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  1. USAFChief
    I wouldn't be opposed to a full week off for the AS Break. But that would require some adjustments elsewhere.
  2. USAFChief
    Some early runs wouldn't suck.
  3. USAFChief
    How about both?
  4. USAFChief
    Donovan always left his starters in too long and had a bad haircut. Kittridge I don't remember.
  5. USAFChief
    It means I disagree with the premise Baldelli isn't responsible for the decisions required of someone in Baldelli's position. I disagree with the idea Baldelli isn't making them. And I question what it is someone is saying about Baldelli when they propose that BALDELLI would accept an arrangement where he's not trusted to do his job.
  6. USAFChief
    You could, just spitball'n here, provide some.
  7. USAFChief
    This is largely true, but you won't make any money betting that Buxton won't play more than half a season.
  8. USAFChief
    And here is Jayce Tingler, Rocco's RH man, commenting in the same piece: "I've been absolutely blown away by how much they put on Rocco's plate. The front office stays really out of it. We are provided so much information, and we talk through all the scenarios before the game. And then at the end of the day Rocco makes the call." Rocco makes the call. For the record, Goin hasn't worked for the Twins since 2017. Not sure how this is relevant, since he admits he's guessing. Also note...Gardy rejected Goin's lineup suggestions. Because, wait for it, he was the manager, and it's his job to make out the lineup. Not Jack Goin's.
  9. USAFChief
    Would it surprise you to know that "quality win %" is, as of today, 2 games under .500 since 2020? Rocco's team won over 100 games in 2019. He gets credit for that. But he did inherent a team that set the MLB record for HRs and scored 939 runs. They also were swept out of the postseason in 3 straight losses. 2020, it's hard to give anyone credit or blame. 60 game season against a limited schedule with partial rosters. But he did win the ALC. Since then?
  10. USAFChief
    MANAGE. It's the job description. Rather than sit on your *** and watch the thing burn down, MANAGE. "Nothing he could do" is simply more excuse making for Rocco. I'm not excusing Alcala. He was immediately awful. Which is WHY a MLB manager has to find a way to get him out of the game before he gives up FIVE runs. FIVE. Shouldn't have happened. Didn't need to happen. Entirely on Rocco that it DID happen. These are managerial decisions. They gave consequences. At the least defend the decisions. "Nothing he could do" is lame.
  11. USAFChief
    Nonconcur. A MLB manager has time to warm up a pitcher in the space of the 3 batter minimum if he chooses to do so. It happens all the time. One sauntering trip to the mound is enough. And in this case, THERE WAS A LENGTHY DELAY while they searched for Wallner's glove after the FIRST dinger. In any case, a MLB manager who can't figure out how to slow the game enough to allow for a reliever to warm, which doesn't take that long, deserves to be fired fir that alone. He sat on his *** by his own choosing, not because events prevented anything else.
  12. USAFChief
    Well, yeah.
  13. USAFChief
    Bone to pick: Rocco's worst managing job wasn't Saturday in KC. Three weeks ago in Texas Rocco sat on his hands watching Jorge Alcala turn a 4-0 7th inning lead into a 5-4 deficit. With a three or so minute delay included while Texas ballpark security searched for Matt Wallner's glove over the left field fence. As bad as removing Ober was, that was worse. Way worse. And if you believe in momentum, or anything like it, that's the point at which this current collapse started.
  14. USAFChief
    Heh
  15. USAFChief
    Until it doesn't.
  16. USAFChief
    So then you DO have an extremely low opinion of Baldelli's integrity? Would you accept a job you weren't allowed to do? And yes, I would hope a new manager would do some things differently.
  17. USAFChief
    I read this a lot, and I don't buy THIS either. The manager writes out the lineup. Makes pitching changes. Sets or doesn't set mandatory infield practice. Batting practice. Playing time. Pinch hitting. When to sacrifice, or not. Controlling the opponent's running game, and how. Etc etc etc. I'm not going to blame Baldelli for failure to pick up anything helpful at the deadline. Likewise, absent some strong proof, I'm not going to blame Thad Levine for things that are Baldelli's responsibility. One would have to have a pretty low opinion of Baldelli to believe he'd even accept a job he's been told he won't be allowed to do.
  18. USAFChief
    Thank you. The idea the Twins are "exhausted," as claimed in the OP, is ridiculous. As for the rest of the OP, the leader of any team almost always gets exactly the level of motivation and execution he permits. Look in the mirror for a change, Rocco.
  19. USAFChief
    Leading the WC race? Clinging to the final WC spot, you mean. The Twins have only themselves to blame for sagging interest. They've practically engineered it, starting last fall.
  20. USAFChief
    I'm still holding out hope I'll owe you a beer at season's end. But it ain't looking good.
  21. USAFChief
    This aged well.
  22. USAFChief
    C'mon Morneau...don't hold back. That was a terrible AB from Lee. Say so. Don't dance around it.
  23. USAFChief
    KInda hard to imagine us scoring 5...and us holding them scoreless from here. sigh
  24. USAFChief
    Festa's lucky this is the Angels. He has zero command.
  25. USAFChief
    It's beyond irritating Farmer continues to be in the lineup. Just stubborn refusal to admit anybody made any kind of mistake.
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