Game Thread, Twins @ Indians, 9/29 @ 6:10 pm CT (now 9/30 @ 2:10pm CT)

[jimbo92107]

I don't like the designated hitter, a guy that does nothing but hit. Pretty soon you'll have guys that do nothing but pitch!

[DaveW]

Glad Oakland is tossing out Barry Zito tonight...

[Cap'n Piranha]

Maybe it's time for AmericInn to stop encouraging people to log on to their website to "start planning their summer road trip".  I think that ship has sailed.

[mikecgrimes]

Good at bat by Mauer

[Foghorn Leghorn]

MAUER!!

[DrNeau]

Mauer! Oh my GOD! I love you! Home run to center field gets us on top 1-0. 

[wavedog]

Mauer power - he hits double digits in homers for the year! 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

LOL Mauer hit's a home run.

 

 

EDIT:

 

LOL Mauer hits a home run!!

[kydoty]

September baseball in Cleveland is great.  You can hear everything so clearly. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

Twins now have 8 guys with 10+ homers on the year (Hicks, Dozier, Mauer, Hunter, Plouffe, Sano, Escobar, and Rosario).  I have to think that's a club record.

[DaveW]

MAUER

[DrNeau]

Mauer is the MAN today. 

[Craig Arko]

It would be good if Joe has a monster day.

[mikecgrimes]

 

Mauer power - he hits double digits in homers for the year! 

2 more then Gene Larkins career high!!!  With an identical .267 batting average to go with it!!!  Joe Mauer is Gene Larkin.

[DaveW]

 

It would be good if Joe has a monster day.

Have had a gut feeling all year that if the twins made the playoffs Mauer would catch fire.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Danny Gladden on Kyle Gibson--

 

"When he gives up home runs, it seems to hurt him"

 

That's some next-level analysis right there.

[DaveW]

That Lindor is a nice player.

[DaveW]

Yes, Bert, he stole because of Gibson

[USAFChief]

Dear Mr Molitor:

 

A pitch-out once a month or so might go a long way to help your catcher out.

 

XXOO

 

Chief

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Perfect pitch by gibby, bad call.

[DaveW]

Good start for Gibby.

[Vanimal46]

Speaking of Lindor, my buddy and I were having a debate on which rookie in the MLB you would want the most on your team. My buddy went with Lindor because he looks like someone who will stick at SS the majority of his career. It's tough to pass up 40+ HR potential that Sano, Bryant, Schwarber, and Gallo have. I went with Swihart on account of the C position being desolate of young studs, with Sano as a close 2nd.  

Who would you choose?

[TwinsCD]

 

Maybe it's time for AmericInn to stop encouraging people to log on to their website to "start planning their summer road trip".  I think that ship has sailed.

 

Perhaps they have hotels in South America.  It's gonna be summer there soon.

 

(continuing with the nerd alert from earlier in the thread)

[DaveW]

Lindor without a doubt, dude has 4.3 WAR in slightly more than half a season....at age 21!!!!

 

Stud Defensively, has 25-30 HR type power eventually. 25 SB etc

[USAFChief]

 

Speaking of Lindor, my buddy and I were having a debate on which rookie in the MLB you would want the most on your team. My buddy went with Lindor because he looks like someone who will stick at SS the majority of his career. It's tough to pass up 40+ HR potential that Sano, Bryant, Schwarber, and Gallo have. I went with Swihart on account of the C position being desolate of young studs, with Sano as a close 2nd.  

Who would you choose?

Carlos Correa, with Lindor a close second.  

[TwinsCD]

 

Perfect pitch by gibby, bad call.

 

Not sure how you call yourself a major league umpire and have that ball go right under your mask (which should be on the inside edge of the plate) and not call that a strike.  Us high school umpires ring that stuff up all the time!!

[DaveW]

 

Not sure how you call yourself a major league umpire and have that ball go right under your mask (which should be on the inside edge of the plate) and not call that a strike.  Us high school umpires ring that stuff up all the time!!

Veterans like Santana who crowd the plate like that will sometimes get that call. It was a bad call, but I have seen a lot worse.

[Vanimal46]

 

Carlos Correa, with Lindor a close second.  

 

Correa was in the mix too, but our concern was he may be switched over to 3rd or 1st before Lindor changes positions. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

Perhaps they have hotels in South America.  It's gonna be summer there soon.

 

(continuing with the nerd alert from earlier in the thread)

 

That's a hell of a road trip.

[mikecgrimes]

 

Veterans like Santana who crowd the plate like that will sometimes get that call. It was a bad call, but I have seen a lot worse.

 

No reason to have humans calling ball's and strikes in 2016.  If you have to pay all the current umpires $1,000,000 for them to agree to it do it.