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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    IT IS SHOWTIME ! No more "It's a long season." No more "Let's wait for the Kansas City series." As Elvis sang: "It's now or never". The loser goes home. No wild card. It is September Madness. Get serious or get gone. Win or wither. Fight or fail. It is September and the autumn leaves are beginning to fall. I LOVE THIS SUSPENSE. GO TWINS. One Game At a Time. One bat at a time. One pitch at a time. IT IS SHOWTIME !
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good post. Thanks.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    WHAT THE HELL IS THE FUNCTION OF THE 3B COACH?
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Perkins said something similar on the TV broadcast.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thant's my point exactly. You have underrated his ability to prevent Jose Miranda from being hurt.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan

    What are the odds of 2 games being broadcast and both ending with walk off walks? I used sabrmetrics and did the math and came up with 1,579,346 to 1. 

  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    What a fantastic idea for a story. I have ordered your book. You had me at "Hemmingway and Tony O".
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks for the realistic optimism Ted. This was a much needed article to start my day after a disappointing loss to the evil empire.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    What a story. What a story. By tomorrow, to paraphrase Paul Harvey, "We will know the rest of the story."
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    I chose Sandy Leon. Without him the Twins may have put Jose Miranda behind the plate and Jose Miranda may have broken his ankle in a collision blocking home plate and ruined his career. Thanks Sandy.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Duran needs to be closing and Lopez needs to be the set up guy, even though Lopez was obtained to close. Duran has beaten Lopez out for that position. It happens. It will make the Twins a better team.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Who were some of the announcers for the Twins predecessors, the Senators? My grandmother used to let me listen to the afternoon games when, as a boy, I visited her and my grandfather in Washington. "Roy Sievers goes deep, driving in Yost and Vernon." "And "Little Potato", Camilo Pascual has just pitcher a complete game with 7 strikeouts and only allowing 5 runs in getting the victory." " Old Scrap Iron", Clint Courtney comes to the plate with a chance to spoil Ford's shutout." Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    I see some red sox's dust in the visitors' dugout at Target Field. Will someone please bring me a broom.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good report. Depressing but accurate. However it is much better than 2021 in so many ways. September is still available for the Twins to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Thanks Nick.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    You can't make this stuff up. Walk off walk on 4 pitches.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm glad the Twins won't have runners at 1st and third with no out to start the bottom of the 10th.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    1st and third and nobody out...now there are 2 outs and still on 1st and third. 1 run game. How many times this year has this team done this before? I just entered this and now there are 3 outs and zero runs. Frankly I am not surprised. Pitiful.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    In baseball there is a reason the score is kept.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    No comment.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Really a tough decision for the FO and for Duran. If we assume that a great starter is more valuable that a great reliever, and if we assume Duran wants to start, the Twins can factor in durability of starters vs. durability of relievers and factor in that the philosophy of this organization is currently to pull starters after 5-6 innings, if all goes well with the start (which may, or may not, apply to a true ace starter), then this is quite the conundrum. My gut tells me a starter has more potential value than a reliever, therefore I would hope the many variables at play here would be decided in favor of allowing Duran to become a starter. A caveat: The Twins must spend more money on quality (not quantity) relievers.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great article. Very timely and well written. Thanks Nick.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Yes, Mark, they just have more knowledge about pitching and the players' health than you do. However I agree with you that the management is wrong about this issue.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree 100%
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    What a nice person. Best wishes to you, Jim Kaat. Thanks for the memories.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Really great and timely article, Nick. Thanks. I do feel Gio's contributions are over-looked. He needs a shout out. I would rank him as being tied with Gordon at #15. In view of the many variables to be considered when deciding when to pull a starting pitcher and which reliever to put in, and who to use as subsequent relievers, and when to use them...I feel this article helps point out the importance of the decisions Rocco must make with this pitching staff. If Rocco could get just league average innings per game out of the starters, it would go a long way to strengthen all the critically necessary relievers. I think we are going to start seeing the starters pitching longer in games as the Twins approach the finish line. It is almost time for the "distance runners"/starters to begin their kicks to the finish line.
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