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  1. USAFChief
    Fun with numbers: Bartolo Colon was the starting pitcher for Cleveland in Paul Molitor's last major league game. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN199809270.shtml
  2. USAFChief
    River*****
  3. USAFChief
    It's weird...many of the same posters who daily lament the state of the bullpen are the same ones who argue against the Twins taking actual steps to improve it. "Don't trade...wait for magical internal improvement" isn't a very good plan.
  4. USAFChief
    Calhoun's intention was to stop short of second. That was by design.
  5. USAFChief
    A double steal like that is basically the Angels intentionally running themselves out of the inning, but betting the Twins will be surprised and/or incapable of executing the defense. Two runners are in no man's land while the defense possesses the ball. It should be an out every time, with no run scored, provided the defense reacts properly. That it worked is disturbing, mostly because it sure looks like the Twins were caught by surprise. IMO, while one can point fingers in several directions for blame, the primary thing I take from it is another data point that says Molitor is a really poor game manager. We should be thanking Scosia for the free out, instead of lamenting a cheap and important run allowed.
  6. USAFChief
    Don't try this at work.
  7. USAFChief
    Say hi to Aunt Gladys from all of us, Bri.
  8. USAFChief
    Not being used when the game is on the line means the manager has fewer options when the game is on the line. It means the pitcher isn't good enough for MLB. It means he should be replaced with someone who IS good enough to pitch with the game on the line.
  9. USAFChief
    This in itself is proof that Breslow needs off the roster.
  10. USAFChief
    The complaint on Breslow isn't that he is used mostly in mopup. The complaint on Breslow is that he gives up too many base runners, hence runs, and K's too few hitters. The complaint is, he's not someone who helps win games.
  11. USAFChief
    How about we use the metrics of base runners allowed and runs allowed? Then there are different outcomes between Boshers and Belisle.
  12. USAFChief
    I've copied this so I can post it every few days.
  13. USAFChief
    How many managers let Gimenez hit in that situation? Down one, Mauer available, late innings, tieing run in scoring position, RH reliever brought in that has to pitch to at least one hitter? Castro available to catch, btw. The over/under is 1.5. I'll take the under. Monumentally bad managing.
  14. USAFChief
    We've been reading since at least 2015 that the Twins don't need to find bullpen help, because it's right around the corner. Just be patient, and by next year Reed/Burdi/Chargois/Bard/etc/etc/etc will be here and be teh awesome. Maybe even sooner! It's folly, just as depending on minor leaguers always is. Never depend on minor leaguers to succeed. If one or two or ten even, force their way onto the big league team, great. Too much talent has never been a problem.
  15. USAFChief
    If Polanco moved the runners, THEN Molitor would've pinch hit for Gimenez? First, that makes no sense at all, in isolation. You need to send up Mauer there, no matter what. There's a high probability that's your best chance at tieing or taking the lead, very high chance. You have to send up Mauer, and if he's walked, ok. Second, he just negated his own reasoning for not PHing...not wanting to go that long with one catcher. That "reason" is unchanged based on what Polanco does.
  16. USAFChief
    That WAS Matt Belisle, and there's no such thing as too much scotch.
  17. USAFChief
    "Reference too old" is not likely to be a problem here, friend.
  18. USAFChief
    Is that where the ballpark is?
  19. USAFChief
    I'm going to Kansas City. Kansas City here I come.
  20. USAFChief
    New forum rule: "Twinsnorth49" and "thong" cannot be referenced in the same post. Ever.
  21. USAFChief
    Nothing makes me happier Than a haiku jam But you two still leave me sad.
  22. USAFChief
    I before E, except after C, And when pronounced as an A, As in neighbor and weigh.
  23. USAFChief
    Don't tempt me Arko. My ban finger is getting itchy.
  24. USAFChief
    Somehow, you were at least partially to blame, amiright?
  25. USAFChief
    Baseball. Love it.
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