis clocks in hitting .224 with a .619 OPS even with a 2 home run night. That is downright pathetic in general, and for a number one overall pick, even worse. I don't know how anyone can put any frosting on it, but I am sure it is coming. Totally disappointing. Kirilloff still out. Graterol out. The top three are making this year a slow track, albeit injuries are never in the plan.
  21. h2oface
    I don't like Diaz's decisions at third base. He holds speedy runners and sends turtles. Personally, I think he has held way more than he should have and cost runs in close games. I don't like him making the decisions at third, at all.
  22. h2oface
    Unfortuneately, most of the guys on the Twins, when they try to bunt, can't do it. Pop it up, foul, or miss the ball all together. Seems like an easy skill to have.
  23. h2oface
    Didn't Boston have a 6 game winning streak going into this game? And they were pretty close to making it 7. I wouldn't call that "not playing that well", myself.
  24. h2oface
    Rule 6.06 (a) states that a batter is out for illegal action if, "he hits a ball with one or both feet on the ground entirely outside the batter's box." Like tennis, any part of the foot on the line counts as in the box. The umps seem to never call the violation of this rule when the players intentionally kick the back line into non-existent and have the back foot totally out of the box.... that has no demarcation anymore. That happens all the time and is ignored.
  25. h2oface
    What a great win. Kepler. Wow. Regarding Garver, I am sure he isn't giving himself a break for being a bonehead, and in the 6th, or whatever inning it was, there was no 17 innings in the picture. No need to baby him. He knows, and so does everybody that watched it. That cannot happen. By not pretending it is ok, he will get better for it. Garver is a stud, but no reason to diminish what happened because he played the whole game that he loves. He is a big boy. He can own it, and so can we. One could say it is his own fault the game couldn't be decided in 9. Would be nice to see the bats wake up tomorrow.
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