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  1. knothole61
    Charlie, 100% of the time when the "batter" is Gasper.
  2. knothole61
    Nicely put!
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    Bart, I keep Varland, Jax, and Castro. Jax, as a 7th inning or at times set-up guy still has real value despite his tendency to melt in high-leverage situations. Varland, and his contract absolutely should have remained a Twin: what a head scratcher that trade was! And, although Castro has been in a batting funk and, especially in the OF is a bit of a Dr. Strangeglove character, it's hard to give up a player who is so capable as a plug-in utility man and who also has decent speed and can get hot at times at the plate. Castro's versatility will be hard to replace. Goodbye Bader: you were an excellent pick up for as long as it lasted, but you were never slated to be a Twin for long. He's an excellent fielder and occasional clutch hitter, but I must say that I've seldom seem a major leaguer swing from his heels at pitches so damn far out of the zone. He is an odd and flamboyant man and I will miss his eccentricity and crop-dusted cap, yet I've not quite forgotten his failure to snag what seemed to be a catchable ball off the bat of Freddie Freeman that would have secured a truly epic win over the vaunted Dodgers. Lefties hitting oppo can impart some awful spin on the ball, and maybe that was the reason for Bader's miss, yet it remains a stark and unfortunate memory for me from the several month long "Bader Era" in Minnesota. Good luck in Philly Tots. Incidentally, the Twins may never again have a player whose first name was also the last name of two U.S. presidents...how about that fans?
  4. knothole61
    Hambino, that couldn't have been written much better, in my humble opinion. Truthin'
  5. knothole61
    Nick, Ryan Pressly may be heading back to Minnesota on that covered wagon soon!
  6. knothole61
    Still only 5.5 games behind in the wild card race...(ducks).
  7. knothole61
    I mean, I have to agree to some extent but I don't know why. He's peppy and very knowledgable...I can't put my finger on the problem (s) but he just doesn't fit somehow.
  8. knothole61
    I don't know if it's been mentioned, but RIP Ryne Sandberg...a great player and great gentleman. Chicago's loss and our loss as well.
  9. knothole61
    Agreed...only thing better would be doing it to Yankee fans.
  10. knothole61
    Baseball man: there's nothing like baseball to deliver these exciting and preposterous scenarios. I mean, who could have imagined Kiersey, Jr. as the game MVP, a 90 minute rain delay, and a Red Sox pitching implosion in the 9th leading to a Brooks Lee walk off. You've got to love it! Oh, by the way, a shout out to those few fans who rode out the long, long rain delay when the most likely outcome after play resumed was a 13 pitch 1-2-3 inning for Twins' batters.
  11. knothole61
    Patz, maybe better a gale?
  12. knothole61
    Great game…I try to get out twice a week. Here’s hoping that you hit another good stretch.
  13. knothole61
    How are you hitting?
  14. knothole61
    What an awful game. Although I hated it at the time, I had no idea that the second inning, in-dugout interview of Zebby Matthews, during which the nearly 30 year-old Chris Paddack incessantly bombarded him with sunflower seeds, would mark the high point of the Twins' efforts on the night...but it did!
  15. knothole61
    Yes, Vasquez, to his credit, runs harder than Correa. Carlos is a big drink of water (6' 4") with long legs and strides, but he has lapsed into a permanent 3/4 speed, lope-mode on all "sure out" balls in play. I can't imagine it's laziness because a man of his obvious accomplishments doesn't succeed without pride and perseverance. He has, of course, a number of problems such as plantar fasciitis and a chronically bad right ankle that led to contract voidances, and I'm sure that's why he's become a loper--but yeah, it looks awful.
  16. knothole61
    Do many last that long?
  17. knothole61
    Tortuga and (many years ago) catcher Earl Battey were quite slow. And, in 2025, is Correa really slower than Vasquez?
  18. knothole61
    It's that old saying: "It's hard to throw good pitches with your two hands around your throat." Jax has some great pitches in his arsenal and when he's on the sweeper and changeup are magnificent, but he often (not always) chokes under serious pressure. He should have eaten Ruiz for lunch...instead he played it "safe" by mincing around the edges and it cost us dearly. All that Jax really lacks is confidence in the clutch...but that's no small thing.
  19. knothole61
    Doc, most on here are taking a "high road" of sorts and pointing to many other things that the Twins failed to do that resulted in defeat, and the fact that "there is no check swing rule in baseball" and therefore (apparently) one cannot condemn the ump for ignoring a rule that isn't a rule, or something like that. Well...I agree with you 100%. However you slice it, that was an egregious no call. If you want to see the worst, and most significant, check swing no call, watch the video of game #7 of the 1960 World Series. Pittsburgh catcher Hal Smith, with a 1-2 count in the last of the 8th, (2 outs, 2 on, Bucs down by 1) gave a full 3/4 swing on a Jim Coates pitch that was called a ball. On he very next pitch he hit a 3-run homer. Without that there's no tie in the 9th and no legendary Mazeroski walk off. I know that the no call was not the only factor in the Twins' loss...I also know that it was wrong.
  20. knothole61
    Water, however vague the rules may be dejure, having watched baseball for "a vast amount of" years...that's a frickin' strike defacto! I think, either consciously or unconsciously, the fact that the call would have resulted in the end of the game may have had a part to play in the no-call. It's a sad ending, but the Twins played very well against one of MLB's best for the second day in a row. What a strange team and what a strange year...
  21. knothole61
    Not great, but the Dodgers have a ton of power...they rank second in MLB in home runs (156) just 4 behind the Yankees and their bandbox.
  22. knothole61
    Vasquez and France...just as expected! Great win and the most runs scored by the Twins against the Dodgers ever. Fun to watch and who needs sleep? A win tomorrow and it's a .500 road trip, too bad it's Paddack on the hill.
  23. knothole61
    The odds are long that the Twins will win any of the 3 games in LA--especially the Ohtain start. The boys had a good deal of moxie late tonight though, and C4 unloaded to dead center and almost tied it. Not exactly a "hang your head" game by any means. And here upon the turret-top the bale-fire glowers red. The wake-lights burn and drip about our hacked, disfigured dead. And many a broken heart is here and many a broken head; But tomorrow, By the living God, we'll try the game again! -John Masefield
  24. knothole61
    With the meal spinner that caused endless arguments trying to determine what, exactly, it was pointing to? Nice!
  25. knothole61
    Love that stat!
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