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  1. USAFChief
    I disagree.
  2. USAFChief
    hahahahahahahaha.
  3. USAFChief
    We haven't even gotten an out yet.
  4. USAFChief
    man, we came so close! 2011-14: 99, 96, 96, 92 losses.
  5. USAFChief
    *TheNewYork Duh. What did you think it stood for??
  6. USAFChief
    On yesterday's broadcast they were pretty optimistic about him returning today.
  7. USAFChief
    No Buxton. sigh.
  8. USAFChief
    pitched three days in a row.
  9. USAFChief
    May has pretty good stuff, but his problem's, IMO: 1) his command is spotty at best. Not just missing outside the strike zone, but missing inside the strike zone. Twice in a week, he was supposed to bury an 0-2 curve, and instead left a lollypop right in the middle of the zone. Right where it's a "gift from God." Just terrible, and it's because he, way too often, can't put the ball where he's aiming. 2) just my opinion, but he seems to me susceptible to any kind of stress. Like...for instance...baserunners.
  10. USAFChief
    Maybe true, difficult to say. But the grocery store analogy isn't as clearcut as that, IMO. At the grocery store, the milk can't be sold after the expiry date, true, but there are endless other milk options, and no real need for anyone to buy that milk from that store. If you don't get that particular milk jug, you can always get one somewhere else, tomorrow. Or today. Or drink water. The milk itself is also worth less, the closer it gets to the expiry date. Who wants to buy milk that shouldn't be drunk after today? When it comes to MLB help, there are a limited number of milk jugs available, multiple buyers with perceived need for the milk that can't be satisfied by drinking water, and a set date upon which, there is no longer milk available, of any kind at any price. In some cases (Boyd, for example), the milk doesn't even go bad after the expiry date, it's able to be used for the next two plus years by the seller. And even if it will go bad later (after the season is over), it doesn't lose it's usefulness on the expiration date.
  11. USAFChief
    What will it take? Courage.
  12. USAFChief
    He doesn't have any options left. He's also 30 yrs old, at some point, he is what he is. I don't know how much good more AAA time would do anyway.
  13. USAFChief
    I huge portion of Buxton's WAR comes from defense. The methodology used to derive that defensive "worth" is pretty questionable, IMO. I guess we'll see, in a couple years, if Buxton remains essentially same player, whether or not MLB front office put that kind of value on UZR.
  14. USAFChief
    WE NEED TO BUNT ON CC!! //had to be done. no game against CC Sabathia can ever happen without calls to bunt
  15. USAFChief
    Fixed, with minor edit.
  16. USAFChief
    We traded for CC Sabathia? Or is this some sort of "He blows so bad, it's like he's pitching for the Twins" joke?
  17. USAFChief
    Stashak up, Littel down. And I don't see the prices getting cheaper as the deadline approaches, that just adds another level of concern to the situation. On Aug 1st, there is no longer an avenue of help available except your own minor leagues.
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  19. USAFChief
    Saturday's game was decided by the offense? The bullpen was handed a 2 run lead. And then a 1 run lead. Regardless of whether that 2 run lead is 2-0, or 14-12, yes, I think it's fair to blame the bullpen. For the week, the pen allowed 19 runs, had 5 blown saves, and went 1-3, with the only win due to the offense scoring twice in the bottom of the ninth for a walkoff. If anyone's being myopic here, I don't think it's me.
  20. USAFChief
    "constantly placed in so many precarious spots??" Nick, c'mon. You sound like the guy who spent all spring telling us the pen was fine, because three relievers would pitch all the "high leverage" innings, and it didn't matter who pitched the rest. One of those three was Hildenberger, by the way. Every reliever, in every pen, pitches in important spots. Precarious spots. Its the nature of MLB. Every game this in this set was decided by the pen. Every reliever had a chance to massively impact the game. And that's not unusual. Get some friggin help succeeding in those precarious spots, because there will be lots more of them. The Twins simply dont have the horses in the pen to compete. As for the lineup, what do you propose, other than "drive in some runs, for Pete sakes." Are you asking for trades for offensive help? Or just complaining?
  21. USAFChief
    the question still remains, if we're waiting till 7/31, why clear the space weeks earlier?
  22. USAFChief
    The main problem is not the lineup. It has cooled, as it had to, but is still scoring runs at a reasonable clip, and is likely to be better than it has been the past week. The biggest weakness on this team is the bullpen. It has been since April. The lineup didn't cough up multiple games in a week and a half. There's one arm out there Baldelli trusts, and with good reason. Let's just hope he isnt forced to run that one arm into the ground. Get. Some. Help.
  23. USAFChief
    I said the same thing about Rogers 7 out save against Texas. Basically Baldelli's silent cry for help.
  24. USAFChief
    you prefer Stewart? The blame is on the front office.
  25. USAFChief
    But I cant lay much blame on Rogers. One man bullpen.
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