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  1. PDX Twin
    To me, this has been the biggest difference between 2016 and 2017. Last year, the horror start took away their confidence and they never got it back. Every time they lost a game you expected them to lose three more in a row. This year, with the exception of the West Coast swoon two weeks ago, there has always been a sense that they could always come back following a defeat and win the next one. Some of this is probably greater maturity in players such as Buxton, Berrios, Sano, Kepler, Polanco, and Rosario. Some of it MIGHT be more effective mentoring by the new veterans Castro, Gimenez, Belisle, and maybe even Colon. Whatever the reason, it seems likely that they will be able to at least hang around .500 and get the experience of serious September competition. I'm not counting on making the post-season, and if they do I'm expecting at best a wild-card or first-round loss, but it is sure a lot more interesting than last year (or 2011 or 2012 or 2013 or 2014 or 2015)!
  2. PDX Twin
    It seems like Gee had to finish the game last night. After Gee comes Aitch, and we don't have him on the active roster.
  3. PDX Twin
    It's just too bad that happened in the 7th rather than the 9th. I don't remember ever seeing a "balk-off" win!
  4. PDX Twin
    Yes. Baby steps, perhaps, but it's hard to imagine him having that AB in April.
  5. PDX Twin
    1-2-3 is a pretty depressing line score.
  6. PDX Twin
    MLB.TV is reliable for me about 99% of the time, but not tonight.
  7. PDX Twin
    Must be so bad that it killed the MLB.TV feed.
  8. PDX Twin
    At least we have a Dozier. What a pathetic bench we could have if both of them were out. (Of course, it's pretty pathetic even with them in.)
  9. PDX Twin
    "going just 4-17 with runners in scoring position and leaving fourteen men on base" Sounds like the Lookouts are being well groomed to fit into the Twins lineup.
  10. PDX Twin
    I'd vote for Hildenberger.
  11. PDX Twin
    These clowns in the funny yellow suits make the Twins look competent!
  12. PDX Twin
    I went to a few A's/Twins games in the 1970s when I was in grad school. Even when Charlie Finley's A's were winning three straight World Series they didn't have any fans. Then free-agency hit and they essentially had a AAA team for a couple of years. Still didn't have any fans, but at least then there was a reason (and the Twins won a few times).
  13. PDX Twin
    "Kernels starter Evan Sanders struggled through 4.0 innings" I didn't realize we had a Kernel Sanders in the system.
  14. PDX Twin
    My tuppence worth: I'd look for offers on Grossman. He has strengths that can add something useful to a good lineup in the American League. He helps the Twins, but we have a better 4th OF in Granite and should be able to replace his bat. Polanco has never recovered from the death in his family earlier this year. It's been a downward spiral ever since, with poor performances draining his confidence, leading to more poor performances, both at the plate and in the field. Don't give up on him yet. Give him a chance to clear his head and come back in the spring with confidence renewed and see how he can grow. Think about what kind of nurturing (from teammates, coaches, or even outside counselors) would help him, and follow through with it. Rogers is part of my bullpen for the next few years. Necessity has pushed him into a more prominent role this year than any of us expected, and he did extremely well until the last couple of weeks. Likely overused. If even some of the AAA/AA/DL bullpen studs for whom we have high hopes work out, he can be a more-than-useful piece as LOOGY or LH setup man. Santana, Kintzler, and Dozier are useful pieces for next year, but I'd make them "available" if the right offer comes along. It would have to be pitching and would have to have high probability of making the team better by 2019.
  15. PDX Twin
    Well, I'd say more like "insignificant." We very likely gave up almost nothing, and got something that's not as useful as it seemed last week.
  16. PDX Twin
    I'd love to see Vargas at SS!
  17. PDX Twin
    We can hope that this is just youth. Young players on the big stage in front of tens of thousands will naturally get a little amped up in those situations. For some, that might bring out their best; for others (especially Berrios, I think) it causes them to move away from the things that make them successful. If this is still happening in a couple of years, we can call them chokers. For now, I'd rather just think of them as young and learning.
  18. PDX Twin
    "Chattanooga is a train that just keeps on rolling as they improved to a remarkable 24-7 in the second half of the season." That, presumably, is the proverbial Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
  19. PDX Twin
    At least we won't need Kintzler. I apologize for tuning in. Got home from marimba and turned on the computer to find the Twins winning. I guess it's all my fault. I'll go to bed now so maybe they can stage a comeback.
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    No.
  21. PDX Twin
    Wish I could watch tonight if only for an opportunity to see Colon "run" the bases if he puts the ball in play. Alas, off to marimba band rehearsal. I'll check in for the late innings.
  22. PDX Twin
    Sounds great! One of our favorite meals! We used to get same-day-fresh Columbia River Chinook from a Native American fisherman at our local farmers' market and grill on cedar. A couple of years ago the old fisherman died and apparently the tribal fishing rights do not get passed down, so his family's fish stand has disappeared from our market.
  23. PDX Twin
    I agree that relievers' performance has a big influence on a pitcher's ERA. (Witness Gibson's last two starts.) But it doesn't seem like this would matter so much for catcher's ERA because teams rarely change catchers in the middle of an inning when the reliever comes in. If the reliever gives up a bunch of inherited runs, that's on the same catcher's watch.
  24. PDX Twin
    Speaking of eponymous Hall of Famers, does anybody know if the Ty Cobb that Trump just hired as a lawyer is any relation? Or were his parent just being clever?
  25. PDX Twin
    Granite might be better suited to the National League? It seems like there are more speedy singles hitters over there.
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