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  1. PDX Twin
    They pitch in T-ball now?
  2. PDX Twin
    You mean Column A is actually a 5th Column?
  3. PDX Twin
    I move that this weekly feature be renamed "Weak in Review" until further notice,
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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?
  7. PDX Twin
    St. Paul the team or St. Paul the man? Divine intervention could be useful for this team.
  8. PDX Twin
    Doesn't Omaha play on the same field where Larnach won the CWS with Oregon State? Good vibes for him!
  9. PDX Twin
    And that's a tactical decision by the widely revered (on this site) front office and manager: No bunts. No stolen bases. Swing for the fences with a high launch angle. Don't even try to punch the ball to beat the shift (unless you're Arraez). Zillions of strikeouts are an acceptable side effect of the above. After 60 years, it's too late to find a new team, but not too late to alter the priority of the sports I follow, and baseball is slipping.
  10. PDX Twin
    I think, right now, I'd rather that Colome did not start. Seeing those two words in the same line was frightening!
  11. PDX Twin
    So ... has he been seeing Rowson on the side? For all the (perhaps justified) complaining about the team's current hitting coaches, somehow the current crew have Buxton doing things that he rarely did before. Credit where credit is due?
  12. PDX Twin
    This leaves out one crucially important thing: tactics. It makes sense that Baldelli would omit that because it's on him. Making the right tactical decision at the right time has been a serious problem for the club this year.
  13. PDX Twin
    But, but, but ,,, we had such great exit velocity! Maybe this team is built to maximize "advanced statistics" but not to win baseball games?
  14. PDX Twin
    This team is very fortunate that American sports reward consistent failure with high draft choices instead of relegation.
  15. PDX Twin
    Change the team name to Tlosses.
  16. PDX Twin
    The way the "big" club is going, we'll all be craving wins by the time the MiLB season rolls around. The Wichita park looks nice, but holy cow ... how far is it to a hill? Reminds me of living in Houston, where the highest point is a freeway bridge.
  17. PDX Twin
    How about "We have an 8 run lead and Colome has looked a little shaky and needs to get locked in. I can bring on someone else if he starts to fray in the 9th."
  18. PDX Twin
    Wasn't that Fred Flintstone?
  19. PDX Twin
    Wow! I've sidetracked this thread into a physics lesson. (Which has taught me a lot!)
  20. PDX Twin
    I'm no physicist, but doesn't air resistance also vary greatly with weather conditions? As we get to the hot, muggy summer would we expect less carry?
  21. PDX Twin
    For me, our record is 3 wins and 2 draws. I hate extra innings!
  22. PDX Twin
    The Twins' 2022 draft position improved today.
  23. PDX Twin
    I hope that you're right, but the pathetic spring hitting has me worried, especially with the changed baseball. The Twins' offense is built around the homerun. If that is muted by the changes, they will struggle and often look pathetic with three-strikeout innings being common enough to make me turn off the broadcast. Add in a couple of injuries and I could easily see a .500 season looking up at Chicago and Cleveland.
  24. PDX Twin
    I was also easier when you could expect that the opponent's starting pitcher would pitch 7-9 innings. Now, unless you are at the top of the order, you only sometimes get more than one AB against the starter and the guy out of the bullpen is likely to throw with the other hand.
  25. PDX Twin
    Enforce the rules. Punish the cheaters. Period.
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