Showing posts with label jesse crain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jesse crain. Show all posts
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Fair is fair . . .
Blog favorite Jesse Crain got the win last night. Oh sure, a couple 5-4-3 double plays helped. In order for that to happen, though, a batter has to get on base. The AL Central needs to be dissolved is basically what I am saying.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Bill Smith is starting to scare me
Since Bill Smith has been catching heat lately . . . Sid to the rescue.
The quote:
"Unfortunately, we've had to tap into the Rochester market a few times this year. Certainly, with [Pat] Neshek and [Boof] Bonser and now [Kevin] Slowey, on the DL, we've tapped that market. I think we probably have to look further outside now. Jesse Crain is back and threw the ball well the other day. And hopefully he can come back and help us here over the next two months.''
The other day Jesse Crain threw the ball and ended the game in Anaheim and the Angels won. Is that the outing that he threw the ball "well", Bill? God, Drew was correct, it is going to be LaTroy. Way to look "outside", Bill.
The quote:
"Unfortunately, we've had to tap into the Rochester market a few times this year. Certainly, with [Pat] Neshek and [Boof] Bonser and now [Kevin] Slowey, on the DL, we've tapped that market. I think we probably have to look further outside now. Jesse Crain is back and threw the ball well the other day. And hopefully he can come back and help us here over the next two months.''
The other day Jesse Crain threw the ball and ended the game in Anaheim and the Angels won. Is that the outing that he threw the ball "well", Bill? God, Drew was correct, it is going to be LaTroy. Way to look "outside", Bill.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
A Comprehensive List Of Problems On The Current Minnesota Twins Baseball Team
This has been a great year, far surpassing expectations and giving many of us hope for the future. It has also been a year in which we've had to endure looking at Brendan Harris' face. With that in mind, allow me to comment on the problems that this Twins team currently has:
1. Nick Punto is allowed to play baseball on a regular basis.
His life is one horrible failure after another. As Nani once put it, he's just not quite good enough in so many areas of athletic competition, it leads to a sinking feeling every time I see his face. I will give him points for being incredibly stupid though, because that means he fits right in with this team.
2. Jesse Crain can't do anything well.
We really could use a guy to come into the game in the 7th or 8th inning and leave without giving up 8 runs. That would be really quite nice. A guy that doesn't walk everyone he faces. A guy who doesn't telegraph every pitch. A guy who can throw a strike without it being right down the middle. Jesse Crain is not this guy.
3. Carlos Gomez plays the game like a small child, and that's not a good thing.
Eventually, he's going to have to figure out a way to hit a baseball.
4. Livan Hernandez is fat.
It's really going to suck when he peels off 4 starts in a row where he gives up 8 runs a piece. Because that's coming. But, of course, maybe Liriano will be allowed up when that happens, so that might be a good thing. Liriano stays in the vegetable aisle, while Livan goes straight for the boxed dinner section.
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The bottom line is that occasionally, the collective stupidness of the team works against them, as it has been when they play against good teams. Smart pitchers can easily take them apart, because all you really have to do is know exactly what they are going to swing at, and throw something that looks like it. You see it happen to Gomez every time up. The upside of this is that with the team so dumb, I'm not sure they even remember that they played a game yesterday. That should help the swings on Friday.
1. Nick Punto is allowed to play baseball on a regular basis.
His life is one horrible failure after another. As Nani once put it, he's just not quite good enough in so many areas of athletic competition, it leads to a sinking feeling every time I see his face. I will give him points for being incredibly stupid though, because that means he fits right in with this team.
2. Jesse Crain can't do anything well.
We really could use a guy to come into the game in the 7th or 8th inning and leave without giving up 8 runs. That would be really quite nice. A guy that doesn't walk everyone he faces. A guy who doesn't telegraph every pitch. A guy who can throw a strike without it being right down the middle. Jesse Crain is not this guy.
3. Carlos Gomez plays the game like a small child, and that's not a good thing.
Eventually, he's going to have to figure out a way to hit a baseball.
4. Livan Hernandez is fat.
It's really going to suck when he peels off 4 starts in a row where he gives up 8 runs a piece. Because that's coming. But, of course, maybe Liriano will be allowed up when that happens, so that might be a good thing. Liriano stays in the vegetable aisle, while Livan goes straight for the boxed dinner section.
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The bottom line is that occasionally, the collective stupidness of the team works against them, as it has been when they play against good teams. Smart pitchers can easily take them apart, because all you really have to do is know exactly what they are going to swing at, and throw something that looks like it. You see it happen to Gomez every time up. The upside of this is that with the team so dumb, I'm not sure they even remember that they played a game yesterday. That should help the swings on Friday.
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