Game Thread: Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Indians 5-15 12:10 CDT

[Craig Arko]

"You gotta have two pitches before you can command a third, I suppose." - D. Bremer.

[jimbo92107]

Centeno deked that hitter...he pounded his glove on the ground, like he wanted the curve in the dirt, which certainly the hitter can hear, and then Jepsen through a FB for strike three.  

 

I love that kind of stuff.

I like Juan Centeno. He plays a brand of baseball that I appreciate. Play tricks on your opponent, that's what makes baseball fun. 

[USAFChief]

 

"You gotta have two pitches before you can command a third, I suppose." - D. Bremer.

Dick wins the thread.

[LaBombo]

 

Centeno your new number one catcher?

 

I think I read a prediction about this in a book a while back...

 

[ashbury]

Got him with the fastball change up curve!

Was that the regular one or the backdoor?

[USAFChief]

 

Was that the regular one or the backdoor?

yes.

 

drrr.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I'm afraid of the high expectations the young guys like Centeno, Duffey and Polanco are setting....

[HitInAPinch]

Centeno fidgets behind the plate a lot...

[Bark's Lounge]

Duffey should have been up here from the start. It didn't happen that way, but I am glad to have him now. Vanimal and Moderators went to great lengths to break this malaise we have been in. I hope Negativity Police is a post sign for a fruitful rest of the season.

[mickeymental]

 

I'm afraid of the high expectations the young guys like Centeno, Duffey and Polanco are setting....

i'm afraid of the low expectations so many of the others have set ...

[LaBombo]

 

Centeno fidgets behind the plate a lot...

 

Yeah,   but at this point in Suzuki's career,   it would seem that anything Centeno does differently could be a plus.

[LaBombo]

 

 

Duffey should have been up here from the start. It didn't happen that way, but I am glad to have him now.

 

Yup,   but the important thing is that the Twins reached double digit wins by the middle of May even without him for the first half of that stretch...

[Squirrel]

So glad LaBombo has no powers!

[LaBombo]

 

So glad LaBombo has no powers!

 

Yeah,   I get that a lot,   going way back to the nuns at Catholic school.

[LaBombo]

Good weekend series.    Twins dusting off their answers to postgame questions about wins for a change!

[Bark's Lounge]

I'll raise it for the hell of it. These two wins have been a relief.

[Ultima Ratio]

 

I'll raise it for the hell of it. These two wins have been a relief.

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Having lived a decade in Pittsburgh, this is sacrilegious.  

[Blake]

 

I'm wondering if we hold the intervention at your apartment or a downtown pub. 

Start at the apartment, end at the pub.

 

Must I do all the thinking?

[formerly33]

 

I'll raise it for the hell of it. These two wins have been a relief.

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I blame you for slacking out on your Rally Rum duties. That's when this team went to pot for the second time this season ... and the first time was because of your extended hiatus from the site.

 

It's all your fault. Now get back to work and help us win some games, or I'll send you down to AAA.

 

Edit: And it isn't the relief you should be thanking, either; the starters did their job and did it well. They deserve a little more credit than you're willing to admit.

[Bark's Lounge]

 

I blame you for slacking out on your Rally Rum duties. That's when this team went to pot for the second time this season ... and the first time was because of your extended hiatus from the site.

 

It's all your fault. Now get back to work and help us win some games, or I'll send you down to AAA.

 

Edit: And it isn't the relief you should be thanking, either; the starters did their job and did it well. They deserve a little more credit than you're willing to admit.

Rally Rum seemed like a one time thing. Once they lost after that winning streak, I felt like I was being a square peg fitting into a round hole when I used it. I used my gut instinct on stopping that routine before I was deemed to be a lynching candidate.

 

To be honest, I like our starting pitching more than the bullpen, especially now. Berrios, Duffy and Santana is not a bad place to be now that this season has been remodified expectation wise. Now we just need to get May in there.

 

Thanks for the feedback Kid, I always appreciate it.

[formerly33]

 

Rally Rum seemed like a one time thing. Once they lost after that winning streak, I felt like I was being a square peg fitting into a round hole when I used it. I used my gut instinct on stopping that routine before I was deemed to be a lynching candidate.

 

To be honest, I like our starting pitching more than the bullpen, especially now. Berrios, Duffy and Santana is not a bad place to be now that this season has been remodified expectation wise. Now we just need to get May in there.

 

Thanks for the feedback Kid, I always appreciate it.

Oh ...

 

Regardless, while the square peg may not have fit as well as a round one, it would've slowed the flow. Anything is better than nothing ... never forget that.*

 

And there's always the issue of being lynched for failing to post any rally icon.

 

I'll refrain from commenting on the May reference as this is a game thread.

 

 

*Excepting the case of the Olsen Twins.