A Great At-Bat for DY and a Win in NY

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 Posted in Delmon Young, Twins | Comments Off

Delmon Young’s 8th inning double that drove in three runs to tie the game at four and eventually lead to the Twins 5-4 win over the Yankees shows just how far he’s come at the plate in the last couple ...

Scott Baker and the Importance of Pitch Location

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 Posted in Scott Baker, Twins | Comments Off

Scott Baker’s overall decent start against the Yankees on Monday night was defined by two bad pitches to two great hitters. I’ve taken four screen captures of each home run to show how Baker’s miss with the intended pitch location ...

An Ugly Opening Day Start by Carl Pavano

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 Posted in Carl Pavano, Twins | Comments Off

That was no fun. Living in Toronto, I unfortunately witnessed that ugly opening day loss in person. Well, at least the first seven innings, until I decided that I couldn’t take watching that performance any longer. The defense was flat-out bad. ...

Nick Blackburn and Pitch Movement

Saturday, March 12th, 2011 Posted in Nick Blackburn, Twins | Comments Off

I hate that Ron Gardenhire has already given Nick Blackburn a spot in the rotation. Blackburn had a terrible year in 2010, one that included a trip down to AAA. However, his first five innings of spring training baseball were ...