Article: Royals vs. Twins, 07/01/2012, 1:10pm

[Ultima Ratio]

Oh good, I thought Span may try to bunt Dozier over to third

[IdahoPilgrim]

Butera has a great arm, I would match him up against any catcher in baseball in throwing out runners. If the pitchers give him a shot (holding them close and not giving incredible jumps), he will get them 50% of the time.

I think he's the best catcher defensively on the team. Now if he could only hit with regularity...

[glunn]

Nice catch by Willingham. Lots of Twins are contributing today.

[glunn]

Butler was more than pesky, but Burton hung in there. If the Twins win today, lots of folks deserve credit.

[glunn]

This will be perfect if Plouffe can get his third home run of the day.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Butler was more than pesky, but Burton hung in there. If the Twins win today, lots of folks deserve credit.

Yes. These are the little things that all too often get unnoticed. Mauer battles Chapman and gets a double, wearing him down emotionally and setting up the Willingham homer. Butler tries to do the same thing here, but Burton wins the battle and prevents would could have been a nasty inning from happening.

[glunn]

I would have pinch hit Revere for Mastro here.

[Ultima Ratio]

Just take the walk there Plouffe, can't hit one out every time, nor should you try when they're pitching around you.

[glunn]

And now I would pinch hit Revere for Butera. Why not go with the hotter bat to go for more insurance runs?

[IdahoPilgrim]

Dang that Butera - can't he do anything right?

[Scheherezade]

Butera three run bomb!

[Ultima Ratio]

Are you kidding me????!!!!

[glunn]

And I would have been wrong. Congratulations to Butera for hitting the bomb.

[glunn]

This has turned out to be a very enjoyable game. I will be in a good mood for the rest of the day.

[ofx1]

Droofus!

[IdahoPilgrim]

A new record for Target Field - the first time the Twins have hit 4 HRs in a game here.

[ofx1]

KC appears to be looking forward to sitting someplace with air conditioning.

[glunn]

KC appears to be looking forward to sitting someplace with air conditioning.

Hopefully for their traditional home in the cellar.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Don't get too casual here, guys. You still have to get that last out. Texas was one pitch away from winning the world series last fall twice, and ended up with nothing.

[ofx1]

Hopefully for their traditional home in the cellar.

True, but at this point I'll take the draft slot... And Perkins makes it interesting w/4 straight 2 out hits... sheesh.

[glunn]

Damn -- this is not going well. We need to get a reliever ready.

[ofx1]

Nice game/win after being down 5-1

[glunn]

Finally! Good win.

[Ultima Ratio]

So it turns out that we needed the Butera home run to win... tis an interesting game, baseball is.

[Ultima Ratio]

And Gray gets another win on another less than impressive relief outing. What a worthless stat.

[one_eyed_jack]

That was a fun game to watch. I didn't like the way things were looking when KC made it 5-1, but that's baseball.

 

Let's see what we can do in Detroit.

 

I'd love to see Hendriks get his first W tomorrow.

 

That 4th of July matchup of Duensing vs. Verlander doesn't give me good feelings.

[one_eyed_jack]

And Gray gets another win on another less than impressive relief outing. What a worthless stat.

---No doubt. But hey, I'll take it - better an undeserved W than a deserved L.

[glunn]

 

I'd love to see Hendriks get his first W tomorrow.

 

 

I will share in that wish.

 

I am also hoping that Hendriks can develop a better "out" pitch. Hendriks seems to have solid stuff, but hitters are able to hang in there against him for a long time, fouling off pitches until they get one they can hit. I wonder what is being done or could be done to address this.

[Dilligaf69]

I will share in that wish.

 

I am also hoping that Hendriks can develop a better "out" pitch. Hendriks seems to have solid stuff, but hitters are able to hang in there against him for a long time, fouling off pitches until they get one they can hit. I wonder what is being done or could be done to address this.

 

 

Nothing Gardy and Anderson are worthless...DUH!