Last week, the Twins signed Brad Thompson to a minor-league contract. Two weeks earlier, Jason Marquis signed a major-league contract with the Twins. Jason Marquis pitches to contact, gets ground balls, strikes out few. Brad Thompson pitches to contact, gets ground balls, strikes out few. Some people are stars long before they get famous, and some people are artists long before they pick up a brush, and some people are Twins long before they become Twins.
Generally speaking, we all know what a Minnesota Twins pitcher looks like. He’s got a strikeout rate a tick below six per nine innings. (Even the movie Twins has 5.9 stars on IMDB.) He survives this limitation either by walking nobody—no-body—or by keeping the ball on the ground, but either way he’s not looking to coax a strike three out of anybody, and he’s not all that concerned about allowing a home run as long as there is nobody on base. He’s a veteran, and if he’s not a veteran, he&r...
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PLAYERS:
Brad Thompson,
Jason Marquis,
Brad Radke,
Boof Bonser,
Carl Pavano,
Kevin Slowey,
Carlos Silva,
Mark Redman,
Ramon Ortiz,
Glen Perkins,
Matt Kinney,
Sidney Ponson,
Kyle Lohse,
Eric Milton,
Livan Hernandez,
Nick Blackburn,
Scott Baker,
Bill James,
Jon Lieber,
Aaron Sele,
Christian Bale,
Ashley Olsen
TEAMS: Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals
TEAMS: Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals
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