[That's partly because the starting pitching has been much improved (17-9, 4.30 ERA) since the All-Star break. The most consistent pitcher of late has been lefthander Johan Santana, who was 4-2 with a 2.83 ERA since taking a permanent spot in the rotation on July 11. To help the Twins' other starters, who were frequently overthrowing, Anderson instructed them to throw only in the lower half of the strike zone during bullpen sessions between starts. He told them that he wants to see the catchers' mitts moving downward to receive every pitch during those workouts.] If they're constantly throwing to the glove in the bullpen, ... then go into a game with the adrenaline [pumping], everything they throw [will go high in the strike zone]. |
[The 12th hole actually has two lakes.] You could easily meet demise on this hole, ... Waterloo. |
Alice ... girls' night out, set in the audience of a Chippendale dancers performance. |
All the kids came over, and their eyes were wide. It was pretty cool. They wanted to see how he does his work, his bullpen routine. It was a great chance for them to watch him. |
And it's important to us that the course looks really nice when we open. |
Coming up here, it was pretty quiet. You're just sitting there and thinking how unfair the whole situation is. |
Each company continues to engineer and design new products for the golfer. The No. 2 golfer in the world, Vijay Singh, will go to the president of a golf company about the latest technology to help better his golf game. Making clubs bigger and lighter not only benefits the pros but will help the average golfer. |
Electric will be quieter around the houses in some areas of the course. |
Even if we could get sod now, we couldn't mow it for a week and it would look like a jungle. |
Even though we know it's January and the course opens in late April, when you put it like that, 100 days sounds like it's nearly here. |
Everyone in the rotation looked like they were pressing, trying to do way more than what they're capable of. That's what I wanted to address. |
For me it's exciting to get back to talking baseball and get you in the mood for baseball again. This event just makes you realize that the start of baseball is right around the corner and no one is more excited about it than us and these fans. |
Having this road means that our hearses will come in clean and people will be more inclined to visit regardless of weather conditions. |
He can handle that. We feel comfortable with him doing it. |
He has some concerns of velocity being down, but he's not the only one -- everybody else will be the same thing. Once you're there you will have plenty of time to get yourself ready. |