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  1. USAFChief
    IMO it's not so much about pitch count. It's watching your pitcher and getting him out of the game before the damage occurs. Molitor struggles with this.
  2. USAFChief
    huh???
  3. USAFChief
    I have serious doubts Molitor would take his “gold glove” first baseman off the field on his own.
  4. USAFChief
    I don't think this is about Morrison.
  5. USAFChief
    I would actually have gone with Hughes to start the 9th. You're already playing with house money, so to speak, on the road trip. Your bullpen is gassed. You don't have any good RH options anyway, and there's a decent chance the game is going to go extras and you'll use him anyway. Maybe he gets shelled and you send a message to your front office that if you put someone in my pen, you're forcing my hand. Just roll the dice, don't put any more innings on the rest of your pen, and hope for the best with Hughes. At the least, he's unlikely to be wild and issue a bunch of walks.
  6. USAFChief
    He would fit on the Twins team pretty well, I'll tell you that much.
  7. USAFChief
    IIRC that's 10 non-starts at 1b already. sheesh.
  8. USAFChief
    And I think this is where the limits of something like statcast shows up, determining hit probability based solely on exit velocity and launch angle. The ball was directly in the right center gap, didn't have a great deal of hang time, short hopped the wall, and neither outfielder came anywhere close to catching it. There is no way that ball is a hit only 43 percent of the time.
  9. USAFChief
    http://www.startribune.com/adrianza-s-baserunning-duke-s-breaking-ball-and-dozier-s-first-pitch-hacking/482508382/ Adrianza simply has to score on a double to the wall on which he was running on the pitch. Bad baserunning is the only possible explanation.
  10. USAFChief
    Tough loss, but nice road trip. The DP would have been a really tough turn, but here’s where Dozier’s weak arm probably made the difference. And I think Adrianza HAS to run the bases better and score on that double.
  11. USAFChief
    I think my mother could gave scored on that double. And she passed away several years ago.
  12. USAFChief
    in play, run(s) please
  13. USAFChief
    By the way, when Mrs Chief and I were at the club last night, watching the Hispanic comedian/magician, he did something I though was really cool. There was a table right behind us, with four visiting tourists, that had partially obstructed seats. There was an Englishman, a French lady, a Spaniard and his German girlfriend. The guy on stage took the time to talk to them, and ask if they could see the show. "Yes." "Oui" "Si" "Ja"
  14. USAFChief
    That was a really tough dig by Mauer there. In between hop, came up. And nice job Pressly.
  15. USAFChief
    Logan Morrison sporting a .799 OPS for May coming into today. Baby steps. That was a heck of a PA he just had against Otani.
  16. USAFChief
    Who's this lefty we picked up? Throwing 94 on the black?
  17. USAFChief
  18. USAFChief
    wild pitch please.
  19. USAFChief
    Feel like we need this run.
  20. USAFChief
    Only watch the top half of innings?
  21. USAFChief
    The very idea that one could jinx someone from a message board is...foreign to me.
  22. USAFChief
    So for Mother's Day, I took Mrs Chief out last night. Dinner, and then to a comedy club. As you may know, we have a rather large Hispanic population here in Tucson, and the comedian last night was actually a Hispanic magician who combined magic with his comedy. Fantastic show, but he mixed in a lot of Spanish into his act. Neither Mrs Chief nor I speak much Spanish, but I could have sworn he said he was going to disappear on the count of three, but all I heard was "Uno!, Dos" and then poof, he was gone. Gone without a Tres.
  23. USAFChief
    Tough turn, but Dozier's noodle arm probably cost a DP there.
  24. USAFChief
    Verlander is exactly who he always was. Cole and Morton have exceptional stuff and are exactly the type of pitchers you should be looking to acquire cheaply. Many here begged long and hard for a Cole trade this off season.
  25. USAFChief
    If Petit fakes a throw to 1st, he might nail Maldonado at 2nd.
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