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  1. PDX Twin
    To win against their best pitcher with a patchwork, bullpen effort is a big surprise and shot in the arm. We can just hope that we see the good Berrios tomorrow (regardless of what happens later today) and leave Cleveland with a 4.5 game cushion. Given the weakness of our coming schedule, that should be enough even with the injuries that are still hindering us.
  2. PDX Twin
    It's kind of strange seeing Rogers in the dugout. He probably spends less time there than anyone else on the team. In the majority of games, he sits in the bullpen, maybe comes in the pitch, and then the game's over.
  3. PDX Twin
    This is a much more competitive lineup, if all of these players are actually healthy.
  4. PDX Twin
    With the returning players, I'd be tempted to bat him 10th.
  5. PDX Twin
    From a season perspective, it seems like this is more an issue of lots of injuries *at the same time* than one of lots of injuries *overall*. This team was remarkably healthy (especially the pitchers) until about mid-August, and now we have everyone going down together. In some ways, this is more of a challenge because instead of outfielder #4 seeing regular action as #1, #2, and #3 are out one at a time, we are now seeing outfielders #6 and #7 in the lineup every day, because #1 (Buxton), #2 (Kepler), #4 (Cave), and #5 (Gonzalez) are all out at the same time. Although it's brutal on us right now, it's helped us in the first 4 months. We might have 5 more wins at this point than we would have with a more normal pattern of injuries spread through the season. So instead of protecting a 5-game lead with a AAA lineup we'd be battling even-up with our usual stars.
  6. PDX Twin
    But, of course, this might well be true! Every good FA has 5-10 teams going after him. Only one gets him. The other 4-9 are left wondering if their owner didn't offer enough. That's possible (and not necessarily bad---there are lots of foolish contracts offered) but it could also be that the player just preferred to play somewhere else.
  7. PDX Twin
    Is this a case of markets working? If most teams are passing on them, the price goes down and someone will come through and buy up the bargains. Didn't work for the Twins last year with Lynn and Morrison, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work for others.
  8. PDX Twin
    Don Mossi, right?
  9. PDX Twin
    If Eddie somehow manages to make that catch, it's tied.
  10. PDX Twin
    Good night, Dick.
  11. PDX Twin
    Or three.
  12. PDX Twin
    Eddie gives away a run.
  13. PDX Twin
    It took a while for the offense to arrive, but these are my favorite games!
  14. PDX Twin
    Eddie: I don't do chalant!
  15. PDX Twin
    Let's get a few more runs and bring on Gimenez.
  16. PDX Twin
    This is not something that usually portends a Twins rally.
  17. PDX Twin
    But THAT Mitch had a BOUNCING ball. This Mitch has a SOARING ball!
  18. PDX Twin
    Well, we all remember that Sano is a wonderful OF option! [This is sarcasm ... I think.]
  19. PDX Twin
    Is this news or hopes?
  20. PDX Twin
    No, squirrels!
  21. PDX Twin
    Maybe Dobnak should only go one inning today?
  22. PDX Twin
    Blast from (my) past. Baseball-related, but only tangentially Twins-related. There is an interesting article in today's NYT travel section talking about the origins of the modern swimsuit, which was invented in Portland by Jantzen. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/travel/portland-oregon-swim-jantzen.html It talks about the fiberglass "diving-girl" statues that existed here and elsewhere. I immediately remembered that one used to be prominently displayed in Portland, but it took a long time to remember where. Civic Stadium, where the Twins AAA affiliate Portland Beavers played in the 1980s and early 1990s, had a gigantic left-field wall much like Boston's Green Monster (except it was blue). Of course there was advertising on the outfield walls, and the Blue Monster was a particularly large canvas for such. In the leftfield corner, just inside the foul line, was a large Jantzen ad, and the central feature of that ad was the diving-girl statue, maybe 15 feet long in horizontal orientation and hanging in front of the wall. Of course, the diving girl statue was in play, but in the dozens of Beavers' games I attended after moving here in 1988, I only remember a few balls hitting her. One of those quirk that is unique to baseball; I can't think of any other sport in which something like that could intrude on the field of play. Just a fun, irrelevant recollection that I thought might be of interest. Go, Twins!
  23. PDX Twin
    And when is the contract up for renewal?
  24. PDX Twin
    But he's cheaper. You can get by with 2.
  25. PDX Twin
    Of good, another injury. Karma is hitting the Twins hard this week.
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