Article: Twins vs. Reds, 06/24/2012, 12:10pm

[glunn]

Trevor: "Hey, Josh - do you wanna have a HR contest today?"

 

Josh: "Sure, Trev - sounds like fun."

Good one, SB.

[Ultima Ratio]

What can the Twins do to get Morneau back to form, especially his futility against southpaws? He look horrible out there.

[glunn]

C'mon Trevor -- you need to win today's HR derby.

[Brock Beauchamp]

C'mon, Perkins.

[glunn]

C'mon, Perkins.

My sentiments exactly.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I so want to like Casilla. He's a talented player when his head isn't planted in his ass.

[stringer bell]

"Six or more runs to win the game". Nope "Homer by a guy with zero homers." Un uh "Diamond leaves if allowing a baserunner in the eighth." Regrettably no. "Twins having no chance against Chapman". Not so much. Not very good at predicting today.

[glunn]

That walk of the first batter was not a good thing, so hopefully Perk can strike these next 2 guys out.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Strikes, Burton! Throw strikes!

[Badsmerf]

"Six or more runs to win the game". Nope "Homer by a guy with zero homers." Un uh "Diamond leaves if allowing a baserunner in the eighth." Regrettably no. "Twins having no chance against Chapman". Not so much. Not very good at predicting today.

Awesomeness

[Badsmerf]

That walk of the first batter was not a good thing, so hopefully Perk can strike these next 2 guys out.

Burton is actually pitching right now.

[Celebrity Weddings!]

What can the Twins do to get Morneau back to form, especially his futility against southpaws? He look horrible out there.

I'm not really sure facing a lefty who throws 102mph and strikes out nearly half the batters he faces results in the sort of horrible-looking that can be fixed by coaching.

[glunn]

Burton is actually pitching right now.

WTF -- where is Perkins??

[IdahoPilgrim]

Why do the Twins always need to make these games so dramatic?

[GCTF]

Taking the scenic route to win this thing.

[IdahoPilgrim]

WTF -- where is Perkins??

Perkins is in the pen, warming up. I'm guessing, since he pitched last night, they were hoping Burton could do the job today.

[Badsmerf]

WTF -- where is Perkins??

The Reds have a lot of RH hitters up so Burton got to start the inning. Perkins is warming up.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'm not really sure facing a lefty who throws 102mph and strikes out nearly half the batters he faces results in the sort of horrible-looking that can be fixed by coaching.

Question: would you have pinch-hit Doumit in that situation? Or for Mastrioanni?

 

I don't understand why Ryan wasn't out there to lead off the inning.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Perkins is in the pen, warming up. I'm guessing, since he pitched last night, they were hoping Burton could do the job today.

Lots of righties due in the ninth. For once, I'm with Gardy on this one.

[Brock Beauchamp]

LOL. That's Twins Baseball™.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Man! Even the ending was dramatic - Casilla, rather than just stepping on the bag, falls down flat on top of it!

[notoriousgod71]

What the hell was that???

[Badsmerf]

Wow. This game is why I love baseball.

[Guest USAFChief]

I'm not really sure facing a lefty who throws 102mph and strikes out nearly half the batters he faces results in the sort of horrible-looking that can be fixed by coaching.

He might have had his best AB against Chapman.

 

It's the pathetic ABs against mediocre RHers that have me worried.

 

EDIT: Nice win.

[DaveW]

Nice win, hopefully they can keep up this momentum for a bit.

[stringer bell]

I thought Doumit would have a better chance than Morneau--man he is sucking. For you old-timers here, when I saw the replay of J-Will's homer, I thought of Harmon, not the trajectory of the bomb but the way Willingham stepped across the plate.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Nice win, hopefully they can keep up this momentum for a bit.

"We won a game yesterday, if we win one today that's two in a row. If we win one tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before."

[stringer bell]

What the hell was that???

It looked to me like Carroll threw him a changeup.

[Celebrity Weddings!]

I don't understand why Ryan wasn't out there to lead off the inning.

I'm with you. Though without pretending that it makes sense, Gardenhire's extreme antsiness with respect to having a catcher ready in case of emergency is probably the reason. Not a good one, but a reason?

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'm with you. Though without pretending that it makes sense, Gardenhire's extreme antsiness with respect to having a catcher ready in case of emergency is probably the reason. Not a good one, but a reason?

Well, it's not as if he had Doumit suit up for the ninth. We got to see Son of Sal gut Burton through that inning.

 

Player of the Game, obviously.