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  1. jimbo92107
    Max Kepler demonstrated the lost passage of The Nutcracker.
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    Yikes, I hope Kepler is okay. Stepped on Pineda's foot and smashed into Pineda's big old butt, then went tumbling... BTW, that's the way you're supposed to roll out of a collision. Nice shoulder roll by Max.
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    With few exceptions, the Twins do not appear to know how to coach young hitters to maximize their power potential. I would argue that David Ortiz and Danny Valencia are spectacular examples of a system-wide failure. I think Oswaldo Arcia is another example. Ortiz went to Boston, where they merely told him to go ahead and smash baseballs. Valencia found a better swing in Toronto, an organization that may have a cure for the timid Twinkie style of hitting. If Arcia went to Toronto, it would be interesting to see what their coaches could do with him. He might become a 30+ home run guy for that team and become a very rich man. Meanwhile, I just hope the Twins don't screw up Buxton, Kepler and Sano.
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    Hey - that's what it feels like when the game's over and everybody else leaves the thread!
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    Memo to Arcia: Don't wait for an invite. Buy a plane ticket to Toronto, throw yourself on their mercy. "I've been coached by the Twins! Save me!!"
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    Hard to say if the Twins will eventually regret this, but it's definitely the best news for Arcia. He's simply not going to get enough playing time to hone his hit tool with the logjam in this team's outfield. I like the Valencia comparison. Arcia has talent, but he needs consistent reps at the mlb level to find his game. I hope he winds up with Oakland, Colorado, etc. Somewhere that appreciates power hitting.
  7. jimbo92107
    The Twins must now operate under the assumption that Glen Perkins is done. That's actually good, because until now they were pretending it wasn't so. Now they can decide to plant Trevor May in the closer role, which they should have done a while ago. Once May has some certainty what his role is, he will work on picking the four corners with his heater, which he started doing last season. Four corners to get ahead, then hard slider away or 2-seam away to finish.
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    Buxton is reacting with about half of a plan. He's avoiding swinging at anything outside, but that lets a guy like CC Sabbathia easily strike him out with his patented back door curves. Buxton needs to do a lot more planning out each at-bat. That means choosing "your pitch" from among the pitches you know the pitcher can and does throw during the game. You can't just say, "I'm going to look for a fastball in," like Dozier has been hoping for all year. You also can't just say, "I'm not going to swing at anything that starts outside," the way Buxton is doing. You have to look for a pitch that you're likely to get, then hit it where it's pitched. Buxton should have noted the pattern by his third at-bat, that CC was bending slow curves over the outside corner because Buxton wasn't moving a muscle on those pitches. A smart hitter can set up a pitcher that way; Buxton isn't a smart hitter...yet. BTW, Joe Mauer did set up a pitcher earlier this season by griping just a bit on a lefty's curve outside. The pitcher noticed the gripe, and threw Joe another one. Joe was sitting on the pitch. Bang. Someday I hope to see Buxton look at the ump after a slow, outside curve for a strike. Shake his head like ain't no justice, then smack the next outside curve for a double to right. It's a little like poker.
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    Sabbathia noticed immediately that Buxton will not swing at any pitch that starts outside the zone. Thus, he has struck out Buxton twice looking with curve balls that caught the outside corner. I'm a little surprised that Bruno didn't tell Buxton to look for that pitch. I called it as soon as he stepped up for his last at-bat. It looks like Buxton is eager to do what his hitting coach tells him, but it will take a while before he learns how to work the outside of the plate. Right now he's simply not swinging at anything outside, as was duly noted by CC Sabbathia.
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    Actors tell each other, "Break a leg." I wonder if a pitcher exiting the game should say, "Down the middle," to his replacement. Same idea, really. You don't honestly want an actor to break his leg, and you don't honestly want your relief pitcher to throw it down the middle. Mention the worst to dispel its power?
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    Alex Rodriguez looked fat, slow and old, chugging into second base like a worn out diesel. Out by a mile. Good.
  12. jimbo92107
    If the Twins are playing a regular game tomorrow in Mpls, they should have sent the starting pitcher ahead of the team.
