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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I’m still not sure why the Twins didn’t trade for a starter at the deadline, as the Astros have done. Even if it meant offering Larnach or Kirilloff. Maybe something will change this offseason?
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    It’s not hard for me to believe that “everybody knew” the balls were going to be different, but also that no one anticipated the balls would be that much deader than the regular season baseballs. I agree it’s a problem. The Twins maybe would have started Odorizzi in Yankees Stadium, I think, had the Twins known for sure. But I don’t understand in what ways the commissioner is the enemy of the owners?
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I still can’t believe it. I think overconfidence played a big part, too.
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I am quoting you because of your interesting “storage facility” comment. I’m not calling it an MLB conspiracy, but there could still be shenanigans among third parties, maybe? What were the o/u betting lines for runs scored in the first round? Like I said, I’m not ready to buy in to the MLB conspiracy narrative, but on the other hand I am very sure there are very clever criminals operating in our midst.
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    But I don’t think it needs to work that way. If the Twins convert that double play in game one, couldn’t you easily see a situation where the Twins lead 3-1 or 3-2 going into the 6th or 7th inning? That’s a good sniff at a win, no?
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Another decision many of us were questioning in real time was not using Castro in game two. Maybe with Dobnak, the veteran Castro calls the game differently. You can always sub in Garver later if you needed a bat and took Castro out.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes. Send Berrios out for the fifth. Absolutely. Not singling you out.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I wonder how much input MLB had in it, that is, is it a national decision? If it’s just a local decision, I wish they would stop it. In the Metrodome, the Twins had a rock band out in left field for a very short time, circa 1999-2000. It didn’t last long.
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Me also. Kelly also had a peculiar way of calling out his players, but not by name or in a “throw under the bus” kind of way, but in a way that you were glad he was acknowledging something everyone could see but didn’t want to mention. If that makes any sense. For example, an outfielder takes a poor route, gets turned around on a ball, over his head and costs the team some runs. Kelly might say, dryly, “we want our outfielders to keep their 360-degree turns to a minimum.” And Kelly’s teams were not intimidated by New York, even in the lean years. Oh, and rookie manager.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    And from 2012-2016, the AL Central represented in the World Series four times in a span of five years. But, small market!
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Since 2002, the Yankees have never swept an opponent in any postseason series. None. Except the Twins.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I disagree too. Start Schoop in game one. The Twins were overthinking this. There would have been a chance to get Arraez in the game later and then start Arraez in game two. Arraez’s double was good, but hardly hard-hit, and Arraez also grounded into a double play early on which was a huge blow. You feel for the kid having a terrible game, we were all happy he healed up in time to play, but coming off the ankle sprain the right call was to start Schoop.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Give Polanco some credit too. Otherwise, yeah.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    For the record, I don’t disagree with either of you.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    This time I think we can say “yes, they were one player away.” A starting pitcher. Not that that excuses the other players who haven’t showed up yet this series.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sounds to me like there is a “Twins never had a chance” strain of revisionist thinking going on—that I strongly disagree with. If the Yankees were that superior to the 101-win Twins this year, then how many wins should the Twins shoot for next season to be on their level? No way the Twins should have been swept this year. No way. By the way, I went back to 2002 and calculated the Yankees postseason Win-Loss record and Win% since then. Anyone care to guess what that is?
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    And then when the Twins get back to NY for game five, we turn to... Dobnak? It unfortunately looks like the Twins out-thought themselves this series, or were way too overconfident behind the scenes. Or something. They were certainly “out-analyticed” up in the front office.
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Against a tough Toronto lineup, Cleveland started Ryan Merritt in game five of the 2016 ALCS. Four plus shutout innings. Cleveland is where Falvey came from. I thought he or someone in the Twins front office might have an idea or something up their sleeve for this one. With Dobnak, I assumed the Twins had a plan. How to pitch to the Yankees with the stuff Dobnak has. “Once through the order” or something, then someone else. The process they used during the season of following one pitcher with another type of pitcher. Or that Dobnak had the best chance out of their six-plus other guys like Smeltzer, Perez, Graterol, Thorpe, whoever.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    In hindsight, I don’t know what they were thinking with Dobnak. I don’t blame Dobnak. I like Dobnak a lot as a good person and am happy for him. I just assumed the team had a plan with his start tonight. They didn’t. Dobnak wasn’t good enough, and when he got into trouble in the third, they shrugged their shoulders and pulled him from the game as if he was just a guy making a spot start in June.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Agree, the Yankees best reliever in 2017 was arguably Chad Green, and they brought him in in the first inning in the Wild Card game that year.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Would have been better if the Twins could have magnified LeMahieu’s dropped pop up. But yeah.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sure he is. I would probably use Astudillo as a pinch hitter ahead of Adrianza. We’re only talking about bench guys, here. Adrianza is a better bet for a middle infield replacement, but with Astudillo active, you have the elite contact skill, a tiny bit of corner position flexibility, and that third catcher you can use to buy time if Castro or Garver were to tweak something or get a bad foul tip and you wish to sit Castro or Garver for a game or two instead of placing them on the injured list and losing them completely. Add to that, Adrianza hasn’t played for a few weeks. I mean, the Twins said it was a very, very difficult decision. So there was probably some internal disagreement and some who were arguing for Astudillo.
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Love it! You might issue some free passes, but I think you’ll escape in good shape.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think some people are being too hard on Berrios. It’s true he wasn’t locating his breaking ball, but he should have gotten some plays made behind him, and been given a chance to pitch deeper into the game. People shouldn’t expect that lineups like the Yankees and Astros will be mowed down 1-2-3, inning after inning, game after game. Maybe a guy like Dobnak can do it for a few innings tonight. The Yankees probably don’t have “a book” on him like they do Berrios or Odorizzi.
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Although the poster you both are responding said Astudillo can hit, the poster was mostly building up Astudillo’s intangibles. So with all due respect, I will say “all of you are right.” And surely you can think of situations where Astudillo should pinch hit for Castro.
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