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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    I started visiting every ballpark, but about half way through, in the aughts, several teams got new parks and then I had kids, and now I’m lucky just to get to 10-20 Twins games
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Target field is my favorite. second Favorite Miller Park (Am Fam now?) Milwaukee. Great views, roof closes, great food. Biggest knock is the highways land lock it, so even though it’s down town, it feels suburban. I understand there’s highway moving potentially happening, it’s been a while… i hate Wrigley Field, or to be more specific, the fans at Wrigley. The ballpark itself was a dump, but charming with the rooftop bleachers, the food sucks and so do the fans. As much as I hate the Pale Hose, the South Side fans I respect.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Making sure we give credit where it is due… That’s a direct quote from Leach’s article on MLB.com
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://www.mlb.com/news/joe-ryan-set-to-make-next-start-after-injury-exit?adobe_mc=TS%3D1778017052|MCMID%3D54240639876190496946083448105025976764|MCORGID%3DA65F776A5245B01B0A490D44@AdobeOrg&affiliateId=mlbapp-ios_webview_news-index&rsid=mlbios.at.bat.new.implementation plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is!
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    0.1% chance they go 70-57 rest of season 9.9% chance they go 66-61 rest of season 90% they go worse than 57-70 rest of season The hitters are the same. The fielders are the same. The starting pitching is the same and decimated by injury, and there is no bullpen at all compared to a very good bullpen up to the trade deadline. why would a team who is objectively worse than the one we watched last year go 70-92 be better than that?
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    If you are in Twins Territory you can stream the audio on Audacy (830 WCCO for most of us)
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don’t think that’s Sarcasm… an outfield including Larnach and Wallner is not a serious outfield, especially when their second or third best hitter is also a much better outfielder and all of their top prospects are outfielders.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Twins starters since 8/1/25 have the highest fly ball rate, 6th highest infield fly all rate, lowest ground ball rate and 8th lowest HR/FB so to answer your question, they’ve done a good job of finding fly ball pitchers who don’t give up a ton of home runs.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, but there’s 1,000 big league innings to pitch yet this season and the rotation is already into the 7th man on the depth chart. Prielipp, Ober, Sim are ticking time bombs… they need to keep starters stretched out. the failure to reinvest into the bullpen last August and September and the offseason is leaving such a stain on this season. now, they need to wait until there’s fewer innings in front of them.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Right now Zoll is making the coffee because the Tom won’t let him hire an admin. He runs the coffee pot on the spent grounds at least twice so they don’t have to skimp on the Folgers.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Congrats Klein on the successful debut
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Wallner
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    When actual relief pitchers throw the eephus
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Yet
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    And only 1 out
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, there is a technique component to it. I’m just not sure it’s “110% mental” as the other poster put it. his bat speed went from 10% above average to 4% above average. Meanwhile his fast swing rate went from 3x league average to 2.2x. So his drop isn’t in the max speed, but in the frequency of it. He’s clearly adjusting his swing, he’s off, but it could be he’s compensating for something physical. Maybe it’s the ribs, maybe it’s his legs, or something else. It’s very clear that the plane of the bat is inhibiting his ability to square it up. if it was just a mental technique thing, why would his swing get flatter?
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Statistical averages on “prime years” are just that. Averages, some higher, some lower, some sooner some later. the fact is, he’s running slower and his bat speed is slower. we can’t say with certainty that it’s entirely a technique thing.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Love seeing Larnach perform well in the big side of a platoon advantage. I don’t really buy in though. His .426 slug against righties this year is right in line with his .425. His OBP against Righties .471 (.341 career) is driven by a 23% bb rate compared to his 11.5% career and .386 BABIP against his .310 career BABIP. i just don’t see the on base as sustainable.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    There is?!?!
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Schlotzkys is not what it used to be, but the last time I had it was pretty good. I would say Panera has regressed further.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    I would put Schlotzsky’s Deli in the top 5, as well as Pita Pit. i would also accept getting hit in the nuts as a better alternative to Subway
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Disagree. Wallner is known to be a swing tinkerer, and the article said his swing is flatter. He’s trying to change. Typically hitters flatten their swing to speed it up and reduce Ks, sacrificing power. his Ks went up, and sacrificed power. some of this is coaching (maybe his personal hitting coach). I think he’s tinkering too much and lost his identity, or just wearing down physically younger than I would expect.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    You know you’ve sunk to a new level of desperation when you’re ready to reunite with Ron Davis.
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  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Go Saints too!
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