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  1. knothole61
    Nice series win. Bell is looking like less of "a mistake" now-eh? The big man put one in orbit in Astros-land! Also. shout out to Keaschall on a great catch in right center...the kid is a talented athlete.
  2. knothole61
    Sad but true, H2O! I do not understand the value of a limited ABS system. I remember a game at Met Stadium in the 1960s (I believe Tom "The Blade" Hall was hurling) and the ump had a real tight zone. The guy in front of me would stand up periodically and pull his glasses off and hold them out toward the ump while shouting "Hey try these pal" and other more graphic expressions. I was a young man and I thought it was really funny. So, I guess the only thing to be lost in going to a completely automated ball and strike system is robing the fans of the joy of hating the umpire--and that is a very rich and ancient baseball tradition! I do not, however, think that is reason enough to keep the human element involved in the calling of balls and strikes. These games mean a lot to people. We have the ability to get every call right and we should avail ourselves of that technology as soon as possible.
  3. knothole61
    Dewey Defeats Truman...
  4. knothole61
    I think braces will help...she has lovely eyes!
  5. knothole61
    I agree completely with "half-full" section, point #4. Lewis is packed with talent and will serve the Twins very well as long as he keeps that positive vibe between his ears. Lewis at first and Keaschall in right might be just what the doctor ordered?
  6. knothole61
    It's tough to play the Dodgers, but the losses still hurt. I'm pretty sure that Lee would have scored the tying run if he had been sent...and I'm convinced that he had to be sent with a ball fielded that deep in the corner and with two outs. He's not fast, but he has young legs and he's not a station-to-station guy like Caratini. It would have taken two perfect throws to get him at the plate, if even then. Send him and we might have won it in extras! Time to reset and string some wins. We are just halfway home.
  7. knothole61
    I really trust Clemens on defense. He's very versatile and even had a nice catch in center the other day...he's a gamer. Keaschall, not so much!
  8. knothole61
    Yeah, you can see Bell's positive interactions in the dugout, etc. He really seems to be a veteran leader, and man is he big: 6' 3" and close to 270, I think!
  9. knothole61
    Clemens is a gamer and a valuable, versatile player who flashed some serious leather in center at a crucial point in Sunday's game. Keep him around.
  10. knothole61
    Correct...my bad! I was at the January 4, 1970 game against Cleveland (W 27-7) but it was obviously the 1969 title.
  11. knothole61
    I like this team...20 hits on Saturday and on Sunday they start out like a typical "phone-it-in-get-away-day" loss (with Buxton waving at junk in the left-handed batter's box his first couple of at bats) only to catch fire later on and take the series. Maybe LA pours cold water on the fire, but man, it's been fun of late.
  12. knothole61
    I haven't seen the chicken meme in a long time...mmmmmmm!
  13. knothole61
    And no buffet after the game!
  14. knothole61
    The Vikings were the 1970 NFL champions...that's something-eh?
  15. knothole61
    So much pain for so many years...I could have cried in '67 when the Twins lost the last two games of the season in Boston to finish one game behind them for the A.L. crown. Kitty popped something in his arm in the first game or we might have won it...and the beat goes on.
  16. knothole61
    I can't have many years left Apple, so please stop the on-field interviews with players during play...for the love of God please wait until I'm gone. It is ridiculous: it's distracting to the viewer who has to watch the game on split-screen and also listen to the inane concomitant banter, and it must also be distracting, to some extent, to the player himself, and for what? I suppose the idea is to interest young people in the game, you know the generation that never had to sit patiently in the backseat of a car looking out the window fashioning their own thoughts and using their own imaginations to fill the time, rather than sticking their noses in a screen or having a video playing in the Dodge Odyssey. Buy hey, there's no way you are going to entice those with short-attention spans into the love of baseball anyway--baseball is largely a slow, unfolding process that takes patience to appreciate. Please stop...
  17. knothole61
    Keep Ryan, he's very good, attractively quirky, and young enough to be worth his weight in gold...build a rotation around him and Lopez, if he returns to form. Ryan might even start to smile if the team keeps up its winning ways! Regarding Larnach, I've never know his hot streaks to last very long and his improved defense is still nothing to write home about. If trading Larnach can deliver a viable bullpen arm, pull the trigger and thank him for his contributions over the years.
  18. knothole61
    Where will you be sitting?
  19. knothole61
    Unlike last night's sad display, Pirate Rip Sewell, the master of the Eephus, was hard to hit. The only homer he gave up with the pitch was hit by Ted Wiliams in the 1946 All-Star Game.
  20. knothole61
    Texas-sized appetites!
  21. knothole61
    "Happy days are here again The skies above are clear again Let us sing a song of cheer again Happy days are here again" Sorry...I just finished a documentary on FDR!
  22. knothole61
    The Four Hit Wonders! Nice win, and how about Morris painting the corners...dare we hope that he is closer material?
  23. knothole61
    No, don't trade Buxton, I'm a big fan and he may be an All-Star this year...I mean, he could have 30 homers at the break. If I were an opposing pitcher with two strikes on him, however, I'd just throw something off speed low and outside by about a foot and I'd have my K nearly every time. He's a great player and a sucker for that pitch, time, and time again!
  24. knothole61
    Yes, one strike away...but then he became our Babe Ruth League pitching machine! Go figure...
  25. knothole61
    Yeah, let Martin bat there...maybe he works a count, maybe he beats out a roller (try that with Caratini!) and maybe he gets a hit. Counting on Caratini in that situation is quite a long shot.
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