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  1. terrydactyls
    Never second guess a play that worked? That can encourage poor decisions. For example, a player runs throw the third base coach's stop sign and the throw has him beat by 20 feet. The catcher drops the throw and kicks it out of play. I would not only "second guess" that decision, but also provide a short lecture on why the third base coach makes decisions. Just because a bad decision turned out okay doesn't make it a good decision.
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    Correct me if I'm mistaken but wasn't one preseason concern about Berrios his strikeout to walk ratio of 3:1 last year? It appears that he may have solved that problem with a 13:1 strikeout to walk ratio so far this year.
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    Aggessive baserunning? If he had been tagged out, it would have been stupid baserunning. I really like Baddoo but I think that was a poor baserunning decision.
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    In the vdeo of Sano scoring from first, the third base coach appears to have his left hand held up indicating for Sano to stop but his right hand is pointing towads home plate. Which hand is the "signal" hand? Perhaps the blame is on the coach and not the player?
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    I didn't say that walks are harmless. I said being wild low and away is harmless. I know several consecutive "harmless" pitches become one harmful pitch. But I'll still take a harmless pitch over a homerun any day, which was the point Mr. Palmer and I were trying to convey.
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    One thing Palmer mentioned that I hadn't picked up until he mentioned it, was that even though Gibson was a little wild, he was always wild low and away. Then he said that when Cashner was wild, he put it in the middle of the plate and the Twins put it in the outfield seats. So I watched how Gibson pitched over the next few innings and Palmer was dead on. Whereas I was getting frustrated with all the low and outside pitches, Palmer saw the value. I still wish Gibson threw more strikes but I also liked that his wildness was also harmless. Does Blyleven come up with stuff like that?
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    I live in Maine so I do not get to see many Twins games (unless they are playing the Red Sox). But last night, DirecTV found a Baltimore station that I don't pay for and recorded the game. I noticed it in my recording list when I was looking for something to watch. This happens periodically so I have DirecTV record anything with Minnesota Twins mentioned. Because it was a Baltimore broadcast, it also had Baltimore announcers. The color analyst was Jim Palmer, who I always thought was one of the best pitchers of his era. Throughout the entire broadcast, even after Gibson was removed from the game, Palmer kept remarking how Gibson clearly had the Oriole batters off balance all night because of his variety of pitches. Palmer was very impressed. And, in my experience, getting the opponents broadcasters to say anything nice about the other team is quite rare. And if Jim Palmer liked what he saw last night, that makes 2018 a little brighter.
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    No one has yet mentioned the best addition to the bullpen in 2018. So I will.... The Bullpen Cart. Now that's something we can all get excited about.
  9. terrydactyls
    I thought that list was pretty amusing too. What a horrible offseason.
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    So far, the answers have been 1) he is finished with his military obligation, and 2) he has another year left. Can anyone with the Twins organization help out?
  11. terrydactyls
    And as for Adrianza, I hope he is the second coming of Lou Gehrig. If not, bring up Gordon and see how he does.
  12. terrydactyls
    Calling Polanco a cheater is unfair. However, calling him Stupid is accurate. An athlete has a single most valuable asset (and before the critics jump in, I know there are others) and that's their body. To take any drug assuming that another person prepared exactly what you asked for is absolutely ignorant. It reminds me of Len Bias in 1986 who decided to try heroin two days after being the second pick in the NBA draft. He died. What a waste of an asset and human. If all you want is B-12 and an iron supplement, go to the drug store and buy it yourself. Or even better, go to Costco and get humongous jars for a fraction of the price.
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    Why not return Gordon to the big club to take Polanco's spot? Give him an 80 game trial.
  14. terrydactyls
    If you want to take B-12 and an iron supplement, then go to the damn drug store and buy it yourself. Don't trust anyone else.
  15. terrydactyls
    One of the selling points for retiring in Maine was its proximity to New Britain. I move and then so does the team - to Chattanooga. And the Lookouts aren't even in the same league so I won't be able to see them in Portland. #SAD!!!
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    Why are we sending pitchers to New Britain? It seems like Chattanooga would be smarter.
  17. terrydactyls
    What is the status of Jax? Is he going to pitch this summer? Is his military service complete (or soon to be)? I haven't read anything about him since last summer when he pitched his last game before returning to active duty.
  18. terrydactyls
    Thank you for the kudo.
  19. terrydactyls
    Lance Lynn is a Twin E-I-E-I-O
  20. terrydactyls
    Perfecto.... There was very little interest shown by teams for Dozier other than by the Dodgers. This made it very difficult to address the pitching problem last year.
  21. terrydactyls
    Now that is a sentence I haven't heard in a very long time (or maybe ever). But it sure sounds great.
  22. terrydactyls
    He is looking forward to leaving the Twins at the end of this season. Whether in contention or not, trade him for whatever you can get.
  23. terrydactyls
    I thought the default was: "We made a lowball offer. Why didn't they just offer more than anyone else?" Someone should post the defaults so we are all on the same page.
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    The only time I hear them is when the Wild play the Bruins and it's on NESN. Bad....
  25. terrydactyls
    I'm not sure in which article to place this comment. I retired to Maine where only one baseball team exists on the planet - the Red Sox. I watched the Twins/Boston preseason game last night which featured the Red Sox announcers. In the second inning, one of them said to the other, "last fall, if you asked 20 major leaguers who would win the Golden Glove in center field, every one of them would have been wrong." The other announcer said that would have been wrong also. They went on for two innings how Jackie Bradley Jr. was by far the best center fielder and how Buxton got the award was unimaginable. They talked about how in one game alone he made three spectacular plays that saved the game. The showed all three plays. On one he ran towards right field and caught a liner without having to jump. Whoppee. The next play they showed was Bradley running towards shortstop and diving for a line drive. Not bad. The last play was Bradley running towards the fence in left center field and catching the ball about 20 feet before he hit the warning track. If that's the highlight reel, I don't know how he got any votes. I had to turn off the broadcast. I think Buxton would have made all three catches easily and they would not have even been thought of as outstanding. These announcers epitomize the term "homer" and I don't mean a four-base hit.
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