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  1. jimbo92107
    Well, at least Joe didn't hit a dribbler to second.
  2. jimbo92107
    Hicks now batting lefty... only .248... Damn, he stung that ball, but foul... Beautiful change up. Hat tip. Hicks is swinging the bat so much better these days.
  3. jimbo92107
    Damn, that guy is flirting with disaster throwing the ball there. Better to walk Dozier than throw it up and in to that particular guy.
  4. jimbo92107
    Nice at-bat for Polanco. Walks to bring up the Doz.
  5. jimbo92107
    Esco, yeah! Scores Eddie!!
  6. jimbo92107
    Get him in, Esco!
  7. jimbo92107
    Ha! It's like Eddie was listening to 'em in the booth. Rip that triple, you little bastard!
  8. jimbo92107
    Mlb.com needs to buy a new washing machine, or whatever they're using to push their junk over the net.
  9. jimbo92107
    See that swing by Jorge Polanco? Much better hands than Danny Santana. Punches his hands through the zone almost the way Rosario does, not quite as much outward snap as Eddie, but a nice, flat drive. With that swing, Polanco will get a lot of hits. The barrel stays in the zone really well. Santana's got a quicker, more sudden swing, but his barrel pulls off the line of the ball far too soon, so he doesn't barrel it up as much as Rosario, and not as much as I predict Polanco will, either.
  10. jimbo92107
    I was watching a slo-mo of Ryan Zimmerman's swing earlier, and I noticed that Aaron Hicks is swinging the bat almost exactly the way Zimmerman does. The slow leg lift, the bat wave, the whole thing. Seems to work. I should mention the slo-mo was of Zim's home run to left, almost the same spot Hicks just hit one.
  11. jimbo92107
    Trade Rosario for who?
  12. jimbo92107
    If they deal Perkins, that's the white flag on this whole season. They have no clear successor at closer. They could try getting by with Graham or May, bring up somebody (AJ Achter?), but we could not expect the level of success we get from Perkins, even after he's blown a few. I could see the Twins trading Plouffe to a contender for a high-quality prospect, like a good young catcher. Otherwise, this just ain't the year to make big deals.
  13. jimbo92107
    That's not the impression I get at all. Eddie Rosario is flat out a major league ballplayer. His demeanor has none of the fragility of Danny Santana. Rosario walked onto the field like he owned it, has looked solid, and he's getting better steadily. Rosario is one of the guys that's constantly looking for ways to put pressure on the other team, not like he's letting them put pressure on him. There's two ways to relate to pressure: Put it on them, or feel it on yourself. Santana feels the pressure on himself, where Rosario puts the pressure on them. That's why I have total confidence in Rosario, where Santana is still iffy as a pro. That's why I'd send Santana down to AAA to work on his plate discipline and overall approach, where I'd leave Rosario in the corner outfield for the next decade or so.
  14. jimbo92107
    Before the season I thought Paul Molitor was too introverted to become a good manager. Boy, was I wrong. He's not introverted, he's just totally unflappable. He's almost like a baseball version of Bud Grant. Not quite as stoic, but much less volatile than Gardenhire, more analytical in his approach. And innovative, something few people gave Grant credit for. Molitor is willing to try new things. One thing's for sure, the players know he's on their side. Some people criticized him for stepping up to defend Aaron Hicks on that check swing, but you can bet Aaron Hicks knows who's got his back now, and that will bring the whole team closer together.
  15. jimbo92107
    If Molitor had Oswaldo Arcia to PH against a RH closer whose main weapon was a cutter, a pitch that bends inward towards Arcia's swing... He certainly might consider it. Obviously all this is speculation. The best way to find this out is to try it. Use Arcia to DH or play RF against righties, batting behind Sano. You'd find out pretty quickly if pitchers kept walking Sano to get to Arcia, one of the few people with a swing of the same magnitude as Sano's. I'm okay with that experiment. I'm wondering what they're waiting for.
  16. jimbo92107
    Pitchers still giving unprecedented respect to rookie Miguel Sano. They'd rather walk him all day than throw him a strike in a close game. And it pays off. CALL. UP. ARCIA.
  17. jimbo92107
    I remember there was this lefty pitcher when I was a kid, his slider would curve right into my swing... I would have paid him to throw me that slider all day long. That's kind of what Perkins is throwing to those Pirates hitters. Nice, hanging sliders right over the middle. Yikes.
  18. jimbo92107
    I just walked in. Anything interesting happen?
  19. jimbo92107
    Trevor Plouffe is another Twins player that took the long road to success. Like Brian Dozier, and now like Aaron Hicks, it's taken time for Plouffe to gradually refine and polish his game, but all that effort and all those repetitions are finally paying off with a fully mature ballplayer. When I see players like this that changed positions or had to bounce up and down from AAA a few times, it reminds me that baseball isn't a game that many people can master in a couple years. It also gives me hope for a guy like Danny Santana, whose issues do look like a matter of further refinement, rather than a lack of talent.
  20. jimbo92107
    Okay, now you're all just doing that on purpose! I shall wear your collective mockery like the large brown helmet of honor!
  21. jimbo92107
    Yeah... I guess I'd pick something shorter, like bulbysink446.
  22. jimbo92107
    Good way to make a password: Combine two words with a three-digit number. The words can be something in the room, like cup, clicker, or window. Add a -y to the end of the first word to get windowyclicker or clickerycup, then append your 3-digits to get something like clickerycup832. Fairly easy to remember, almost impossible to guess, impractical for software to hack. Passwords eventually will go away, but for now, two words + 3 digits will do.
  23. jimbo92107
    Good article, and birdwatcher's observation implies that management might be willing to use some of these AAA chips to deal for a "shutdown guy" for the 8th inning. There must be plenty of teams that need an innings-eating mid-rotation guy like Tyler Duffey.
  24. jimbo92107
    JR Graham has much better stuff than Michael Tonkin. Graham's fastball does move, he throws a variety of them, and his delivery is harder to read. His breaking stuff is electric, though it's true he needs to keep refining his command. Tonkin is a decent two-pitch reliever. Graham has enough pitches to be a potential future starter. Personally I rank Graham about even in potential with Trevor May. Tonkin I see as maybe a comp to Casey Fien.
  25. jimbo92107
    Two good points. Still easier to just play Escobar at SS, or (my rec) bring up Polanco and leave Dozier be. This team does need to try several things if they want to compete with the big boys, including bringing up some boppers like Arcia, Vargas, and Kepler. This should be a year of free-wheeling tryouts for lots of prospects.
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