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  1. USAFChief
    We're trailing in the 10th in what's never been more than a 1 run game and we haven't used Duran.
  2. USAFChief
    Not great, but he did drive in the 1st run.
  3. USAFChief
    Thielbar for the 10th.
  4. USAFChief
    Lopez fooled nobody, but it's a scoreless inning. 3 batters faced. I'll take it, but geez.
  5. USAFChief
    Oh FFS.
  6. USAFChief
    I'm sure there has been a couple, but I don't remember a big late hit from Correa. He's only driven in 39 runs ferpetesake.
  7. USAFChief
    He's making a comment about Miranda's defense.
  8. USAFChief
    Miranda is the third baseman. Cruz plays for the Nats.
  9. USAFChief
    YOU'VE BEEN MIRANDIZED!!
  10. USAFChief
    There is virtually no value in moving a runner from 2nd to third while making the second out.
  11. USAFChief
    Least surprising news ever.
  12. USAFChief
    $20 gets you an entire season of Twins on radio.
  13. USAFChief
    Well I care. I care he hasn't been effective since his arrival. It's a small sample, but he's blown two saves. 12 baserunners in 7 innings. K'S Down He got through the inning last night, but he was pretty fortunate. 2 walks. A hard line drive to right that could have easily been disaster. I care that he pitches better going forward.
  14. USAFChief
    Both he and Megill seemed to get both fastball shy and strike zone shy. I don't get it.
  15. USAFChief
    Bundy's smoke and mirrors comes through again. Hat tip. Fortunate ending. I'll take it. I'd like to see both Megill and Lopez attack the zone more with fastballs.
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  17. USAFChief
    And finally in the HOF. Glad that happened during his lifetime. Congrats on a wonderful career in the game, thanks for all you've given us fans.
  18. USAFChief
    Close call, but I'd also vote Miranda 1, Duran 2. But it's close. Duran has been very important to this team.
  19. USAFChief
    I don't think it's accurate to say "everyone else is doing the same thing." The Twins are tied for 27th in IP per start (4.8.) Only 2 teams below them. 16 teams are averaging at least a half inning more. 8 teams averaging over 5.5 innings per start. Houston is averaging 5.8. Houston has a single pitcher with 20 "quality starts" this year, and it's not Verlander. The Twins have 2 such starts since July 3rd. Starter innings are down league wide. But the Twins have exaggerated that trend. They're not doing "what everyone is doing."
  20. USAFChief
    I'd be very surprised if he makes his next start. Still, good news.
  21. USAFChief
    I don't know, but I don't think anyone is using a spot on a dedicated "long guy" any more.
  22. USAFChief
    Quantity over quality is what this FO does. Sign a bunch of minor league FAs and waiver claims, stash them in AAA, and shuffle them through the pen. That's why this team is always short in the pen. "Shuffle through them until a couple overperform" is a terrible idea. First, it's unlikely to work, and second, even if you end up with a couple usable guys, you've spent a good portion of the season blowing games while you shuffled. Meanwhile a couple other flash-in-the-pans have lost the magic pixie dust that led to a couple successful innings and you're looking for their replacements. This FO needs to rethink its pen strategy, particularly given their clear decision to limit starters. "It'll work itself out" isn't a viable strategy.
  23. USAFChief
    Heh. Detroit led Cleveland 4-2, bottom 8, 2 out nobody on. Strike 3 on next batter to end the inning...except the catcher let the ball go to the backstop, batter safe at first. Innumerable bloops, walks, errors, and silliness later, 6-4 Cleveland. Sigh...
  24. USAFChief
    Sanchez would absolutely know in the pen, as would the pitching coach during warm-ups. But granting your point, they obviously knew right away once the game started. Anyone paying attention on TV knew. Morneau knew. They knew and were concerned in the dugout immediately in the top of the 1st.
  25. USAFChief
    Nice win, great job bullpen. But... I Really don't understand how Mahle was left in into the third inning. I don't even understand how he started the game. Obviously something wrong from pitch 1. And it had to be obvious during warmups. Pitchers aren't just randomly off 5-7 mph.
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