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  1. PDX Twin
    Music to my aging eyes!
  2. PDX Twin
    Isn't he another Rice U. casualty?
  3. PDX Twin
    Is it luck?
  4. PDX Twin
    Kansas City 70 wins? That's laughable!
  5. PDX Twin
    As suggested above, roster construction has a lot to do with the problem. They have drafted so many 1B-OF sluggers that it really limits the stock of available guys with a more varied approach. I'm not sure that they have the players who can succeed at anything except homerun derby.
  6. PDX Twin
    Unlike, say, the Lakers? There are about as many players on the court as lakes in southern California...
  7. PDX Twin
    And Friday the 13th, even.
  8. PDX Twin
    I love it when writers use proper grammar!
  9. PDX Twin
    What about clutch hitters? It seems like they were about as bad as the pitchers in recent years: leaving the bases loaded with no outs, not knocking in runners in scoring position far too many times. Does the manager bear any responsibility for getting players to perform at their best when the game is on the line? It seems like some players and managers are "scrappy," coming up with whatever is needed at any given moment and stealing wins. Spreadsheets are not good at this.
  10. PDX Twin
    Sadly, the Twins would not take Clemente. Not "their kind of player." No homeruns, no strikeouts, defense-shmefence.
  11. PDX Twin
    Finding "Joey Gallo" and "adroit" in a sentence that wasn't talking about ability to strike out was jolting.
  12. PDX Twin
    I agree. Modern baseball demands that the players give 110% all the time or they will get beaten by other players giving 110%. But our bodies were only intended to go 100%. It's like running a machine at higher speed or power than its "rated capacity." Sooner or later, the machine breaks down. Our players are breaking down. Have any teams devised a training plan that keeps players within their "rated capacity" most of the time, yet still allows them to overachieve on those few occasions when it is particularly needed?
  13. PDX Twin
    This makes me really, really sad.
  14. PDX Twin
    Typo I presume? That would make him -3 when he pitched in the World Series...
  15. PDX Twin
    One could reasonably interpret this as saying that what you call "optimized contact" is not a very useful measure.
  16. PDX Twin
    The Twins seem to do best on off days. There will soon be many more of them to enjoy.
  17. PDX Twin
    I'd add: ... and move runners over and get hits with runners in scoring position. And perhaps even play defense!
  18. PDX Twin
    I can't see it. With the existing pitching staff, the Twins will be lucky to make the postseason and I don't see any way that they get to three games if they do. I know everyone will hate this comment, but we are just not very good right now, especially against winning opponents.
  19. PDX Twin
    The Twins messed up from the beginning. He'd have contributed more to the attack if they'd given AK #47.
  20. PDX Twin
    Congratulations! Mrs. PDX and I will celebrate 50 years at the end of the month. We spent one day of our brief Minneapolis honeymoon at a Twins game, but I don't think her affection for sporting events matches you bride's!
  21. PDX Twin
    Great article!
  22. PDX Twin
    So ... the end of the inning coincided with the end of the outing?
  23. PDX Twin
    Far cry from Kelly's or Gardy's Twins. Bonehead fielding plays: Stupid players or just not enough training?
  24. PDX Twin
    Aren't we supposed to complain about how rusty the bullpen will be?
  25. PDX Twin
    Something about the words 'Willie Mays" is just magical! None of the other stars of his era or since---I can't speak for before---ever rivaled his talent at every phase of the game and his charisma, almost mystique! I cried when I read the obits yesterday and I don't cry often. Great man and the greatest ballplayer! Growing up in an American League place, the only time I ever saw him in person was at the 1965 All-Star Game, which probably had the greatest outfield ever to play in a game: Aaron, Mays, Clemente, with Frank Robinson on the bench! Being only 11, I don't remember the details of the game except that the NL won. They always did in those days because they simply had the better players. If you haven't read Arnold Hano's A Day in the Bleachers, you are missing something special. It's a brilliantly narrated story of Hano's day at Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, from waking up and heading to the Polo Grounds hoping to get a bleacher seat through a thrillingly tense game to "the catch" right below him and Dusty Rhodes's winning homerun. It's about more than Willie, but the iconic catch in centerfield is a centerpiece and, to me, represents Willie's greatness as much as any single moment. He simply did things you didn't think were possible. RIP.
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