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  1. AceWrigley
    What a wacky game. Give up 20 hits and win. LaMarre shushes the nattering nabobs of negativism with 2 hits, one a dinger. Torreyes gets plunked for a game winning RBI, and the guy who pitches worst gets the win. We now have 5 guys with 30 bombas! Duffey and Romo ... K machines.
  2. AceWrigley
    I liked the camaraderie on the field after the game. No big celebration but guys just hangin' and enjoying the win. Polanco and Arraez ... Sano and Gonzo... looked like family (send in the memes).
  3. AceWrigley
    "I am a base hit gosh darn it, and you can't do anything to stop me." The most fun single of the season.
  4. AceWrigley
    If the season ended now I think I would choose Nelson Cruz. I'm not in the clubhouse but if I had to guess I think he's the straw that stirs the drink. He's been a monster with the bat and has been unfazed dealing with pennant pressure and injury and it positively affects everyone else. The man comes to play. Probably some "he's the new guy and we didn't play this well before" bias here. Maybe pull a "Chili Davis" (free agent signed to play DH in 1991 and have a huge year) and Twins go to the World Series. Miguel Sano for MLB Comeback Player of the Year.
  5. AceWrigley
    Graterol was throwing some truly nasty stuff. Nice day to be a Twins fan. El Foldo ... no! This team has some sand. Go Twins.
  6. AceWrigley
    Realistically, we have a bunch of guys who can't play, and whether it's Alejandro De Aza, Ramon Flores or Ryan LaMarre being called upon to take major league at bats; it's a crap shoot. I think Luke Raley might have been the most ready (since Jaylin Davis was traded), but he's another wounded warrior. We're in a tough spot, but the Twins have been pretty resilient this year. If Schoop is truly swinging a hot bat right now the cleanup spot might not be a bad idea. I'm looking for La Tortuga to pull some bat magic too. If prayers have any influence, we got your back guys.
  7. AceWrigley
    Lew Ford can still hit, can't he?
  8. AceWrigley
    Remember the Indians caught us earlier this year and things looked kinda bad then. From that perspective we have put ourselves 3.5 games up with 16 to play which looks pretty good. It's better than being 3.5 games behind. Unfortunately our health and availability problems have popped up at the end of the season where Cleveland went through their biggest problems earlier. We are in the driver seat. Now if we can just keep our foot on the gas. Go Twins.
  9. AceWrigley
    And I have it down at 100% we'll all be sweatin' bullets until the regular season is over.
  10. AceWrigley
    "The Fightin' Rocco's". I like it. Go Twins!
  11. AceWrigley
    Just don't tell him, "You can't get theah from heah."
  12. AceWrigley
    I'm so wound up from this game I can't get to sleep. Being a Twins fan in Red Sox Nation just got a little sweeter. You would think that after watching Eddie throw out Devers at the plate a dozen times it would get old ... but it doesn't!! Kudos to Miguel Sano for getting himself back in shape and playing some pretty impressive defense. Also that catch by Cron is great to watch in slow motion. What a road trip. Go Twins.
  13. AceWrigley
    Graterol on postgame interview: "My mentality in the bullpen... hey, throw hard, and strikes, and that's it. Win." No interpreter needed. Awesome. Good job kid.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. AceWrigley
    I thought those uniforms made them look like a mental hospital staff at a company picnic.
  18. 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!!
  19. 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?
  20. AceWrigley
    It must feel like you're standing in a hole trying to hit off of him.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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