Twins-tasic!
I just made up that awesome word, but I was plenty stoked to see my Minnesota Twins defeat the Baltimore Orioles today. For one thing, it's rare to see anyone other than a select few teams on TV. Second, ESPN actually got off their "we're not gonna actually show any sports, but we will talk about them nonstop" kick to put some commentators up in the Twin Cities for a game between two wild-card contenders. Fancy that! Now, if we could only cut the re-airing of "1st and 10..." well, we don't wanna count them chick-hens...
So, the game was sort of nice, there was more "Walkoff Delight" courtesy of Jacque Jones, another one of a handful of players in our generation that will probably never be an All-Star but will have nonetheless had one of the best and most productive careers. Another one of these players is current Twin Shannon Stewart, who is an even better example of this type of player. Players like these can't jack their stats up quite high enough at the break for the team, but nonetheless have solid composite numbers at the end. Also falling into this category were Tim Salmon (an extreme case, clearly robbed many times over) and Eric Karros. I'm sure there are more of these guys floating around, but I can't think of them, so if anybody wants some homework...
In other news, the Reds called up Austin Kearns, presumably to shop him around before the deadline. I thought sending him to Louisville anyway was pretty contrived... Kearns clearly had no business being there anyway. Trading Kearns is probably a mistake, but then again, the Reds do need some pitching help so it might be acceptable under certain circumstances.
Be prepared for a massive attack on the Nationals' chances if Livan Hernandez follows through on his threat not to pitch any more this year. If he opts for the surgery that team is done. I also might have to take back my comments on the A's, since they're pitching extremely well. By the way, so are Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson, so I guess everyone should be happy.
Is he or is he not? The case for whether or not John Smoltz should be in the Hall of Fame is coming soon. I think this will be far and away the most interesting discussion of this type we'll have in the coming years. His stats are really quite unlike any other pitcher, even the Eck. Is it too early to put Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz in the Hall? We'll have to save that for another time.
So, the game was sort of nice, there was more "Walkoff Delight" courtesy of Jacque Jones, another one of a handful of players in our generation that will probably never be an All-Star but will have nonetheless had one of the best and most productive careers. Another one of these players is current Twin Shannon Stewart, who is an even better example of this type of player. Players like these can't jack their stats up quite high enough at the break for the team, but nonetheless have solid composite numbers at the end. Also falling into this category were Tim Salmon (an extreme case, clearly robbed many times over) and Eric Karros. I'm sure there are more of these guys floating around, but I can't think of them, so if anybody wants some homework...
In other news, the Reds called up Austin Kearns, presumably to shop him around before the deadline. I thought sending him to Louisville anyway was pretty contrived... Kearns clearly had no business being there anyway. Trading Kearns is probably a mistake, but then again, the Reds do need some pitching help so it might be acceptable under certain circumstances.
Be prepared for a massive attack on the Nationals' chances if Livan Hernandez follows through on his threat not to pitch any more this year. If he opts for the surgery that team is done. I also might have to take back my comments on the A's, since they're pitching extremely well. By the way, so are Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson, so I guess everyone should be happy.
Is he or is he not? The case for whether or not John Smoltz should be in the Hall of Fame is coming soon. I think this will be far and away the most interesting discussion of this type we'll have in the coming years. His stats are really quite unlike any other pitcher, even the Eck. Is it too early to put Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz in the Hall? We'll have to save that for another time.
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