wallyrichards

I hate it when people make baseless accusations. Somehow Marwin has become the biggest cheater of all. Evidently all you have to do is throw out a couple of trumped up stats, quote some other jack ass and you've made your case. The Astros won as a team, lost as a team and cheated as a team.

I was wondering if or when Marwin would say something. I have no problem with excepting his apology. Evidently some are really upset with this latest scandal. Lets face it cheating in baseball is as old as the game its self. If it isn't fixing games its doctoring the ball, shooting steroids or stealing signs. It isn't just baseball. All sports have had some form of cheating even figure skating. Remember when Tanya Hardings boy friend took a wrench to Nancy Kerrigan? NHL has the curved hockey stick, NFL the deflated football and NBA lets there super stars get away with steps and don't get me started on college sports. Obviously I'm kind of joking around because what the Astros were doing was really bad but I give some credit to Marwin for owning up to it.

Yea, the Twins should've checked Dyson out before they agreed to make the trade just like the Red Sox's should've checked out Grateral. Don't wait until after the trade is announced.

I like the fact that we've picked up a solid starter but I hate giving up Graterol a possible major league closer who can throw it 100 mph for strikes. That being said we had to pick up a starter not knowing what's going to happen with Hill and Pineda. Personally I think the Sox's made a mistake and they're making baseball decisions based on what there fans want not whats best for the team.

Injuries are a fact of life for all teams so yeah the Twins need to stay healthy. We all know this team will go as far as the pitching will take us. No matter how good our offense is it stills comes down to pitching. I think the most important thing about the Donaldson signing is his defense. Sano has a great arm but limited range and his lack of agility hurt us in the field. When you are large as Sano its hard to make those snap plays. Hopefully Sano will master his new position. Edwin Encarnacion is a worry for any team and for some reason he seems to have his best days against the Twins so we'll have to pitch him very carefully. Baseball is a hard game to predict. We look pretty good on paper but so does the White Sox.

He's underrated, doesn't complain and I'm glad we got him.

Great job by Gibby, Garver and Rodgers tonight. I didn't realize Glen Perkins was Amish lol JK. Happy to see Gibson go 8 innings so we didn't have to use anyone other than Rodgers. Best guy out of the bull pen. Not sure how Hildenberger is doing down on the farm but they may want to look at bringing him backup because we have some real issues. One other thing do we need a hole weekend to honor Joe? I mean the guy made a dump truck full of money what else are they going to give him?

IMO the issues with Rodgers and Parker have more to do with how much and when they are used. In our last series with Detroit we had a chance to sweep them but in the lone loss Roco refused to use Rodgers in the eighth inning instead going with someone else. Detroit ended up winning the game when Roco should've brought Rodgers in to pitch the 8th and Parker to pitch the ninth. Unwritten rule is when you're at home and the game is tied you use your set up man and closer like you're a head. ON the road you don't use the set up man and closer until yo have the lead. At home you use them when its tied because you have the last at bat. This is the way its been for the last 15 to 20 years. Now you have last night and IMO Roco should've left the young kid in there to pitch at least one more inning. And now he's flip flopping the relievers all over the place. Bringing in Parker before Rodgers and it's starting to screw with these guys. You could see the relievers were more than a little disgruntled. This is a good team Roco just needs to not trip them up and we'll be going to the playoffs. I understand the pitchers need there rest and I'm ok with the 100 pitch count for the starters but when you start pulling them after only 60 some pitches while pitching a shut out you have to wonder if it's set them up for failure down the road. On the positive Smeltzer pitched his hiney off. I love those types of pitchers. It isn't how hard you throw it and he beats them with great control. Throwing strikes and hitting the corners. I'd like to see them recall HIldenberger and send May down.

I agree about Sid there comes a time when a person needs to retire. Personally I don't agree with sending Hilde down if this is whats happened. I think its kind of chicken ____. The manager needs to take some of the blame for today and for the loss against Detroit. There is a reason all pitchers aren't closers. Except for this last week Hilde has done a great job this year.

I forgot one thing. It would be nice to add one more really good left hander to the bull pen. If Roco doesn't screw things up we should be the heavy favored to win our division.

Knee jerk reaction. Hilde has done a lot more good than bad. The problem is the manager and how he uses him. Hilde is a 6th or 7th inning guy who pitches to 1, 2 or at most 3 guys. Hes not a closer and Roco should know this. The Angles have his number right now and we need to give him a few days off. I can't believe that Parker couldn't have pitched the ninth. Jesus he's been going 3 or 4 days between appearances I think he's rested enough to give a little more. I can live with siting Rodgers today but Roco almost cost us a sure victory today. I'm not sure but it looks like he's trying to reinvent the game. Its not rocket science when it comes to the bull pens you have long relievers, short relievers, 7th inning guys, set up 8th inning guys and a closer which we're lucky enough to have 2. Roco blew the tie game against Detroit that we lost when he should've used Rodgers in eighth and Parker in the ninth but decided to save them for some dumb reason and now he pulls this bull crap today. I've sung his praises but its looking like dumb luck now. This is a very good team all Roco has to do is stay out of there way. AS Sparky Anderson would say just don't trip them as there running out to the field. Or something like that.

He can 't handle the pressure! don't mess up a good thing.

Roco seems to make all the right moves but I have to say something about his decision to use Hildeberger instead of using his closer in the first game. What a perfect spot to get Rodgers and or Parker an inning of work and possibly win the game. Hasn't Hilde pitched enough? Not sure what the hell he was thinking about. What did he want to give Detroit a game because he felt sorry for them? Jesus Roco pull your head out. Right now Parker pitches about every 4 or 5 days so he could use a little more work.Not sure what he was thinking about but he pulled a real Boner.

Its so nice having hitters who can hit the ball the other way. I got so sick of Dozier trying to pull everything and Mauer always slapping it to left. Dozier wanted to pull it and hit home runs all the time and it made him so one dimensional. Easy to pitch to and same with Mauer. He never pulled it always hitting it to left and for some reason he couldn't hit with any power. This team is much better and the guys they added are really good. I know Joe was a hell of a athlete but with his huge salary it really hand cuffed the team. With the way Barrios, Odorizia and Perez have pitched we may not need to add pitching.