Hosken Bombo Disco

Hey all. Be careful on your scooters. Just waited in traffic for a half an hour a few days ago and eventually got though the bottleneck to see one crumpled into half its factory size. Peace all.

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I’ve been a huge Arcia supporter over the years but I’ve almost given up on the Twins ever making anything of him. I'm pretty disappointed that he dropped that ball. He ran a long way for it then failed to get completely under it—fundamentals. That was Buxton's ball anyway. Arcia is also back in the habit of not watching the ball into his glove. When I heard he dropped one Saturday, I figured he was standing right under it and hot dogging it. I can’t argue he should be in the outfield much anymore, but then, Arcia is still vastly better out there than Sano. So there’s that circle to try squaring. As a hitter it seems like Arcia is finally figuring it out. He's still only 25. I've heard multiple times that he has been hitting to left, having better at bats, whatever. And then he’s not in the lineup the next day. I think Arcia would benefit from a clearly defined role and then to get playing time consistent with that role. Old timers talk about routines during a long season. The Twins still act like he is in an extended tryout, trying him in left field one day, inexplicably benching him on another day to play someone else. Arcia is not a guy you want thinking too hard. Just get him comfortable, let him come to the park and mash. The other knock on Arcia was always that he strikes out too much, which may be true, but that excuse rings pretty hollow now considering the rest of our lineup. And then you check Fangraphs because you want to find something positive to say about him, and you find that so far in 2016 he has a line drive rate of 35%, which sounds pretty good, until you filter all MLB players with a minimum of, say, 50 plate appearances this season, and you find out that Arcia actually has the best line drive rate in MLB. Yep, 1 out of 386. Here's the link, try it yourself. But then, it doesn’t really surprise you that the best line drive hitter in baseball can't crack the lineup of a 19-43 team, because how else would a team be 19-43 if not for making decisions like regularly benching the best line drive hitter currently in baseball. But since its out of your control, all you can do is keep watching and waiting for something good to happen.

Form is everything!

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Underrated history and fiction writer: Iain Pears

"The importance of winning is so highlighted in our market, it takes the fun out of the actual game." I don't mean this as a dig at Pohlad in any way, but it is entirely possible that we Twins fans read that and think "the game of baseball" while Pohlad thinks "the game of making money hand over fist as a baseball team owner." Just a thought.

It was a minor point and it's not likely there will be a situation to PH him even if he's DH, but in my opinion playing him at first was the third best option out of the three options tonight. #sigh

No I agree, but we got Liriano while he was still in A ball. Santana is a little different like you said, but the Twins did have him for long enough before he was dominant that you could give them some credit depending on what you are discussing. It's pretty telling that they used Johan from the bullpen for so long, but refuse to use Berrios or Meyer from the bullpen and used May in the bullpen for the wrong reasons (my opinion).

Things we pay Paul Molitor to think about, part eleventy million: Don't play Park at first base if he's never faced a knuckleballer. Play him at DH like you usually do. If he turns out to be helpless at the plate, you can easily sub him out if he is DH. You cannot easily substitute him if he is in the field, especially if your other first baseman is the DH (you will lose your DH, etc). Or better yet, bench him. #ThingsforNextYear

That, my friend, looks like a winner.

I heard the applause over the radio, and figured they showed Jim Pohlad on the jumbotron.

to let me guess #DemoteChargois

The inability to develop a single starting pitcher is a huge concern. I guess Scott Baker would be the last one who came up and had any sort of sustainable success. One pitcher in 10 years. You could probably include Garza, Liriano and Santana but then you're getting pretty far back. And they have apparently lost all interest in Trevor May ever starting again.

Glad to hear!

Fourth inning of a game trailing by six runs--- no thank you. We already have several guys tailor made for that role.

Sano is a physical freak. They exist. We have one. I don't understand why people aren't ecstatic about that, unless it's some sort of Minnesota thing that I'm not understanding.

Agree completely. We are seeing the start of ritual to honor the best retiree of every season. Gag me!

Maye Torii went around to each player individually and made them promise in blood that there will always be the dance party after a win, no matter how high the high, or low the low. That's not necessarily something Reusse would know about

Who is this guy? And should we tell him and spare him the trouble, or make him sit through the game as a joke?

and just when everybody thought this team had turned the corner...

Not the answer I was looking for, but.....

What was your favorite Phil Hughes moment.

you are close. look up RE24

you are a sick man But we already knew that