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  1. USAFChief
    For the record, Avila is a better defensive catcher than Garver. But that wouldn't be an issue if Rocco just leaves Jeffers in the game. Why start Jeffers, if not because he's currently the better option?.
  2. USAFChief
    Pro tip: don't take delivery of the TV until Thursday.
  3. USAFChief
    Extremely disappointed in a front office that put Rocco in the position of using Romo and Thielbar in the 9th inning of a 1-1 playoff game. Pinch hitting Garver...why?? I guess we know why 4 (four!) Catchers. Putting Astudillo on the playoff roster is like leaving crack cocaine on the coffee table of an addict. Rocco wont be able to resist. Is Alcala hurt? Because there is no other reasonable reason he isn't on the roster. The offense is just...offensive. We know Polanco is a poor SS. No range, weak arm. That doesn't excuse the error, of course. But his lack of range showed up twice today. And finally...i think every Twins fan, in their heart of hearts, saw this coming when they let Grienke wiggle out of the 1st.
  4. USAFChief
    like I said, plenty of blame to go around. But Polanco's error doesn't happen if Romo doesn't give up back to back hits, and might not have mattered if Romo, who by the way throws among the fewest strikes of any MLB pitcher, doesnt walk Altuve. Thielbar is a nice story, but he hasn't been in MLB for a long time for a reason. He didnt even have a minor league job this year, until the Twins came knocking. As a taxi squad guy...maybe. Pitching the 9th of a playoff game? That's front office malpractice. And it was foreseeable, and preventable. I don't hate Romo or Thielbar. I hate the process that made them options in that game. I want guys throwing 97, not Frisbee sliders that every hitter knows is coming.
  5. USAFChief
    nah. Its tough to keep up out there in SoDak, with no TV or internet.
  6. USAFChief
    Caleb Thielbar was out of baseball, signed to be the Augustana pitching coach, when the Twins invited him to spring training.
  7. USAFChief
    Polanco had a pretty bad game. Like I said, lots of blame to go around. But making a physical error is, IMO, much different than the front office looking at their pen a month ago and deciding, "Nope, we're good. Don't need Rosenthal. Don't need anybody." Again...they're pitching Sergio Romo and Caleb Thielbar in the 9th inning. Of a tied playoff game.
  8. USAFChief
    The ninth inning of a 1-1 playoff game went to a 37 year old junkballer and the Augustana University pitching coach. Sounds like the town ball state tournament, not the AL playoffs. So much blame to go around, but the above was preventable, if the front office does it's job.
  9. USAFChief
    Today was a culmnination of the front office's failure. In the 9th inning of a 1-1 playoff game, the Twins threw out a 37 year old junkballer and the Augustana University pitching coach.
  10. USAFChief
    Also, if I have a choice between a .300 hitter with a .350 OBP, or a .225 hitter with a .350 OBP, I take the first guy 100 times out of 100.
  11. USAFChief
    Something must be wrong with Alcala. There's no other reasonable explanation.
  12. USAFChief
    Buxton and Donaldson had "a relatively good day"?
  13. USAFChief
    Not very optimistic going into the post season.
  14. USAFChief
    Win the division. Flags fly forever.
  15. USAFChief
    Got a website for this "Windel Qual International?" Asking for a friend.
  16. USAFChief
    i think 6th is impossible. The 2nd place team from the ALW has that spot locked up.
  17. USAFChief
    Incredibly poor game from our Twins, with the added bonus of missing a chance to put a stranglehold on the division, a couple really worrisome injuries, continued mediocrity from Berrios, and more bullpen follies from the manager.
  18. USAFChief
    Actually, when you wrote this, the correct answer was "the Twins must lose one fewer game than Chicago," since the Sox had one more game on their schedule than the Twins, and the Twins need to finish ahead of the Sox. Winning one more and losing one less were not the same thing. However, the Sox lost again tonight, so now both teams have 3 left, and the Twins are a full game up.
  19. USAFChief
    Clippard escaping from bases loaded, one out with no runs scored turned out to be pretty huge.
  20. USAFChief
    has Baldelli used a starter on short rest in his tenure here? Granted, the ALDS would be a different situation, but I'd have to see it before I'd believe it.
  21. USAFChief
    yeah, seemed like an audition.
  22. USAFChief
    A weird start tonight for Bailey. In the first inning, he was topping out in the mid 80s on his fastball. High 80s in the 2nd, got up into the low 90s by the 3rd. Not very impressive, in any case. I know he got through the first 3 innings with no baserunners, but lots of good swings, and loud contact. If they get to the second round, is he the 5th starter if Odo can't go?
  23. USAFChief
    I doubt Falvey really believes it doesn't matter, but what is he supposed to say? "We're doomed unless we get home field"?
  24. USAFChief
    Maeda, Pineda, and hope for a tornehdah.
  25. USAFChief
    To me, he seems to be having trouble getting around on fastballs this year. Like he's tieing himself up. And there is no sustained success at any level of baseball, from little league to the big leagues, if you are consistently getting beat by fastballs.
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