Hey, I wrote an email to the Twins a week ago complaining about the electronic strike zone visual on every pitch on TV ... and ... they obviously read MY email and they reacted accordingly.
Cron swung at a pitch so far inside it hit his hand and not the bat. It was ruled a swing and a miss because it didn't hit the bat - what a pathetic swing it was (either way the umpire's call went).
I would imagine that Astudillo is first to be sent down. I disagree though, in that he has an average of 2 plate appearances per game. I would like to see him play more to really find out if he can sustain his stellar batting average. Castro, no matter his awful batting, will remain with the team.
I know it was historically bad, ugly beyond words, high-school style pitching, ineptitude all around, but suddenly it's over, and on to the next inning ... the next next.
Major League baseball? 7 free passes in a row? May be a historical record. Ron Darling, "I've never seen anything like this in my life. Wait, the nightmare isn't over.
Wild pitch to the backstop - similar to Target Field - runner didn't know how it would bounce back - then made bone-headed move by standing half-way to home plate for too long a time, then ran back to third, and Astudillo put a professional tag on him.