Game Thread: Twins @ Athletics, 8/9 @ 8:05pm CT

[glunn]

8 walks by the Twins pitchers in 2 innings.

[VATwinsFan]

Well, this is an improvement.

[ashbury]

Growing pains.

Our pediatrician prescribed a drug for that when our three kids hit that stage.

[ashbury]

I think they need to talk with him between innings and ask about his fatigue level. 

And then look to trade him if he says anything but "send me out there right now".

[glunn]

I think you mean this one? http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090721&content_id=5970030&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

Yep.  As Winston Churchill famously said, "never give up."

[Willihammer]

If TD posting were an Olympic event...

 

_{^{(Best punch line wins +1 Internets)}}

Ashbury wouldn't medal, that's for sure. 100 posts? Pshhh

[Squirrel]

If TD posting were an Olympic event...

 

_{^{(Best punch line wins +1 Internets)}}

There'd be no more Olympics due to poor television ratings.

[Mill1634]

8 walks by the Twins pitchers in 2 innings.

In other words...A 10U baseball pitching like team

[ashbury]

Meyer had a pretty rough night tonight, too although it sounds like his control was better .... but Indianoplis scored 4 off him in 2 innings. .

You misspelled the name of my hometown, Indianoplace.

[ashbury]

6 more days of work before a 4-week vacation.

One more start for May and then they DL him for the rest of the season?

[Riverbrian]

I was thinking the exact opposite. It looks like every move he makes is sized to someone 5'6 instead of 6'5. Very tentative, especially on the throws to first. He just looked uncomfortable and not confident.

He probably felt... Real real small... Crawl in a hole... Like small.

[Mill1634]

Just walk them on 4 pitches.  

[ashbury]

In comparison... Pinpoint control.

Uhhh...?

[Squirrel]

In comparison... Pinpoint control.

What was that?

[Winston Smith]

What's the record for walks in a game?

[Squirrel]

Uh oh ... I'm starting to think like Ash.

[Mill1634]

What's the record for walks in a game?

16

[Squirrel]

Brian, you found your ability to like again?

[VATwinsFan]

Time to cue up the Bugs Bunny baseball conga line?

[Riverbrian]

My likes came back and now they are gone again...

 

I don't like that.

[Squirrel]

My likes came back and now they are gone again...

I don't like that.

I think you're given so many in a 24-hr period. So they are coming back as the likes you made during last nights game passed the 24-hr mark.

[Riverbrian]

I think you're given so many in a 24-hr period. So they are coming back as the likes you made during last nights game passed the 24-hr mark.

Why so many in a 24 hour period... Is this a budget issue?

[ashbury]

Ashbury wouldn't medal, that's for sure. 100 posts? Pshhh

Slow week.

[Squirrel]

Man, at this rate the game is gonna last 4 1/2 hrs

[Riverbrian]

Look at that pinpoint control

[Squirrel]

Why so many in a 24 hour period... Is this a budget issue?

Ask Brock about the whys and wherefores of that, but I believe the limit was intentional.

[Riverbrian]

Man, at this rate the game is gonna last 4 1/2 hrs

What time is it?

[VATwinsFan]

Got a ways to go to match the 263 pitches thrown by A's pitchers in 9 innings against the Tigers in a 20-4 loss -- 4/13/93.

[glunn]

I just hit my like quota.  I wonder if I can get more by going back and unliking something?

 

Edit - I just tried it and it worked.

[Willihammer]

What's the record for walks in a game?

Since 1914, its 19