Craig, I'm impressed that you found anything whatsoever to write about this game! I'll admit it: after watching 16 consecutive innings of scoreless "offense," I found the Final Four considerably more appealing than I had anticipated.
Even the Twins' gift of 11 free baserunners in those 16 innings failed to persuade the Royals that it's permissible to score an actual run every now and then.
I'm already tired of hearing Ryan and Hud bemoan all of the "unlucky" hard-hit balls.
Nate Eaton. Our offense needs to get going so it doesn't matter what he does with the bat and can make plays like that every game. Pitching is very encouraging, if only 2 games in. However, some pretty severe pressing from a young team at the plate and in the field..tough to see bc it seems this happens every year. I can understand mistakes early on from Bobby, Vinnie, MJ etc. But Nicki's and Salvys pass balls are tough. Hopefully they can settle down soon or we could be off to a very rough start with Toronto next..
Craig, I'm impressed that you found anything whatsoever to write about this game! I'll admit it: after watching 16 consecutive innings of scoreless "offense," I found the Final Four considerably more appealing than I had anticipated.
Even the Twins' gift of 11 free baserunners in those 16 innings failed to persuade the Royals that it's permissible to score an actual run every now and then.
I'm already tired of hearing Ryan and Hud bemoan all of the "unlucky" hard-hit balls.
Given how Joe Ryan dominated the Royals last year, I'm smelling a Twins sweep this weekend.
Nate Eaton's arm is giving me Alex Gordon vibes
*knocks on wood*
Bobby's looked good at short so far.
But man
WHY WOULD HE NOT THROW IT TOO FIRST AND GET THE OUT instead he felt the need too challenge one of the fastest guys in all of MLB
Royals Bullpen has been filthy so far
The good news is the 1972 White Sox and the two Cleveland teams all had winning records. Let's just ignore the other two entries on that list.
Nate Eaton. Our offense needs to get going so it doesn't matter what he does with the bat and can make plays like that every game. Pitching is very encouraging, if only 2 games in. However, some pretty severe pressing from a young team at the plate and in the field..tough to see bc it seems this happens every year. I can understand mistakes early on from Bobby, Vinnie, MJ etc. But Nicki's and Salvys pass balls are tough. Hopefully they can settle down soon or we could be off to a very rough start with Toronto next..