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| Final White Sox Game | (09/25/2008) Powered by: CoveritLive |
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7:13
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This is the big one, the Twins can go into the last series of the year against the worst team in the Al Central up on the White Sox |
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7:16
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Slowey gets out of the 1st with three flyballs. Â He’s an extreme flyball pitcher so it’s very likely there will be balls going out tonight. Â The key for him is to keep baserunners off of the bases and make those home runs solo jobs |
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7:17
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Gavin Floyd is pitching for the White Sox, he is a lesser talent compared to Slowey |
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7:21
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I should say, Floyd is the lesser talent right now. Â I haven’t tried to project him into the future yet |
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7:24
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Twins get lucky on a KenGJr misjudge and score first, Mauer is on right now though. Â Â He hit that ball really hard. |
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7:26
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Okay, Yes, Slowey is the better pitching talent, he projects a lot better than Floyd |
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7:32
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Like usual, I’m doing this from work, so interruptions are to be expected |
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7:41
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What has made Punto not so bad this year? Â He stopped trying to be a good hitter. Â In 2006, when he wasn’t terrible, he swung at pitches early in the count and got fat fastballs he could drive. Â In 2007, when he was horrendous, he took more pitches and tried working counts. Â He tried being a moneyball player. Â Terrible. Â Now he’s back to mediocrity, not craptitude, and his presence is semi-tolerable |
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7:48
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Punto is actually doing a good job of hitting pitches outside the zone this year. Â It appears to correlate with success for Punto, so his key is getting those fastballs wherever they are, even if outside the strike zone, and driving them. Â It’s almost like Punto is a perpetual pinch hitter (the traditional rule of thumb for pinch hitters is to swing at the first fastball which is close enough to hit. |
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7:56
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Twins hitters are getting good wood on the ball, so it’s just a matter of time before the balls start dropping |
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8:00
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Cabrera hits a homerun to tie the game on a hung breaking ball. Â Solo job. |
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8:04
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There was a collision in the outfield where Gomez and Span hit each other and Gomez knocked the ball out of Span’s glove. Â Sometimes Gomez has too much range. Â The ball was in right field near the baggy, this is the right fielders territory. Â |
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8:08
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It’s a mental error which cost the Twins the lead |
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8:13
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Buscher made another boner, so the Twins gave the White Sox 5 outs and it cost the Twins 2 runs |
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8:14
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I don’t know why Gardy is warming up Guerrier, does he want to lose the game? |
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8:14
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Slowey gets in trouble because of 2 boners and suddenly he’s at risk of getting yanked? Â Whatever |
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8:16
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Well, Slowey did something inexcusable too, hitting AL with an 0-2 count. Â You can’t afford to do that |
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8:17
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Three runs will score on a Slowey error. Â May not have been an out at first, but throwing the ball away cost two runs |
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8:18
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6 runs in the inning, Guerrier comes in. Â 6-1 Twins |
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8:18
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Basically, the game is now out of reach for the Twins |
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8:24
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The reason I say this is because the Twins don’t have a lot of power. Â In order to score runs, you need 2 things: Baserunners and guys to drive baserunners in. Â i.e. OPS. Â Twins are 9th in the AL in OPS. Â More damningly, the Twins are 10th in slugging. Â This handicaps them from being able to score lots of runs effeciently |
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8:28
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The Twins are 5th in on-base-percentage though, so we should be able to get the requisit number of baserunners. Â |
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8:33
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I shouldn’t close the door on the Twins so soon (and this isn’t just because they just scored thanks to a Gomez triple).
They have shown the ability to come back and win games when down by a lot. Â They also grind (like most professional teams). Â With the season on the line, they’re not in a position to lay down |
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8:35
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Well…Span with the Double, I guess I won’t get to quit early |
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8:37
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Commercial reading material today? Â Aaron Clarey’s “Behind the Housing Crash” |
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8:39
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highly recommended |
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8:40
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What when wrong with Guerrier? |
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8:42
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I think it’s just fatigue. Â His walk rate is up and he’s giving up more HRs per FB, but…his SO rate and other numbers are unchanged. Â He’s having a hard time locating his pitches, it’s tough to do when your arm feels like rubber, and his misses are either getting pounded or he’s walking guys. |
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8:44
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Back to back walks=baserunners=guys who get to walk in when HRs happen |
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8:54
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Twins are 21st in MLB in Deffensive Efficiency, which means we are a below average defensive team. Â If we hit more home runs, it wouldn’t bug me
Not that it bugs me now |
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8:58
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Just about closing time |
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9:04
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Buscher has been really disappointing in the last two months |
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9:04
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Checking out, thanks for reading (both of you) |
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9:05
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