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  1. Danchat
    What? The batters were far better than the pitchers, so why shouldn't the FO fire the pitching coach?
  2. Danchat
    Indians are up 3-0 over the Yankees and Bauer hasn't given up a hit. Hopefully they don't lose this lead like we did. Don't worry, at least it's not a 5-0 lead, the most dangerous lead in baseball.
  3. Danchat
    This was the right move to make. Molitor had a squad that was falling apart at the end of July and they pulled themselves back into shape and made the playoffs. Buxton melted down in April, but he figured things out. Polanco had a meltdown of his own in July, but then something in his head clicked. Berrios was just garbage in 2016 and he rebounded back to where we'd though he might be. I don't know if Molitor was responsible for any of these, but so many players took steps forward through 2017 and I have to give the manager some credit for it. Don't get me wrong though - the incessant sacrifice bunting, poor bullpen usage (yes, he had poor options, but there were certain points of complete ineptitude, like using lefties wrong, leaving a pitcher in too long and allowing a runner on at the start of an inning, using Belisle (early season) / Pressly / Rogers at the wrong times), and relatively poor lineups (I will still not get over Gimenez in the #4 spot), Molitor has a lot to improve. But he deserves more chances to figure these things out.
  4. Danchat
    Are you implying the Twins don't need to add any starters or that they should forget FAs and trade for a starter? I think it would be foolish to go into next season with Santana-Berrios-Mejia-Gibson(?!)-May/Gonsalves(?) as your starters. I think it would be wise to add [at least] one starter via trade/FA.
  5. Danchat
    While yes, I do agree with this statement, the fact remains that this is a team in the midst of a rebuild that just so happened to catch the AL's 2nd wild card spot while the rest of the AL cowered away or built for the playoffs. This team was not built for a playoff run and the focus should remain on the future. So with 2017 being the opening of the "playoff window", every effort from now on should be to build this team into a yearly playoff competitor that can go up against New York/Cleveland/Houston. My hope is that 2018 can be the first of many seasons where we say "this is the year!" instead of "let's get competitive in 2019." Let's just hope that Buxton doesn't run into a wall in Spring Training and tear an ACL or have Sano step on third base but have his leg randomly explode. Those may be more Viking-esque misfortunes though.
  6. Danchat
    Also should have looked up Erv's postseason stats, he's a bad pitcher in the playoffs. Now in 3 postseason starts he's given up 14 runs.
  7. Danchat
    Another ball called as a strike... thought the ump was supposed to be consistent.
  8. Danchat
    Yeah, I didn't mention at the time but all of the positivity the folks here had before the game started was unfounded. Yankees clearly have a superior team, Twins just can't win games in Yankee stadium, plus we're a Minnesotan sports team, we don't win playoff series and win new ways to screw things up. I projected us to lose 6-3, so losing 8-4 is pretty close.
  9. Danchat
    Oh, so now the ump is being generous with the strike zone. Great.
  10. Danchat
    Wow. Yup, this is Minnesota sports for you. 12 men on the field, runner forgets to step on first, etc, etc...
  11. Danchat
    I'm not a big fan of Molitor but firing (allowing contract to expire) him makes no sense, the Twins just finished one of the best comeback seasons of all time. The young guys got better and the team made the playoffs even though the FO sold a couple assets. This one game does not make or break Molly's job.
  12. Danchat
    Great, another complete garbage throw from Rosario. Can't finish the season without one.
  13. Danchat
    Maybe we needed Hildy to go three innings like Robertson did?
  14. Danchat
    Mauer going 0 for 4... pretty brutal. Also, why is Hildenberger pitching? Methinks this is too early for him.
  15. Danchat
    Don't wanna be captain hindsight here, but I was OK with Santana staying in because Berrios doesn't pitch well on the road, struggled against the Yanks here last week, and the ump is brutal. Ugh.
  16. Danchat
    Turns out I'm not going to miss much of this game while at my night class. This might go past midnight.
  17. Danchat
    Did as well as their ace. Like, exactly. One out, 3 runs.
  18. Danchat
    Turns out the Yankees could have used at least 11 pitchers...
  19. Danchat
    LOL so much for Severino being an "ace".
  20. Danchat
    There was one at a Twins game this season that went in slow motion, or it seemed like it. It was painful to listen to, unfortunately.
  21. Danchat
    Or heading off to their conveniently scheduled night class, like I am.
  22. Danchat
    Normally I would laugh off this type of "conspiracy" stuff, but I actually believe the MLB/media really wants the Yankees to win this one. They want a Yankees/Indians series. The odds for the Yankees winning the World Series are 8/1, same as the Nationals and Red Sox (Twins' odds are 18/1).
  23. Danchat
    Gimenez now finishes the season with as many HRs as our starting 1B.
  24. Danchat
    Yep, it's probably gonna be yet another lost season for them. I don't want to be Debbie Downer, but I'm expecting the Twins to do some similar things to the Yankees. I've love to think "maybe this is the year!" but as a Minnesota sports fan I have to expect the worst.
  25. Danchat
    There's a good chance this is Tonkin's last outing as a Twin. Or, y'know, maybe Tonkin becomes a solid reliever for another team and 8 years from now, the Twins go dumpster diving and sign him to a minor league contract. With all of the zany things that happen here, that wouldn't surprise me very much.
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