33 thoughts on “April 25, 2022: Forecast”

1. Dylan Bundy: The 8th pitcher since the current mound distance was set in 1893 to have 1-or-fewer runs allowed and 1-or-fewer walks allowed in his first 3 appearances of the season.

   Never got an answer to my question yesterday -- how many times has the first pitch of the game and the last pitch of the game been a HR?

   1. I don’t know, but I know it happened once in the playoffs by you-know-who: https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-first-in-postseason-to-homer-on-first-and-last-pitch

2. I had seen headlines about Kyle Schwarber going nuts on a bad strike call last night and passed it off, then saw a photo of him arguing and recognized who the ump was -- now I'm feeling bad for him.

   1. He was especially bad last night even for AH. Something like 85 percent accuracy on his calls. Also you can see Schwarber yelling to another umpire, "both sides are complaining."

      1. I am excited for the @umpscorecards for this one.

         1. I was correct in being excited. Wowzers!

            Umpire: Angel Hernandez
            Final: Brewers 1, Phillies 0#ThisIsMyCrew // #RingTheBell#MILvsPHI // #PHIvsMIL pic.twitter.com/x38zUGrU5E

            — Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) April 25, 2022

      2. I enjoyed him gesturing to the Brewers dugout and saying (I'm paraphrasing), "They're with me, too!"

         It's about twelve seconds into the clip.

         1. i saw someone describe that performance as "vaudevillian".

3. I woke up with the Twins in first and that feels damn good.

   1. eh. "first". however, here's to hoping they never turn back.

4. Twins Team Leaders

   Player	Batter rWAR	Batter fWAR
   Byron Buxton	1.2	1.3
   Rest of Roster	0.7	-0.2

   1. The only way to go is up!

   2. AL Slugging Percentage Leaders

      1. Buxton .946
      2. Trout .690

      1. He's ~8 PAs short of qualifying but has such a large lead it doesn't matter.

      2. Once again, thank you for being stupid, Tony LaRussa.

      3. More SSS fun. Buxton has played 10 games. In three of them, he went a combined 0-12 with 8 strikeouts, no walks. In the other 7 games his slashline is .520/552/1.400

         1. I look forward to the day season "SSS" and "Buxton" don't have to go together.

            1. 

         2. If you go back to Labor Day last season, Buxton is hitting .324/.386/.755 in his last 153 PA.

            In that time he has 15 singles, 15 doubles, and 15 home runs.

            1. Remember a few years ago, when there were people calling him "Buston" and saying the Twins should get rid of him and play Jake Cave in center field? I wonder what happened to those people.

               1. they're now saying Buxton will get hurt and it won't matter anyway

               2. I think they've moved on to Towns.

               3. Also a lot of Zack Granite should be playing steam. Granite never played in the majors after the Twins traded him and he retired officially last year.

5. I just realized this order of events…

   Beltrán was the only player named in the commissioner's report.

   …

   The only thing that stopped us [in 2017] was something that was so illegal and horrific. … The only thing that derailed us was a cheating circumstance that threw us off.

   …

   Despite Cashman’s feelings on the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal in which Beltran was fingered as a key conspirator and in which Maybin was a World Series-winning team member, Cashman not only gave the signal to go forward with the two players [as broadcasting crew], but encouraged it.

6. if someone offered 43 billion dollars for this site would you sell?

   1. Yeah, sorry guys. There might end up being a wgom.com that I could afford to buy now.

      1. With that kind of scratch you could make wgom.gov.

         1. I will make it literally Twins Territory.

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            2. Oh, you're making this Citizen proud

   2. I'm hoping this is what finally makes me delete my account.

      1. Been there, done that.

   3. "Let's see...what other government agencies haven't I passed off yet?"

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