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  1. jimbo92107
    As I have officially given up on Gibson for this season, I feel that my observations are reasonably objective. Gibson appears to be throwing a little more downhill than before. More of his pitches appear to be ending up in the bottom half of the zone. His breaking pitches appear to be more accurate and consistent, possibly with more spin. Seems like a lot more swings are whiffing, where in the first half they were fouling balls off. Whatever, I'll take it. Keep doing what you're doing, Mr. Gibson.
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    What a delightfully confounding team is this 2017 Twins. Before our very eyes they appear to be blossoming into a club that can play with anybody. A new young core is maturing while veterans are showing the kids how to act like professionals. However this season ends, it hints at a bright future for the Minnesota Twins.
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    Busenitz should be closing.
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    If Hildenberger gets a little better control of that 3/4 fastball, he'll be even tougher. Good news is, he probably will get better at it.
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    Might have been payback for robbing Shields of a strikeout earlier.
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    I am proud to say that I wasn't among those recommending the Twins trade Buxton during his learning process. I was just one of the guys saying he should be sent back down to AAA again. Glad I was wrong about that, too. The initial awkwardness of Buck's ultra short to-the-ball swing has gone away. Right now his swing is about as quick as anybody's in the league, plus all that power from his legs and long arms carrying the barrel through the zone. Funny thing about hitting: It takes a ton of confidence to NOT swing. Like Sano, Rosario, Kepler, and Polanco, Buxton now has enough confidence to lay off pitches outside his preferred hitting zone because he knows he can either foul off or mash just about anything he can reach. We saw the change in Rosario when he went on his hot streak - suddenly he became more selective. Same with Polanco. Now Byron Buxton has enough confidence to not swing, or, when he does, he mashes it.
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    You're exactly right. The difference between one run and an early blowout for Chicago was two hits with bases loaded, instead of a bunch of K's and easy fly balls. Imagine what Houston would have done, or Detroit, or the freeeekin Dodgers. Gibson walked a tightrope against maybe the lamest offense in the league. Rookies and early experiments as the ChiSox start their rebuilding efforts. Remember, first he allowed hits and walks to load the bases multiple times. Then he pitched with desperate intensity to escape major jams in the first three innings. Is that great pitching? Great pitchers are supposed to avoid those jams in the first place. On the other hand, if Gibson could find that level of intensity BEFORE the bases were loaded, then he might actually become a great pitcher. He has three borderline plus pitches - sinker, slider, change up - that get lots of whiffs when he's in the right frame of mind. Even his flat four-seamer gets whiffs after they see enough sinkers, if he throws it up in the zone. Yesterday Gibson's slider was breaking harder than I've seen it in a long time. The spin rate must have been crazy fast. He's got the stuff to dominate, yet too often he goes out their playing Mister Nibbles. I'd rather see the angry Gibson every time.
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    Gibson's doing this just to piss me off. Every time I'm ready to throw in the towel for him, he comes out and pitches like Cy Young. Okay Gibson, I'm throwing in the towel for the rest of the season on you. Prove me wrong some more!
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    I can't count, but actually (now that I think about it for the first time), it might be better to use Gee as a starter and find one more long man for the pen, using him as an occasional starter. Slegers could do that. The Twins appear to need at least three "relievers" that can pitch five innings when one of the starters implodes early. Gee might fit that role, but after his first start, you've got to put him into the rotation. Slegers has mechanics that look relatively easy on the arm, so maybe he could fit the long-man / starter role. Jorge has an easy motion, too....
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    If you go just by results, Gee and Slegers should be in the rotation. Gibson, not so much. Santiago, no way. Then it's a matter of finding a fifth pitcher. Gonsalves or Jorge?
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    Adrianza, we love ya, but you just screwed up Joe on that foul ball.
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    Last time I went bowling, I tripped. Before I knew it, my mind was in the gutter.
  13. jimbo92107
    On a brighter note, nobody could hear the Beatles play. They were cheering too loudly.
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    MLB.com keeps freezing just as pitchers start their wind up. The hesitation pitch.
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    I swear, Busenitz has closer stuff. That fastball low on the outside corner, down plane, zap. Reminds me of Joe Nathan.
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    Twins starters will be Tim Melville, then Dillon Gee for the second game. I guess they're waiting for September to bring up Gonsalves.
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    I've heard that hitting is contagious. Looks like there's a bug burning through the whole Twins system. Stay sick, boys!
  18. jimbo92107
    Darn fine game. Hard to criticize much about that one.
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    What, Turley is now the closer? Or does every pitcher get in this one?
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    It's like half the guys in the order are one-upping each other. Love to see that spirit.
  21. jimbo92107
    Rosario wants to bash one so hard...!
  22. jimbo92107
    Mien gut, dat one made a dent. Sanoooooo!
  23. jimbo92107
    Ah, that's too bad, DP grounder. On the other hand, Sano looks hungry.
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    I'm just glad Dozier was able to chip in a humble contribution.
  25. jimbo92107
    Slightly off topic, but computers were mentioned... I just finished swapping out a mechanical for an SSD hard drive in an HP laptop. Transferring the OS wasn't hard, but opening the case was frustrating because the so and so's hid a couple screws under little silver bits of tape. Gaaarrr! Finally found them by flexing the keyboard until I zoned in on where they had to be...under those tape tabs. Wherefore such cruelty, case designers?? Finally got 'er done, fired it up, no problems. Moral: If at all possible, boot off an SSD. Gracious, but they do have brisk performance. And now, back to baseball...
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