Fly On The Dugout Wall
Rocco Baldelli/ Wes Johnson
“Was that a strike?”
“It almost hit him in the ankle, boss.”
“So it wasn’t a strike.”
“Nope. Not even close.
“Should I take him out?”
“It’s only the first inning, boss.”
“Yeah, but if he isn’t throwing strikes… that’s bad, ain’t it?”
“You don’t want to bring in the bullpen just yet, boss.”
“Why? Are they bad?”
“Most of the time. But the point is if you go to the pen too early we’ll run out of pitchers before the game is
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 🙂