Game Thread, Twins v. Pirates, 7/29/15 @ 12:10 PM CDT

[Jerr]

There we go      CBU 1-1

[70charger]

I love triples.

[USAFChief]

OK, Mr Santana, we're tied up.  You got this.

[DaveW]

I was actually shocked the Twins got Rosario in with Nunez, Escobar and Suzuki coming up.

[Jerr]

 

I love triples.

 

I love triples.

My favorite hit, as it is so exciting to watch the runner and the throw!!!!

[70charger]

 

I was actually shocked the Twins got Rosario in with Nunez, Escobar and Suzuki coming up.

 

Weak contact was kind of made for that kind of situation. Clearly Molitor was planning to have Rosario hit a triple or two, and that's why he backed him up with the other Eddies and Suzuki.

 

#strategy

[Mike Sixel]

Polanco not playing? what is the point of having him up, exactly, if he's not playing?

 

Sano at DH still? Better be his ankle, and not that they don't trust him there......

[Jerr]

Sano needs to play somewhere on the field...not just DH-ing!!!!

[GCTF]

circus music plays

[DaveW]

Jesus Christ Dozier, you had all the time in the world there.

[70charger]

It's gotta be his ankle here right? I mean, Plouffe being out is literally the perfect reason to see what he can do at 3B in the majors. I don't go in for hardly any of the conspiracy theories around here, so I'm going to assume it's his ankle unless there's evidence otherwise.

[USAFChief]

C'mon.  Act like you give a crap.  

[70charger]

Dozier had too much time to make that little flip. In my completely unscientific, observational opinion, he does that too much. Better to set your feet.

[DaveW]

Good job battling out of that by Santana, that is the biggest difference between him and Liriano, if Liriano makes that error, you are looking at a 12 run inning.

[USAFChief]

Honestly, the jack links jerky commercials are the most unfunny, unimaginative series ever.

 

And they just keep running with it.

[USAFChief]

1-1 thru 2.5.  CBU.  MTF.

[70charger]

I'm watching on MLB.tv, and they're doing the same Elvis impersonator - State Farm commercial literally every inning. I'd love to have a Jack Links commercial thrown in the mix.

[70charger]

Not to mention there's a few minutes' lag, so sometimes the suspense goes away.

 

#behindthetimes

#thesedontworkontwinsdaily

[Tibs]

That was close

[Tibs]

 

 

I'm watching on MLB.tv, and they're doing the same Elvis impersonator - State Farm commercial literally every inning. I'd love to have a Jack Links commercial thrown in the mix.

That's the thing I didn't like about MLB.tv, same commercial every time.

[70charger]

That's about as close as it could possibly be.

[70charger]

 

That's the thing I didn't like about MLB.tv, same commercial every time.

 

True, it's a tradeoff. At this point I don't have a choice, but at least since I'm not in Minnesota, they don't black out the game.

[DaveW]

I thought that was gone, bring him in Hicks!

[70charger]

This Hicks kid is looking pretty good...

[DaveW]

 

 

True, it's a tradeoff. At this point I don't have a choice, but at least since I'm not in Minnesota, they don't black out the game.

Switch games during the commericals!

[USAFChief]

Hicksee!

[70charger]

 

Honestly, the jack links jerky commercials are the most unfunny, unimaginative series ever.

 

And they just keep running with it.

 

I don't know if you're actually interested in this, but I have some inside knowledge, so why not share? Jack Links has been with their (Minneapolis-based) ad agency now for something like a decade. They're a small-town company and their mindset isn't particularly edgy or creative. Certain people in their ad agency have expressed a desire to move away from Sasquatch, but they like it, and they don't see any reason to change.

[Tibs]

Nice hit. I have no idea what the 1st base coach was saying to him though

[JB_Iowa]

Hicks is pretty fast.  That was a shallow single to RF that he scored on.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Pretty sure they are aware of that. I think the implication is either Polanco either sticks this time or will be traded.

 

This is all hypothetical of course, but very little here isn't.

au contrair. everything I type is thetical. Very thetical.