Yeah, I knew Souhan was cherry picking a week of stats. I simply rolled my eyes and thought, "That's Souhan." I can see every other Twins fan I know, with the exception of my brother, not knowing and buying Souhan's slop hook, line, and sinker.
You have the rule down right. They looked at it via replay and determined it was not obstruction. Dick & Bert said replay was looking for obstruction and those guys are never wrong.
Maybe it is the feeling of being worn down by the mediocrity of 2018 so far.. It just seems we jump the gun on our guys and want to label them ace or franchise guy or all-star or whatever just before they truly make that leap... and then they flop or regress. Hoping that doesn't happen with Berrios and he truly grows into a consistent ace for many years.
Yes, going to a minor league game in Iowa is like being transported back in time. Fun times, worth a trip and it's close and affordable. And yes, the robot speeding tickets are for real. They tried to get me a few summers ago. I called and raised a stink, caught them on a technicality, questioned the legality of their process so they eventually dropped the ticket.
It has become laughable what is considered a hit in MLB instead of an error nowadays. The last five years is when I started to notice it. It is maddening to say the least. This would be a good research topic for a motivated Twins Daily person, comparing what is ruled a hit now compared to a generation or two ago. Have things really changed?
It's a contrast - the 'younger generation' wants the action of the home run.... Yet don't want to sit around and wait and watch the byproduct of living by the long ball - more strikeouts, less "other action" such as stolen bases, sac bunts, hit and runs, etc.
This is becoming a lost season that had so much potential. Nothing left to do except keep playing, realize it's a long season, the breaks will start falling our way, and these guys have a lot of talent.
The Twins just lost 2 of 3 to the Royals and that is what they deserved. It is hard to be optimistic in this moment. Sweeping the Cleveland baseball is a must, winning 3 of 4 required.
The amount of strikeouts is sickening and boring. Everybody loves the home runs. It just seems MLB becomes more like beer league slow pitch softball With the lack of other interesting plays that are not HRs. I wonder how a team like the 1980s Cardinals would perform in today's climate.
The Yankees are better than the Twins. It's a good thing today's game is an afternoon game - easier to avoid watching another train wreck on top of a car crash.
That game was a major disappointment made almost unbearable by those national announcers drooling all over the Cleveland baseball team and how great Lindor and Kluber are.