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  1. USAFChief
    BRB, time for dinner. Meatloaf, fried potatoes, candied carrots. Cold glass of milk. Health food.
  2. USAFChief
    "Mauer squirts one down the left field line." ish.
  3. USAFChief
    drink
  4. USAFChief
    Buxton catches that.
  5. USAFChief
    I don't know about yourself or what you want to be, RB When we gamble with our time, We choose our destiny
  6. USAFChief
    Let's hope Berrios spends little time tonight flirtin' with disaster.
  7. USAFChief
    #1. It was a 2-0 pitch. In a late situation where a HR wins the game. This has nothing to do with a "bad at bat." What's the worst that could happen? He doesn't hit a HR? It's bad baseball NOT to sit on a pitch and try to pull it over the fence. #2. If Rosario walks in that situation, it's up to an obviously hurting Buxton, against a RH pitcher. If Rosario ends up walking, after never getting a pitch to hit or fouling off the ones he gets, I have no problem with that. But the Twins are NOT in a better position if Rosario walks. And that exact situation applies to Mauer ABs as well. Take a walk when it's the right thing to do? No problem. Take a walk when the next hitter(s) have a lesser chance of driving in a run? I don't think that's smart baseball. #3. Nobody is saying there's no abstract value in getting on base. I'm saying there are situations where it makes more sense to look for a pitch to hit. Don't get it? Fine. But if you do? You should be hacking, and hacking hard. #4 Mauer never takes a bad AB? C'mon. BTW, "never changing" doesn't make him a "consummate professional." It makes him someone who can't or won't adjust to the situation. Running the ball, down 10 with 2 minutes left in a football game, just because you're good at it doesn't make you a professional, either. It just means you don't understand the situation.
  8. USAFChief
    That's not a strength of Mauer. It's a weakness.
  9. USAFChief
    I also like that when he got to 2-0, he was looking for a specific pitch to turn on and hit onto the plaza. He wasn't looking to take that pitch, or slice it to left for a single. Two outs, favorable count, chance to end the game with one swing, and he took that chance. It doesn't always work out, but that's exactly what a hitter should be looking to do in any similar situation.
  10. USAFChief
    if a statistician sees you with one foot in boiling water and one foot in a frozen bucket of water, he'll assume you're pretty comfortable.
  11. USAFChief
    We made a trade?? Who'd we get???
  12. USAFChief
    both.
  13. USAFChief
    You might see Kyle Gibson toss six innings of shutout ball with six K's.
  14. USAFChief
    Buxton catches that.
  15. USAFChief
    Ell. Oh. Ell.
  16. USAFChief
    If you win 20 in a row in September you're guaranteed a WS championship. -Dave Cameron.
  17. USAFChief
    Buxton catches that.
  18. USAFChief
    It's difficult to find material suited to your understanding of humor.
  19. USAFChief
    I was just gonna post that. Gotta be a record, no?
  20. USAFChief
    Modern archeological theory holds that the the arms crossed burial posture exhibited by ancient Egyptian pharoahs is a sign of their belief that the afterlife contained awesome water slides.
  21. USAFChief
    ok, I give. What did the melancholy librarian say?
  22. USAFChief
    A little more chalant, if you please, Rosario. Meanwhile, Gibson cruising.
  23. USAFChief
    The proper answer: "What?"
  24. USAFChief
    The concept of "a #4 starter" or "a #2 starter" is a pretty meaningless way to look at starting pitchers. Wins and losses count the same no matter if they come from the guy who started opening day, or started the 5th game of the season. Starters should be looked at in terms of how they perform, not which day of the week. Every team wants the five best starters they can get.
  25. USAFChief
    We're not talking about successful hit attempts. The data suggests the Twins can't successfully make an intentional OUT at a .500 rate. Which is pretty astounding.
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