Game Thread: Twins vs. Phillies, 12:10 pm CT, Thursday 6/23/2016

[Platoon]

If Albert Einstein had studied the last twenty years of TwinsWorld, his most famous work would have been titled 'Theory of Irrelativety'!

[twinsnorth49]

 

Game of the year! Andy MacPhail is in the booth with Bert and Dick!

 

To me, it's interesting that MacPhail went back to the story about how the Twins won the Series just as things were getting organized.

 

Then the Twins went on to win the 1991 Series.

 

Seems rather prophetic. Either that, or Mr. MacPhail actually had a plan.

Identified the '86 team as needing bullpen help and went out and got it for '87.

 

Imagine that, revolutionary!

[wsnydes]

 

Identified the '86 team as needing bullpen help and went out and got it for '87.

 

Imagine that, revolutionary!

Wait, he identified a problem and made corresponding moves to fix it?!?!!?!?!?!?

 

Is that legal?

 

{head explodes}

[twinsnorth49]

'Duardo!!!

[Aggies7]

once again nolasco gives the run back. it's flipping uncanny

[wsnydes]

Score a run, give it right back...

 

Just like clockwork.

[wsnydes]

 

once again nolasco gives the run back. it's flipping uncanny

Jinx!!!

[Mike Sixel]

Tried to actually watch this....somehow OR is blacked out....

[wsnydes]

 

Tried to actually watch this....somehow OR is blacked out....

Whatever the reason, they're probably doing you a favor.

[twinsnorth49]

This game.

 

http://i.imgur.com/qi9zWa2.gif

[alarp33]

So much for that Plouffe trade... for those watching, how bad did it look? Hamstring?

[wsnydes]

 

This game.

 

http://i.imgur.com/qi9zWa2.gif

LOL!  I kept waiting for him to fall flat on his face.  Was disappointed.

 

Maybe the baseball will make up for it.

[twinsnorth49]

Whoa, whoa, wait, did I just see a Twins catcher throw out a runner?

 

I'm not hallucinating?

[ashbury]

That's a backhanded compliment if I ever heard one.

http://cheapisthenewclassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/compliment-prickly.gif

[ashbury]

 

This game.

 

http://i.imgur.com/qi9zWa2.gif

Must have been quite the gale-force wind.

[jimmer]

 

Whoa, whoa, wait, did I just see a Twins catcher throw out a runner?

 

I'm not hallucinating?

Not watching the game, haven't seen the lineup card, but Suzuki must not be playing

[wsnydes]

 

So much for that Plouffe trade... for those watching, how bad did it look? Hamstring?

I'm not watching either, but my At Bat notification that I just received says "Plouffe exits the game with an apparent leg injury."  

 

Very helpful, I know.

[wsnydes]

 

Whoa, whoa, wait, did I just see a Twins catcher throw out a runner?

 

I'm not hallucinating?

Are we sure that it was done on purpose?

[hybridbear]

When Sano comes back from the DL the corresponding move should be Park to AAA. With Plouffe getting hurt there's now an opening at 3B for Sano. I certainly didn't want Plouffe to get hurt, but it now makes the Sano situation a little easier. How long till Sano is back??

[lukeduke1980]

I'd say Rosario up Park down

[hybridbear]

 

I'd say Rosario up Park down

Where will Rosario play? Grossman is playing well, Kepler is playing well enough to stay in the lineup. Do you send Buxton down?

[wsnydes]

 

When Sano comes back from the DL the corresponding move should be Park to AAA. With Plouffe getting hurt there's now an opening at 3B for Sano. I certainly didn't want Plouffe to get hurt, but it now makes the Sano situation a little easier. How long till Sano is back??

Dick said 7-10 days last night.

[hybridbear]

What happened on the triple by Galvis that Buxton didn't catch it? It doesn't seem like his defense is as good as was advertised. I don't remember a young Torii ever missing plays like that.

[Willihammer]

 

I'm not watching either, but my At Bat notification that I just received says "Plouffe exits the game with an apparent leg injury."  

 

Very helpful, I know.

Still better than the NHL.

"Lower body injury."

Provus/Gladden guessed it was the knee that bothered him earlier in the year.

[jimmer]

 

What happened on the triple by Galvis that Buxton didn't catch it? It doesn't seem like his defense is as good as was advertised. I don't remember a young Torii ever missing plays like that.

Every player in the history of the game has missed a play they should make, or made a bad decision on a play, including Torii.  Lest we forget a certain playoff game.

[ashbury]

5. Game prediction. Twins win 7-4. Nolasco keeps us on edge yet again. 

Very good half-a-prediction. Now all we need is five more runs!

[lukeduke1980]

 

Where will Rosario play? Grossman is playing well, Kepler is playing well enough to stay in the lineup. Do you send Buxton down?

Grossman can DH some, Mauer can DH some sliding Kepler to 1st.  I think I'm on board with the people who say Buxton's proven he can hit Triple A, so he just needs to keep learning here.  I guess Park hasn't proven he can hit AAA

[hybridbear]

 

Every player in the history of the game has missed a play they should make.

100% agree, but it seems like Buxton has missed a number of deep plays that I would have expected him to make based on the reputation that precedes him. How is he rated by the defensive metrics?

[hybridbear]

 

 

How is he rated by the defensive metrics?

If I understand how to read the data on FanGraphs, his UZR this year is -6.3. That seems bad...

[wsnydes]

 

100% agree, but it seems like Buxton has missed a number of deep plays that I would have expected him to make based on the reputation that precedes him. How is he rated by the defensive metrics?

On the replay, it just looks like the ball was just out of his reach to me.  Not sure the route mattered since he was still there in time.  I'm also watching that on my phone, so there is that.