Does the emphasis on strike outs also commit the teams to the ridiculous 4 – 5 inning starter and a dozen or more relief pitchers per year? Are we straining the arms by demanding near 100 mph heaters and lots of curves and sliders?
I went to Brad Radtke’s baseball reference page. He pitched 12 years for us and is one of the best pitchers in Twins history. 148 – 139 4.22 era is not HOF worthy, and he cannot be called a great pitcher, but he was a competent competitor for teams that needed
I enjoy the history of baseball and that is why in the past I have written about Tom Custer and Wild Bill Hickok playing baseball. Another story that is among the lesser known baseball games was played in Skagway during the height of the Gold Rush.
The game was played on Independence day in 1901 and unlike the rest of the baseball world it was a team of black Buffalo Soldiers and White Railroad workers.
The soldiers were assigned to this remote Alaskan wilderness to bring law and o
I really hold back what I would like to say about then payroll arguments here. The fact that people don't accept the amount taken in dictates the amount going out requires one of two things. Extreme financial ignorance or fanatical bias that prevents the acceptance of something some basic. I did not change the argument. It's the same idiocy over and over. Do you really want to be on the side that suggests revenues does not determine spending capacity?
At this point in the pre-season, I’m just so happy to be seeing games again, I don’t care about the Twins record in 2023. I think they’ll win it all, unrealistically speaking 🙂