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  1. prouster
    Two things: 1) So far I hate the new extra innings rule. I’ll change my mind when it benefits the Twins. 2) Baddoo is an easy guy to cheer for. No one can be right 100% of the time, and I hope he’s one of the few guys Falvey misjudges.
  2. prouster
    I saw the game in bits and pieces. The offense looked really good. Could have been an even wider margin if they didn’t stand a bunch of runners. I didn’t see much of Pineda, but the box score looks just how it should. In the end they took two of three from a good team on the road. Great way to start the season. I also didn’t realize how much I missed seeing real fans in the seats.
  3. prouster
    Cool. Me neither.
  4. prouster
    You all realize the Twins won the game, right?
  5. prouster
    U mad?
  6. prouster
    96 mph cutters on the black will do that to an offense. Burnes is a legit number 1 pitcher.
  7. prouster
    Great win. Both starters pitched like freaks of nature. Buxton hit a very tough cutter to the opposite field for a dinger. That's very encouraging to me. A hard fought game between two excellent ball clubs.
  8. prouster
    In Dobnak’s defense, he gave up a pretty routine single and a doinker to second base. I was scratching my head when they didn’t walk the batter to set up the force out at home.
  9. prouster
    I think in the long run your point is totally right. The bullpen can’t be expected to pitch to a 2.00-ish ERA all season long.
  10. prouster
    I see what you mean. I just think that they were in a position to close things out pretty easily. That didn’t happen in large part because Colome made some avoidable mistakes.
  11. prouster
    This seems like overthinking. Colome entered with a three run cushion and gave up the lead. It's as simple as that, IMO. For the record, I think Colome is a good pitcher and a good guy to sign. He just blew it yesterday.
  12. prouster
    Why do any of that when it feels so good to just foam at the mouth?
  13. prouster
    I'm in full agreement that this is only one game and that no individual loss is worth exerting any mental or emotional energy over. I disagree that Baldelli mismanaged the pen. If Colome did his job, it would have been a pretty smooth win. Baldelli set his players up for success. They have to freaking execute. Edit: I agree, the extra innings rule is garbage.
  14. prouster
    "The bullpen" didn't blow the lead. Colome did.
  15. prouster
    No one has been able to fill Mauer's shoes in this regard since he retired.
  16. prouster
    Daaaaaaaa Twins.
  17. prouster
    Rooker is old enough that an extra year of control shouldn’t be a factor. I can’t understand keeping Garlick on the roster over him.
  18. prouster
    Someone had grant money to burn.
  19. prouster
    I guess I don’t get what you’re arguing. David Ortiz may have benefited from going the other way more often, but he didn’t need to change anything because he was a natural pull hitter who went with the ball and had HOF level offensive output, but we also don’t know what might have gone differently if he stayed in Minnesota? There doesn’t exactly appear to be a point here so much as an acknowledgement that we can’t know what didn’t happen.
  20. prouster
    What’s the difference between a natural pull hitter who goes with the pitch and a guy who just pulls the ball a lot? That strikes me as a distinction without a difference. I don’t want to derail the thread, but all of Ortiz’s star years came in Boston. Maybe they got lucky, but the Twins philosophy in those years was infamously centered around slapping the ball to the other field. If he stayed with the Twins, I feel pretty safe assuming he would not have had the decorated career he did. I just can’t imagine suggesting a guy who homered 500 times should have changed anything about his approach. If that’s not good enough, then what is?
  21. prouster
    Maybe a new pair of glasses on occasion, too.
  22. prouster
    David Ortiz made 10 All-Star teams, won 7 Silver Slugger awards, and hit over 500 career home runs. I think did just fine murdering baseballs to the right side of the field. I'd go so far as to say the Twins were on the brink of ruining him with their insistence on "going the other way."
  23. prouster
    Yeah, like anything it would need buy in from the players. FWIW, it looks like the Cubs were going to do it with Kris Bryant last year for the reason I give in my earlier post. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cubs/ct-chicago-cubs-kris-bryant-leadoff-20200219-jvvizmn7qvcl3eifpughxneqai-story.html%3foutputType=amp
  24. prouster
    Off the top of my head it’s rare, but it looks like the Giants tried it with Willie Mays late in his career. https://www.google.com/amp/s/vault.si.com/.amp/vault/1969/04/21/leading-man-wondrous-willie I think it’s more of a theoretical stance than something teams have commonly done.
  25. prouster
    I’m firmly in the camp that says you fill the lead off spot with your best hitter, because whoever leads off gets the most plate appearances. It would be unconventional for sure, but I’d like to see Cruz or Donaldson there.
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