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  1. PDX Twin
    It's brutal to give up 10 runs when your starter pitches 5 2-hit, shutout innings with no walks! But then I guess that the Saints' bullpen is guys who aren't as good as the ones who do similar things for the Twins.
  2. PDX Twin
    But Kohl Stewart misses out yet again.
  3. PDX Twin
    It's wonderful listening to Jim Kaat! (It was wonderful watching him pitch 50 years ago!) He made a comparison of Arraez hitting style and ability to those of Pete Rose. That's one I hadn't heard or considered, but it seems on target to me. Pesky hitter with brilliant bat control and zone coverage. Always hits for average. No power, little speed, and a mediocre fielder. (But from what I've heard he has a more amiable personality.)
  4. PDX Twin
    And if he bunted to the left side a few times (or shortened up his swing and punched a few singles that way), they would stop shifting so extremely and he could have more chances to get hits going to his more comfortable right. This isn't a difficult concept. Why do so few players do it?
  5. PDX Twin
    According to FanGraphs, his current WAR is -0.2, He's worse than a replacement player! When he comes up with a man on first and less than two outs, I want there to be an "intentional strikeout" so that he won't hit into a DP. Just wave your hand to the umpire and he's out.
  6. PDX Twin
    Me, too. It was 116 in Portland on Monday...
  7. PDX Twin
    I'd be interested in comments from the professionals here. Is it possible that the emphasis on building strength in certain areas and muscles leads to imbalances in the stresses placed on proximate soft tissue and leads to injuries to ligaments, tendons, and muscles? Just a naïve thought, but it seems logical that increased force on one side could cause injuries on the other.
  8. PDX Twin
    Lovely use of hyphens!
  9. PDX Twin
    Buxton wants to play; the Twins will not let him. Yet another reason that he has no interest in a long-term contract with them?
  10. PDX Twin
    It makes sense that this organization would choose someone with 4 HRs even though he hit .222.
  11. PDX Twin
    As others have noted: Four solo homeruns and get no other runs and lose by two. So typical! I know it's silly, but if you extrapolate last night to the full season we hit 648 homeruns and go 0-162. That's extreme, but it's the pattern that his team has set.
  12. PDX Twin
    How in the world did pitching even happen before this surgery was invented? This is only half sarcastic. Did pitchers not strain/sprain/rupture the UCL ligament in those days? (And if they did not, why is it ubiquitous now with all of our modern medical and training advances?) Or did pitchers simply quit when the UCL went out? Or did they find a way to pitch with a damaged ligament? I'd appreciate any clarification from those with more knowledge.
  13. PDX Twin
    So Ober is #82? By my calculation he's only 81 inches tall!
  14. PDX Twin
    Or "just another mis-happ."
  15. PDX Twin
    Maybe it's time for the Twins to move over from Column A to Column B.
  16. PDX Twin
    Perhapps.
  17. PDX Twin
    How many times do you suppose a broadcaster ends up saying "Tarpa Tampons" instead of "Tampa Tarpons"? Accident waiting to happen.
  18. PDX Twin
    They pitch in T-ball now?
  19. PDX Twin
    You mean Column A is actually a 5th Column?
  20. PDX Twin
    I move that this weekly feature be renamed "Weak in Review" until further notice,
  21. PDX Twin
    The Internet says that "sod poodle" an old name for a prairie dog. Kind of makes up for losing the Jumbo Shrimp and the Iron Pigs as opponents.
  22. PDX Twin
    This should have happened a couple of weeks ago, after losing in Oakland and Seattle. Now it's too late and there's only a shell of a team (mentally and medically) to try to roust.
  23. PDX Twin
    The Twins seem like losers. The stars that they have brought in for veteran leadership (e.g., Cruz and Donaldson) haven't really had a record of ever winning championships. The youngsters don't seem to play at their best under pressure. The team always seems to find a way to lose despite sometimes having great statistics and advanced metrics. Contrasts: Jack Morris. He never had gaudy statistics and I'd bet that his advanced metrics were poor. But he was a winner. He dominated in the pressure situations and had a winning personality that made his teammates into winners. I don't think that the Twins have anyone like that right now. Puckett and Hrbek: They found a way to win. Kirby put the team on his shoulders in 1991 and Hrbek put Ron Gant on his shoulders in order to win. Gagne faked out Lonnie Smith coming around second and probably saved a game. Who on this club is a winner or inspires a winning attitude in his teammates?
  24. PDX Twin
    St. Paul the team or St. Paul the man? Divine intervention could be useful for this team.
  25. PDX Twin
    Doesn't Omaha play on the same field where Larnach won the CWS with Oregon State? Good vibes for him!
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