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  1. Aerodeliria
    Great wins! I would request reporters to start asking more interesting questions or players to start giving more interesting responses AM: What's it like knowing that as 7-8-9 hitters you are still actually professional ball players who are better than 6th grade pony leaguers? Explain to me how that is possible? Did you realize you actually got some hits during this two game series? GU: So many good questions. Thank you for letting me know. I didn't know that I even got on base. Did I score any runs? (AM head nodding) Wow. I thought that was last year when I was still on the Yankees. It's good to know that I am still on the team and contributing. AM: How big is it knowing that Sonny Gray can pitch like he did today? GU: Sonny Gray? Oh he's a legend. I love the way he plays trumpet. Is he still around? When did he become a baseball player? Anyway, playing the trumpet and pitching...that's huge! AM: You ran through a stop sign. What about that? GU: Yeah, I know but I live on kind of a quiet street and there aren't any cops around most of the time, so I sometimes just roll through...Wait, how do you know that?
  2. Aerodeliria
    One can play these numbers games all day. What is the bullpen's OPS since June 15th? Not too good I imagine...
  3. Aerodeliria
    Great fun. Thank you.
  4. Aerodeliria
    Here's my take or Bill Murray's: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b488baca-6345-4694-aadb-3bf87e8f9320
  5. Aerodeliria
    I heard that five planets aligned last week...I wonder if they got the date wrong...maybe it was today...
  6. Aerodeliria
    Nice wrap up Nick. We do need one arm that is more-or-less reliable. I also agree that Pagán has taken a lot of heat, but there were few options available, so that simply emphasizes the need (see I do defend Baldelli when I think he is not at fault). I actually kind of hoped Baldelli would let Duran-Duran take one more inning in the extra inning fiasco, but I can understand not wanting Duran-Duran to get three plus innings as well.
  7. Aerodeliria
    LOL! The Twins need to do the opposite whenever it comes to bullpen decisions.
  8. Aerodeliria
    It didn't for George though ?
  9. Aerodeliria
    A win is a win. I'm glad we didn't just tie it up in the 9th. That said, the bullpen wasn't bad. The throw by Polanco though...yikes!
  10. Aerodeliria
    I thought he used to be on Happy Days...
  11. Aerodeliria
    What if you don't like what you see when you look in the mirror?
  12. Aerodeliria
    Duran's dominance increases with every fastball...more fastballs and fewer breaking balls. (Notice how many fastballs he threw in his previous super-dominating display?)
  13. Aerodeliria
    Truth! Never waste a chance when you're in a playoff scenario. They need veteran calmness once they get there. Correa has been there and done that. I think it's huge for the team. Next year...who knows--one or two pitchers are visited by the ghost of Tommy John and it's all out the window.
  14. Aerodeliria
    Yeah what you say is accurate to be sure, but players, coaches and even other professionals tend to heap praises on their bosses and so do people outside of the organizations. It is an exceptionally rare case when a player or another professional trashes someone publicly. There is usually a price to pay for such diatribe. What is heartfelt is difficult to measure. I'm not saying that this is not how folks really feel about Baldelli; I'm sure there are plenty of insiders who do love him, but I am not sure that we can get an accurate picture of what people are really thinking until we get the 'tell all' book. It's kind of like when someone quits a company; suddenly people start saying all kinds of things about that person that no one could have guessed a week before the person quit.
  15. Aerodeliria
    Yay! Actually Les Straker gave us the 5 innings he was asked to give. The bullpen disintegrated in that game against the Cardinals.
  16. Aerodeliria
    What's the deal with Duran and not throwing the fastball? He threw one to Judge and then threw nothing but breakers and sinkers (11 straight pitches). If I'm any hitter, the only pitch I don't want from Duran is the 103 mph express.
  17. Aerodeliria
    This! Of course, Trov is absolutely right. Game 3 epitomized exactly how we play again the Yankees most of the time. One can't sugarcoat the fact that the Twins play differently against the Yankees. If they can't figure this out, they will never go further in the playoffs. It's almost like there is this fear brewing just below the surface and it becomes exposed once the Yankees start making noise. Dare I say it is a mental block. Was there any doubt about the Yankees coming back and winning the game? (It's not other east coast teams that we have problems with; it's the Yankees in particular.) We play the Rays and no such problems, who interestingly enough have no fear of the Yankees themselves--they win some and lose some.
  18. Aerodeliria
    Arigatou sensei!
  19. Aerodeliria
    I meant to be a little hyperbolic but intended to say 5 or 6, but 4 or 5 is more accurate, so I say touche to you. As for Duffey, I stand by my position. Let the Twins Daily crowd trash Duffey publicly all they want, but take care of the matter internally.
  20. Aerodeliria
    Yesterday: Twins pitches=219 Today: Twins pitches=126
  21. Aerodeliria
    Props when props are due. Baldelli allowing Archer to pitch into the fifth was huge. (Personally, I couldn't 'tune in' to today's game, so I didn't have to convulse during the fourth inning, but Archer pulled through, and Baldelli--to his credit--stuck with Archer through the fifth.) Good vibes all around.
  22. Aerodeliria
    This strategy can be discussed ad nauseam regarding one series; however, what exacerbates the problem IMHO is consistently going to the bullpen even when a starter is looking good. If the relief core is expected to pitch 6-7 innings per outing, that naturally puts Baldelli in this situation. Also, do you think Duffey hearing Baldelli say, "Well, we're only going to our quality relief core when we have a better chance to win," helps boost Duffey's confidence? Baldelli threw him under the bus! (Even Tom Kelly was more subtle than that.)
  23. Aerodeliria
    A WHIP of 1.00 without including any hits...the Yankees will keep taking the walks as long as the Twins pitchers are AFRAID to throw strikes. Besides those who walked on fewer than seven pitches, was every other hitter at 3 balls and 2 strikes? It sure seemed that way. The Yankees weren't even playing well. Who wins when committing three errors? I just want to play them like we play every other team. If we lose, so be it, but nine walks? That is par for the course when the Twins play the Yankees.
  24. Aerodeliria
    Hajjar looks like the real deal for sure.
  25. Aerodeliria
    Over the years, we've been very competitive versus the Jays. I like how we kept on adding to the lead, which proved to be more than necessary as it turns out. I'm not sure why Duffey always gets a long leash and some of the starters are pulled throwing fewer than 70 pitches. It seems like the number of pitches or the number of times through the order is the only determining factor rather than how well the pitcher is throwing... In any case, better get the bullpen figured out by the next series or else buy yourself an extra anti-nausea bracelet.
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