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  1. spinowner
    Just from what I read here it appears the Twins have improved their organizational pitching strength with these two trades. As I've said before, I think the goal of the front office should be for the organization to support a major league team that can contend for the postseason every season. This will not happen overnight given the current state of our pitching. I'm hopeful that we can contend for the postseason in 1-2 years and every year following.
  2. spinowner
    It has taken 2 hours to play 5 innings. I'm not going to be able to stay awake. Bring home a win for me.
  3. spinowner
    That at bat should have ended in a strikeout.
  4. spinowner
    No excuse for Esco on that.
  5. spinowner
    All right! Oppo dinger by the big man!
  6. spinowner
    Your point is well taken, but I think that's a much smaller factor than the actual size of the zone. Both players are using the same diameter bat to hit the same diameter ball but Judge has to cover a larger zone. And probably an even bigger factor has to do with the pitcher. Altuve has a higher likelihood of drawing a walk because a smaller zone makes it more difficult for the pitcher to throw strikes. Look at the one at-bat taken by Eddie Gaedel. Obviously that's a bit of an exaggeration, but the point is that it seems unfair to the pitcher that a player's height should be a determining factor in the size of the strike zone.
  7. spinowner
    Strike 3 looked like ball 4 to me.
  8. spinowner
    +1
  9. spinowner
    Nice single!
  10. spinowner
    Nice bunt!
  11. spinowner
    The orchestra released it and we caught it.
  12. spinowner
    Yep. Make any trade that you think will be a net benefit for the organization.
  13. spinowner
    My middle child and I caught Dvorak 7 two weekends ago. Great stuff!
  14. spinowner
    What's on the program tonight?
  15. spinowner
    I'm not quite sure what you're asking about so I'll expand on this thought. The reason that the batter's knees and upper body are used to define the bottom and top of the strike zone is because there are no other physical reference points near home plate that an umpire can use to determine the distance above home plate of a pitch as it passes over home plate. It would be simple to define the bottom of the strike zone as being, say, 16 inches above the plate and the top of the strike zone as being, say, 42 inches above the plate but there's no ruler there for the umpire to use. This means that a short batter has a smaller strike zone than a tall batter, with additional variability introduced based on a batter's stance. The systems for calling strikes rely on cameras at multiple angles and can be programmed with any upper and lower limits for strikes. Having those limits based on the individual batter means that each batter would have to have his strike zone programmed into the computer and the system would have to be reset each time a new batter bats. While I assume this would not be difficult it introduces a risk of error. Having a uniformly-defined strike zone for all players eliminates this risk and, in my opinion, is much more fair than the current definition.
  16. spinowner
    Or to have a ladder on the left field wall that is not used for anything.
  17. spinowner
    I don't think it's a good idea for our batters to be swinging at that pitch, even with 2 strikes. It shouldn't be called a strike, but whether it would be or not it's not an easy pitch to hit.
  18. spinowner
    If you think that's a problem wait until you're married with three kids. I had no concept. I have no idea what happened to the last 25 years.
  19. spinowner
    Coffee and I don't get along very well. If I'm not drowsy there's no point. If I'm drowsy and drink coffee I wind up being drowsy with a knot in my stomach.
  20. spinowner
    BTW, I've been getting all my posts in early because I probably will lose consciousness for the night before the third inning. It's the curse of being a morning person.
  21. spinowner
    If you were going to a Raiders game getting socked would happen before you even entered the stadium. But A's fans, what few of them there are, well, I don't think you need to worry whether your health insurance is paid up.
  22. spinowner
    Probably not so much cruel joke as reality slapping us in the face.
  23. spinowner
    So during state fair time Dave's threads should be stick a stick in (insert name here).
  24. spinowner
    Bump. Games won as of now in interleague play: AL 103, NL 101. Guess I was a bit premature on the original post.
  25. spinowner
    The Joe M thing reminds me of something someone said to me once. I found out that her name was Lois, and I told her about a club in the Twin Cities called the Lois club. (It actually exists, and you can probably figure out the requirement for membership.) She told me that, yes, she was aware of it. Although she was not a member she said that she had heard that they were a very tight knit group and that everyone was on a last name basis.
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