IndianaTwin

Not today, since he pitched yesterday, but they've got seven days to give it a try! Well, they can't do it Monday, and they don't want to do it next Sunday, but they could still do something like Tuesday and Friday if they have the opportunity. I'm guessing Duran will throw no more than about two innings during the rest of the regular season.

I was thinking of that. An advantage of the 28-man roster is that they CAN'T rest all the starters at the same time. 😃

1. Isn't it awesome that we have choices? And by choices, I mean generally good choices, not "who's still standing" choices. 2. I'm in the Maeda for Game 3 camp, but it's really, really close. I respect Maeda's past experience in the bullpen, but it was four years ago. I think the same thing that made him come up big in playoff relief will make him come up big as a Game 3 starter. 3. You can't play for the next round, but you can't ignore it either. Ryan is my Game 4 (ALDS Game 1) starter, so I don't want him on the Wild Card roster. So my only swap with you on the pitching side, Seth, is to have Ober in the pen rather than Ryan. 4. I'm with Paddack for the bullpen. All indicators are that he's been outstanding in his rehab. He hasn't pitched in a game for a long time, but it was "only" the beginning of last year. A factor in this is also that the Manfred Man rules go away in the playoffs, so I don't mind having both Ober and Paddack in the being able to go three or even four innings. And as RC's Birthday (which is the final day of the regular season, and if that's not a good omen, I don't know what is) notes, the "MLB Game experience" factor can be addressed with a couple innings against Oakland and a couple innings against Colorado. 5. The position player list depends on health, obviously, but I'm with you on including Buxton if he's remotely close. As you note in the comments, Seth, he's the most talented player on the roster. They are still showing Kirk Gibson highlight's for a reason. Even the threat of him pinch hitting has value. 6. The only other minor quibble is that I'd add a line down the middle of the page to divide the two columns.

I look at it this way -- Saints have a game Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A rehabbing player, particularly when you have been out a long time, is not going to play every day. So if he's going to play three games out of four, I play game 1, make game 2 the off day and then play games 3 and 4. Voila -- it just so happens that game 2 lines up with Friday night, when the team that he's been a major part of, has a chance to clinch. I was actually glad to hear that he was part of the celebrating. It tells me he has significant commitment to the team and that the team is committed to him in the long term, very much seeing him as part of their plans. And that doesn't even take into account that the training facilities are going to be better at Target than at CHS Field. I'm quite confident that he was able to do every part of his non-game rehab at Target Field, probably more effectively than he would have been able to do with the Saints. Edit to add: Don't freak out if he's seen with the Twins at their 1:10 p.m. start today. The Saints play tonight.

Depth was clearly the modus operandi in the offseason, so it’s appropriate on clinch night we have… Castro, 1-4, plus a walk. Big-time triple. 2 runs scored. Farmer, 2-3, plus 2 walks. Double. Two runs. RBI. Taylor, 1-3, plus a walk. 2 RBIs.

Uh, @Matt Braun, second paragraph = “Saturday”? Have I spotted a trend for you? 🤣 Seriously, thanks for your good and regular work in cranking out these postgames.

They are on 130-win pace since he first stepped in.

Got the Ortiz jersey freshly ironed.

Pulling the Ortiz jersey out of the dryer as I type…

That’s Karamazov. And his brothers.

SOLANO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, wait. He got pinch hit for.

By the way, anyone know how I can reset my MySpace password?

That’s MrsIT@aol.com.

The team I hope doesn’t get hot is the White Sox. If they go on a streak and win five of their last nine, we’ll miss out on seeing that 100 in their loss column.

I don’t have access, so it makes no real difference to me, but yeah, something like only home games and Central division road games is the kind of way that a lot of announcers have exited. The great Vin did just six road games his final season, the opener in San Diego, two in Anaheim and the season-ending series in San Francisco.

You do have a point.

Dang, I didn’t get switched to the Angel radio broadcast in time. You folks DON’T want to hear how Dazzle described the O’Hoppe fly ball to the wall and the Castro triple.

There’s a lot of intelligence here on the TD GT, so maybe you’ll will be more helpful than the people at work today. I asked a number of people what IDK meant, and they all said, “I don’t know.” It’s so frustrating when no one can help you.

Uh, yes?

I didn’t need lots. I got the best one, and Mrs. IT has been with me for more than 40 years. (Also: could someone please send a screen shot of this post to MrsIT@aol.com?)

There’s this promo on the radio that is bizarre. Brian Kenney is talking about the rules changes and how they bring “more balls in play because of shift restrictions.” I confess to having heard it a whole bunch of times before saying, “Wait a minute. What do shift restrictions have to do with the number of balls put in play?”

I’m pretty good with a spreadsheet, so let me manage. 😄

It came to pass, as both Cleveland and Detroit won. With tonight’s schedule, even if Cleveland loses its 7:10 Eastern game, the Twins don’t clinch yet, thanks to Detroit also being alive. Thus, the Twins (8:10 Eastern) do have things in their hands by being able to win before Detroit loses (9:40 Eastern).

This is awesome. It leaves only one question on the comparables. Wendy Peffercorn? It's gotta be Marilyn Monroe, right?