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  1. bighat
    A sigh of relief from Twins Territory this morning. Nice little sweep by the Mets - they've been crushing the teams atop the AL Central this year!
  2. bighat
    They are 12 games below .500 - and that's in a division that includes the Royals and Tigers. "Awful" might be reserved for Detroit and Baltimore, I'll give you that. But I'm very hesitant to give the Twins a pass on losing a series at home in late August to the pale hose. Agree that the Monday game was indeed the major fumble. I think we are on the same page overall, but I don't give the Sox quite as much credit. I hope to see some sweet revenge next week in Chi-town.
  3. bighat
    Giolito CGSO. Absolutely devastating loss, dominated at home by the White Sox and lose 2 of 3. After what appeared to be a season revival with a sweep in Texas, this is just about the worst letdown. Nothing comes easy. And looks like Eddie Rosario's gonna be out for the weekend also. Is there a more frustrating or flawed first place team in baseball?
  4. bighat
    Giolito is right-handed, for what its worth.
  5. bighat
    And if the Twins lose Game 1 against the Tigers, it'll be time to panic again. They keep putting themselves in positions that a potential collapse is right around the corner.
  6. bighat
    At least Cave battled a bit and made Giolitto work. Hope we don't see him in the 9th, although if I were the White Sox manager I'd send him out there.
  7. bighat
    Castro has his hot moments, but overall the guy's just a .240 hitting backup catcher. Twins shouldn't play him more than once per week moving forward. Enough already, we've got the next Buster Posey on our roster. Let Garver play these games and stop platooning these guys.
  8. bighat
    Twins gonna get blanked on a CGSO from Giolito in a huge day-game rubber match against the awful White Sox. Terrible! Bring on the Tigers. Hope this series reminds the Twins that you can't take anyone lightly in baseball. 14 runs don't mean much if you can't score any the next day. Rocco's team wasn't ready.
  9. bighat
    Twins seem to have packed it in. Looks like a 6-1 final score, with the Twins lone run in the 9th coming on a Schoop long ball off a backend bullpen guy.
  10. bighat
    I think one guy said that, and pretty much everyone thought he was nuts for even considering it.
  11. bighat
    Eddie doesn't run out ground balls, that's for sure. He's super animated when he gets a big hit, or when the team is racking up runs...but when things don't go his way, you can tell he's just disinterested. I don't care for that. Buxton, for example, runs out every pop-up and ground ball and I think every fan prefers that type of reaction. That said, I'm not "done" with Eddie, as others have said. He's a big part of this team and comes up with big hits and helps the team win games.
  12. bighat
    The ol'e "Black Hole" trio of Schoop, Castro and Cave...not sure why Rocco thinks that grouping our worst hitters together in a bunch - in a crucial rubber game match - is necessary. This is a classic forfeit-style lineup. Rocco is playing for the sweep of Detroit, apparently. Might work, but sure does seem like a gamble.
  13. bighat
    Embarrassing effort so far from Jake and company.
  14. bighat
    Where does Cruz fit in? And Eddie Rosario's batting .287 with 27 HRs and 85 RBI (on pace for about 34 HR and 110 RBI). You want to move him down in the order? On a team that's been playing at a .611 winning clip? I also love the idea of Arraez leading off....but how much better can this team play? I can see if this team starts another major skid, but if we're winning 5-of-6 games I say just leave things be. Good problem to have and a fun discussion to have, with all of these numbers to look at!
  15. bighat
    Polanco quietly coming out of his....well, I won't call it a "slump", but you know what I mean. Smalley remarked that he had shortened up his swing a bit over the past week. Looks very quick. We are pretty spoiled seeing games like this frequently over the season. Just a drubbing, once again in double-digits. Absolutely need to take this series with a win today (Wednesday) and it was nice to see the bats warm up. Giolito has had a good year, should be an interesting game.
  16. bighat
    Bingo. Since that rule's been in place, I've only seen the call overturned once. And it was like the lead story on ESPN that night. It's, frankly, a rule that umps and the league doesn't want to enforce (much like the "neighborhood" play). There's no way that gets overturned, IMO. The only way it'll be overturned in the future is if it's a bang-bang play where the runner was almost safe. On a play like that, where Sano was out by a good distance, it wouldn't be overturned no matter if he was blocking the plate or not.
  17. bighat
    Yeah I agree with you. Last year appears to be an albatross, a career year for Gibson that erased a lot of skepticism. Perez experienced a blip this year at the beginning of the season as well, but he's also returned to average form. The Twins have certainly benefited from the spikes in productivity - not saying that Gibson's career year last season and Perez' first half were bad things. But, this team is going to have to take its lumps with these guys on the hill, and just basically cross their fingers and hope things go well.
  18. bighat
    From the recap: "Arraez (3-for-5, 2B), Rosario (3-for-5), Polanco (2-for-5, 2B, HR), Cruz (2-for-5), Sano (2-for-5), Cave (2-for-4, 2B)" By those stats alone, I'd have guessed the Twins would have won 11-6. Twins offense continues to put up ridiculous numbers - guess they just couldn't push the runs across the plate last night. Gibson is nothing more than an innings-eater at this point. He's topped out as a Kevin Correia clone, and should be nothing more than a 4th starter on a rebuilding club at this point. I can see Gibson and Perez holding down the 4-5 spots in Detroit, Miami, or Baltimore next year. This starting rotation is just killing this team.
  19. bighat
    Yeah, they've been playing that the past few nights. Don't forget the "Byron Barkston" companion tee. PS: In case you're confused, no pets are allowed in Target Field that day. So don't even think about bringing your animals to pet appreciation day!
  20. bighat
    Twins might not have a chance until Nova gets out of this game. Dude's been on fire lately. Hope they can chase him by mid-6th. Take a few pitches and just get the guy on the bench. Keep the score the same until then.
  21. bighat
    Eduardo Escobar has 28 HR and an amazing 98 RBI for Arizona this year. Holy cow. Not saying the Twins had anywhere to put him, don't think anyone said it was a bad trade either. But jimminy christmas, I hadn't checked on his stats in a while.
  22. bighat
    Sure wish Nelson Cruz could play first base.
  23. bighat
    Even then only tourists and snowbirds were the ones attending Heat games to get street cred on their Instagram feeds. Florida loves college sports. College football is king, and sure maybe they'll watch some Dolphins or Bucs games once in a while. Baseball isn't a natural fit. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's there, especially for the transplants who can go and watch their teams play on the road.
  24. bighat
    What can you say? Every game gave us something to complain about, but in the end the positives outweighed the negatives and the outcome was in the Twins favor. A 5-1 week was just what the doctor ordered. The next 13 games are against the White Sox and Tigers. Time to make some hay.
  25. bighat
    I "liked" your post, but feel kinda bad about it. I mean, nobody cheers for injuries. But this is abdominal tightness, not related to his arm...sounds like one of those things that bites a guy after sitting on the shelf for a few months.
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