Article: Game Thread: Twins@Royals 4/8 7:15PM

[Intramural Legend]

I have a far bigger question on letting Rosario bat than Santana. 

[Jham]

Settle down Mr. The Stick, settle down...

[USAFChief]

I wonder if Dozier runs into Escobar at the end of that play, if there was a chance for an obstruction call.

[jimmer]

worse plate discipline on the team facing the best reliever in baseball over the last three years.

Edited April 9, 2016 by jimmer

[Darius]

There isn't a more proficient team at stranding runners in scoring position with no outs.

 

I guess that's what Molitor gets for batting Danny Santana in the two-hole.

 

On the bright-side, finally something you can't really blame TR for.

 

PAUL!

[USAFChief]

LOL, Dick.  "I wonder with a new runner on second base if they changed their signs."

 

It would seem to me, Dick, that with a NEW runner on second base, who hasn't been standing there observing, that the need to change signs, if there was one, would be gone.

[USAFChief]

We picked up our K pace, for those keeping score at home.

[jimmer]

this is getting old quickly.  I know, it's only 4 games.  How many games until it matters, again?

Edited April 9, 2016 by jimmer

[Comrade Bork]

14 K's! We're gettin worse!

[PopRiveter]

I'm really getting sick of watching Arcia sit on the bench while the teams scores 2, 2, 2, 3.

Hope that changes now.

[Jham]

 

I wonder if Dozier runs into Escobar at the end of that play, if there was a chance for an obstruction call.

 

Ok, AJ Pierzinski.

[Aggies7]

Awful at bat. Literally anyone else would have been a better option. Terrible team right now.

[Halsey Hall]

 

Did we win yet?

Not yet.

[Darius]

Swings at the balls, and watches the strikes.

 

Rosario is a lost cause at the plate.

[jimmer]

 

Awful at bat. Literally anyone else would have been a better option. Terrible team right now.

like I said earlier, 'worse plate discipline on the team facing the best reliever in baseball over the last three years.'

[Aggies7]

Here's a shovel for the nice big hole the twins are digging for themselves.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

this is getting old quickly.

...

 

 

I can't tell. Is that better or worse than getting old slowly?

 

Anyway, thanks all for the company.

[jimmer]

 

Here's a shovel for the nice big hole the twins are digging for themselves.

no worries, 20 or so wins in May again will cure all ;-)

[Blake]

Remember, the games in April don't mean as much as the games in September.

 

Or is it "It's a long season and it's only 4 games and no team is going to win them all."

 

On the up side, Twins pitching is holding the opposing team to 4 runs. Definitely an improvement over the start of last year.

 

The down side? Opposing pitching is keeping the Twins under 4 runs.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

no worries, 20 or so wins in May again will cure all ;-)

I wouldn't complain of 20 wins in April either...

[Aggies7]

Remember, the games in April don't mean as much as the games in September.

 

Or is it "It's a long season and it's only 4 games and no team is going to win them all."

 

On the up side, Twins pitching is holding the opposing team to 4 runs. Definitely an improvement over the start of last year.

 

The down side? Opposing pitching is keeping the Twins under 4 runs.

Yep, we haven't lost in a laugher quite yet!

[TwinsCD]

Not sure what some of these guys are using as their approach when they go to the plate but it's pretty f-ing terrible.  Bruno needs to sit a few of these guys down (Bux, Sano especially) and drill into them what a strike looks like and to swing at it and what a strike doesn't look like and to not swing at it.  Yeah, easy to say when you're sitting on a leather couch but these first 4 games have been a comical, pathetic effort.

[USAFChief]

g'night all.

 

I'll have better jokes next time, I promise.  I'm off to an 0-4 start.

[TwinsCD]

 

I wouldn't complain of 20 wins in April either...

 

At this point, I'll be happy with 20 wins TOTAL for the season.

[TwinsCD]

 

I wonder if Dozier runs into Escobar at the end of that play, if there was a chance for an obstruction call.

 

The throw back to Escobar for the tag beat Dozier by a step but if he could have run full-bore into Escobar before the throw got there, yeah, he definitely could have gotten an obstruction call.  Whether or not the umpires would have seen it that way is a different story, though.

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Get rid of Jepsen ASAP.

[AlwaysinModeration]

I wouldn't complain of 20 wins in April either...

It's not too late. But the Twins should get started soon.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Yep, we haven't lost in a laugher quite yet!

g'night all.

 

I'll have better jokes next time, I promise. I'm off to an 0-4 start.

This line of reasoning doesn't necessarily bode well...

 

Just remember, who laughs last, laughs best...

 

Maybe i can come up with a joke or tutu. Er, i mean two too.