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And the outfielders did the jump shot thing … who said they didn’t do that anymore? Maybe that was a different thread. Good win. Hardly matters anymore, but I still like seeing the wins

Heh, yeah, that’s a field I would really suck at. I chose being a musician instead. I pour my emotions into music, not baseball ?

And on two outs, too

Not being a troll. I’m just less reactionary about these things. Out of my control. Again, I wouldn’t have pulled him, but I’m also not going to project, either

I’m watching, too, and have been a fan for as long. Not saying he should have been pulled, but watching on TV I don’t think is quite the same to have that certain of knowledge. Apologies if I misread your post, it just seemed more reactionary, as is typical from we fans

What did he say? Are you good at lip reading, too?

How do you know what he has left? Not saying he should be pulled, but this kind of mind reading isn’t really an effective argument, except to relieve emotional distress

You jinxed it.

True ace pitching is rare. I’m not even sure that such a pitcher can be developed. That said, we do need to develop legitimate major league pitching, pitching that will give us 5-7 quality innings, and maybe the occasional 8 and perhaps even a rare 9. But, the trick is not just to develop starting pitching but to also develop, maybe even more importantly, quality, durable relief pitching. Or, to pay for that on the open market. To me, it’s not about having an ace, nice as it would be, it’s about having starting pitching that keeps you in games, and then an ‘ace’ BP that will shut the door.

Bleep

Wow, not even close

It’s a replay of that long game we played against Cleveland in Puerto Rico

Omg …. Nerve wracking!!!!!!!!!!

AACK! I CANT TAKE IT!

Thanks for the info. We sometimes forget the person behind the athlete.

With the ban on shifts next year, that could be a real plus for Kepler offensively. Hard to say, though

This has been my bugaboo all season. It's not the limit to starting pitching, although that is annoying, it's that they had that plan and then didn't do the one thing that was necessary for that plan to succeed ... have a durable, competent, shut 'em down, BP. That's the flaw in the ointment. It would probably still be annoying to most of us to have pitchers pulled after 4 and 5 innings, but way less so if the BP was able enough to compensate. The error is the FO's to bear.

And Wallner has now been called up. so there!

I started a separate thread, but will update it here, too ... Kepler to the IL, Wallner added and up, Strotman DFA'd, Varland up as the 29th man for the DH

Here we go!

Yes, we need him to ... doesn't mean he should or is able without further injury. So, it's fact we need him to, but it's opinion that he should or could.

No, the biggest one was putting together the roster of pitchers we have, especially the BP

Well, the Twins didn't make McKenzie work much that inning

I’m not sure what this means. Rocco is pretty much forced to trust who the FO gives him. Ober will pitch tonight. Not sure if that move has been officially made yet, but Ober has been or will be activated and pitch tonight, and Cotton has been (or will be) dfa’d, again. Varland will probably pitch one of the double header games on Saturday as the extra player. And I assume Winder pitch the other. I haven’t followed who is off the IL and who is still rehabbing, etc

Rally! Rally! Rally!