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  1. gocgo
    Great question. I think it will depend on the division actually. For example, if you were the GM of a team in the AL East, what kind of a pitching staff would you assemble to win the division? If you need to beat the Yankees and the Red Sox, you need sinker ballers with great infielders to keep the ball in the park and off the wall. Divisions with bigger ball parks would be able to have more fly ball pitchers with a speedy outfield. The smaller the ball park, the less important speed in the outfield is and sacrificing speed for a little more pop becomes an option...aka Willinghammer outfield. Just my 2 pennies.
  2. gocgo
    I'm cautiously optimistic. The league will adapt to him and analyze him and the big league hitters will start looking for certain pitches in certain situations. I like him a lot, but I'll temper my enthusiasm for now.
  3. gocgo
    Even if I were a Yankees fan, I'm not sure I could stomach hearing that voice every day.
  4. gocgo
    So I thought I would dip my toe back into baseball by watching some MLB network. High Heat was on. I have to ask the question why Chris Russo isn't on the YES network? Kind of obvious that he really only wants to talk about the Yankees. I just found him annoying. I can't be the only one.
  5. gocgo
    I'll be watching from afar...kind of like being on the rooftops watching the Cubs with a cold beer. After all, we are playing like the Cubs of old. Gladden sounds more like Harry Caray every day!
  6. gocgo
    I tuned in when it was 5-1. Saw Palka hit the dinger and knew we were in trouble. Looked at the score this morning and realized that I am a better and much happier man when I don't watch the Twins. They say ignorance is bliss and I'm pretty blissful when I don't watch the Twins lately. I know it's only the beginning of May, but this is really starting to feel like a lost season. If the Twins scratch their way back up to .500, I'll start tuning in again. Before the season, I questioned why Grossman would be kept on the team. We have a DH, we have guys that can run, there were other options for the OF that were much better. When they kept him, I scratched my head and figured he wouldn't see much time on the field, but might take some quality AB's. Those quality AB's have added up to a .185 average with a .554 OPS. Numbers don't lie and when you aren't adding value to the team either offensively or defensively....just sayin'.
  7. gocgo
    OK, I accept that we aren't getting a wildcard...we need to win the division with this bunch of underperforming mutts. Can we do it?....never mind. I've had way too much caffeine and not enough sleep.
  8. gocgo
    Why did Gibbons get ejected?
  9. gocgo
    If we can't get a hit with RISP, let's take a walk.
  10. gocgo
    Sit on the fastball boys.
  11. gocgo
    What I'm trying to figure out is if we've hit the perfect storm (no pun intended given the spring weather) or whether there is one thing that needs to be addressed. We've had to deal with injuries (Buxton is a key piece of the puzzle), weather (no denying that it was disruptive to practice), poor pitching (either from the starter, the bullpen, or both), bad defense (errors and lack of execution of the basics), bad luck (right now, the borderline calls aren't going our way). Is it just a combination of all of the above? or is it something much bigger? Teamwork is a funny thing. I've watched basketball teams swap out one player for another and you would swear the entire team was swapped out. Teamwork went out the window and the "me first" attitude took over the team. Are the Twins in a similar situation? I'd be curious what the clubhouse chemistry is.
  12. gocgo
    9-15 is bad, but what compounded it was that we went 4-6 against teams with losing records. Not just losing records but horrible records. Some of the worst records in baseball. That's alarming to me. When you have a losing record against a number of teams with losing records, you're not good. Period. Numbers don't lie. Records don't lie. If we had gone 7-3 against those teams, we'd be 12-12...but we didn't and those games count in September. The reality is that this is a talented but bad baseball team and our record shows that. Can we turn it around? I believe the month of May will be the key month in this season.
  13. gocgo
    Whooo baby! We've lost 10 of our last 12. To put it in perspective, how often do the Twins sweep another team? Not often. Just to offset this swoon, we would have to win 10 of 12. In order to do that, we would have to sweep two series (3 games), and win 2 of 3 of two more series. During the course of a baseball season, we can do that. We don't have to go on a streak right now. What we need to do right now, is start playing .500 baseball. Stabilize the rocking ship, then put it into gear. All is not lost...yet.
  14. gocgo
    Did I say 71? Make that 73. More that 9 per game. Ugh! Unwatchable at this point.
  15. gocgo
    Trevor Hangingcurver for what I hope will be his last appearance of the year.
  16. gocgo
    Every team with a bad record is hoping to play the Twins soon.
  17. gocgo
    During this 8 game losing streak, the Twins have given up 71 runs. 71! That's almost 9 a game. Go ahead and score 8 boys. We are still gonna lose more than we win giving up that many runs. Plus, when you lose 8 in a row, to make that up, you either have to win 8 in a row or win 28 of your next 40 or something like that.
  18. gocgo
    Castro vs. sinker baller had DP written all over it.
  19. gocgo
    As expected, Hughes was not good? Any chance we see Romero any time soon?
  20. gocgo
    Blindspot.
  21. gocgo
    Yes, he was in the baseline. Yes, that's the rule. No, it didn't affect the play other than that he might have gotten drilled if he were running up the line.
  22. gocgo
    Wow! I checked the score and we were up 8-4. Watched a TV show with my wife and boom! ...and we just caught a huge break.
  23. gocgo
    Yeah, I kind of look at what tennis has done. Their system tracks 100+ mph tennis balls and gives them an accurate call. I was baffled watching Sabathia throw left handed hooks that "clipped" the outside corner (even though they were 3 inches outside) and then watched Berrios the next inning throw fast balls to the same spot that missed. The playing field won't be level until we remove the human factor. Replay has improved the play while reducing managers getting tossed for arguing calls. It just makes sense.
  24. gocgo
    I hate to say this, but as bad as Cinci has been, we have Hughes going tonight and the Twins have been just what teams like Tampa have needed to get on track. It's not going to shock me if we suffer our 8th straight loss tonight.
  25. gocgo
    In the time it took to shut down my computer and walk to my car, the Twins went from up 3-1 to game over on a walk off dinger. Wow! That one got away quickly. Oh well...move on. Who's next?...and btw, we are cursed when it comes to the Yankees. However, if Boston could lift the curse, so can we.
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