I posted yesterday on the utterly inane strategy that the Twins have taken with regard to Joe Crede’s health, namely that they have refused to put him on the DL to rest and rehab despite the fact that he has missed between 3 and 6 days every two-week period all season, excluding the last two [...]
Archive for the ‘Blown Calls’ Category
Beating a dead horse, er, Joe Crede, and the winter of my Cabrera discontent.
Posted in Blown Calls, Deep Thoughts, Game Wrap, tagged Alexi Casilla, Brendan Harris, Carlos Gomez, Joe Crede, Michael Cuddyer, Nick Punto, Orlando Cabrera on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well… that was painful. A look at the ‘Pen.
Posted in Blown Calls, Game Wrap, On My "List", Thoughts, tagged Boof Bonser, Brian Bass, Craig Breslow, Dennys Reyes, Glen Perkins, Jesse Crain, Joe Nathan, Kevin Slowey, Matt Guerrier, Mike Lamb, Pat Neshek, Ron Gardenhire, TV announcers on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The bullpen needs help. There, I said it. We have seen, over the past few weeks, the decline of a few of the former studs of our bullpen, ending in the release of Juan Rincon, who was considered by some to be the best setup guy in baseball a few years ago. Now we are [...]
Sorry, guys. Morneau wasn’t the MVP.
Posted in Blown Calls, Thoughts, tagged George Sherrill, JD Drew, Justin Morneau, Michael Young, Scott Kazmir, Stupid Baseball Rules on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
‘Nuff said.
But not really.
Justin Morneau had a pretty good all-star game. He was two-for-four, with a double and two runs scored. He also played nearly flawless first base (the one hiccup was when Joakim Soria should have fielded a bunt and Morneau hesitated for a full second-and-a-half before going in to back it up, which [...]
All-Star Game! Or, the over-honoring of Yankee Stadium.
Posted in Blown Calls, Game Wrap, Thoughts, tagged All-Star Game, Hall of Fame, Joe Mauer, Joe Nathan, Justin Morneau, Mariano Rivera, TV announcers on July 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Before I start this post, my apologies for missing a couple days. I wasn’t able to watch Sunday’s game (which was good for my blood pressure, it sounds like), so I didn’t want to comment on a close game.
Also, HUGE congratulations to both Justin Morneau and Josh Hamilton. Last night’s home run derby was by [...]
