Game Thread: Twins @ Rays, 8/27 @ 6:10pm CT‏

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I guess we did have some good luck with our blooper bunts landing for hits and what not, we probably deserve a missed home run off of a catwalk. LOL

I think they are missing a golden promotional idea. Ya know how they have knothole games for kids?

 

They should have some sort of "run around the cat walks" day for kids there... If i were a kid, i'd be there in a heartbeat, and i can't imagine a more unique perspective...

[Gibby]

 

 

I think they are missing a golden promotional idea. Ya know how they have knothole games for kids?

They should have some sort of "run around the cat walks" day for kids there... If i were a kid, i'd be there in a heartbeat, and i can't imagine a more unique perspective...

...only to be killed by a Sano moonshot.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

9 in the AL.

 

(i'll catch up to the thread eventually. I'll pretend i'm Chuck Yeager or something...)

Now i've caught up to when i started...

 

Almost there... (Zeno isn't watching, is he?)

[DaveW]

He is not being aided by his defense this inning.

everything has been hard hit all night. At some point you need to actually strike a guy out once in a while. His success earlier this year was pure smoke and mirrors. He is ok as a pitching depth guy, but Berrios is the much superior option at this point

[notoriousgod71]

I can't wait until September when Molly can really start managing a bullpen.

[Gibby]

ray's baseball

[ashbury]

Now i've caught up to when i started...

 

Almost there... (Zeno isn't watching, is he?)

Boy, it's like that some game threads, isn't it? Almost caught up, then a (very welcome) phone call from AshburySteven, and it's catchup time again.

[howeda7]

Kurt Sazuki's defense strikes again...

[DaveW]

Suzuki should not be on this team next year

[DaveW]

Escobar and Suzuki both give up their RBIs with two dumb headed plays.

[Hrbowski]

Such a shame...

[SwainZag]

Can someone explain what the hell happened there?

[Gibby]

 

 

Can someone explain what the hell happened there?

 

It's a Twins game.

[David HK]

Um, what th... Did Molly hook Milone for the guy with the wprst inherited runners mark in the history of baseball there?

[mlynch16]

Buxton needs more minor league time.  He has no pitch recognition.

[howeda7]

I still want him in the line-up over Hunter once HIcks is back.

Buxton needs more minor league time.  He has no pitch recognition.

 

[Gibby]

 

 

Buxton needs more minor league time.  He has no pitch recognition.

 

On that one particular at bat.

[ashbury]

Buxton's pitch recognition continues to baffle me. Strikeout #4 looked like me in Little League, swinging at the pitch when it's basically in the catcher's mitt (in this case low and outside). Slow recognition, slow bat... the hit-tool is coming along more gradually than expected for him.

[mlynch16]

 

I still want him in the line-up over Hunter once HIcks is back.

True.  His speed alone makes things interesting not to mention his cannon of an arm.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We have a pleisiosaur in the pond out back.

One moment, while i look this up...

[mlynch16]

 

On that one particular at bat.

Or just missing fastballs all night.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

What's the potion of choice tonight? Random question.

I think a random question would really hit the spot!

[ashbury]

Or just missing fastballs all night.

I'll tell you, strikeout machine though he is, Sano does not swing on that count at that ridiculous pitch Buxton whiffed on. Something is wrong; I've seen this since spring. I think he eventually turns it around but right now it's painful.

[Gibby]

Guess I'm not all keyed up about our rookies screwing up. It's what they do.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

One moment, while i look this up...

Wow, i want to see this pleisiosaur! What's it eat?

 

Can i play with it, if i promise not to take it out of the water?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Sonic Boom!

[ashbury]

Guess I'm not all keyed up about our rookies screwing up. It's what they do.

Sure, I'm patient too, and if the brain trust feels he'll learn more in the majors than at AAA I'll live with it. I'm just calling it as I see it right here in the present - in a wild card race to boot.

[Gibby]

 

 

Wow, i want to see this pleisiosaur! What's it eat?

Can i play with it, if i promise not to take it out of the water?

Did I spell it right?

[Gibby]

 

 

Sure, I'm patient too, and if the brain trust feels he'll learn more in the majors than at AAA I'll live with it. I'm just calling it as I see it right here in the present - in a wild card race to boot.

 

These are the guys that are going to take us to the promised land. Get them in and play.

[Pius Jefferson]

 

Buxton's pitch recognition continues to baffle me. Strikeout #4 looked like me in Little League, swinging at the pitch when it's basically in the catcher's mitt (in this case low and outside). Slow recognition, slow bat... the hit-tool is coming along slower than expected for him.

 

Slower but a couple of sites that project future stats had Buxton not really clicking offensively until about his third season.