Hosken Bombo Disco

It’s definitely something worthy of debate. I also think Lewis not being given a position to play anymore (ok, third base, but we already had one of those) plays a bigger part on the psyche than most people think.

Hey watch it, you

But then Minneapolis could get the Tampa franchise, and Tampa could get the Vegas franchise, and Oakland could get the expansion franchise, and so on…..

Jax now in the game, Rocco managing like his life is in the balance. “It’s just a game”, been hearing people say that a lot

Lewis has been stinging the ball. That one was 103mph off the bat, way harder than average. what can you do

+1 for posting a World Series parade photo tonite 🙂

I think Gladden said it on the radio earlier in the series, but these Marlins guys look like beer league softball players.

In the dugout, they are playing a game called, “who can hit it straight up in the air” and there are no winners

Damn beat me to it

Stew? Stew Thornley?

“Nobody posts in the game thread anymore. It’s too crowded.”

This is more of a gut feel, but I do feel like front offices, not just the Twins, do lean closer towards “blindly trusting” the numbers. Or that we have just passed through a phase of it. For example, exit velocity. The faster a ball travels to a point on the field, the less likely a fielder will get there to field it. Makes sense. As a result, we see players with hard swings and high exit velocities being scouted and promoted. But maybe the cost is faster swings and more strikeouts. On the Twins, you see it in newer players like Larnach, Julien, Wallner. The cost is faster swings and more strikeouts. Are they coached to just swing hard, let er rip and see what happens? I don’t see the ‘two strike approach’ much anymore. When these types of guys lose their hitting eye, it gets ugly fast. Shifitng gears slightly, you also see decisions taken out of players’ hands. Look at the ‘contact play’ when a runner is on third base. More and more, players seem instructed to just run. Dont even think about it. Just 15 minutes ago, bottom of the 3rd inning tonight, Austin Martin was on third base, Trevor Larnach hit a comeback grounder to the pitcher, and Austin Martin was stranded about 30 feet off of third base. Tagged out. We saw Louie Varland throw out a guy in a similar situation recently. Not even a competitive play. Player just ran on contact. Players are trusted less and less to use their own judgment. It’s not just the Twins. I’d say it’s a majority of teams. Amyway. Rant over—sorry this thread didn’t take off. Thanks for your contributions here and hope for many more!!

Yup, must win tonight. Baltimore is not going to roll over for us this weekend, just because.

That was very uncharacteristic of Correa to just lope back to second without an effort, and then to top it off, run through the bag and be an easy target to be tagged out, if not forced out. I guess we can conclude that his foot/ankle is bothering him and makes him tentative on pivots and slides. Also just slower than his usual slowness. No where near 100%

It looks like Rocco was in a no-win situation in the 1st and 2nd innings. He made the call to remove the starter, and it paid off. Never mind that really Miami threw the game away on all those errors.. it's a lonely walk out there to remove your starting pitcher that early in the game, when you want to save your few good arms.

Cleveland also with an early lead tonight *ducks, leaves* Ok Shhhh, the shows about to start. Be excellent to one another (and to Rocco, he needs it)

Dont save them if it’s gonna make you crabby (Because Baltimore & crab cakes)

KC continuing from last night, and already 4 LOB tonight Not just the Twins! Lol

Lots of reasons. Top reason being Kepler is on the way out, and it would be really bad form and a bad sign ahead for clubhouse mood to call out younger guys who will still be around next year.

a Twins win tonight, combined with a loss from 1 of the other 2 teams, and this thing suddenly looks very doable again. *ducks*

I personally think Correa’s comments were aimed mainly towards Kepler. Just a bunch of circumstantial evidence, reading between the lines—plus those two just feel like they mix worse than oil and water. No first hand knowledge.

The Twins are still wondering what their everyday lineup should be. Five more game to figure it out.

The Twins get one more mulligan. After that, it becomes a ‘win-out’ scenario and hope one of Detroit or KC loses their final series. Speaking of, the hurricane might have an impact. I can see the Braves and Royals possibly needing to play a doubleheader Saturday or Sunday. Crazy.