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  1. h2oface
    Castro's injury replacement have to have a Twin all-star form, which is not to the standards of most all-stars because it was decided he was the best active uninjured Twin available from a team with no one else deserving either comparatively to the rest available in the league and it would be a novelty to pick a utility player...... yes, that all-star form. He's got the gloves, just don't expect all-star defense. He doesn't have "qualifying" PAs at this point for stats, but he sure has been an asset at the plate. Thankful for that. OPS currently a litte higher than Buxton, and average .290. Could really use more stolen bases (3).
  2. h2oface
    Sorry. I haven't been talking about that at bat at all. Others have. I am talking in general, playing baseball, and be present in the moment to make moves outside the "process", moves that win games because a team doesn't always stay in the box no matter what. Speaking of the shift you bring up, I hate it more when the shift creates hits because the defense wasn't there because they bet on the extreme shift to beat the odds. I enjoy a game where the pitchers field their position and cover the middle better (I guess that is over, eh?). NBA lotteries are set up so the worst team(s) still have the best chance to win the precious first pic. Fundamentally sound, by the percentages. Except, like the game of baseball, especially in the very small sample sizes that the games are on the line, staying with the precious "process" isn't winning the games in the moments games are won, and the worst team(s) in the lotteries with the best "odds" are getting worse than the precious first pick way more often (probably a bad comparison). Even the .300 hitter has better odds to fail that succeed. By over twice as much. Special moments involve different approaches to make better/best teams. Hey, you love the box. Good for you. I am happy for you.
  3. h2oface
    I guess .500 ball or less is solid to you, and fudamentally sound. All the fans love it. Pack stadiums for it. Championships are overrated. By all means, live in the box with the game on the line. All game. Everygame.
  4. h2oface
    Neither is watching pitches center center and getting rung up looking. Probably less reliable, eh? Without good contact outs, they couldn't talk about the all self important exit velocity. and what should have been but wasn't. I contend that looking at fine pitches, and close pitches with two strikes, that the batter is certainly NOT looking to put the ball in play. Most close games are not won on processes the yeild solid results, they are won on performing unusually in the clutch.
  5. h2oface
    This is true. Pulling SWR early with only 53 pitches was poor managing. This is also true. Walking the lead off hitter, the one that scored in the ninth definitley affected the outcome. Our stud failed to do his job 2 nights in a row. This is also true. Correa was pathetic at the plate with the pressure on in Houton all series. Also true.
  6. h2oface
    Because Vazquez is sure to have a better chance getting a hit or putting the ball in play???????
  7. h2oface
    You are kind. 0-15 . All 3 ABs in the 10th.
  8. h2oface
    Was this the game to declare that after? This was a great pitching game, from both sides, and competitive to the end. Our closing stud just didn't do it, tonight, and their's did. Reverse that and was it still an AAA team, tonight?
  9. h2oface
    The biggest injustice of this game was that one of the starters didn't get the win.
  10. h2oface
    Yes. But it was a problem today. Folks act like Houston pitching should have deserved the loss. No different. Man, that last pitch was center center, with a runner on third. And if you haven't been noticing how much the batters touch the ball against Duran, you haven't been paying attention. Sure, soft contact, fouls, ground balls, balls hit to the wall....... lots of contact and less swing and miss. It baffles me, considering how much his pitches move. Hey, some pitcher was gonna give it up. No one was warming up. Hader was going to go in the 10th. That was a 3 out game to extend to the 10th, and our stud gave up a walk and 2 hits.
  11. h2oface
    Should have Hader in the top of the 9th?
  12. h2oface
    Gotta play to the game. In the bottom of the tied ninth, all that happened earlier in the game makes no difference. It is pitcher and hitters this inning, this at bat. Could be 0-0 or 2-2 or 10-10. It is Duran and Duran only to perform, and the defense. Our batters had nothing to do with it with the game on the line in the bottom of the ninth.
  13. h2oface
    Lots of contact against Duran. Looked like Clase did in the playoffs.
  14. h2oface
    Houston thanks the shift addiction and Lee's range.
  15. h2oface
    A bunch of our hitters would have walked if they just didn't swing at all!
  16. h2oface
    I amazed Correa isn't out for the year yet. He hit well the first week after the head bump. Maybe............
  17. h2oface
    Amazing futility by the 36 million dollar man. Doesn't help that the umpire missed the call again, but swinging at a pitch that bounces 2 feet in front of the plate was epic. And watches pitches too close to trust to a human making the correct call. All after Buxton had to take that hit. Watching Castro strike out when he had a walk if he just swung at strikes. Tough inning....... again.
  18. h2oface
    You fit right in writing about Baldelli Ball.
  19. h2oface
    "Jonah Bride's hex lands Lewis on the IL and Jonah at third" Or was it this article?
  20. h2oface
    Lewis coming up lame again, just running to first base in the ninth, is heartbreaking and disgusting at the same time. He looked like he wasn't close to ready when they activated him, took forever to start hitting, and once he did, injures himself running to first base. Not into anything, not violently swinging, not being run into..... just running to first base. How did you answer the poll?
  21. h2oface
    Another missed call. Free K for Coulombe.
  22. h2oface
    Pena (4-5) showing up Correa (0-4) again in Houston. I guess Jax and Coulombe needed work? Whats the point, otherwise? Now they would have to go back to back if there is a close game tomorrow.
  23. h2oface
    7 (13-20) and 6 (26-20), but whose counting.
  24. h2oface
    FTFY. Weak ground out form the 36 million dollar man with the bases loaded didn't help, either,
  25. h2oface
    But he hits.
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