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  1. IndianaTwin
    And realistically, since Sept. 1 is two weeks from today, most activations are pretty much for the duration.
  2. IndianaTwin
    Great article again, as always... Stew said: "The inning has to be reconstructed based on what follows, even if logic dictates that the inning would have played out differently." I assume that statement applies in the following situation, but I've always wondered about that as it applies to bunts. Buxton singlesAdrianza strikes out.Castro grounds to 2B, but SS drops the ball on the force, resulting in 1st and 2nd with 1 out (should be runner on 1st with 2 outs)Ervin Santana is up, so he bunts for the second out, moving the runners to 2nd and 3rd. (In the reconstruction, a bunt out would be the 3rd out, but he wouldn't be bunting in that situation. After all, it's Santana -- he would have slashed a double down the line!)Dozier singles and both runs score.Grossman strikes out.I assume that would be two unearned runs, but the notion of reconstructing the inning with the bunt doesn't make much since there should have been two outs and Santana wouldn't have been bunting. What is the explanation on that one? Is it the claim that Santana was actually bunting for a hit?
  3. IndianaTwin
    I know it's lame to quote your own post, but it would be fun to have a Twins Daily gathering in Cedar Rapids on Saturday night (the 19th). Any takers? I grew up south of Iowa City and went to a bazillion game at old Vets Memorial as a kid, but I've only been to the new digs once. If someone has a suggestion on a good place to gather before the game, I'm all ears.
  4. IndianaTwin
    I'd like to see Sano at 3B as long as possible, but whether he stays or moves from 3B really comes down to the alternatives. If the available 1B is the second coming of a pre-concussion Morneau and the best 3B option is Nick Punto (and remember that Punto turns 40 this fall), it makes sense to leave Sano at 3B.If there's a new Gary Gaetti at 3B and Craig Kusick Jr. is the 1B option, you move Sano.We can't predict either with precision for 2019, let alone 3-5 years or more from now. Either way, as my momma used to say, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
  5. IndianaTwin
    Edited... High minors: AA and AAA (and White Sox) Agree otherwise.
  6. IndianaTwin
    I've said this before, and I'll say it again. The overwhelming sense of civility here is what keeps me taking part in Twins Daily and not the other sites. Thanks again, moderators and other posters.
  7. IndianaTwin
    This is outstanding news, and I'm glad it's happening already rather than waiting a couple more weeks. He has nothing more to prove.* *This opinion may or may not be influenced by the fact that I have a business trip taking me to eastern Iowa, arriving on the 19th when the Kernels play Beloit.
  8. IndianaTwin
    I'll also add that this is the first 8-2 stretch of the season.
  9. IndianaTwin
    Tied for the second wild card nuthin'. The Twins are at .50877, whereas the Mariners are at .50862. That's clearly Advantage Twins!
  10. IndianaTwin
    Nice game thread, with the always interesting Joe M conversation. Speaking of self-driving cars, my son points out that once we have self-driving vehicles, we'll have country songs about how your truck left you too.
  11. IndianaTwin
    If Mejia can't go Sunday, I hope Gee gets the start.
  12. IndianaTwin
    My standard line is that basketball and football are just something to have on TV until baseball comes around.
  13. IndianaTwin
    I'm with you. He had several nice plays again tonight. AND Der Schlagger has moved into fourth on the Career Homers by a Player Born in Germany list. He's on pace to catch Mike Blowers in either late 2019 or early 2020.
  14. IndianaTwin
    This description of using a couple starts to look at Bartolo may be the POTD. And by D, I mean "decade." And speaking of Bartolo -- if he loses 133 pounds, is he a Semicolon? Finally, when I got home from work the other day, my wife said, "I"ve got good news. Your colonoscopy results are in. They found your head." Sorry, Chief, if I stole that from your repertoire.
  15. IndianaTwin
    Yep. It just seems like he was around forever because he had at least 28 starts in 11 of his 12 seasons, beginning at age 22. And the season he missed still had 21 starts. And talk about steady -- 8 of his 12 seasons had an ERA+ from 101 to 120. Two seasons were low 90s and two were 135 and 136. He always struck me as someone who was content with himself and a baseball life that treated him well and allowed himself to make solid chunk of money. He didn't seem like a hanger-on or someone that needed to maintain his identity by being in the public eye. And I mean all of that in the best way possible. Is that an accurate read?
