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  1. OvertheHill
    Season on the line, guy on the mound has a 6+ ERA. Has to happen here.
  2. OvertheHill
    And he’s being rewarded by the guys who have come in. Sands is done; who’s up next?
  3. OvertheHill
    Morny talking about “capitalizing “. No Justin, we don’t do that. I have never seen a baseball team do less with given situations.
  4. OvertheHill
    In a season where I’m sure I’ve seen every imaginable base running gaffe………
  5. OvertheHill
    Did I hear that correctly that we had gone 239 PA’s between home runs?
  6. OvertheHill
    I agree in principle with you but we have a lot to address this off-season.
  7. OvertheHill
    Did this turn into a MySpace chat room?
  8. OvertheHill
    Trevor in a groove lately!
  9. OvertheHill
    Consistent strike zone at least
  10. OvertheHill
    I really find these Rocco sound bites to be both very insightful and encouraging.
  11. OvertheHill
    Byron with an untimely non competitive at bat.
  12. OvertheHill
    Julien. Whatever the question was, he’s clearly not the answer.
  13. OvertheHill
    Yeah but he’s at 30 pitches already. We’re looking at Death By Bullpen again.
  14. OvertheHill
    Holy Batting Practice!
  15. OvertheHill
    Season over. That didn’t take long.
  16. OvertheHill
    Would REALLY like to get at least 5 innings tonight from SWR.
  17. OvertheHill
    We don’t need no stinkin’ singles
  18. OvertheHill
    I’ve come to learn that managerial style doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and for better or worse is an extension of how the FO thinks about roster construction. It would seem that FO and Manager need to share a constructive philosophy for the product on the field to be successful, entertaining, etc. It’s easiest for me to see how that relationship manifests itself by analyzing the Manager, so yeah he gets the focus.
  19. OvertheHill
    Thanks for asking. We’re not in the room when off-season and trade deadline decisions are made, but as a fan it sure doesn’t feel like there’s a consistent approach that’s building anything. It comes across as “how do we fill this hole with something that might sort of work “. I’m patient enough to be okay with a build it up from the bottom reboot, take our lumps, and field an exciting group of guys that I can picture being here for a brighter future. This feels like gaslighting. I don’t completely embrace the way analytics seems to drive every imaginable ingame decision. I have for my whole life studied and tracked the (hopefully meaningful) stats, and understanding them is part and parcel to enjoying the game for me. But I’ve always expected them to be tempered with an “eye test” or “in the moment” sort of approach. This Manager’s uncreative, detached, entirely predictable approach to in game decisions leaves me cold. The “anyone can play anywhere “ and a million different lineups thing sucks for me as a fan. It just seems counterintuitive to me to expect players to not gravitate towards a set role, routine, etc. I don’t see how it helps with player development, thus shortchanging the future. I could go on, but that’s a start.
  20. OvertheHill
    I agreed with someone in March of this year that the Twins looked/felt like an 85-win team in a slightly improved division. And hopefully that might still be good enough to get them to the postseason. They essentially are in the position most of us predicted; fighting for their lives in the final week. Obviously the way the team got to this point was excruciating for fans. I’m sure we’ll have ample opportunity to do post mortems on the season, and we’ll debate the usual suspects. As for this week, I wouldn’t go to Target Field if I had free tickets. To me it would be tacit approval of the business model and product that feels like it’s taking advantage of me, the fan. I’ve supported this team (as an adult) since the early 1980’s, and it always felt like a special kind of privilege to be in the same building as guys doing what I had dreamed of doing since I was a kid. There’s no way it feels that way anymore with this organization. We’ll see about 2025.
  21. OvertheHill
    If were me, I wouldn’t have extended his contract through next year. But that’s a done deal; I don’t see the owners eating that cost.
  22. OvertheHill
    2nd and 3rd, one out….. oh never mind
  23. OvertheHill
    Is Obers velocity way down? I’m just checking the game online and don’t have a visual.
  24. OvertheHill
    People still tell me that RBI is an obsolete stat.
  25. OvertheHill
    I don’t know that I have access to this information, but I have to believe that the Twins are near the bottom of the league in barrel % since the ASB.
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