Blake

So far, the Twins are the Salvador Dali of the baseball world. Like Dali's paintings, the Twins seem to be just a bit off.

I took a look at the numbers from streak analyzer and you have to look a little deeper into the numbers. The cut-off for teams that made the play-offs is a run differential of -20 in the first 6 games. In other words, every single team that made the playoffs had a run differential of -20 or less. The Twins, with a current run differential of -14 are on the side of "there's still a chance." However, there are some really ugly numbers when run differential is sorted.. For instance, Cleveland in 1914, sported a run differential of -8 in the first 6 games and still managed to go 51-102. Pittsburgh, in 2006, was -10 in the first six games and wound up 67-95. (copied the output from Streak Analyzer into a text file and imported into a spreadsheet after formatting the text file. Sort!)

Tell the truth: were you able to type that with a straight face?

As in "perfectly awful?"

I kind of expected a bumpy ride at the beginning of the season this year, however, this is closer to taking off from the Reno airport.* *Taking off from Reno is quite the experience. There are always vicious crosswinds along with a mountain that has to be dodged shortly after takeoff.

Just tossing this out there: but, it's been pretty obvious the strike zone has been somewhat erratic these first few games. I would think inexperienced players are going to be a lot more susceptible to striking out when they have little to no idea of what is and is not going to be called a strike. We all know the young players are going to strike out a lot. That's a given. But how is an erratic strike zone countered by coaching?

Hey, it takes a while to gather the pitchforks, hemp, tar and feathers. Planning, baby, planning.

Looking like a long April.

You're trolling, aren't you?

If Nolasco wins tomorrow I won't know if I should laugh or cry. Of course, if it's a 10 to 9 win, then, laughingly crying is probably in order.

A hit!! No strike out. Trending, I smell a trend. Either that, or my dog is having issues.

Did you take the brown acid? You weren't supposed to take the brown acid.

Wow, that was ugly.

Pfft, youngsters..Santana hurt himself running. Heck, I can do that getting out of bed in the morning.

Buxton batting second?

Bert doesn't usually criticize umpires. Interesting.

I see a plan: Walk Hosmer so as to avoid a grand slam.

Yeah, it kind of has that look about it. Right now, the Twins are inept and not catching any breaks. Bad combo.

You know, history records that the Scots clans of old, when not fighting other clans, fought among themselves. Nowadays, it seems to be Twins fans. Fortunately, no claymores are involved.

Need the hammers to build a new baseball team.

Obligatory "trade Milone for a bag of hammers" gripe post.

Rosario!! All is forgiven..until your next strikeout.

or not.

Oswaldo will now give a demonstration of a professional at bat.

In my case it's because we're both grumpy old men.