  16. IndianaTwin
    Actually, I'm with you in not minding it. It looks like we only need a No. 5 starter two times before Aug. 5. I'm fine with a two-game trial on a guy who had a 118 ERA+ last year: If he pitches well and we're still amazingly in it, great. We got a bargain for the stretch run. If he pitches well, but we've fallen out of it, he might bring us a low-end prospect by trade. If he pitches lousy, good riddance. And congrats on a great career that ended only behind Juan Marichal in wins by a Dominican. And even if he pitches lousy, we've gained enough time to fully stretch out Dillon Gee, who now has pitched 3, 5, and 7 scoreless innings at Rochester with a 0.87 WHIP, his only action since May. SSS sure, but of our long-shot waiver claims, I think he has the best chance of being a legit No. 4 or 5. He's only 31 and has shown some (albeit inconsistent) success. He would get three more starts before being needed on Aug. 5. Shucks, if Colon is really lousy on Tuesday, it will have at least bought Gee another start at Rochester. The Twins can actually arrange the rotation to have the second time they need a No. 5 be on the 25th, which would be Gee's normal day. And by Aug. 5 or so, we've got basically 45 games left to see where: The standings are. How the trade market dust has settled. Where all the prospects are in terms of innings limits and continued progression in the pattern that best suits their development. That could mean finish the season where they currently are, moving up for a few starts, picking up a few bullpen innings at a higher level, or whatever.
  17. IndianaTwin
    For what it's worth, Brad Radke is only seven months older than Bartolo.
  18. IndianaTwin
    But the bat is inching up. Shucks, if he goes 3 for 4 today he'll be hitting MY weight.
  19. IndianaTwin
    I'm pretty sure that it's accurate, because I read it on the Internet. Internet studies have shown that about 94.73 percent of statistics quoted from the Web were made up on the spot.
  20. IndianaTwin
    I always enjoy doing these kinds of things too. Buxton is also on pace for 164 strikeouts. But when I looked on baseball-reference, he had 21 singles that didn't leave a runner on second or when he didn't advance to second on an error. Similarly, 18 of his walks/HBP didn't move a man to second. His reaching on an error moved Rosario to 2B. I don't know how to check for any other situations, but that would suggest he was on first with second open about 39 times. In that context, 14 steals of second is pretty impressive -- more than 1 of 3 times resulted in a steal. Now if we could just get that number of times on first to increase, that projection of 28 steals could really increase!
  21. IndianaTwin
    That's what my uncle told me.
  22. IndianaTwin
    I'm going to hang around as long as you will let me.
  23. IndianaTwin
    What is this number string: 82-48-71-62-84-82-95. a: Today's Powerball numbers. b: Tonight's Bingo numbers at the local retirement home. c: The combination to my bike padlock. (It's a big padlock.) d: Ozzie Smith's season-by-season OPS+ numbers from the first seven years of his career, covering ages 23-29, when he finally started to put it together offensively. Hint: They told me in class that if I don't have an idea on multiple choice, go with the option that is noticeably longer or shorter than the others. That makes the answer d, which is correct. Star or not star, I don't care. Puff piece or not, I think we need regular reminders that he is still 23. And to paraphrase some college basketball coach talking about freshmen, "What's the best thing about a 23-year-old?" He becomes a 24-year-old.
  24. IndianaTwin
    I've always been a big Pujols fan, but that is one of the defining moments of his career in my mind. I wish the clip would continue to show the Astro dugout reaction. Andy Pettitte's mouth drops wide open as you see him just say, "Wow." Clemens sits there speechless. Of course, the reason I've always been a big fan of him is this. My auction fantasy league has a rule that you can keep a player from year to year by increasing his price by $5, as long as you want (with a minimum of $12 on the first keep). I bought him as a $1 rookie and then had him at $12, $17, $22, $27, $32, $37, and $42. First eight years of his career at an average cost of $24 in a $260 league, when he was putting up $40-$45 stats. (Unfortunately, I usually parlayed the savings on Albert into bidding $15 on the likes of Luis Rivas, but Rivas isn't the subject of the game thread, so we'll ignore that part.)
  25. IndianaTwin
    If your luck is like mine, he will immediately start to rake. So on behalf of Twins fans everywhere, thank you for taking one for the team.
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