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    Being "safe" on a motorcycle is an art, but one useful rule of thumb is, try to see bad situations early, then don't be there when they happen. That means looking ahead of traffic as far as possible, not just a couple car lengths. It also means getting away from clusters of cars near interchanges, which means accelerating quickly from 80 to 100 mph, if you see an opening. The best way to use the speed of a motorcycle is to stay away from cars. When I was riding a Yamaha FZ6 (top speed 138), the ability to dust a cluster of cars and find an open area was an important safety factor. The bike I have today (selling it) is a Honda NC700x, more suited to long trips than dodging traffic. It's an okay bike, but frankly I'd feel a lot safer with a bike that has more zip. The Honda cruises nicely at 80, but its acceleration from 80 to 100 is not good, and it tops out at only 113 or so. The higher top end isn't for showing off. It's so that going from 80 to 100 happens quickly when you need it, with speed to spare. If 100 mph is 90 percent of your top end, your torque curve is tapering off as you reach 100. My next bike will probably be another adventure bike, but hopefully I'll be able to get something a little more conventional, like a Kawasaki Versys. Higher rev curve, top speed about 130, good gas mileage. Wish I'd bought that instead of the Honda. Oh, well...
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    Actually, it can be pretty crazy if you're in a car, too. I was driving a buddy to an LA airport a few weeks ago when we encountered a genuine road rage driver. The guy was honking like a madman as I shifted lanes, then he floored it and zoomed around us like he thought we were driving chariots in Ben Hur. LA does appear to have a sprinkling of psychos driving cars.
  15. jimbo92107
    If you ride a motorcycle, you have to learn some hard realities. Drivers either don't see you, don't care, or are trying to kill you. You assume the first two, and try to steer clear of the last. This is also why it's good to have a bike that will do 130 mph. It's to get away from the ones that are trying to kill you.
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    When I was in Mpls, my buddy and I used to buy scalped standing room tickets, then hang out in the mezzanine behind home plate. Buy a beer, put it on the ledge, do some people watching... Not a bad way to waste an evening. The game itself became kind of secondary. How else could we survive emotionally? You can't take a team like this too seriously. It's just too painful.
  17. jimbo92107
    Excuse me, that wasn't a bullet I dodged. It was a methane explosion in the outhouse.
  18. jimbo92107
    I briefly considered blasting up to LA on my motorcycle to see this game. Dodged a bullet.
  19. jimbo92107
    Crisp fielding that was not.
  20. jimbo92107
    So long to wait..! I wanna see a rotation of Jay, Stewart, Gonsalves, Berrios, and Duffey! I wanna see Shaggy and Burdi mowing 'em down late! I wanna see Polanco at 2B, Gordon at SS, and Sano at 3B! I wanna see an outfield of Grossman, Buxton, Kepler and Rosario! Mauer and Park at 1B... Garver and Turner at C... So long to wait..!
  21. jimbo92107
    Only a couple weeks ago it looked to me like Oswaldo Arcia was finally starting to "get it" at the plate. His balance was looking better, his swing was getting shorter, he was starting to hit to all fields... and then the Twins called up Kepler and sat Arcia down. Arcia appears to be a guy that really needs to play regularly in order for him to hone his game. He's also an emotional guy that needs to feel valued. He's not getting either of those things from the Twins. Clearly Arcia is not part of this team's long-term plans, so what they SHOULD do is trade him or release him. Some other team could plug him into right field and leave him there, and within a month they'll have their own Robbie Grossman experience. Anybody need a power-hitting RF with a good arm? For one reason or another, some guys don't fit with a team, but they can shine somewhere else. Arcia is one of those guys.
  22. jimbo92107
    On the other hand, Achter just struck out Dozier and Park, then got Kepler to corn one to left field.
  23. jimbo92107
    Who says the Twins never develop great pitchers? I'm looking at the great AJ Achter right now... And he walks Plouffe on four pitches.
  24. jimbo92107
    If the Twins really want that first pick, they better get serious about losing. Atlanta is showing the world what "tanking" really means.
  25. jimbo92107
    Who says the Twins will get next year's number one pick? Atlanta's record is 18 wins and 45 losses.
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