Game Thread: Twins @ NY Yankees 6/26 12:05 PM CT

[Danchat]

How on earth did Kepler hit that pitch below his knees for a homer? Back to back to back homeruns!!!!

[HitInAPinch]

 

 

Eovaldi has just self-destructed. Strange how a guy with his kind of stuff can just fall apart. 

 

Don't throw down the middle.

he fears Twins hitters

[jimbo92107]

Wow, nice little 3-iron by Kepler. That ball was literally ankle high when he golfed it out. 

[jimmer]

 

 

I am having trouble keeping up.

I mis-read that :-)

[USAFChief]

 

It wasn't a missed hit and run, it was a caught stealing

You would have to ask Mauer, Molitor, and/or the third base coach on that, no?

[ashbury]

The Yankees announcers get excited for Twins home runs. I keep wondering what feed I've got. I hear their excitement and think a Yankee hit a homer and it's all just very confusing.

Yeah, "see ya" for an opponent is about as weird as John Gordon telling the other hitter "touch 'em all".

[Willihammer]

99 mph BP.

He's like a harder throwing version of Pelfrey. Really nice FB and absolutely zero conviction in his offspeed stuff.

[Squirrel]

I wonder if Esco is feeling pressure to hit it out, too.

[stringer bell]

If the Twins manage to win, the back-to-back-to-back will be one of their few highlights.

[stringer bell]

For the season.

[Vanimal46]

So many dingers this game!

[USAFChief]

 

 

I am having trouble keeping up.

Yeah, that Alzhei...alsshirm...ahlzhirme...

 

Yeah, getting old is a bitch.

[jimbo92107]

Great shot of Duffey sitting between three guys that just hit home runs, while Duffey's got a no-hitter going. Right there, that's about as happy as you'll ever see 'em. 

[Winston Smith]

And people thought this wasn't a good team. Terry was right all along, playoffs here we come!

[jimmer]

 

And people thought this wasn't a good team. Terry was right all along, playoffs here we come!

I'll just enjoy the wins when we get them

[jimbo92107]

Duffey's curve today is really biting. Great job of keeping his fastball down and away from the middle.

[ashbury]

I mis-read that :-)

I'm not as think as everybody dumbs I am.

[HitInAPinch]

 

So many dingers this game!

http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/box1335.jpg

[USAFChief]

 

Great shot of Duffey sitting between three guys that just hit home runs, while Duffey's got a no-hitter going. Right there, that's about as happy as you'll ever see 'em. 

Thanks.

 

Thanks a lot.

 

[jimmer]

 

I'm not as think as everybody dumbs I am.

That would be quite something   

[Circus Boy]

Six innings of one-hit ball. Good on Duffy.

[jimmer]

 

Six innings of one-hit ball. Good on Duffy.

I like it!

[ashbury]

Yeah, that Alzhei...alsshirm...ahlzhirme...

 

Yeah, getting old is a bitch.

Oh, you mean Whatchamacallit's Disease.

[jimbo92107]

Really Duffey's only serious mistake was that pitch to Hicks, which he left up. Otherwise he has looked very sharp. Fastballs down, curve showing just a bit, then ducking down. Really beautiful stuff. 

[Squirrel]

Thanks.

 

Thanks a lot.

 

There's no wink on that. Jimbo blew it for us.

[jimbo92107]

 

Wait, are you the one that jinxed him????

Nooo, that's only if you're sitting in the dugout. Great camera work, but my seat's not that good!

[USAFChief]

 

Nooo, that's only if you're sitting in the dugout.  

clearly false.

[hybridbear]

I can't believe the back-to-back-to-back HRs!! I was in the kitchen heating up leftovers for lunch & I couldn't believe it! Tony Oliva called it. After Dozier's HR he said that Plouffe would copy. And then after Plouffe's HR he said Kepler would make it 3 in-a-row and he started reminiscing about times during his career that the Twins did that. And then it happened. I couldn't believe it!

The Yankees announcers get excited for Twins home runs. I keep wondering what feed I've got. I hear their excitement and think a Yankee hit a homer and it's all just very confusing.

I think it's pity because the Twins are so bad!

[jimmer]

 

Nooo, that's only if you're sitting in the dugout. Great camera work, but my seat's not that good!

nope, all your fault.  Sinner :-)

[jimbo92107]

You can sure see Eovaldi's problem. Great velocity, but his command, especially of his breaking stuff, is average at best. Duffey has nothing like that velocity, but his command is much better.