Game Thread, Twins @ Tigers, 4/9 @ 12:08pm CT

[USAFChief]

Unless there's a medical or similar reason, I too would not sit Arcia against a RHer.

[teekz]

Who would you sit for Escobar to get ABs?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

They should just go ahead and move this game back about 5 hours.

 

Any news?  Looking at the radar, um, i think the heaviest locally is on top of 'em now.  But something heavier is perhaps an hour and a half away?  Hard to judge sometimes.

 

But if they made it a night game (less likely, being a travel day) i'd kick myself for not including the following youtube snippet.  In part so i get used to dealing with media as a communication skillset (like going the other way with outside pitches? but that's a stretch) but mainly just 'cause i like the actor what played the father in that 70s show.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWXDuZXMAo

 

Did it work?

[jimmer]

 

Who would you sit for Escobar to get ABs?

Nobody against a righty.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Shoot.  Game's about to begin, but i got me an errand i've been putting off, and while perhaps i can put it off a bit longer, i shouldn't. 

 

I'll chime in as i can.

 

And i trust Escobar will do fine.  We're keeping the other team off balance.  That's it.

[jimmer]

 

Shoot.  Game's about to begin, but i got me an errand i've been putting off, and while perhaps i can put it off a bit longer, i shouldn't. 

 

I'll chime in as i can.

 

And i trust Escobar will do fine.  We're keeping the other team off balance.  That's it.

I want Escobar to do well today and shove our words down our throat :-)

[Mill1634]

How long we delayed for?

[Riverbrian]

RAIN DELAY -- How much time for lunch do they think I have!!!

[David HK]

 

Who would you sit for Escobar to get ABs?

Plouffe!  Please!

 

[Shane Wahl]

Is LF the only OF position that Escobar is able to play? Sitting Hunter today wouldn't have been terrible, but I probably wouldn't be moving Arcia around the damn OF, so I don't know what to do there. 

 

If I want Escobar in the lineup today, I probably give Plouffe a day off, give Arcia a day off against the next lefty, and then spell Santana and Dozier soon too.

[amjgt]

Good news about this rain delay is that the Twins offense hasn't been affected at all. They are scoring runs at the exact same pace as they have the rest of the season.

 

The Tigers offense, on the other hand, has really taken it on the chin.

[Circus Boy]

 

Is LF the only OF position that Escobar is able to play? Sitting Hunter today wouldn't have been terrible, but I probably wouldn't be moving Arcia around the damn OF, so I don't know what to do there. 

 

If I want Escobar in the lineup today, I probably give Plouffe a day off, give Arcia a day off against the next lefty, and then spell Santana and Dozier soon too.

 

Good observation.

 

Mr. Wahl, your avatar is terrific. Who is that man with the incredible 'stache?

[Hrbowski]

Maybe Shane Greene will give up a run today.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Any word on the expected length of the delay? Are they playing the game today, or will it be postponed?

[Mike Sixel]

Clearly mother nature is a baseball fan, and is also waiting for Buxton, Sano, Burdi and others to be up. this should be re-scheduled for early June......

[stringer bell]

With no information at hand, I will guess they will play. They would have postponed this game early because it is a getaway day, plus there won't be much walkup sales and there probably wasn't a lot of tickets sold for the game in the first place.

Of course, I could be completely wrong.

[Halsey Hall]

Gibson has held the Tigers hitless for 2 hours now!

[DocBauer]

 

Actually it can... We could lose 12-0 today.  

 

BUT THAT WON"T HAPPEN... I'm personally guaranteeing that we won't lose 12-0 today. 

So MLB has gone ahead and adopted the 10 run rule?

[LimestoneBaggy]

Homer- Whoo-hoo! A dishonorable discharge rain delay.That's the best we could have hoped for.

[nicksaviking]

 

Clearly mother nature is a baseball fan, and is also waiting for Buxton, Sano, Burdi and others to be up. this should be re-scheduled for early June......

 

And the rest of the games in between?  I'm all for pausing the season and having three straight weeks of triple-headers once they're called up.

[jimmer]

 

Clearly mother nature is a baseball fan, and is also waiting for Buxton, Sano, Burdi and others to be up. this should be re-scheduled for early June......

Early June? When at least two of those three still won't be up? :-)

[ashbury]

 

Gibson has held the Tigers hitless for 2 hours now!

Unfortunately his SO/HR ratio (that's per hour, not per home run) remains at zero.

[amjgt]

I predict a 4:15 eastern start time

[Mike Sixel]

See, they really only need 4 starters right now.....that's the message from mother nature, since Nick is right, she's not going to cause a reschedule of 60 games......

[mikeee]

Bet it's another half hour.  I peeked at weather.com in the detroit area.  Ooo..  There may have

been some freezing rain in there too..

[jorgenswest]

In Rochester...

 

Hicks made a great catch and scored a run

Pinto has thrown out a runner.

Meyer has two scoreless innings (two walks)

 

1-0 Rochester in the third

[sampleSizeOfOne]

So i haven't missed much yet?

Am waiting in line at Walmart, an all american activity.

[jimmer]

 

In Rochester...

 

Hicks made a great catch and scored a run

Pinto has thrown out a runner.

Meyer has two scoreless innings (two walks)

 

1-0 Rochester in the third

Man, TWO WALKS!!! In only 2 innings?  Still needs seasoning.

[ashbury]

 

In Rochester...

 

Hicks made a great catch

http://media.tumblr.com/100af8b544f564e088a40232a4bf5ebb/tumblr_inline_nkfrgwbLVa1qaoi7g.gif

 

(Without all the song and dance, of course.)

[amjgt]

Rochester going up against Andrew Albers today.