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  1. AceWrigley
    Time for some butt-naked batting practice or something!!
  2. AceWrigley
    It could be that some hitters just aren't feeling comfortable in the batter's box and haven't got their swings to click yet. Whatever it is, it sure made this weekend against the Tigers frustrating.
  3. AceWrigley
    Observing, understanding and even talking about the finer points of pitching mechanics isn't easy. It's why we have pitching coaches. Great article Matt; you're miles ahead of us pedestrian observers. Thanks for the insight and write-up. Now we can all watch the release point and pitch zone location. Good charts too; I like how the change up falls off the chart.
  4. AceWrigley
    Hooray for the 2-out 0-2 count base hit by Sano to score 2 runs.
  5. AceWrigley
    I didn't think Vargas' relay throw from 2B was that bad, Marwin should have caught it. A lot of 4-letter words at my house in the 9th. Kudos to "Meatlocker" in the 10th. When the heck are we gonna pound somebody with a barrage of runs? How used to winning have we become . . . as we pick apart a victory. It was awesome to pick up the win, but then my Black Hawks lost to Las Vegas to get eliminated. It was a late night here on the east coast.
  6. AceWrigley
    It's the Houston Cheatos. It's why they're orange, and stuff.
  7. AceWrigley
    Is it just me or do the players look different in the powder blues? Not play different, but actually look different. I thought Kep looked like he came out of a different era of baseball today. It's probably just my aging eyes.
  8. AceWrigley
    I've always liked Alex Avila, but now that he's a Twin and we get to see him more regularly, I like him even more. Good signing. I'm a huge Mitch Garver fan, but I like winning more. If playing Alex a bit more is good for the team, I'm all for it.
  9. AceWrigley
    I agree. It was like an electrical charge in the air, ozone high or something. It was very tangible.
  10. AceWrigley
    Honorable mention: Jim Eisenreich. A 16th round draft pick out of St. Cloud State, he went from hitting .311 with 23 homers in the Single-A Midwest League in '81 to play CF opening day for the Twins in '82. He batted over .300 and played a good CF, but his season was short circuited by undiagnosed Tourette's Syndrome and his difficulties dealing with it in the high pressure Major Leagues. None of us knew what was happening when in early May in Boston Eisenreich walked off the field holding the hand of Gary Ward. The next 2 seasons he played sparingly, then spent 2 years out of professional baseball getting treatment. He came back and had a great career playing 12 more seasons, ending with a .290 average and a World Series ring with the '97 Marlins. I always wished those seasons could gave been spent playing for the Twins.
  11. AceWrigley
    I like beating the Royals by large amounts. Go Twins.
  12. AceWrigley
    I like LaMonte Wade in the OF mix.
  13. AceWrigley
    Agreed, but I like the idea of Garver's bat heating up keeping him in the lineup as much as possible.
  14. AceWrigley
    Nice article. I think hiding the ball as long as possible is a pitching advantage, giving the hitter less time to track the ball. It seems this front office has the ability to pinpoint certain players in other organizations they feel they can work with should they become available. This sounds simple but not always easy to produce results. Makes it extra fun when they pick up a guy.
  15. AceWrigley
    You come to play.
  16. AceWrigley
    A nice straight-up stance with little pre-swing movement. Nice wrist action. If he can keep his swing from getting too long and wait on pitches he could be something special . . . dang.
  17. AceWrigley
    << To add some fun....saw the idea of removing the screens protecting the cardboard people.....make foul balls a lot more fun........ >> Oh heck yes!!!! This is brilliant. Imagine a foul tip that would usually hit the screen nail one of the cardboard hecklers separating his head from the rest of his fake carcass. Would make this season infinitely more interesting. Priceless.
  18. AceWrigley
    I find this picture somehow disturbing. At least Sponge Bob looks like he's having a good time.
  19. AceWrigley
    Let's not forget softballer Aaron Whitefield making his debut as a pinch runner, scoring a run and getting to shag a flyball.
  20. AceWrigley
    Coming to America . . . where's Fernando?
  21. AceWrigley
    I'll say it now: Eddie Rosario will win the AL Batting Title.
  22. AceWrigley
    "Once again the talent-laden Minnesota offense completely shut down on the biggest stage." You would think realism would only go so far. Big-Game Eddie, how we miss you.
  23. AceWrigley
    I saw Noel Paul Stookey in a one-man concert a millennium ago, on campus at Concordia I think. A mix of music and stories that illuminate his life and make yours brighter. Awesome.
  24. AceWrigley
    If any records fall, I see an asterisk attached to them.
  25. AceWrigley
    Last year Kepler had reverse splits L vs R. Re-upping his game vs RHP would make this awesome lineup even deadlier.
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