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  1. jimbo92107
    Larnach hit that one high in the air, then waited for the earth to rotate underneath it. Home run!
  2. jimbo92107
    I like Alcala's live arm, but damn...start with a slow curve or something. His command is so inconsistent. As a late reliever, he should have a pretty simple mix. Nail the 4 corners with heat. Have a get me over change, and have a decent breaking slider. Save the slow curve for the first pitch, which almost nobody swings at. Successful bullpen arms have gotten by with that mix forever.
  3. jimbo92107
    And they were real strikes, too.
  4. jimbo92107
    Pablo rung the bell 4 times on that at bat. Plate ump missed two of them.
  5. jimbo92107
    I think that to the end for me, when I hear the name, Joe Mauer, I will smile.
  6. jimbo92107
    I'm seeing a plate ump that looks pretty good. Is he actually calling real balls and strikes?
  7. jimbo92107
    Been watching videos of "bullpen" teaching sessions. Some of them throw hard, some of them can make the ball curve... Then I watch Pablo Lopez. He makes the bullpen boys look like little kids. Pablo is throwing the ball within inches of where he wants. Still, pro hitters are so damn good, it takes overwhelming stuff to get them out.
  8. jimbo92107
    When healthy, Randy Dobnak has been a pretty reliable ground ball pitcher. I pull for him because of his back story, a personal struggle through satellite leagues. He actually looked good before he started getting stymied by little injuries, especially the one to his forefinger. Hard to throw a baseball before that completely heals.
  9. jimbo92107
    At this point, Alex Kirilloff definitely could use a fresh start. His time in Minnesota has been very frustrating. Maybe the trainers in LA can do a better job of keeping him healthy. Sigh, I thought he was going to be that golden kazoo - a high-average power hitter. Sadly, one injury after another stifled his career here. As for Reid Detmers, if not for his 94 mph heater, I'd be more worried that his ragged command was a symptom of a physical problem. This team has brought in so many pitchers that went straight from the 40-man to the 60-day IL... and then they reveal their elbow is falling off. If the Twins do a deal like this, I really hope they double down on the physical exam.
  10. jimbo92107
    Biggest problem with Brooks Lee appears to be that there's only one of him. He looks like the team's best fielder at 3rd, 2nd, and...hasn't had a chance at SS yet. Should they call up Yunior Severino?
  11. jimbo92107
    Dang, Wallner... No Hall of Fame player would stand there and take a pitch that close. That was a very hittable pitcher.
  12. jimbo92107
    Love what the catcher did on the 3rd strike to Robert. Just as Ober was in his motion, catcher brushes his glove on the inside corner, showing some motion and sound. Ober threw his cutter on the outside corner. Strike Three. Nice.
  13. jimbo92107
    I'd be tempted to get Scherzer just to mentor Louie Varland in AAA. The similarities in mechanics are close enough, maybe Max could give Louie a few key tips...
  14. jimbo92107
    I think you have just discovered an update to, "Trouble with Tribbles." The Copy Cat is infinitely worse!
  15. jimbo92107
    On a slightly different topic... Whatever happened to Schrodinger's cat? It's been a hundred years...anybody open the box?
  16. jimbo92107
    I will say I like how the Twins are managing Chris Paddack. Quit thinking he's an innings horse. Give him a week off when he needs it, don't drive him too hard. Hell, let him skip a turn now and then, This way, he might last a whole season without needing another elbow job. The team's got enough AAA starters on the edge of making it, so use them to spell Paddack, and others. In a way, this team is loaded with talent. The starters are stacked, and St Paul is a wellspring of excellent reserves. Maybe this IS the year the Twins do a little something...
  17. jimbo92107
    Imagine how Jose Miranda feels. He missed a couple hits tonight. What's he doing wrong??
  18. jimbo92107
    Brooks Lee made an in-game adjustment after his first line drive was snagged with a leaping grab. After that, he hit line drives a few feet higher.
  19. jimbo92107
    Imagine Jose Miranda going 2 for 5, and thinking there must be something wrong with his approach...
  20. jimbo92107
    Dang, Brooks Lee looks like an All Star third baseman, and he's played in just a handful of games! I will say that Royce Lewis is shaping up into an excellent 3B, but Lee looks like he's already a finished product. The two bunts he fielded in this game, he made both difficult plays look easy. Great anticipation, perfect footwork, strong arm, quick release. And that's not even his preferred position! Twins got themselves a young gem!
  21. jimbo92107
    Walner's back! Cool. Martin's hurt. Crap. Sim looks good. Nice.
  22. jimbo92107
    We're gonna need a bigger chicken for this dinner. Wonder what other ballplayers think of Jose Miranda's streak of hits. They work all their lives to get consistent contact. It's one of the hardest things in all of sports, hitting a ball that's just under three inches in diameter with a bat whose diameter is slightly bigger... Except the ball is travelling between 75 and 103 miles per hour, so you have under half a second to decide whether to swing, and where. Oh, and the spin can be anywhere from 0 to about 3000 RPM. Meaning that it can curve a couple feet before you make contact. Oh, and it can be anywhere inside a rectangle about the size of a kitchen trash can. Oh, and sometimes they throw the ball right at you. They actually did hit Miranda with a pitch, and he still got a couple more hits. They finally got him out on a routine fly ball, which means he hit the last one pretty well, too. What Miranda did was far more rare than bowling a 300 game, or pitching a no-hitter. There's no way he can do something like that again. Is there?
  23. jimbo92107
    Depends what you mean by "unlucky," at least for that category. To me, unlucky means unable to hit for a reason a player isn't responsible for, which means injuries. The most unlucky Twins hitters on the team today are Byron Buxton (multiple injury seasons), Alex Kirilloff (bad wrist, bad back), Royce Lewis (multiple extended injuries), and I suppose Austin Martin, a high first rounder that had one bad stroke of luck after another, until this season, fingers crossed. Can't really use the injury = bad luck definition for pitchers, because simply throwing a baseball really hard a lot of times is inherently hazardous for elbows, shoulders, fingers, legs, etc. Even standing on the mound is dangerous, with 100+ mph baseballs bulleting right at your head. I am sooo glad I had zero talent as a pitcher as a kid...
  24. jimbo92107
    Suddenly the Twins lineup seems loaded with hitters. Wha happen? Gotta figure it was all about those early-season oscillations, where some guys are red hot and others are ice cold. On paper, the Twins are now chock full of guys that got here based on their skill with a bat. Some of them then worked their butts off to be acceptable fielders. See Miranda, Julien, Kepler, Jeffers. Others are high 1st round picks that are assumed to be great fielders. See Lewis, Lee, Buxton, Correa. The team also is lucky to have some excellent "glue" players like Castro, Santana, and...Larnach? Not sure where Larnach fits, but he came up for his bat, and he's always been a solid OF. Anyway, it should not be terribly surprising that a team leaning heavily on acquiring bat-first guys should get hot with their bats. Also nice to hear Royce Lewis saying his groin injury doesn't feel that bad. Maybe he'll be back in a week or three. No rush, Royce. Brooks Lee can use a decent tryout at third. Good problems to have. Now, if somebody could teach Festa to throw a cutter...
  25. jimbo92107
    Okay, I'm calling it. Game over. Sorry Miranda's last hit won't count. Continue hot streak later. Does popcorn chicken count as dinner, fireworks, or both? Hey, Provus just said Miranda's hit does count. Kewl!
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