Game Thread: Twins vs Royals, 4/16/15 @ 12:10 CT

[Circus Boy]

We are now 2/9th of the way to our predicted score.

[jokin]

 

Tie game. Vargas just annihilated the baseball.

 

Send him down, he didn't go opposite field on the previous pitch.

[Shane Wahl]

Sometimes you see line drive homers. Usually they don't hit off the second deck.

[jokin]

 

2-0 Royals. There were also two men on, so Milone really limited the damage there.

 

(Sorry)

 

Also, Robinson pulled a Robinson for a second and almost charged in too far again on a liner. He didn't have to jump this time though.

 

What else would we expect from The Minimizer ^TM

[Halsey Hall]

Vargas showed his power from the right side.  So did poof. 

[Halsey Hall]

It certainly helps when we hit the long ball.

[Hrbowski]

When will we get a better center fielder than Shane Robinson? It seems like he is better than Schafer, though.

[davidc3915]

How do I make myself look busy so I can watch the Twins game on the computer and not get busted? Go Twins!!!

[Hrbowski]

The Twins have a hard time defending the late steal.

[Circus Boy]

Kennys strong like bull, right Natasha?

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

Seriously that was a god damn laser.  Kennys mad, Kennys hit ball hard.  Where the hell did that s come from in his name?

once he proved he had the strength greater than the next strongest Kenny. He was, from that moment on, as strong as Kennys

[Dr. Evil]

Vargas's knuckles drag on the ground as he drags his wooden club to the plate. Vargas hit ball 10 miles. Vargas returns to the corner of the dugout where he sits alone in a shadow. Twins team trainer throws chunk of raw steak to corner. Vargas happy.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Arcia and Gibson last night, Vargas today...

 

when are the multi-millionaires going to start contributing? 

[Hrbowski]

We escape with only allowing one run, that is really good.

[Dr. Evil]

Seriously that was a god damn laser.  Kennys mad, Kennys hit ball hard.  Where the hell did that s come from in his name?

He is stronger than 2 guys named Kenny so they made his name plural.

[Shane Wahl]

Hopefully the people in the left field bleachers were paying attention as Escobar chucked the ball into the stands after starting to run into the dugout. Good lord.

[Hrbowski]

Hunter gets us right back in it!

[Circus Boy]

 

Arcia and Gibson last night, Vargas today...

 

when are the multi-millionaires going to start contributing? 

 

I'm a multi-millionaire.* This thread is how I contribute.

 

*in yen

[Hrbowski]

Dan Gladden said the Royals cheated on that play.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Tie game, with Hunter at second with 1 out.

 

Santana had a single, Hunter a ground-rule double, and Mauer got the RBI with a ground out to Shortstop.

[Mike Sixel]

 

Tie game, with Hunter at second with 1 out.

Santana had a single, Hunter a ground-rule double, and Mauer got the RBI with a ground out to Shortstop.

 

showing how stupid the RBI stat is......who did more there, Hunter or Mauer, to contribute to the run?

 

would be cool if Mauer got an XBH this year.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

another nice AB Plate Appearance from Dozier

[SwainZag]

 

showing how stupid the RBI stat is......who did more there, Hunter or Mauer, to contribute to the run?

 

would be cool if Mauer got an XBH this year.

 

Well Santana should have scored on Mauer's hit in the 1st....so it makes up for it.

[SwainZag]

Dang.....I really thought that was in gap.  Great play by Cain

[Hrbowski]

This Royals defense is awful

[SwainZag]

Would be nice if Escobar could open it up here and really make that error hurt

[SwainZag]

In other news....NFL reinstates Peterson, effect Friday.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Ah well - that error by the Royals didn't come back to haunt them - just one more reason they've been living a charmed existence of late...

[Hrbowski]

Tommy Milone is back to his Cy Young self.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Ah well - that error by the Royals didn't come back to haunt them - just one more reason they've been living a charmed existence of late...

Not directly at least.

 

But it's not entirely without effect. A few more pitches thrown, another batter comes up.

 

If Twins win with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, strictly speaking, that batter might not have come up without the error.

 

But yeah, far enough away, ya can't blame it directly.

 

We're doin' pretty good so far, ain't we?