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  1. USAFChief
    I wish, but sadly, no. Enjoy!
  2. USAFChief
    This is completely incorrect. The runner from first was off with the pitch--as I said in my first post--but there was time to get the force at 2nd. Not even a question. Here's the play, stop-actioned below. Lewis has the ball in his glove at this point: Can you at least admit the infield was NOT playing in? They were HOPING for a DP. Why throw home? A team can just throw bodies at any position willy-nilly, with zero regard for how they play there, but there will be consequences. Lewis pretty clearly doesn't know what he's doing. Hell, he broke for second on a hit to right on the first. WTH?
  3. USAFChief
    ,Ben Rortvedt delivered a grounder to Lewis, again with the infield drawn in, and he made the pick but blew the throw home, allowing Carlson to score. Both runners advanced The Twins didnt have the infield drawn in. They were, at most, halfway...allowing for a possible DP. Lewis fielded that grounder about halfway onto the dirt, BEHIND the baserunners path. Even with the runner off from first, it was a tailor made DP ball, catcher running, fielded cleanly, and the Twins would have been out of the inning, down 3-0 even with the previous hijinks...had Lewis simply initiated the DP. But of course Lewis has no experience at 2nd. Mistake throw home, gets nobody, tragedy unfolds. Pretty tired of anybody can play anywhere.
  4. USAFChief
    I would totally start Matthews tomorrow on regular rest and start Lopez Friday in KC. Makes too much sense I guess.
  5. USAFChief
    To be fair I think the Twins were ahead of KC at the time of the claim and wouldn't have gotten Pham even if they wanted him.
  6. USAFChief
    I'd prefer him to Margot. At least Gallo can play the position, and he'll run into one every other month or so.
  7. USAFChief
    In his defense, it's not like there was some intense baseball game to watch.
  8. USAFChief
    Be interesting now if they hadn't totally imploded. Like, if Lewis turns two.
  9. USAFChief
    This pitching staff needs to get another 8 outs tonight. Who?
  10. USAFChief
    That must be some totally bad-^^^ stuff, man.
  11. USAFChief
    ouch
  12. USAFChief
    Well that's just great. Not like we need him to get back here with as many ABs as possible or anything.
  13. USAFChief
    Game THREE? We're getting to game THREE???
  14. USAFChief
    Do you watch Twins games? Or listen to what the front office has stated? It's not my opinion. They consider stolen bases less important to defend than the hitter. THEY HAVE STATED SO. They're going to put the focus on the hitter, every time. No slide step. Focus on the hitter, not the runner. Catcher sets up to frame, with one knee on the ground, even with runners on.
  15. USAFChief
    Actually, they were playing half way, so that if you get a hard hit DP ball, you still have that option.
  16. USAFChief
    It has everything to do with playing a new position. A position he's unfamiliar with. A position he doesn't react instinctively to, because he hasn't played there and learned, so that he doesn't have to think about which play to make, where/when to take a cutoff, etc etc. The idea you can just go play 2nd base, without any experience, leads to a guy going to second base on a hit to right field. Or throwing home on a tailor made DP ball that gets you out of the inning with minimal damage.
  17. USAFChief
    Ell Oh Effing Ell.
  18. USAFChief
    Yes, the ball went to LEFT field, which theoretically should be harder to score on.
  19. USAFChief
    Lewis needs to turn 2 there. Even with the runner going, that's a tailor made DP ball. Play anybody anywhere.
  20. USAFChief
    Hey, look at that. Base hit to the OF--left field no less, and hit hard--scores a runner from second.
  21. USAFChief
    How many times must I post this: This is an organizational philosophy. They have stated they do not believe in slide steps. They have their catchers set up to frame, not throw. They believe the pitcher should focus on the hitter, not baserunners. It's a design feature, not a flaw according to the team.
  22. USAFChief
    More fantastic defense, with the "base hit" to start the inning an instigator.
  23. USAFChief
    And then why did Castro take about 7 crow hops?
  24. USAFChief
    Well that's cause you're never in a game thread. I'm pretty damn consistent. And I questioned it before results were in. Also, you are pretty hard wired into a permanent "not the staff's fault, ever, in any case" mode.
  25. USAFChief
    Well you'd be wrong. There are certainly decisions to make as a third base coach. And Watkins makes a lot of bad ones. Not sending a runner from second on a hit to the OF is just another one.
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