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  1. AceWrigley
    I've been a Twins fan ever since I was a kid who had to move to Minneapolis and live with my grand parents. Used to roll baseballs across the top of the dugout and Harmon Killebrew would sign them. Worked at Metropolitan Stadium as a newspaper hawker and would play catch with Cesar Tovar and Leo Cardenas and they would go through my lunch bag to see what kind of goodies my grandmother had put in there. For a kid who loved baseball, it truly was the best of times. Twins Daily has become a warm and fuzzy place for me in the sense that there is a passion for all things Twins here. The game write-ups, the articles, the analysis, the comments . . . all fun to ingest and process and enjoy as we root for "our boys" in the dugout. This season has been great because we're actually winning baseball games again, in bunches. Keep up the good work. Now if we can just keep Byron Buxton from running into outfield walls and turning into Pete Reiser.
  2. AceWrigley
    Not trying to nit pick here, but doesn't that add up to 6 homeruns (writeup says 5)? Man, 6 homers and we lose. Yikes.
  3. AceWrigley
    MMMordabito: << Maybe I should start wearing palehose and pinstripes and putting feathers in my hair .... Then the Twins can start winning and all the rivals and other playoff chasers can get some of this evil mojo. >> We want pictures.
  4. AceWrigley
    I thought those uniforms made them look like a mental hospital staff at a company picnic.
  5. AceWrigley
    On Rodriguez's slam, I guess if you throw the same pitch 4 times in a row at the same speed and the last one with poor location it's going to have a higher probability of being deposited where no one on the field can catch it. Ok, he throws a nice 82 mph curve but for crying out loud, what happened to mixing up your pitches? I'll bet Castro would like to take that one back. 17 hits allowed isn't going to lead to many wins. Here's to hoping the starters can find their mojo again. Go Twins!!
  6. AceWrigley
    Robbie Grossman - Oakland A's - LF Fangraphs: Ultimate Zone Rating = +5.9/150 games Baseball Reference: Rtot/yr = +19, Rdr/yr = +6.0 Baseball Gauge: Defensive Regression = +6.3 Runs above average By far the best defensive numbers he's had in his career. Beats me. Did he get new eyes and is getting a better jump? Better routes? Easy to play LF in Oakland? It's really someone else in a Robbie Grossman suit?
  7. AceWrigley
    It must feel like you're standing in a hole trying to hit off of him.
  8. AceWrigley
    Ralph 'the roadrunner" Garr. Was pretty fast, stole some bases, got caught a bunch too, led the league in triples twice, kind of an adventure in the outfield. I liked him. He was a member of Bob Lemon's 1977 White Sox team that won 90 games by some mystery. Their defense was like swiss cheese, holes everywhere. Fun team. 1977 was a fun year for any of you re-players out there. That's the year Carew hit .388.
  9. AceWrigley
    The 1973 Braves had Hank Aaron, Darrell Evans and Davey Johnson at 40, 41, and 43 homers respectfully. They also finished 5th at 76-85. Homers good, pitching not so much.
  10. AceWrigley
    Gee Mr. Pitcher, I'm sorry. I got so excited to actually see a strike I swung and got a base hit off of you. So, at how many runs up does this "rule" kick in? You're supposed to try to win but not by too much, is that it? So the payback for this infraction is you get to drill the next batter. Really? Great, lets risk an injury because someone's pride gets hurt? I think its BS.
  11. AceWrigley
    He wasn't looking at the ball at all. And after the 2nd error he looked like a deer caught in the headlights. Not sure what is going on here ... pennant race, august doldrums, road weariness, nonchalance ... i don't know. The hardest part of being an athlete is having control of both your mind and body, and at the same time. It's one loss, but sometimes that's one loss too many.
  12. AceWrigley
    If I don't have a coronary before the season is over I'll be amazed. Grandal's homer in the bottom of the 7th was crushing, just crushing. I'm sure Harper felt about an inch tall. Red Sox were up 6-1 on the Indians, who then claw back and tie it in the 9th. Oh great, here comes being 1.5 games out. Then . . . SwissG to the rescue. Wow. The first pitch he saw from Hader and POW. It wasn't even a bad pitch. What a clutch hit. Bradley hits a homer in the 10th for the Red Sox and they hang on to win. We hang on to win. Back in first. Awesome. Looks like the Bomba Squad vs the Scrappy-Do's for the rest of the season. Not looking forward to CLE getting Kluber and Carassco back; that will make it that much harder. Getting Buxton back will help. Go Twins.
  13. AceWrigley
    Cross pollination? Cross pollination? There's no cross pollination in baseball.
  14. AceWrigley
    Nice analysis. Just my observation, but Eddie seems slower off the crack of the bat, and his strides seem short. On replays of balls hit to his defensive area he doesn't seem to have any closing speed to reach balls adequately. Might be due to injury or something else but he's not playing the greatest defense this year. And . . . I'm ticked off at Buxton for again running into the wall for no good reason. Dude, you gotta stay off the IL man. Play a little deeper so you can get to the wall before the ball does or something. You've got the speed and ability to race in and grab the flares and short liners. I'd rather a few balls drop in for a hit here and there if it means you staying in the lineup. Rant over.
  15. AceWrigley
    Or use headless catchers.
  16. AceWrigley
    Wow, what a flurry of last minute trades. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall and witness all the pandemonium going on in GM's offices across MLB. Are they equipped with oxygen and ventilators? Clear!
  17. AceWrigley
    Writing for consumption sometimes contains bumps and warts . . kind of like all of us. I think the combination of timeliness, reporting, insight, editorializing and comments presented here is pretty good stuff.
  18. AceWrigley
    The single-season strikeout king at Mercyhurst University, 6-5, 220 lb. righty from Erie, PA. Was the opening day starter this season for the Clinton Lumberjacks. Fastball reaching up to 97 MPH and resting between 93-95. Throws an 11-6 curve which is possibly as effective as his fastball. Rounds out with a change and frisbee slider. Seems like a smart young man that understands the need to be able to make adjustments. Prospect of the month of May for the Marlins. I'm feeling better about the Romo acquisition.
  19. AceWrigley
    It's hard to see Sergio Romo of the soft toss at age 36 really adding anything to the relief arsenal for the Twins. Maybe it extends your bullpen and adds some veteran presence, but I hope the additional minor league pitcher we're supposedly getting from the Marlins is a prospect of some hope. Lewin Diaz can hit and will be a major league player. If this is the cost for Romo now, I'm not keen to find out what it costs to really improve the squad at this time. Welcome to the Twins Mr. Romo and may all your pitches be swanky and elusive.
  20. AceWrigley
    We want a pitcher not a belly itcher.
  21. AceWrigley
    Terry Francona is a very good manager.
  22. AceWrigley
    I'm still not sure it's not.
  23. AceWrigley
    Cruz's homer awesomeness is akin to Thome. Amazing.
  24. AceWrigley
    As a fellow Lobo, I knew The Garv had greatness in him.
  25. AceWrigley
    Polanco really put a charge into his homer in the first, that was a mighty swing. Twins giving CC the whiplash treatment for once.
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