Game Thread, Twins @ White Sox, 4/12 @ 1:10pm CT

[glunn]

 

Thats what happens when your 2B/SS is playing in the outfield. And why isn't Escobar an everyday starter?

 

This is getting sad.  Escobar is usually reliable.

[SwainZag]

I just had Castro flashbacks.

 

 

[notoriousgod71]

 

 

I think this applies: (minus Gardy)

http://i57.tinypic.com/2i6mecn.jpg

Where's Bartlett?

[Mill1634]

Were lucky to only be down 2. Hughes should get permission to kick the snot out of his outfielders at the next practice. 

[TwinsCD]

How does THAT happen?  When I was in HS, my coach had something he yelled out every time we one-handed a fly ball or pop up -- TWO HANDS TURKEY!!  I say it to myself every time I see it on TV or when I umpire.  TK and his fundamentals must be seething mad right now.

[glunn]

Whew,  I have a Vegas bet for the Twins to win the division, and I would like to keep some hope alive.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2-0 After 2 innings as Circus Boy update.

 

 

[Mill1634]

At least he made up for it. 

[glunn]

Nice hustle by Nunez to stretch that to a double.

[Danchat]

And then Nunez makes up for his gaffe by hitting a double. As expected.

[Mill1634]

We are the worst team in baseball of moving guys over...

[Circus Boy]

Holy nickels! Just read the 2nd inning pbp on ESPN and it's plain why there was so much consternation in Twins Nation. If we can get out of that kind of jam, that bodes well. Or not. That's my prediction.

[glunn]

Give Hughes credit for not giving up a run after the 2 errors,

[Mill1634]

Should have been a triple, but thanks Danny. 

[glunn]

Santana!!!  We are still in this.

[HitInAPinch]

Santana chopping some wood

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Santana picks up Nunez!

 

Halves the lead, and winds up in scoring position.

[Riverbrian]

 

How does THAT happen?  When I was in HS, my coach had something he yelled out every time we one-handed a fly ball or pop up -- TWO HANDS TURKEY!!  I say it to myself every time I see it on TV or when I umpire.  TK and his fundamentals must be seething mad right now.

 

Actually two hands is not for improved catching... its for quick transition out of the glove. 

 

I thought the ball transitioned out of Nunez and Escobars glove really fast... so... no need for two hands. 

[Mill1634]

Thats a ball. 

[jokin]

 

We are the worst team in baseball of moving guys over...

 

Heh, but that's just one of our many categories for "bragging rights"

[SwainZag]

Joe just got rung up on Ball 4.

[NorthwestTwinsFan]

Mauer wasn't too pleased with that call.  Appeared to be inside, but that's the way things are going I suppose.

[Mill1634]

Over/Under on .5 an error this inning? 

[Mill1634]

That didn't last long...

[TwinsCD]

 

Actually two hands is not for improved catching... its for quick transition out of the glove. 

 

I thought the ball transitioned out of Nunez and Escobars glove really fast... so... no need for two hands. 

 

It's to make sure the ball doesn't pop out like it did on Escobar.  He half-assed the catch as it was anyway so he deserved what he got out of it.

[gil4]

 

Actually two hands is not for improved catching... its for quick transition out of the glove. 

 

I thought the ball transitioned out of Nunez and Escobars glove really fast... so... no need for two hands. 

The transition out of is never the problem.  They need to work on the transition into.  (For Nunez it should be transition into Rochester or the waiver wire, but that's hard to do while he's batting 1.000.)

Edited April 12, 2015 by gil4

[Squirrel]

Nunez will be the first gone (of position players). How soon? Not soon enough

[notoriousgod71]

Bert ranked Pelf's performance yesterday 8 out of 10.

 

I would hate to see what a 2 looks like.

[alskntwnsfn]

Early favorite for game thread of the year. Love the lineup haiku.

 

Popups are routine.

Twins do all the little things,

these words were once true.

[Mill1634]

 

Nunez will be the first gone (of position players). How soon? Not soon enough

What makes you think that?