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  1. Squirrel
    A win is a win. The BP was stellar. The defense was ON. Yeah, it’d be nice to have more offense, but it was enough. Wins are not going to be plentiful, so it’s better not to pick them apart too much when we do get them. It’s bad karma. 🙂
  2. Squirrel
    I agree with @Matt Braun … let’s celebrate the wins when they come. This team was never projected to win that many. We have always been a .500 to just barely above team. Baldelli isn’t going to have much effect on that, imo. Yeah, I’m in that camp that doesn’t think an average manager really has that much effect on outcome. He’s not Francona, no one is. But then Francona doesn’t have a winning team, either. Hmmm … The difference is going to be the players themselves and/or the FO making decisions and changes to the roster. As for today, the BP came through, and then some. Small miracles do happen. The defense was ON. The offense was enough today, and I’ll take it. Don’t doubt a win when they won’t be plentiful. Hoping the players and the FO do something about tomorrow. Yeah, and that includes those struggling. Find a way.
  3. Squirrel
    Great game! Love a pitcher’s duel!
  4. Squirrel
    WINNER BLIZZARDS FOR ALL!
  5. Squirrel
    I like it!
  6. Squirrel
    I actually suggested a poll to game threads a while back, but was thing more fun like favorite DQ Blizzrd
  7. Squirrel
    Just getting home from work. Looks like a good game so far.
  8. Squirrel
    Winder optioned, Headrick recalled
  9. Squirrel
    It was announced yesterday that today would be a BP game. I'm guessing De León gets 2, maybe 3 innings, then Headrick? I'm not really sure how BP games work in terms of who gets how many innings, but pretty sure that a couple of pitchers will get multiple innings.
  10. Squirrel
    Except that our BP is a weak link. They have given up quite a bit over the course of the season. And the FO, during the off-season, commented that they weren't going to spend anytime on the BP. The construction is a weak link outside of 2-3 relievers than can be relied upon more than not. I agree that sometimes the BP just doesn't have it ... but right now, I'm being generous to say their have it-don't is a 50-50 crapshoot, and BPs for a team hoping to make it to the playoffs and beyond, has to have better. It's not that way with the starters on our team. And ... you are comparing apples to oranges here, imo.
  11. Squirrel
    Some of that isn't on the manager, though. Who gets called up, sent down, DFA'd ... not on the manager. And I'm not sure that Buxton playing CF vs DH is a Baldelli decision alone. But, agree with some of the lineup choices and who's hot/not and playing accordingly. The strictness to matchups annoys me and wish he'd bend some on that.
  12. Squirrel
    I think Castro is a good 26th man on the roster. I don’t think it’s a Rocco thing alone to want a super utility guy. The problem is our starters needing to stay healthy and make starts. Nick Gordon, hmm, that’s going to be a tough one but I think he’s played his last as a Twin. But that’s just my opinion.
  13. Squirrel
    I don’t really think that’s the issue, tbh. It’s not about Rocco’s style. Rocco has been letting pitchers go deeper. But Graybdidnt have it and was pulled. The man is a competitor. He wants to pitch. He wasn’t pitching well. It’s what it is
  14. Squirrel
    It wasn’t about whether or not he should be pulled. It was the assumption that there were personal differences going on that I was calling out. We don’t know that and is assuming facts not in evidence. It might be true, it might not but I find it a difficult assumption to reason with
  15. Squirrel
    I guess I don’t see it. I get wanting to know the inter-personal stuff, because it is part of the equation. But it’s also not something that I will assume because we simply don’t know, so assumptions work against objectivity here. Assuming facts not in evidence is the phrase for me to use here. We don’t know what’s behind closed doors. Sonny was mad about being pulled after the 4th inning and wanted to keep pitching and let his manager know. I respect that. Maki and Baldelli made a decision and stuck to it. I respect that, too. Both went on to say, post-game, how they accepted what the other did. I respect that, too, and actually admire how they both addressed the situation. Maybe there is more to the story, maybe there is not. Many here want to make assumptions that support a bias they already have. It’s human, but it’s also something that will and should get called out for further explanation. Again, some of this speculation turns to fact for some individuals and again, I’ll use the phrase, assuming facts not in evidence, What I can’t respect in all of this is how the FO didn’t address the BP, and stated they wouldn’t be, in the off season and here we are. All of this becomes much less a thing if the BP does its job, but we don’t have enough pitchers who can do that.
  16. Squirrel
    This is the part that makes me frustrated. We can’t expect every starter to have a good day. Bad days happen, struggles happen. Gray isn’t a 9-inning pitcher. I don’t know if I would have pulled him after 4, but I also don’t think pulling him was wrong or suspect in any way. But not having the BP to support him, that’s frustrating and something I completely blame the FO for. Gray didn’t have it last night. Maki and Baldelli made the decision to pull him. Being the competitor he is, he got upset and didn’t want to come out of the game. I can respect that. Baldelli stuck to his decision. I can respect that, too. I think both of them deserve kudos in their pressers after the game for showing such professionalism. But the FO does us all a disservice on all of this. BP construction matters and deserves attention.
  17. Squirrel
    If you get the Athletic, this article is pretty good and gives a healthy perspective. Pitchers never want to be pulled, so I can respect Gray’s will to want to stay in the game and keep fighting. But a manager has to make the best decision for the team and that doesn’t always lineup with one player’s desire. They both expressed themselves and they both accepted this is how it is. https://theathletic.com/4615303/2023/06/16/twins-sonny-gray-rocco-baldelli/
  18. Squirrel
    You stated: What does this mean, he has personal differences? Explain it then so I’m not misinterpreting. It sounds like you are saying he is pulling Gray over personal differences so I’m questioning what that means? I’m sorry you think I’m nitpicking, but I just find it odd, so help me out, please, and explain what you mean?
  19. Squirrel
    So now Rocco has personal differences and that’s why he pulled Gray and not for Gray’s own performance? I mean, that sounds a tad invented to suit a narrative
  20. Squirrel
    I’ve seen that one, sort of. I fell asleep watching it
  21. Squirrel
    I'll give you frightening ... just not more morbid
  22. Squirrel
    Oh, come on ... he was NOT pitching well. I give him props for wanting to keep going, but pulling him in this case was the right call
  23. Squirrel
    And I can't even tell what's happening in this one ... my glasses just don't show me enough clarity
  24. Squirrel
    You know it's a good comment when you, @Riverbrian and @wsnydes all comment on it. And yes ... not that I want to be thrown around by a grizzly, but I think freezing to death in the north Atlantic and then having your frozen, dead body sink to the depths is a worse way to go
  25. Squirrel
    This one is kind of morbid
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