According to Matt Weinstein of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Bobby Keppel is headed for the Twins, which means someone will have to go. There are three questions that I think this move raises:
1. Why Bobby Keppel? Why not Rob Delaney or some other hotshot?
The answer to this one is pretty simple. Bobby Keppel was [...]
Archive for the ‘Predictions and Hobnobbery’ Category
Keppel Headed for Minny, who is leaving? UPDATED: It’s Ayala.
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Bobby Keppel, Brian Buscher, Luis Ayala, Matt Tolbert, Sean Henn on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Missed Week Edition
Posted in Elsewhere in Baseball..., Game Wrap, Predictions and Hobnobbery, State of the 'Pen, tagged Alex Rodriguez, Francisco Liriano, Glen Perkins, Joe Nathan, Juan Cruz, Kevin Slowey, Manny Ramirez, Scott Baker, TV announcers on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Man, what a busy two weeks, no?! Spring training games started (well, a little more than a week ago), we saw Joe Crede in the field (I use “we” in a figurative sense, since none of the games he as played in have been on TV), we lost Boooof indefinitely, we didn’t sign Juan Cruz, [...]
Joe Crede: Better than a poke in the eye.(tm)
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Joe Crede on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Maybe it’s just an elbow in the ribs. Or maybe it’s a kiss on the cheek. I dunno.
I don’t know what to think about Joe Crede, so I thought I would take a post to examine my feelings. In fact, I’m gonna do it bullet-point style, yust to calm me.
Things I know:
Crede was good on [...]
Bold Predictions
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Alexi Casilla, Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Craig Breslow, Delmon Young, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer, Nick Punto on February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As tonight is the first of many spring training games and is effectively the beginning of baseball season, I think it is time for some bold predictions, to rip off Andrew over at Twins Fix. His predictions are extremely positive, which I like. I’m not so positive, but I’ll see where this goes.
BTW, I have [...]
The Rest of October
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are my quick picks for the remaining series (granted, I did very poorly during March Madness, so take it as you will):
ALDS:
Tampa Bay beats Chicago in five games
California’s Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim beat the Red Sox in four games
ALCS:
Angels beat Rays in six games
NLDS:
Milwaukee Brewers beat Philadelphia Phillies in five games
Los Angeles Dodgers [...]
Playing with the Outfield; Problems Caused by Cuddyer (NOMY)
Posted in On My "List", Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Carlos Gomez, Delmon Young, Denard Span, Dmitri Young, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer, Mike Lamb, Randy Ruiz, TV announcers on August 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Note: This post is mostly an expansion on posts I left here and here today. I wanted to take the space to thresh out the ideas more fully, so here you go.)
(NOTE: I will be going on my first real vacation in several years on Saturday, and thus might not have another post up for [...]
Apparently Safeco Field is built on top of Union Station, and I am fascinated by rare pitches.
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Francisco Liriano, Mechanics of Baseball, R.A. Dickey, Teams of Yore on August 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Is there anything more distracting than nearly constant train whistles as one is trying to pitch? I know I was gritting my teet the whole time I was watching this whole series. My favorite moment of the series was yesterday, when R.A. Dickey accidentally threw a 52-mph eephus pitch by accident when a train whistle [...]
The Metrodome vs. the House that Ruth Built
Posted in Game Wrap, Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Brendan Harris, Carlos Gomez, Livan Hernandez, Nick Punto, Scott Baker on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scott Baker should (rightfully) be angry with his offense tonight. Lets look at the numbers for a moment:
# of starts that Baker has given a quality start: 10
record in those quality starts: 4-3 with 3 NDs
# of starts that Baker has given up only 1 run or less: 5 (Not including the May 3 appearance [...]
Series Preview: Twins (53-42) vs. Rangers (50-46)
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, tagged Glen Perkins, Kevin Slowey, Scott Baker, Texas Rangers on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First, I just want to make note of the new item on the sidebar. I have been blogging for 5+ years, and have always used an alias of some sort. Why? When I was young, I was stupid and wrote a lot of things I would have regretted had anyone known it was me. Then, [...]
