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  1. jimbo92107
    Well, shoot. Would have taken a great play by Boyer; he didn't toss the ball far enough away from first. Gotta throw that one right at Mauer's face.
  2. jimbo92107
    I take back the previous accusation. This ump simply has no idea where the strike zone ends and the batters boxes begin.
  3. jimbo92107
    And now the same ump screws Boyer on a slider inside. What are they paying you, ump?
  4. jimbo92107
    Bring on the electronic detector. I'm so sick of umpires deciding games with bad calls. it happens both ways, too. We see so many instances where a great pitch is called a ball because the ump's poor eyeballs weren't calibrated to expect a pitch in an unexpected place. Screw that crap. We've had the tech for years now, we know it works. Let's use it.
  5. jimbo92107
    Man that ump is raping the Twins hitters on those outside pitches. Ventura simply does. not. need. the. help.
  6. jimbo92107
    Saw something odd lately in Plouffe's swing. He un-weights his rear foot and then it loses traction, slipping backwards instead of providing drive forward. Probably this is from trying to stay square and avoid stepping in the bucket, but it removes his power. Almost as bad as when Hicks was doing the French Mistake. That rear hip has to come through, or you've got no power at all. Bad habits can creep into a player's mechanics any time during the season. I also saw the same problem with one of the Royals hitters. I think it was Hosmer.
  7. jimbo92107
    Hey, maybe we'll see Max Kepler tomorrow!
  8. jimbo92107
    Meanwhile, congratulations to the Minnesota Twins on a season of surprises. This could be a very good team next year.
  9. jimbo92107
    Oh, I agree completely. Perkins may well look completely healthy next spring. However, if he's the everyday closer next season, he will break down before the All Star game, and then it'll be just like this again - limping through the rest of the season either hurt or ineffective. That's why the Twins must platoon him with Jepsen and get the heir apparent ready to step in, which I think will be Nick Burdi. Could be that Jepsen can take over as closer, but I assume he will need a break, too.
  10. jimbo92107
    This is stupid. Jepsen should not have done that. If you just pulled a groin, you should NOT throw another pitch. Brave, but stupid.
  11. jimbo92107
    Twins must have a plan for phasing out Perkins as closer. He can't pitch that much anymore. That back isn't ever going to fully recover, and it will always tend to get re-injured. First rule of bad backs. Platooning with Jepsen could be the answer, at least for next season. Start working in Nick Burdi when the kid's ready...
  12. jimbo92107
    I do hope the Twins keep Kevin Jepsen. He's pretty good. Blew that catch, but usually good.
  13. jimbo92107
    The mighty Sano... struck out.
  14. jimbo92107
    I can't blame Molitor for using Perkins. Perk was the best arm in the pen before the two cortisone shots. Now, he just doesn't have snap on his pitches. He had a good run of several healthy years as a dominant closer. That run is now over. Bad timing, but that's mortality for you.
  15. jimbo92107
    Just not enough reliable guys in the pen. Perk's reliable when he's healthy, but he's not. Too bad.
  16. jimbo92107
    Okay, at least Molitor is pulling Perkins before a complete avalanche. One point for seeing it wasn't getting any better.
  17. jimbo92107
    Amazing fact: Both these teams are tied after 5 1/2 innings. Both teams have a shortstop named Escobar, and yet their SS bats first, and ours bats 9th! Coincidence?
  18. jimbo92107
    A great manager has to see avalanches coming early, so he can step out of the way. Molitor missed Pelfrey's obvious collapse last time out. Question is, who do you bring in for Pelfrey? Molitor's first replacement was JR Graham. That's two bad calls in a row. Molitor may develop into a great manager, but he not one yet.
  19. jimbo92107
    If you were going to get really creative, you could have hard-throwing guys from all over the Twins minor league system work on throwing low fastballs to Buxton. Good practice for everybody. Then see if Buxton can check his swing on selected pitches, to work on recognition. The fact that some hitters can do this indicates that there are cues to look for in every pitcher's delivery that tip off the pitch before it's too late to check. You're not going to see much hotter heat than Jake Reed, Nick Burdi, Alex Meyer, etc. Twins have several serious flame throwers that could feed fastballs all day to Buxton. Byron could even tell them when they're tipping their pitches. Both sides get sharper. Unfortunately, that's not how these teams appear to operate.
  20. jimbo92107
    Ultimately it comes down to feeling like you can hit whatever a pitcher throws anywhere near the plate. Right now Byron Buxton whiffs way too much. I don't see any way around that problem other than many more thousands of reps in the cage, honing his pitch recognition, timing and mechanics. In games, the very first thing I'd do is work him on mashing first-pitch fastballs. Make it a little harder for pitchers to assume he's just going to stand there and watch the first heater go by. Thing is, Buxton still has to get better at barreling up the heaters in a wider zone, not just right down the middle. Pitchers have to fear throwing a first-pitch heater, or they'll just keep doing it because it's the easiest pitch to command. If Buxton can lay off the spinning stuff on that first pitch, it puts pressure on the pitcher to command a more difficult pitch on the first offering, which starts to get him more favorable counts. Of course, then Buxton has to be better at hitting off-speed stuff, so... Back to the batting cage.
  21. jimbo92107
    Wow. Good on Jepsen. Still alive!!!
  22. jimbo92107
    If only I were that clever... But now I see what you saw. Har har. Sack fly by Hunter, after the catcher sent his sack flying. Ouch.
  23. jimbo92107
    Nice sack fly by Hunter.
  24. jimbo92107
    Just got off the phone after talking to Sprint customer support. I feel like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters after he got slimed.
  25. jimbo92107
    Ah, that's a shame for Duffey. Got too much of the middle with that heater. Man, did that guy hit that ball hard. Sano-hard. Took off like a jet from an aircraft carrier.
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