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  1. Blyleven2011
    I like it , ( im on board with hail drago ) , after 4 months in the league I knew arreaz was a major leaguer so I nicknamed him major leaguer , usually i take three years to evaluate a player tobknow exactly what that player will be , but in arraez's case I knew he was special ,,, he bat's like Gwynn and hits like Carew ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    Nice pitched game , Ober please stay healthy your needed in the rotation ... Hitters , 6 hits , 3 walks but only 7 strikeouts , 1 run is all we needed and Polanco delivered ... Pitching does win games ... Winning streak of 3 , let's go for 10 or more ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    2 month's in and it's a disappointment, it's not great baseball but it should get better , one can hope ... We'll have this same discussion probably around the deadline and at the end of the season ... It's the vets that are a disappointment to me as the rookies or younger players are performing better ... When they signed Gallo , I said he is just another Sano only he bat's lefthanded , he swings at everything outside and just like Sano strikes out .... When we needed right handed bat's we sign a lefty so FO is also a disappointment to ... Has anyone or has the media seen the wiz kids during this win one game lose one game plan of baseball ... No , always in hiding when things don't go the way they want , no accountability , but get a ten game winning streak and they can't wait to jump in front of the camera for the credit ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    Lewis and mathews , Lewis with that knuckler and I liked how you put it , the hitters walked back to the dugout shaking their heads ... 2 to watch from last year's draft ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    No , i wouldn't think they would do it, it would make to much sense ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    Either go to a six man rotation with maeda or put maeda in long relief and then wait for an injury and go back to 5 man rotation ... Varland right now is to valuable to waste in AAA ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    it is crucial to find the best position for a player to play when they are in there developmental stages in the minors ... I to have been adamant that they have a player that isn't projected to stay at that position but they continue to play him there and don't move him to another position best suited for him until he gets to the show ... To me that is a plan for disaster with these hitters first prospects , it's the coaches responsibility to develop these prospects and find that defensive positionwhere he can thrive , but what is holding them back ... You can't keep sending these players out there to play 2nd / 3rd or even shortstop and say DO THE BEST YOU CAN ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    I see no position player voted to the Allstar game , might get one selected as a reserve , sorry just hasn't been any highlights from any of them ... Pitchers , now that is a different story ... gray , Ryan and Duran If they continue to dominate , almost impossible for all 3 to get selected but if the Allstars game is next week I would choose Ryan and Duran and maybe sonny Gray as an alternate by way of an injured player ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    A winning streak of three ... More hits than strikeouts ... Lewis ties it with a 2 run bomb to center .... Couldn't ask for anything more but we got it with a walk off win
  10. Blyleven2011
    Finally the hits were falling , hit the ball hard and make things happen ... You don't have to hit homeruns to score runs all the time ... What kind of hitting will show up in the Cleveland series , patience by walks , singles and doubles or back to the big swing for the bleachers ... WE'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    Everyone was happy the day of the mahle trade but Everyone but the FO had concerns of his history of injury ... As I stated when arreaz ( major leaguer ) got traded that he would get the game winning hit in the bottom of the ninth in the 7th game of a Miami / Minnesota world series ... Now that would haunt the fan base ... We went after pitching and gave up alot but that is exactly how the Yankees do it ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    Oakland and San Francisco play in warmer spring temperatures , I guess weather doesn't matter when it comes to strikeouts ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    Computers are taking over the man's job because they have been real incompetent since they disbanded from 2 leagues of umpires ( American and national league team each had there own umpires ) , dont ask me why they are so inconsistent but MLB never sees to take any accountability for it , they rate them , but sone of the worst umpires are still working ... In my opinion that is the start of bad umpiring , plus I have never heard how often they get their eyes check ... Robbing a pitcher of a no hitter was the worst before instant replay , Jim Joyce I believe ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    You usually bat your best hitter in the 3 slot to produce ... WHO IS OUR BEST HITTER ? IF LEWIS HITS I WOULD BAT HIM THERE OR ANYWHERE ABOVE , Lewis was batting in the 6 spot yesterday his previous games I'm not sure ( in other words , I forgot ) ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    I'd have to agree that Correa is slightly turning the corner at the plate , working counts to his favor and getting walks , we need production from him in a big way , timely hitting in clutch situations , but we need that from all the hitters ... We need to hit , run and score pure and simple ... I wish it was that easy to hit a round ball with a round bat but adjustments have to be made , identifying pitches also in order to do it , the strikeouts continue to mount in double digits every game and is inexcusable , 5 or 6 hits or even less is inexcusable ... The starting pitchers have kept us in the game and the hitters have not , they have to start performing better and helping out the pitchers ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Punishing believers like the fans ... Rewarding the coaches with extended contracts ... I wish the pohlads were true fans of baseball and not just businessmen , then they could see why the fans are aggravated with the style of baseball ( or lack of style ) the FO and Rocco are playing ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Good starting pitching is keeping us in the games but where are the other formulas to win them ???
  18. Blyleven2011
    We have not won two games in a row since the cubbies , almost 20 games ago ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    From the movie MAJOR LEAGUE when Jake follows his sweetheart to her new boyfriends party ... Jake is sitting on the sofa and during the conversation an older lady asked Jake what he did for a living , JAKES REPLY WAS HE PLAYED FOR THE CLEVELAND Guardians ( now the guardians), she was shocked and replied , I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW CLEVELAND STILL HAD A TEAM , Jake replied , yes the do and we have uniforms and everything ... THE PRESENT TWINS TEAM ... The way the twins are playing and attendance is falling this might be the way of the twins , people won't even know we have a major league sports team and new uniforms anymore ... I wish we had Lou brown managing the the twins because he took a team of pretenders and made them contenders ... F*** you jo boo ... I know it was just a movie but has similarities of the twins play ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    Why can't these players get hits ... If they each got one hit each game they at least would have a .250 batting average each ... Something really has to be done with all these double digit strike out games ... They take the field but do not come to play ... It's a terrible unexciting play of baseball but I keep tuning in to see the game action and waiting for a highlight to happen , the only highlight has been the pitching ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    Okay I get the drift now , he's an organizational favorite but not as much a fan favorite ... Arreaz was a fan favorite and not a organizational favorite ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    An organizational favorite , not sure that is right , at least since 2019 , great defense though .... An organizational favorite was actually traded and I keep missing him more each day when the veterans can't hit consistently on a daily basis , hit it where they ain't ... Everyone liked arraez's approach at the plate and his defense at first was worthy ... He played the game with a passion , played wherever you asked him to and brought excitement to the game ... I'd take 9 batters in the lineup if they could all hit like arreaz and we'd win more games this way than waiting and waiting and waiting for a game changing homerun ... We are not a homerun hitting team especially in the clutch with runners on base ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    I concur we never know how Rocco's strategy will go , but the same can be said about the FO too ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    Thanks , very knowledgeable write up ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    I turned the game off with 2 outs in the top of the ninth , not because I wanted to , but went out for dinner , after I made my order and waiting for the food to be prepared and served , I looked up the box score and was very surprised we had tied it in the ninth and game was going to the tenth , I quickly turned to my app to watch on the phone and we were up with the lead and then watched Duran come out for his second inning of work ( by the way this was roccos best move or decision since he became manager ) and Duran finished the game for the win ... I never expected a tied game when I went to the box score , I expected the box score to be a final with Houston the winner ... It was definitely an exciting finish , tip your hats to the good guys , we needed that win and many more ...
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