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  1. USAFChief
    Seriously? You're better than this, Jim. He doesn't have great options, but that doesn't excuse not using the ones he has in the best possible manner. In fact, just the opposite. He needs to try to squeeze every ounce out of what few options he has. I won't fault him for Pressly not getting a job done, if Pressly is the best option. Boshers wasn't.
  2. USAFChief
    It was 3-1 Jim, in a fairly important game. With a pen coming off an off day. That's a bad move.
  3. USAFChief
    Call me crazy, but I don't consider "failure to look two hitters ahead" to be a compelling defense. I don't remember if there was a RHer warmed or not, but either way it's no excuse for Boshers giving up a 3 run jack. And I DO know there was at least one RHer available, because Pressly pitched later that night. In an 8-1 game, which is another point not in Molitors favor.
  4. USAFChief
    And he ended up using Pressly anyway. Only it was in an 8-1 game, in the 9th, instead of a 3-1 game, in the 7th.
  5. USAFChief
    Great, so our 8 man pen is effectively 7.
  6. USAFChief
    concur. concurconcurconcurconcurconcurconcurconcur.
  7. USAFChief
    The second WC really changes nothing, except making it harder for WC teams. The two WCs now have to play an elimination game just to get to where the one WC used to get automatically. And now that team might not have its best starter.
  8. USAFChief
    http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/bonod.gif
  9. USAFChief
    He won't get one out with a RHer when it's 3-1, but at 7-1, with two out in the 9th, THEN he needs to burn Pressly. I don't get it.
  10. USAFChief
    Another really...questionable job of managing a bullpen tonight. Pulls Busenitz to let Boshers face two LHers (which I can understand), then after Boshers retires neither of the LHers, lets Boshers give up a 3 run jack to a RH hitter. Terrible. If you're pulling Busenitz to get through the inning, then there is no way Boshers faces a RH hitter with 2 on. No. Way.
  11. USAFChief
    I sat here shaking my head...he's not really gonna let Boshers face another hitter here...a RH hitter at that...is he?
  12. USAFChief
    Nice call, Molly.
  13. USAFChief
    That's a terrible pun. Barry bad.
  14. USAFChief
    I had a doctor appointment today at the VA, and he told me I really need to stretch more. So I made an appointment with a workout guru here in town, and sat down to talk to him. "Listen," I said, "can you teach me to do the splits?" "Well, how flexible are you" he asked. So I told him. "I can't do mornings on Wednesdays."
  15. USAFChief
    Maybe Joe, who can afford it, should buy Polanco a steak dinner and speak to him about his throws.
  16. USAFChief
    Two K's and a harmless fly ball, natch.
  17. USAFChief
    Buxton!!
  18. USAFChief
    That's a GIDP if the Twins are playing normally, instead of "double play depth" with the SS pinched up the middle.
  19. USAFChief
    It's good to care about the result of a Twins game in mid August, no? Hope to keep that up.
  20. USAFChief
    I think it's pretty much guaranteed that Mauer managing Mauer will result in uncomfortable situations for both of them, and be a subject of constant discussion. Not my team, but I wouldn't do that. Too much potential for trouble, inside and outside the organization.
  21. USAFChief
    But that's my point...When May, Burdi, and Chargois are "3 of the top 5" you're in trouble before the season even starts. May had trouble the previous season, and it borders on malpractice to count on two guys with both little-to-no MLB experience and injury histories. I've been hearing about how Burdi et al are the bullpen fix since the day they were drafted. Build a pen, and let minor leaguers like that force their way in, or at worst, be among those considered for the inevitable injuries and/or ineffectiveness in the big league pen. Nobody ever suffered from having too many good options.
  22. USAFChief
    concur. The argument "don't sign these guys because they might not be good, or might get injured. Let's instead hope these other guys become good, and don't get injured" doesn't make much sense to me.
  23. USAFChief
    "I would again advocate in the upcoming offseason that they not go crazy on bullpen arms in free agency. Maybe one veteran on a one-year, low cost, low risk deal, and a couple more minor league signings. That’s it." That sounds to me like a recipe for another weak bullpen in 2018. I hope that's not the off season plan.
  24. USAFChief
    4000+ IP, pitched into his 40s. I'd say his arm rusted out.
  25. USAFChief
    Runs please...dont think 5 wins this
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