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  1. h2oface
    I loved what Sonny Gray didn't say in the pregame short interview, and how he didn't say it. I have more respect for him now. Somebody needs to push back against the sad way the staff has been handled. Of course Sonny isn't not commenting on when he needed to be pulled, but he is (not) saying (with words) that the way the starting staff has been being pulled early is not what he wants. It is too bad the staff and FO have reverted to misuse of the starters and bullpen in their formulaic approach to baseball. I am all for utilizing advanced stats, but not being ruled by them. It seemed to wake Baldelli out of his chart trance tonight, and I am all for it.
  2. h2oface
    There were several reasons Correa was not signed until he was last year, and that most teams didn't want him at his price. I don't want him either. There will be several shortstops on the market again, and Trea Turner is one of them, but not for the Twins. Correa is not performing at anywhere close to his salary this year. Maybe not even half of it. If Correa is not coming back, they should play him everyday. Why rest the guy that is leaving, anyway? Plus, he is highly motivated to perform better so when he opts out he can get other teams to ignore his cheating track reacord and sign him long term face of the franchise that he wants. Can a "clubhouse leader" really be the guy that was one of the top cheaters and least reticent about it? Correa could change that and make his decision early to not opt out for 2023 (still could for 2024), but he won't. So quit treating him like value for the future, and use him up! I hope they go for pitching. And Verlander will be opting out. I would have much rather have had Verlander with Correa's current contract than Correa of 2022. Verlander is one of the only ones that will be looking for a shorter term contract. High dollar, short term. Kershaw too, but he will stay with Dodgers if he continues. Kershaw should do the Clemons, and start gearing up in June, and play July Aug Sept and postseason, and save his back and go shorter seasons but not miss the postseason. It would be really ironic if Trea Turner signed elsewhere, and the Dodgers signed Correa! If it wasn't telling how the Twins fans had short memories from the booing last year to the fawning now, it would really be interesting to see how memories changed and how hypocritical Dodger fans might be.
  3. h2oface
    One game winning streak! Is that a streak? It's a start. 4 games over .500. Nothing a nice 10 game winning streak won't fix. Now is the time. Lopez sure is scary. Seems every batter can make good contact, and he is giving up a lot of hits since he has put on the TC uniforms.
  4. h2oface

