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  1. h2oface
    Minor has all of 58 pitches after 5. No escape visible in the coming innings.....
  2. h2oface
    .... and then struck out again. At least it was a strike he swung at.... just above the knee on the outside edge of the plate.
  3. h2oface
    Always giving up the free run. I hate it. But they do it all the time. Tradition. Just dumb, I think. An out is never equal to a run. Romero didn't even look at the runner. He had him easily. Trotted home. And they didn't even have a throw for the double play, either. Pathetic.
  4. h2oface
    4. Robbie Grossman (S) DH 5. Ehire Adrianza (S) SS 6. Taylor Motter (R ) 3B 8. Ryan LaMarre ( R) CF 9. Bobby Wilson (R ) C What? No Morrison to add to the disappointment? As Butch said to Sundance, "Who are those guys?" I can't watch this ****. The FO seems asleep at the wheel.
  5. h2oface
    I like home grown players. I always have, and will support Gibson. Jump on the bandwagon, doubters. No need to be too proud to admit you were wrong. So great to see him come of age, and keep it up. Now if the team would just score some runs when he pitches, instead of wasting all these great starts.......
  6. h2oface
    When a pitcher or batter is hot, regardless of their norm or projection, to not use them during that time is a manager's mistake. When the run is over, pay attention, and manage with him differently. But don't ignore it when it is happening.
  7. h2oface
    "Bat first". Positions that aren't bat first? People like to say that about catcher, short stop, center field.... but I call foul. It is always important to be able to hit, and there are always those that play those positions that hit, and hit well, and settling for someone that doesn't is just lazy, even it there isn't an abundance of good hitters, period.
  8. h2oface
    When pitchers aren't their sharpest, and they still only let 2 runs cross the plate in 6 complete...... I feel they pitched better than their line shows, not worse. 105 pitches was plenty (last two starts were 118 pitches/7 innings/2 runs and 103/7/1). That shows a pitcher, and a good pitcher. But once again, the team, bats and pen, lets him down. 1-2 record to show for it. The pen only need to get 9 outs, and they did, after giving up 7 runs.
  9. h2oface
    Granite can't even hit .200 in AAA this year.
  10. h2oface
    This front office is irresponsible. We have several pitchers, MLB ready, to do the option dance with and protect the pen. Plenty. Busenitz, Curtiss, Duffey, Mejia, Moya..... and then Gonsalves, Littell, Slegers........... What? We would lose guys like Belisle? Creative use of the DL for dead arms (Reed, Pressly, etc)..... no problem. We need to see these other pitchers, and use them and get them opportunities. What is wrong with this front office? This has been evident for a month, now! Instead, they go out and sign dumpster diving cast offs to block players from opportunities. And the replacement level players with no future like Wilson, LaMarre, Motter, Adrianza, Grossman, Cave, Garver - and the failure of Morrison....... what are they doing? How is this making the team better. We are getting crushed, and by the front office, not crushing it. There, I said it.
  11. h2oface
    The official scoring that lets a pitcher get the win after blowing the save..... never have liked it. Especially if the pitcher that blows the lead did it all with his own batters, and no inherited runners. Way to go Duke. I guess relief is not spelled D-U-K-E! I still like to see pitchers get wins, regardless of how sabr statisticians like to say wins are meaningless.
  12. h2oface
    "Because of that catastrophe (2016), Minnesota's jump to 85 wins in 2017 looked like a momentous achievement, rather than a modest improvement from their 83 wins in 2015." Yup. Absolutely. Not overlooked by many here as we were chastised for suggesting he was no manager of the year last year. And where is Doug Mientkiewicz? For those of us that wanted to see the younger, fiery, Doug Mientkiewicz get the manager's job instead of Molitor, and stuck up for him when fired this off season and when he was run out of the Twins' org ..... how is he doing? 40-28 (and that is after recently going 1-3 in the last 4) for Detroit's AAA team, the Toledo Mud Hens, leading the AAA International League West, with the best record in all of the IL. Still winning, inspiring his players who love to play for him, no matter where he is. But not good enough for this FO. Very telling.
  13. h2oface
    Thanks, Doc.
  14. h2oface
    There are two types of LOB stats.... individual and team. That is why it is in the box score for individuals.
  15. h2oface
    I don't know that Perez is a good example of that. He has been pretty bad, and bouncing from team to team since the last half of 2015 because of that. Cleveland has gotten lucky that he is doing well this year, I think. He was not a bet like Reed, that looked to continue to pitch well.....
  16. h2oface
    Morrison and Dozier's spot in the lineup came around.......
  17. h2oface
    All strikes, Joe. All three of them. Just go ahead and f-ing stand there!
  18. h2oface
    It very well could be the "environment" is the contributing factor. He did pretty well in the Yankees system, too. So well that some genius traded Aaron Hicks for him! Only failed in the Twins.
  19. h2oface
    And then I would trade Murphy back to the Yankees for Aaron Hicks! (especially given our organizational situation with Buxton out, and not hitting anyway! And even for a 4th outfielder if Buxton does start hitting again, ever, and GET RID OF GROSSMAN!)
  20. h2oface
    Why overused Pressly was in with a 6 run lead makes absolutely no sense. Molitor has lost it.
  21. h2oface
    Man was that lucky. That slider to Chisenhall after three consecutive singles was so right down the middle. That was real close to being a 9-7 ball game. Belisle is going to be scary. I still can't believe they signed him.
  22. h2oface
    I read somewhere that Polanco recently smashed his hand in a door, and is going to lose some rehab time.... but supposedly that will not affect when he is going to be able to come come back, just how ready he will be.....
  23. h2oface
    His 1.31 ERA and .92 WHIP is just too low for Molitor. No trust. 20.2 innings in 13 games, and he has already given up 16 hits and 3 walks. Better to over use who he trusts, regardless of the 5 run lead. Besides Rodgers needed the work.... obviously. Oh, and I was a big advocate of playing LaMarre when he was hot. That doesn't mean to keep playing him when he comes back to earth. But then, why use your farm, eh?
  24. h2oface
    Gibson haters are sure eating a lot of crow this year. I can hear him, still saying..... bite me!
  25. h2oface
    You can really see his weight gain in these pictures, too.
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