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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yeah good catch. It’s close. Would Phillips be able to retreat to second if Arozarena beats a full retreat back to third? What I also noticed was Jansen not backing up home plate. And if the umpire is standing two inches more to his right, which way does the ball carom? Craziness!
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    This is an important question. Unless my eyes are deceiving me, the Twins look like they are willing participants in the movement to downgrade the value of starting pitching. This necessarily means that relief pitching must become more important. Which starts to cast doubt on (for me, anyway) on the trade they made for starting pitching last February. And yeah I would have liked to seen all the Twins starters pitch at least one more inning in their postseason starts, 2019 included. /rant
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    Gotta say smart move by Cash to pull Snell, and Tampa Bay had their relievers in the end matched up perfectly against the Dodgers batters, capped off by leaving Mookie Betts in the on deck circle. Now do it three more times.
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    Here’s Reusse’s quick reaction. https://m.startribune.com/reusse-resting-was-not-an-option-for-sid-and-that-s-what-made-him-great/572790342/ Sid was a newsman to his core and would let literally nothing or no one stop him from getting some piece of information. It is a sports cliche to say so-and-so “wanted it more.” In Sid’s case it was true.
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    Congrats to the Dodgers. They are really good. Urias looks all the way back from his 2017 shoulder surgery. I’d love to see another seven game series here.
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    Jeffers was a very nice surprise. I wouldn’t get too down on Garver. Garver did look bad at times this year, but I’ll bet he’s the type of player who really benefits from a full spring training to work on his skills and swings. Next year he’ll have that again.
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    I assume you are referring to me since I complained about Snell being pulled last night, and yes I was a little put off by Morton coming out of the game. Morton was in absolute control and Anderson almost pissed it away in the 7th, but he didn’t, and results are what matter (to me, anyway). I’m glad the Rays did it. It’s a win for the analytics guys and also for the fans.
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    I think they do have what it takes. They have something to prove after the scandal came to light. I think as of this moment they are in the drivers seat now.
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I’m really disappointed Cash pulled Snell. Sorry but no, the game is not “on the line” in the top of the 5th. So here’s the memo if you didn’t get the first one. Stop pulling your best pitchers out of the game before it’s necessary. Particularly if it’s before or after a proclaimed “bullpen” game. cc: Rocco Baldelli, Derek Falvey, Thad Levine
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    Then again, Graterol was the pitcher who surrendered the fly ball that would have been the go ahead HR that Bellinger robbed from Tatis. Also, John Curtiss came back tonight and got five outs against the Yankees after their starting pitcher left the game. If Tampa Bay and LA advance, it will be an exciting bullpen bracket the rest of the way
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    Well. I wish you had been wrong!
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I hit sixth in the lineup back in a T-Ball tournament once. Anyway, I came up in the first inning of the first game with the bases loaded and two out, and struck out. Then same thing happened in the second game. No runs either time. Felt like the worst person in the world. So anyway, my opinion has always been to have a contact hitter who knows the strike zone in the six spot. Definitely not a Miggy if possible—he’s either a 3-4 hitter or a 7-8 hitter. Then maybe Lamont Wade instead of Alex Kirilloff would have had a better result there. We’ll never know.
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    I think you would need four teams, not three. So I propose that Detroit and KC play a play-in game.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    ah thanks!!
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    I am disappointed and mildly surprised they released Poppen. His pitches have so much movement and if he can harness his command and all that nervous energy his gives off, he’ll be very good.
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    I figured this was the best scenario myself; unfortunately it did not turn out.
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Shot: Pressly, Kintzler, Nick Anderson Chaser: Tampa Bay’s bullpen this round
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Ryan Pressly Brandon Kintzler Nick Anderson all pitched scoreless 9th innings today in their team’s win
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    Wasn’t Keoni Cavaco available today to play shortstop? (haha just kidding, I wanted to say that ever since I saw Jeffers and Kirilloff in the starting lineup)
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Speaking of groundskeeping... Here is the link to Reusse: https://m.startribune.com/reusse-twins-game-1-bullpen-usage-leaves-much-to-be-desired/572581712/ This passage also jumped out: The Twins had a total of two hits at that point. Franmal Valdez, a lefty and considered by some to be the Astros’ second-best starter, had entered for Greinke in the fifth. Valdez started with a pair of walks, asked for the mound to be repaired in his landing area, and then blew through Byron Buxton, Max Kepler and Cruz. Someone from the Twins org fixed the mound for the opponent? What th—? This morning was the first I heard of this. The first thing that came to mind was the New England snowplow game, but wasn’t that to help the home team?
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Why stop there? we could do better with better front officing, ownershipping, fanning, vendoring, groundskeepering,...
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Reusse argued that May should have gone another inning, given five innings seems to be the absolute upper limit a starting pitcher can be expected to pitch. (Ok I added some of that.) Reusse also argues that the Twins need to improve in three areas before the second game: hitting, fielding, and pitching
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    That’ll get us into the ALCS next year
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think you are making my point? Rocco, or maybe it’s the front office, is clearly erring on the side of removing starting pitchers early from these postseason games. They lost the benefit of the doubt with me last year removing Berrios after four innings on the night before a scheduled bullpen game. And same as last year, I think the organization is overrating this bullpen. Sounds like Maeda pitched great today—tight strike zone too I guess—and the bullpen did fine after him (until the 9th). The decision to remove him largely worked out, but the trade off is it’s one more inning the bullpen doesn’t have for the next two games.
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Not to excuse Polanco, but I noticed that Arraez was actually playing up the middle and coming at the bag from an odd angle. But anyway. Any word on Maeda's condition? Five whole innings? He must be gassed—that's a Falvey era record for starting pitchers Also, Buxton batting second.. no. Someone should have brought up how badly Buxton fared when Molitor batted him third that year. His place is at the bottom somewhere. Anyway enough of the snark. Get em tomorrow. What other choice is there. I will bang my head against the wall all night tonight but expect a different result tomorrow.
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