    75 RBI or 75 RBIs?

    h2oface commented on Greglw3's blog entry in Greg Allen

    RBI. A lot of discussion for something so uninteresting and meaningless to so many, eh?.
  5. h2oface
    17 total bases and only 4 runs. I think the Twins have been reading TD and don't want to be the guy that has a lot of meaningless RBI.
  6. h2oface
    The Dodgers are going to make your pitchers pitch into 3-2 counts. So are the Yankees. That is their consistent game plan. Not to swing outside the zone and to make all pitchers throw a lot of pitches. Consistent game plan. Always. Pitchers try to keep not giving them pitches in the zone hoping they will chase. But when they won't, you finally have to give them something in the zone or keep trying and walk them.
  7. h2oface
    But Perkins said on air that Baldelli is a great manager of the bullpen! Hmmmmm. I guess he likes to do commentary,
  8. h2oface
    It is the same managing philosophy that would use a .125 hitter for the DH. Well, I guess days of "Sure, but can't you just enjoy that we are in first place" are over for a spell, as reality is unavoidable now.
  9. h2oface
    Some have been chastised for being critical of the Twins basically treading water and losing 6 games to .500. "We are still in first place" being the mantra. Right. And now we are still in first place - albeit tied. That very attitude of the team, perhaps, too, is why they will soon be forced to either really focus and play to potential, or stay .500 and watch Cleveland and Chicago leave the Twins in their complacent rear view.
  10. h2oface
    He never said the Twins did. “They” refers to some fans.
  11. h2oface
    Sorry you missed the joke. Of course they were yelling cheater in the torrent of impressive booing! Personally, I think he deserves it. I find it hypocritical that our home town fans ignore it. What and how the Astros cheated was horrendous, Correa was never reticent, was the most vocal about being proud of himself and his teammates, and even tried to deny that it happened. And with the complete immunity the players were given to be honest and tell the truth, he was never punished! So he deserves the attention he gets from the fans that the cheating had the largest consequences against.
  12. h2oface
    The booing for Correa was relentless. Never seen anything like it. Every at bat. The whole at bat. A lull between pitches, but by the time of the next delivery, it roared again. Incessant and relentless. Then they all started yelling Jeter, Jeter, over and over. I don't know why they were confusing Correa with Jeter. It seems that Baldelli has now decided to leave Ryan in when he is getting shelled, and pull him early when his is controlling the game. It seems the attempts to extend Megill for the second inning continue not to go well I wonder if they are noticing.
  13. h2oface
    Maybe if we spent the $35 million with 25 of it going to Verlander (or say 30 to get him away from Houston), the extra on other better pitching than we did, and bet on Royce Lewis to play short and not had him in center to run into the wall........ we might have been in a better position. That's another bet. But I think we all just hope that Correa gets hot and actually carries the team the rest of the year and wins some playoff games. One can hope.......
  14. h2oface
    Whoa! How did we get from "compared to what" (your question) and a comparable performance to last year...... to an absolute failure? Whoa. That is a huge leap. I didn't and won't go there. I know that the FO was certainly hoping for more with what they forked out. I would take a couple of other years, too. Of course he is not an absolute failure. I sure wish, as many others do, that he was having a much better year, though. I bet Correa wishes he was having a much better year, too. Correa holds a high bar, especially since he is paid around 25% of the teams salary. I would say more but I have used up all my accused narrow mind's capacity, and I have a Garden Party to go to..........
  15. h2oface
    Compared to expected performance comparable to last year and worthy of $35 million for the year.
  16. h2oface
    As do I agree with the refs umpires on the field. Stated many times clearly. But that doesn't change the official review and call, or the understanding of why they did it, unfortunatley.
  17. h2oface
    I always thought if you couldn't do it at first, or second or third base, then you shouldn't be able to do it at home. I would call the old rule closer to football - where the main intention is to lay the hurt on the opposing team and hit them - than baseball. I like that a player can't take out the second baseman or shortstop (or the third baseman who might be there these days) and not even be close to touching second, and I like the new rule at home. A lot. I like the on field call that was made. I think Beckham made a great and lucky throw (that with a bit more luck could have gotten to Sanchez even sooner.) I think the reviewing personel made the mistake interpreting the rule in relation to the play that occured, not the rule is bad.
  18. h2oface
    You tell people that they have a bad take all the time and that their take is not correct. You are doing it here. That's fine. Maybe you don't think so, but that is how I read it And not necessarily in response to my take, but to others' takes more than mine. "No, you can't expect better than throwing someone out at the plate." - You are not allowed to expect better. - Now you are basically telling people to stop complaining, when they are not complaining, but pointing out nuances that affected the timing of the great throw arriving later than it could have. Basically telling people to not say what they are saying because they are wrong, in your opinion. A player can have a great get and a horrible throw on the same play. If the net net result is a two base error, is it a bad play because the guy saved a double but threw the ball away and it became a two base error and the runner ends up safe at third? (I admire the great get, and shake my head about the horrible judgement to throw a ball that would not have got the runner at first anyway, and the net result.) Or is it both a great play and a bad play in the same total event? It can be both. I bet Beckham would even say he made a lucky throw, as he knows he isn't an outfielder - probably saying to himself as the ball is coming to him "it just had to come to me.....". I thought he is capable and Beckham knows he is capable and that it was a lucky throw. Most like this are, even when it is someone that has a history of great throws. I don't think this was a bad play at all, even with the double clutch to make sure he had the ball in the proper grip to make the great throw. I think it was a bad review. Everyone knows that the throw was made by an infielder who Baldelli ended up having in leftfield and the throw was great. Some pointed out that extra time was added to the play and identified where. Critical observation and thinking is not complaining. That is how even champions get better.
  19. h2oface
    Maybe for you. But the call was officially overturned. Perhaps it is you that is spewing pointless quibble. Obviously it was viewed differently by those that could make the ruling.
  20. h2oface
    You realize that critical thinking and exacting observation is not a complaint, right?
  21. h2oface
    It was not irrelevant. After all, it was overturned. The throw didn't beat him easy.... or by a mile as another posted stated at the beginning of the thread. It did beat him, and he was out for sure. Gotta think that it might not have been overturned if the ball had been there sooner. The home-plate collision rule states that the catcher is not allowed to block the runner’s path to the plate unless he is in possession of the ball or making a “legitimate attempt” to receive a throw. Just that little bit sooner and Sanchez is allowed by rule to be in the runner's path. Then it is upheld. It should have been upheld anyway, but that could have been the kicker.
  22. h2oface
    start at the beginning for the arguments.... definitely worth it. This goes right to Complaints.
  23. h2oface
    Absolutely. Double clutched. The game wasn't lost on that poor call. It was lost on Kepler's boneheaded baserunning, not tagging and advancing to third, and then scoring on Gordon's deep grounder. That wouldn't have won the game, but it provided the loss. It should have tied the game.
  24. h2oface
    This really makes me laugh. Since July 17, Correa has had 5 days off for the All-Star break July 18-22, had Monday July 25, Thursday July 28, today, and tomorrow. That will be 9 of 22 days OFF!! Since the All-Star break, there were the 2 days off and today (for Correa) and tomorrow..... 4 of 17. And he will get another day off on Thursday - that will be 3 days off in 5 days! I hope a 27 year old athlete in his prime that gets to play baseball for work and gets paid $35 million a year for it can stand all the intense activity. We don't need him to be a robot, just a baseball player that wants to play and earn his $35 million,
  25. h2oface
    Look, I just wait for you to use the "predictive power" you are trying to chastise me about after they've started or ended, even a game later and the next day, or two, if they help you in an isolated instance. I even count on it. Nothing I said was out of line to consider in the least. And thank you for reminding me and all yet again that the statistical odds say "the Jays were likely to lose just like every other team heading into the bottom of the 10th tied." One can never say it too many times.
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