Game Thread: Twins v Mariners, 5/16 @ 7:10pm CT

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Maybe Dozier should stay at the top of the lineup

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Go Perkins' neck beard

[Twins Twerp]

At least cano doesnt bunt

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Who needs to bunt with a wild pitch?

[Squirrel]

Geez, c'mon Perk

[LaBombo]

Perkins has been studying at the Eddie G. School of Drama...

[Twins Twerp]

Have we become toooooo reliant on game winners?

[stringer bell]

Too d@%#n interesting!

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Have we become toooooo reliant on game winners?

No kidding, can't they win it in 24 outs?

[Hawkeye12]

Way to bounce back Perk, and GREAT job by Kurt Klutch blocking that one in the dirt with the guy on third!

[Craig Arko]

That should please the rubberband man.

[stringer bell]

Winnah! And the Twins are .500 after 40 games. The latest they've been .500 or better since the enchanted season of 2010.

[LaBombo]

Have we become toooooo reliant on game winners?

 

Just made it back to .500, so might not be time for rehab yet...

 

Good win and more encouraging signs about the future.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

That should please the rubberband man.

 

Yup. Hooray for 500!

 

Maybe we could start stretching it in the other direction now?

 

I vaguely remember that being part of the theory as originally stated...

[LaBombo]

Who needs to bunt with a wild pitch?

Know this one!... Punto?

[JB_Iowa]

So nice to have this one over after 8 1/2!

[stringer bell]

Colabello is on the team because....he is an interpreter.

[OldTimeTwinkie]

Is Perkins velocity down? Could he be experiencing a "dead arm" or his velocity normal?

[snepp]

Is Perkins velocity down? Could he be experiencing a "dead arm" or his velocity normal?

 

According to the velocity charts on Fangraphs, he is down quite a bit over the last couple of seasons (from upper 94's fastball to lower 93's, iirc).