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Everything posted by jimbo92107

  1. jimbo92107
    I'm calling it now: Jorge Polanco's slump is so over. The guy is raking and having fun again. Looks like the ballplayer we thought he was this spring. Good to see.
  2. jimbo92107
    A Big Sexy win for the Minnesota Twins. Skol!
  3. jimbo92107
    One guy I wish could relax and enjoy himself is Taylor Rogers. He's always so tense on the mound, he doesn't look like he's enjoying himself. If I saw him tossing a ball to himself on the mound, that would be tre cool.
  4. jimbo92107
    Colon brings the enjoyment of the game with him. I hope to see other Twins players fully enjoying their baseball, the simple pleasures of tossing a ball around, figuring out clever plays, etc.
  5. jimbo92107
    Okay, I'm officially on Big Sexy Wagon. The man knows how to have fun playing baseball. He tosses the ball to himself on the mound, taps his glove to the cheesy stadium organ, toys with professional hitters like he's always two steps ahead of them. Moar Big Sexy!
  6. jimbo92107
    Improvements in Byron Buxton's game are going to be gradual and incremental. As an athlete he is supremely gifted physically, but he does not have the baseball.exe program running in his head. He will continue to refine subtle aspects of the game, from just the right weight shift and plan at the plate, to timing a pitcher's move to home before he steals. Fortunately, he appears to be a very hard worker, but it will be a process that will take several years. At the end of that process, Buxton will be a very dominant ballplayer.
  7. jimbo92107
    ...but he does need to take his walks.
  8. jimbo92107
    Haven't seen Miguel really rip a baseball in a game lately.
  9. jimbo92107
    "Rosario had a three-homer game this June, but tonight was the first two-homer game of his career." Dang it, he's getting worse! ;-)
  10. jimbo92107
    This is why I love watching Eddie Rosario. Who else on this team has the stuff to pull off that gambit, starting with a rocket line drive over the RF's head? Only Rosario. Mauer might drive a double, but he wouldn't induce a balk. Neither would Kepler. Polanco can't hit the ball that hard. The only guy that's got the physical talent, the baseball savvy, plus the cajones gigantes to pull off that stunt is Eddie Rosario.
  11. jimbo92107
    "Belisle answered the call and got the job done." The North remembers. Don't we?
  12. jimbo92107
    I did see a camera shot of Colon chatting up Mejia late in the game. It was like he was showing him it's possible to go deep in games without killer stuff.
  13. jimbo92107
    I think Polanco has lost a little sting in his swing. He should keep the bat head back longer, more like Rosario does. Right now Polanco's bat head is coming around too early, which means he doesn't get much outward snap, which means the barrel isn't traveling as fast as it could or staying square through the hitting zone as long as it could. A round, slap swing is never going to be as powerful or effective as an outward snap-and-carry swing, like Rosario, Morneau or Kepler.
  14. jimbo92107
    I liked how Castro was sitting on the curve...He knew he couldn't hit Bush's fastball.
  15. jimbo92107
    Some of Chief's stories may be apocryphal, but it's not the end of the world.
  16. jimbo92107
    Bring up Garver! Better swingz!
  17. jimbo92107
    Gee whizzes through his first inning. Grounds crew not impressed.
  18. jimbo92107
    Wanted: Honest, hard-working young man. Casual dress, must be willing to be shot from a cannon.
  19. jimbo92107
    While it's true that Mejia has stuff sometimes called "filthy," he cannot simply keep throwing the same pitch three times. Good pitchers mix it up A LOT more than that. Otherwise, they get pounced and pounded. Of course, it helps when your fielders don't drop the ball, too...
  20. jimbo92107
    Yeah, but Smalley mostly has been critical of pitch selection, like throwing that third curve in a row after 0 - 2. Smalley commented that the count called for something different, like a fastball up and in. Maybe then go for the curve, but not three in a row.
  21. jimbo92107
    Long inning. Rangers pitcher will be a little cold. Jump him, Giuseppi! Go for the face!
  22. jimbo92107
    The wheels have officially fallen off the A train.
  23. jimbo92107
    A-Bert looks good tonight, after a little rough first inning. He really does have some filthy tilt.
  24. jimbo92107
    Smalley is right about Sano - the guy is only going to get better. He already has a great eye, knows how to work counts (when he wants to), and his swing guarantees 30 + homers per year, even without much plate discipline. The Twins are fortunate to have a few players like that. Sano, Kepler, Buxton, Rosario, Polanco, and now Zach Granite and hopefully a few more guys coming up. On the mound, Berrios and Mejia are cutting their teeth, along with Hildenburger, Busenitz, etc. All the young guys seem to be gradually getting better. Already I can say 2017 has been far from a wasted season. The core of a serious contender is emerging before our eyes.
  25. jimbo92107
    Fifty years later, that same little baby came to own a massive ranch, and all the cattle feared him as an angry god.
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