Game Thread, Twins vs. Athletics, 5/7 @ 12:10 pm CT

[JB_Iowa]

Come back time (again)!

[Hrbowski]

Kyle Hammer says this rain won't last much longer, and R2D2 says he is never wrong.

[Puckett34]

You know those good feelings we've been having lately? Nolasco is really good at crushing those. The reverse stopper. Answer with 3 runs? Better give at least one back

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Welp - time to get those runs back, again!

[Hrbowski]

Acquire Brad Hand, I am ready to start the Kickstarter.

[Hrbowski]

BLAST

[70charger]

Oooooooh! Is that how center fielders are supposed to play!?

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

ok - how about a quick inning for Nolasco?

[Mike Sixel]

OF defense. .....doesn't matter? Their tolerance for this seems odd, given their treatment of Pinto. Someday maybe it will change.

[Squirrel]

Okay … I'm off to work … enjoy (?) the rest of the game … 

[70charger]

So they just showed a stat called "route efficiency percentage" on the screen for Burns's catch. Is this a thing? Do they track these?

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

So they just showed a stat called "route efficiency percentage" on the screen for Burns's catch. Is this a thing? Do they track these?

If they do, I don't want to see how Escobar rates - might break the machine.

[JB_Iowa]

Bye Bye Chi.

[Gibby]

  Get the hook. This guy is a bum.

[Gibby]

 

Okay … I'm off to work … enjoy (?) the rest of the game … 

 

  Play it pretty for Atlanta.

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

Today's game is the mlb.com free game of the day.

Late to the thread, but if others are in the Twins blackout region, I recommend the "Hola" browser extension.  Clicked it, clicked the British flag to say I am in that region, and then loaded up the free game of the day, no problem.

 

Hola (I used the Firefox extension):

http://hola.org

 

Today's game:

http://mlb.mlb.com/shared/flash/mediaplayer/v4.5/R7/MP4.jsp?calendar_event_id=14-414076-2015-05-07&content_id=&media_id=&view_key=&media_type=video&source=MLB&sponsor=MLB&clickOrigin=Media+Grid&affiliateId=Media+Grid&team=mlb

[Brock Beauchamp]

I know Escobar should have caught that ball but let's blame the real culprit here: Ricky Nolasco. Half the balls coming off the bat look like they were fired from a cannon.

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

So they just showed a stat called "route efficiency percentage" on the screen for Burns's catch. Is this a thing? Do they track these?

Part of the new "Statcast" data this year.

[James]

Finally get some time to listen to the game.  Stupid work, always getting in the way of baseball.

[Gibby]

 

Late to the thread, but if others are in the Twins blackout region, I recommend the "Hola" browser extension.  Clicked it, clicked the British flag to say I am in that region, and then loaded up the free game of the day, no problem.

 

Hola (I used the Firefox extension):

http://hola.org

 

Today's game:

http://mlb.mlb.com/shared/flash/mediaplayer/v4.5/R7/MP4.jsp?calendar_event_id=14-414076-2015-05-07&content_id=&media_id=&view_key=&media_type=video&source=MLB&sponsor=MLB&clickOrigin=Media+Grid&affiliateId=Media+Grid&team=mlb

 

  I use Hola to watch my kid's games in Italy.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Whew.... dodged a bullet that inning.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

Part of the new "Statcast" data this year.

And, I think, this was the same technology they used to show how much ground Jarrod Dyson and Lorenzo Cain covered in the OF during the playoffs last season.

[Gibby]

 

Finally get some time to listen to the game.  Stupid work, always getting in the way of baseball.

 

  I hear ya. I'm really torn. I haven't worked in 5 years. I'm really getting the itch to open a new place. The time is right with the new stadium in St Paul.

[Hrbowski]

 

OF defense. .....doesn't matter? Their tolerance for this seems odd, given their treatment of Pinto. Someday maybe it will change.

Um, they really don't have better options, do they? Hicks? I don't think that his defense make up for his bat, but I would rather see Eric Fryer than Pinto, he is hitting better and his defense is better. Probably their best option is trying to get guys like Schafer, Robinson, Presley, Fuld etc. who hit for a while and play great defense and then move on to the next.

[James]

The sad thing is, I had tickets for today's game.

 

I could have been sitting in the rain, drinking beer and watching baseball...  

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

great to see Kennys draw a walk instead of chasing that off-speed stuff!

[James]

 

  I hear ya. I'm really torn. I haven't worked in 5 years. I'm really getting the itch to open a new place. The time is right with the new stadium in St Paul.

If you were to open a new place, would you need a guy with an engineering background and an MBA?

 

I know a guy if you do.  

[Hrbowski]

Too bad that Obama grounded into a DP.

[Gibby]

 

The sad thing is, I had tickets for today's game.

 

I could have been sitting in the rain, drinking beer and watching baseball...  

 

 

 

  I really wanted to go today to, but my baseball buddies are working.

[Hrbowski]

Nice, Robinson is using the power of the styrofoam to weaken the A's.