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  1. jimbo92107
    This song proved one thing: Karen Carpenter could make almost anything sound good.
  2. jimbo92107
    O'Rourke pulls a Houdini!
  3. jimbo92107
    Hector Santiago is nowhere near as good as Ricky Nolasco. The only thing good about that trade was getting rid of Meyer.
  4. jimbo92107
    Duffey's mechanics look good. His relaxed arm whip is getting better movement than I've seen for a while. When he throws like this, he will keep his team in the game.
  5. jimbo92107
    Wow, look at the relaxed whip action of Duffey's curve ball delivery. He's getting really good movement. And then he serves up a homer... sigh.
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    Pat Dean's got a few more mph than Albers ever had. Dean can bring it in the low 90's, which might not seem like much, but it's a crucial extra bit of velocity. Also, I think Dean's repertoire is better than what we saw from Albers, who doesn't appear to have much left. To me Dean looks like a middle to back of the rotation starter on this Twins team. His stuff is decent, his tempo is really good, and he's a tough competitor that doesn't let a couple runs get him down. While we wait for better starters to emerge from the minors, we might just find Pat Dean quietly being a regular member of the rotation.
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    Love it. Ervin Santana is a proven veteran, and Berrios can relate intimately to his background. I'm glad Santana is showing veteran leadership, helping Berrios find his comfort zone on the mound. This isn't a knock on Neil Allen at all. Sometimes the same message can be delivered in many different ways, and for some reason one of the different ways clicks for a young pitcher. Mentoring isn't just about mechanics, either. It helps a young player build social relationships, so they don't feel isolated. Feeling that you're among friends and allies will help lower Berrios's stress level. That by itself may make Santana's involvement well worth the effort.
  8. jimbo92107
    Good point. I keep forgetting that somebody thinks this thing will be their retirement nest egg. Me, I'm betting the lootery.
  9. jimbo92107
    Sandwiches and cats. And Abraham Lincoln. Just don't work blue, the mods don't like it.
  10. jimbo92107
    Dean is pitching like he wants somebody's job.
  11. jimbo92107
    Marnie Gelner: As always after the game, we'll be asking manager Paul Molitor what the hell happened.
  12. jimbo92107
    Yeah, but I gotta tell ya, fame will change you. Before you know it, you start acting weird to the butlers and maids, and your only friends will be other famous comedy bloggers.
  13. jimbo92107
    To be totally frank, to me it looks like Pat Dean has better starter stuff than Kyle Gibson, who seems to have lost a lot of movement. I'd also like to see them try Taylor Rogers for a couple starts.
  14. jimbo92107
    It might take a while... They still have to convert all the starters to relievers, and all the relievers to starters.
  15. jimbo92107
    Hector Santiago... Are we certain he's not a witch? Everything went downhill right after the Twins traded Ricky Nolasco for Santiago. Before that, everything was going really well... We shall use my largest scales!
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    Grossman's greatest value is as an example of how to squeeze these mlb pitchers, even when you don't have a big threat in your bat. No pitcher fears Grossman's awesome power, yet he still manages to get more walks than just about anybody in the majors. How can this be?? The answer is shamefully simple: Most mlb pitchers want to get you out with junk outside the strike zone. If a hitter seriously won't swing at their junk, then he can get a ton of walks. The whole baseball world even knows this about Grossman, and still he gets a ton of walks. What this really means is that every mlb hitter is swinging at far too much junk. Even cutting down on junk swings a little has made Eddie Rosario look good again, and he still swings at loads of junk. The sad truth of the matter may have more to do with MLB public relations than anything else. Teams and the league don't want to fill the bases with walks. They want to shorten the game by getting players to put the ball in play. Grossman's patient style is effective, but it's boring to watch. It's okay to have one or two guys like Grossman in the league, just as it's okay for Boston and one other team to have a knuckleballer, as a novelty. But what if a team developed a whole staff of really good knuckleballers? The league would not tolerate it. If you're wondering why there's no market for Grossman, it's because his style of ball doesn't fit what the league wants to put out there. Even if it works, it's not what MLB wants to see.
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    How to put it... Taint no way this team needs him. Taint just about his age. Taint just because he's a Yankee. Taint like we ain't got better guys already. Let's steer the ship clear of the A-Roid. Taint nothing he or Barry Bonds or Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa have that the Twins need.
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    There's a video showing Gregg Maddux warming up before a game, his pitching coach looking on. His delivery was perfectly relaxed, and exactly the same each time. There was a footprint inn the sand where his drive foot came down on the follow through. Same exact spot every time. In games, Maddux had exactly the same footwork as in his warm-up. This allowed him to control the bend of his 88 mph fastball within a couple inches of where he wanted it. He could bend it about a foot left or a foot right, and hit the glove almost every time. He could also vary the speed of his pitches, vary his tempo, and of course he was a great fielder. As a result, hitters could not wait for a "pitch to hit," because within a couple pitches it would be strike two. Maddux rarely "wasted" a pitch because his excellent movement got lots of whiffs and weak contact. When you see other "finesse" pitchers, even when everything's working, they still don't have the deadly precision of Gregg Maddux. And Maddux had very few days when his precision failed him. He wasn't unhittable, but for about a decade he almost always gave his team a chance to win.
  19. jimbo92107
    We're going to have to work on our silver linings here... Great opportunities for AAA pitchers... um, and, uh... Good to see Escobar can pitch...
  20. jimbo92107
    One thing these soft-tossing lefties remind me of is how good Greg Maddux was. Maddux threw no harder than Milone, yet he won game after game and posted ERA's in the 2's. It's not just velocity, it's precision and cleverness.
  21. jimbo92107
    Deduno's been released? So he's available!!
  22. jimbo92107
    So, let's suppose the Twins DFA both Milone and Albers. Who'd be your choice to bring up? I think I'd go with Wheeler and Dean.
  23. jimbo92107
    Whatever happened to Sam Deduno? He was better than these guys.
  24. jimbo92107
    I think I just saw this pitcher's "circle of death." A curve ball that bounces three feet in front of the plate.
  25. jimbo92107
    You know, this is starting to remind me of Groundhog Day. What does it remind you of?
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