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  1. bighat
    Great thing about baseball is how quickly fans' hopes can change. Yesterday morning we were bemoaning our certain 2nd place finish and just hoped to have the playoff series at Target Field as opposed to Yankee Stadium. Yesterday night, we were chanting "Division Champs!" and excited about the chance to win the Central. Tonight we may be once again in the depths of despair if the Sox win and we bomb against Detroit.
  2. bighat
    By the way: No Nelson Cruz and no Jorge Polanco? "Sore knee"? "Sore ankle"? I'm guessing those guys would play, but Rocco's obsession with resting players is at the center of it. What's next? Rocco gonna rest Buxton in Game 1 of the playoffs so he'll be fresh for Game Two?
  3. bighat
    No way. All the glory goes to Nelson Cruz's Robe! But seriously: Rosie scored one, drove one in, and took one away. All in a day's work for Eddie.
  4. bighat
    Came here to say the same - holy cow! Down 2 with 2 outs, come back and win 5-3. Incredible work by Lindor and Ramirez there, huge favor for the Twins. Seize the opportunity!
  5. bighat
    I do like Maeda leading off the playoffs but Berrios has to be next up. 2020 is honestly a glorified exhibition season, an extended Spring Training, if you will. There's no better time to roll the dice with Berrios in Yankee Stadium in Game 1 against Cole. Twins really don't have all that much to lose. I'm pretty sure Berrios will be the Twins Game 1 starter no matter what.
  6. bighat
    Start spreading the news.....this Twins team can't hit and has corkscrewed themselves into a 1st round exit in New York, New Yooooorrrrkk.....
  7. bighat
    This is ridiculous and I think you know it.
  8. bighat
    Pretty childish and disgraceful display from Donaldson. That's something you see from the spoiled coaches' son in little league - not a grown man playing the game at the highest level. Getting kicked out on purpose in what was clearly the most important game of the year? Stunningly ignorant. It's just plain awful in terms of leadership. It didn't "fire up" the team, it took the wind out of their sails. Clippard and Romo are just hanging on by a thread, I can't see either of them getting signed by a contender next year. They're washed up 40 year-olds throwing 85 MPH meatballs out there in close games - recipe for disaster. Toss Rich Hill into that group also. Time for the Twins to stop going to the antique store when they are looking for arms.
  9. bighat
    Almost certainly. We'll be 3 games out with just 8 games to go, almost impossible to win the division. This was a statement series by the Sox much like when the Twins went into Cleveland late last year.
  10. bighat
    Exactly. The ump can't NOT eject Donaldson there.
  11. bighat
    Don't know how either Clippard or Romo have a job with a contender next year - or with anyone, frankly. They're old men throwing 80 MPH meatballs, and only getting paid based on what they did 5 years ago. They are possibly the most hittable relievers in baseball right now and shouldn't be options for a team of this caliber.
  12. bighat
    Talk about a bonehead play, this may take the cake for a Twins player this year. I get it, you're mad Josh....let your play do the talking.
  13. bighat
    Buxton and Maeda battling their tails off, as our old buddy Gardy would say. Anyone else going to pitch in or what? It's only the biggest game of the year and perhaps our one chance to avoid playing the Yankees in Round 1.
  14. bighat
    I also like Buxton down in that 6-7 spot right now. Initially we all pictured him as the Twins' leadoff guy but his stats over the years say that he's just not that type of hitter. Polanco has my vote. Baldelli on the other hand may feel it's too late to tinker.
  15. bighat
    Housekeeping: "Home Runs: Rosario (11), Buxton (10)" - you missed Sano's there. For those who keep arguing AGAINST small-ball, the Twins hit 3 HR last night....and scored just 5 runs. That's not unusual for this team. Hitting a few singles and moving runners over, especially when the opposing pitcher is in a good groove would be helpful IMO. Twins could have won the first two games also had they done that. Nice win last night, much needed. Is Buxton taking the reins and becoming the team leader right now?
  16. bighat
    From Phil Miller today (9/16/20): "Former Twins AAA OF Adam Brett Walker was named Player of the Year by the independent American Association, the only minor league to play in 2020. Walker, Twins’ 3rd-round pick in 2012, hit .268 w/ 50 RBI and league-best 22 home runs for his hometown team, the Milwaukee Milkmen."
  17. bighat
    Pathetic. One run off Cease, and a grand total of two off Dunning? The only question I have left is whether or not Giolito or Keuchel are going to give up a hit, because it's almost guaranteed the Twins won't sniff the scoreboard in the next two games. Dobnak's toast, cute story but the guy appears to have just been getting lucky for about 4-5 starts there early on. He is who everyone thought he is. Twins will make the playoffs, but the division at this point is a pipe dream. Buxton is so fun to watch. Just imagine if there had been fans in the stands to gawk, yell, boo, or just stare in amazement at his inside-the-parker. A big game in late September, the division on the line, I'm sure it would have been packed to the gills with 40,000....
  18. bighat
    I hear ya. On the flip side: how can you ignore 2 months of possibly the worst hitting statistics in the AL?
  19. bighat
    Reminds me a lot of the Ryne Harper love-fest we had last year. We should be happy with what we got from Randy early, but expecting him to be anything more than a mop-up-guy or spot-starter for the rest of his career is expecting too much.
  20. bighat
    Chicago's eyes must have lit up when they saw Dobnak's name on the scorecard tonight. Meatballs for dinner.
  21. bighat
    The way he was playing before he went down, I'd prefer to see more Jeffers and get Avila back. Garver had a sizeable chunk of time to get right, and he never got close. I'm afraid Mitch may be hoping for a chance to platoon in an MLB backwater like Arizona, Baltimore, or Miami sooner than later. Flash-in-the-pan seasons happen all the time, it looks likely to me that Mitch Garver will likely just be another trivia footnote.
  22. bighat
    No. The book's out on him. He's not just getting unlucky, he's getting beat around. Even when he does save games he's giving up runs. He's looking more and more like a loogy in a league that's trying to push loogy's out of work. Time to give Duffey or May a chance. Both Rogers and Romo are just throwing meatballs up there.
  23. bighat
    Unforgiveable situational baseball by the Twins hitters last night. When you have those stats of leadoff double, leadoff single, leadoff double, leadoff walk, bases loaded and 1-out, etc, etc.....AND BTW ITS A BIG GAME TOO! You gotta score runs. Period. You gotta move guys over. You gotta hit sac flies. But Rocco sits out there with his face buried in his stat books and tells his guys "Close your eyes and swing as hard as you can, because in theory, moving guys over to 3rd base is just a wasted out" or whatever the heck it says on the back of his Sabermetrics card. And it's god-awful to watch. Rocco doesn't change the way he manages in big games. At first I thought that was a good thing but now I'm starting to think it's a problem.
  24. bighat
    On the flip side you have Nelson Cruz. That guy's outplaying all of those guys COMBINED and he's going to be on 1-year contracts for the last 3-4 years of his career. The deals Nelson are signing are fair to the team and its fans as well as the player. Everyone's happy. Then we have Bryce Harper who signed a 13-year deal with the Phillies last season. He'll be 39 when his contract expires. Wonder how that'll go.
  25. bighat
    I think we all know Maeda is the best pitcher on this team. That said, would Rocco really start him over Berrios in a Game 1 situation? I frankly don't think Rocco will give the ball to Kenta until Game 2. Rocco is loyal, supportive, and is a "players manager" all the way. Berrios is the #1 on paper, has seniority on this team, etc. There's no way, in my humble opinion, Kenta will start Game 1. Rocco's giving the ball to La Makina whether we think it's the right thing to do or not.
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