Game Thread: Twins@Tigers 5/11 12:08PM

[stringer bell]

Gardy going with Perk for a four-out save? Sacrilege! Oh, wait!

[ashbury]

Bremer and Morris expressing uncertainty which lefthander will be called upon to take as much time as he wants to warm up in the wake of Fien getting drilled.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Gardy going with Perk for a four-out save? Sacrilege! Oh, wait!

 

I think Gardy got tossed, so you can blame the sacrilege on someone else...

[Craig Arko]

I think Gardy got tossed, so you can blame the sacrilege on someone else...

 

Steinbach.

 

I think we may know who's going to the DL to make room for Arcia.

[stringer bell]

I think Gardy got tossed, so you can blame the sacrilege on someone else...

That was my point of "oh wait!"

[GCTF]

Gardy going with Perk for a four-out save? Sacrilege! Oh, wait!

 

Good catch, Gardy got the boot earlier. He strikes me as a guy who still uses a rotary phone so I doubt he texted his instructions to whoever's in charge.

[GCTF]

Steinbach = managerial genius.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

That was my point of "oh wait!"

 

Sorry. I am slow on the uptake.

 

Anyway, it hasn't gone wrong yet, so i'm happy.

[Craig Arko]

Good catch, Gardy got the boot earlier. He strikes me as a guy who still uses a rotary phone so I doubt he texted his instructions to whoever's in charge.

 

Tin cans and a string.

[ashbury]

Steinbach.

 

I think we may know who's going to the DL to make room for Arcia.

 

If this were Burton getting hit by a batted ball, you could have been right. With Fien pitching well so far this season, his actual physical status Tuesday will decide that, IMO.

[GCTF]

Tin cans and a string.

 

Ahoy hoy.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Tin cans and a string.

 

Hmmm... Would texting on tin cans and string involve a clothespin?

[Craig Arko]

If this were Burton getting hit by a batted ball, you could have been right. With Fien pitching well so far this season, his actual physical status Tuesday will decide that, IMO.

 

At least they are reporting no break. That was a nasty one.

[GCTF]

sigh.

[ashbury]

Would anyone else here feel more confident going into the bottom of the ninth with major league outfielders in LF and CF?

[GCTF]

Would anyone else here feel more confident going into the bottom of the ninth with major league outfielders in LF and CF?

 

It'll be fine. See?

[stringer bell]

I like Escobar and think he should get a chance to be the regular SS, but I think his drawback is lack of great speed and range for a guy without much power. He's hit pretty lustily this year, so maybe he has a bit more than a little power.

[glunn]

Would anyone else here feel more confident going into the bottom of the ninth with major league outfielders in LF and CF?

 

I would. But Perk knows what he's got out there and will get it done.

[glunn]

It turns out that the defensive problem was at 1B.

[glunn]

Very nice win! The rubber band survives.

[Circus Boy]

Very nice win! The rubber band survives.

 

Agree! The rubber band lives another day.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Very nice win! The rubber band survives.

 

Hurray for the rubber band!

 

Seems particularly effective in rubber games...

[kydoty]

Winning a series the Twins Baseball™ way.

[stringer bell]

5-0 in rubber games. I was going to mention that the Twins were actually better off a year ago (18-17), but fell into a big funk from there.

[Craig Arko]

Winning a series the Twins Baseball™ way.

 

Take 'em any way you can.

 

So all, thanks for the good times. Starting a complicated new job tomorrow after being underemployed for a few months. Probably limited to weekends at most for the rest of this season.

 

Ciao.

[ashbury]

Twins Baseball™

 

Using that phrase with a TM symbol has been trademarked. Prepare to hear from their lawyers.

[ashbury]

Take 'em any way you can.

 

So all, thanks for the good times. Starting a complicated new job tomorrow after being underemployed for a few months. Probably limited to weekends at most for the rest of this season.

 

Ciao.

 

Your absence will be missed.

 

/

[Brock Beauchamp]

5-0 in rubber games. I was going to mention that the Twins were actually better off a year ago (18-17), but fell into a big funk from there.

 

Thankfully, that's unlikely to happen this year, as the pitching staff continues to look somewhat competent. I don't see long losing streaks in this team's future.

[stringer bell]

Would anyone else here feel more confident going into the bottom of the ninth with major league outfielders in LF and CF?

And Perk closes it out with one fly ball for each outfielder.

[Circus Boy]

Take 'em any way you can.

 

So all, thanks for the good times. Starting a complicated new job tomorrow after being underemployed for a few months. Probably limited to weekends at most for the rest of this season.

 

Ciao.

 

Shane! Come back, Shane!