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  1. USAFChief
    I blame Mauer.
  2. USAFChief
    And well on his way to an 8th, with his 8-8 record and 4.91 ERA.
  3. USAFChief
    Score some bleepin' runs, ferpetesakes.
  4. USAFChief
    I stand by my opinion. This wasn't just another employee. This was the manager of one of a handful of minor league teams in your system. A very important piece of your organization. I guarantee Falvine had the final say so on his non-retention. And they'll have the final say so on his replacement. They should have been the ones to tell him. It's classless.
  5. USAFChief
    We're not talking abstract here. "Fans always complain." We're talking about a specific game, and a specific pitcher. Colon lives on a razor's edge when he's throwing well. He was long past that point. I don't know the exact odds of him getting through the 7th, but they were small. Very small. Molitor had gotten 6 innings, when he really should have only gotten 5. Take that to the bank, and get your bullpen into the game, while you still have the lead.
  6. USAFChief
    Not to mention it's amazing to me an entire baseball game had the exact same strike zone, top and bottom. I guess each hitter for both teams was the exact same height with the exact same stance. And the technology, without question, accurately reflects exactly where a pitch crossed a three dimensional strike zone....except the ones in the dirt. "Mistakes." We can safely assume the rest are dead on perfect though.
  7. USAFChief
    I never read the minor league forum...
  8. USAFChief
    Or his handling of his staff has maximized the problems and weaknesses and prevented them from taking advantage of what he does have. Like, not pushing 44 year old, lives and dies by the slimmest of margins, needs pinpoint command to have any shot Bartolo Colon past the clear point when he doesn't have those things. And then expecting his bullpen--without its best relievers--to put out the fire.
  9. USAFChief
    He had options. Clear ones. Crystal clear. Let the bullpen start fresh with a lead, or let the bullpen try to put out a fire, probably with the lead gone. He's going to have to use the pen before the game ends anyway. He chose poorly.
  10. USAFChief
    Apparently minor league pitching coordinator Eric Rasmussen was let go last night as well.
  11. USAFChief
    Correct. Colon came out for the 7th, gave up a four pitch walk and a ringing double down the left field line.
  12. USAFChief
    I have no problem with the org not retaining Doug. Probably the right call. I have a problem with Falvey or at least Levine not making that call. It's not a minor league "coach." It's a minor league manager. Not very classy. Quite the opposite, in fact.
  13. USAFChief
    Neither hit left the infield, the walk was intentional, and if the second hit doesn't get him on the foot, he gets out of that inning tied. He threw the bell well. Besides, Pressly isn't the point. I agree the bullpen isn't strong, or deep, but that's irrelevant. It is what it is. He had to use his bullpen anyway, only now it's a tie game, go ahead run on second, no out. Really, really awful managing. ANY reliever starting the inning was a better choice than Colon.
  14. USAFChief
    Colon shouldn't have come out for the 6th, much less the 7th. That was obvious to anyone watching the game. Molitor lost this game, not colon, and certainly not Pressley, who pitched quite well.
  15. USAFChief
    if you're umpiring by watching game day, you're really not in any position to add value. Game days pitch locations aren't all that accurate. Next time you're watching on t.v. call up game day and compare. The pitch to Vargas in the 9th, for example wasn't high.
  16. USAFChief
    Bad loss, and a game they probably needed, as I have no confidence at all in Mejia off the DL tomorrow. Oh well.
  17. USAFChief
    THREE and one!
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  19. USAFChief
    The bullpen might have blown it too, and they pooped their pants offensively with bases loaded, no out, and 2-3-4 due up. but still...the game turned on a really, really poor job of managing. edit: and we haven't lost yet.
  20. USAFChief
    That's a tough play, nicely executed by Esco.
  21. USAFChief
    Must be the good stuff, it doesn't even run out of the glass.
  22. USAFChief
    This is on Molitor. Not Pressly. Players sometimes make physical mistakes. Sucks, but it happens.
  23. USAFChief
    pitch 6 to Smoak was not a strike. I know that for a fact, I'm watching it live. The machine must be guessing.
  24. USAFChief
    I don't understand what people wanted from Pressley? He didn't field a bunt. OK, should have. Pitched extremely well that inning. Extremely well. The Twins are behind because of Molitor, not Pressly.
  25. USAFChief
    I don't think he's missed a pitch. He's not guessing.
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