Game Thread: Twins @ Astros, 9/6 @ 1:10pm CT

[blairpaul715]

 

Hate that bunt there....Esco is swinging well, suzuki and Buxton unreliable...always giving away outs.   One of my biggest complaints about Molly

Why not, if it works we have 3 runs, with the fly ball.

[spinowner]

 

There's going to be some tension in the dugout after that Plouffe rebellion. I don't think Molitor appreciates having his authority questioned.

I'm sure Molitor would have challenged if it was clear. As I said, I think it was because there was no camera in the necessary position to show what Plouffe and Glynn saw. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

There's going to be some tension in the dugout after that Plouffe rebellion. I don't think Molitor appreciates having his authority questioned.

interesting thought--Plouffie even refused to come off the bag, which was weird, since he was out by a mile

[Gibby]

 

 

Plouffe's frustration grows and grows, like corn.

 

My people call it maize.

[ashbury]

You want them to visit again ... put out corn for them to eat.

And then get ready for the neighbors to egg your house.

[blairpaul715]

They are taking out the hill, i really like having the uniqueness that the hill brings.......like the Ivy in Chicago and Green Monster in Boston.

[AlwaysinModeration]

Why not, if it works we have 3 runs, with the fly ball.

Because they could have put the game away if they load the bases with no-one out.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Hate that bunt there....Esco is swinging well, suzuki and Buxton unreliable...always giving away outs.   One of my biggest complaints about Molly

I think the bunt was called for. We're up by 2. Need one run. No outs. Bunt them over to 2nd and 3rd. It's what every manager, I believe, would have done. IMO, of course.

[Squirrel]

i'm gonna be reaching for the Tums again before this game is over.

[mikeee]

wow!  duffey!

[blairpaul715]

 

Because they could have put the game away if they load the bases with no-one out.

Or hit into a DP.

[Gibby]

 

 

And then get ready for the neighbors to egg your house.

 

Or like what happened in Minnesota this year, the neighbor shoots you dead.

[Squirrel]

 

And then get ready for the neighbors to egg your house.

It's not his house ... it's an apartment. I guess they could egg his door, though.

[rghrbek]

 

Why not, if it works we have 3 runs, with the fly ball.

Because you are asking Suzuki and Buxton, to get you that fly ball.    Assuming the bunt gets down correctly, which it did not...On the road in the 7th inning is not the time to get so conservative.   We have seen a pattern of this all year.

[Riverbrian]

 

interesting thought--Plouffie even refused to come off the bag, which was weird, since he was out by a mile

 

I've seen a Kid stay on 1st after an out call because he didn't realize he was out. 

 

Take his lead... Followed by the pitcher throwing over to 1st a couple of times to keep him close and then advance to 3B on a single. 

 

It was at that point... As the opposing coach... I felt it was my duty to ask the umpire to remove him from the base paths. Which they did. 

[AlwaysinModeration]

Morris called Duffey's curveball a slide once and then has called it a "breaking pitch" every time since. Has not called it a curve.

[TwinsCD]

*STANDING OVATION*

 

Nice game, Duff.  Bullpen will take it from here.

[Craig Arko]

Nice job, Tyler. Here comes May.

[ashbury]

They are taking out the hill, i really like having the uniqueness that the hill brings.......like the Ivy in Chicago and Green Monster in Boston.

Always hated all aspects of that ballpark. Gimmicks built in from the start.

[AlwaysinModeration]

Or hit into a DP.

Which would have gotten the one run you were looking for.

[Raven]

Love Buxton in the field, but he isn't even hitting his weight anymore.

[blairpaul715]

 

Because you are asking Suzuki and Buxton, to get you that fly ball.    Assuming the bunt gets down correctly, which it did not...On the road in the 7th inning is not the time to get so conservative.   We have seen a pattern of this all year.

Its exactly the time to try for that 1 extra run.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

i'm gonna be reaching for the Tums again before this game is over.

reach now, why wait

[mlynch16]

 

Love Buxton in the field, but he isn't even hitting his weight anymore.

The past couple games he has been hitting the ball hard but right at people.  He is on the right track now, and his glove is top 5 material in the majors.

[Riverbrian]

 

It's not his house ... it's an apartment. I guess they could egg his door, though.

 

Yeah... I don't care. Egg Away... the maintenance people have to deal with it. 

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Some serious managing by both sides here in the 7th

[Gibby]

 

 

Morris called Duffey's curveball a slide once and then has called it a "breaking pitch" every time since. Has not called it a curve.

 

I'm smoking a turkey, but I'm calling it a duck.

[jimbo92107]

One thing Duffey (and Suzuki) should know is that after you strike out a guy with three curves in the dirt, the next guy WILL be looking for the curve, so don't throw the "get me over" first pitch curve. Instead, throw the curve in the dirt, or a fastball low and in.

[blairpaul715]

 

 

Which would have gotten the one run you were looking for.

NO!!! Runners on 1st and 2nd, DP not a miss SAC. If sac works the next fly ball scores another run.......but either way we screwed it up.

[ScrapTheNickname]

Is Trevor May a sinner? Yes, he is a sinner.