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StarTribune/Souhan: (Carlos) Gomez executes starts, stops with unharnessed flair

Tuesday, he gave us drama, farce, thrills, melodrama and slapstick, all before the end of the third.

Gomez, notorious for his lack of patience and savvy in the batter’s box, started the game with a five-pitch at-bat, flipping the fifth pitch into center for a single. That started a three-run rally.

In the second, Gomez saw six pitches, again blooping the last one into shallow right-center. Brewers center fielder Mike Cameron watched Gomez steam around first and stop.

As Cameron began to lob the ball to the second baseman, Gomez sprinted toward second. Cameron added some urgency to his throw, but second baseman Casey McGehee dropped it. Gomez had effectively stolen second base without waiting for the pitcher to get the ball. (...) This being Gomez, there had to be melodrama, so after the inning ended, Gomez acted like a spent marathoner as he walked to his position in center, bending at the waist and gasping for air.

Coot Veal and Cot Deal Posted: June 24, 2009 at 06:57 AM | 4 comment(s)
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1. DL from MN Posted: June 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM (#3230897)

Slight hijack but I think this is more interesting:

From the Pioneer Press http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_12676409?source=rss
Luis Ayala wanted so badly to be the chief setup man for closer Joe Nathan, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Tuesday, that he asked to be traded once it became apparent that he couldn't have that role.

But the detail that might have cinched Ayala's departure from Minnesota was his admitted motivation for wanting the job: a better contract next year.

"When you walk into my office and say you don't like your role, and he talked about his contract for next year — you lose me right there," Gardenhire said one day after the Twins designated the right-handed reliever for assignment. "I'm talking about winning this year, and he's talking about, if he doesn't get in the right situations here, he's worried about his contract. You lose me right there. . . . We were talking about different things, and that's why he's out the door and another guy is here to pitch."

2. twon8 Posted: June 24, 2009 at 10:56 AM (#3231005)

I've never considered starting the game off with 3 runs in the first a "rally".

3. DL from MN Posted: June 24, 2009 at 01:08 PM (#3231248)

Some rumors of the Pirates having interest in Ayala. Maybe the Twins would take back Evan Meek and see if they can get his walk rate down.

4. DL from MN Posted: June 24, 2009 at 01:31 PM (#3231274)

Right now Gomez and Delmon are hitting about as well as each other and Gomez is FAR BETTER in the outfield than Young. Gomez is one of the top defenders in the majors and Young is one of the worst. Still the word is when Span returns that Gomez is going to take a seat more often than Delmon.

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