Game Thread: Twins v Rangers, 7/3 @ 1:10pm CT

[glunn]

Nice hitting by the Twins this inning -- taking what they are given and making the best of it.

[HitInAPinch]

Hamels is Twins bitch

[Danchat]

Well, I didn't expect to get a 3 run inning off Hamels. The bats are finally heating up!

[HitInAPinch]

 

 

Nice hitting by the Twins this inning -- taking what they are given and making the best of it.

...and none of it from bunting.  I'm just saying...

[wavedog]

Nice to see some big hits by Dozier and Grossman off of Hamels!

[HitInAPinch]

Ok, Gibson.  Show the young'uns how to handle a lead.

[jimbo92107]

There's only one way to get over these bunting problems. Paul Molitor has to go crazy. Everybody bunts on every at-bat, until they get it right... OR NO SUPPER! 

 

Well, that's what I'd do, anyway.

Edited July 3, 2016 by jimbo92107

[stringer bell]

Time for a zero from Mr. Gibson.

[mickeymental]

 

Hamels is Twins bitch

i thought chris sale was the twins bitch. can a bad team have two very good bitches?

[HitInAPinch]

 

i thought chris sale was the twins bitch. can a bad team have two very good bitches?

Only if they're left-handed. 

[spinowner]

 

i thought chris sale was the twins bitch. can a bad team have two very good bitches?

Sale was last year. Trouble is, we may only see Hamels once more this year whereas we faced Sale about six times.

[HitInAPinch]

EDDIE !!!

 

What happened to zuke?

[Don Walcott]

Why send Suzuki with no outs? Doesn't he get enough punishment behind the plate?

[SwainZag]

Great piece of hitting from Eddie but that relay was about as text book as it gets

[KirbyDome89]

WTH was he doing?....If the past is any indication Molitor is going to send him down immediately following this game...see ya in another month Eddie.

[HitInAPinch]

 

WTH was he doing?....If the past is any indication Molitor is going to send him down immediately following this game...see ya in another month Eddie.

Why?  It was a 'run on contact' play.  Eddie did what he was told to do.

[spinowner]

Glynn's mistake resulted in Suzuki's out, Molitor's mistake (or wrong guess) resulted in Rosario's out. We can't afford that.

[Don Walcott]

Finding new ways to lose.

[KirbyDome89]

 

Why?  It was a 'run on contact' play.  Eddie did what he was told to do.

IF in...sharply hit ground ball right to the SS...even if he had a green light to go he has react to the play in front of him. Its like blaming a coach for a player getting picked off 1B. Sure he may have had the green light to steal but you have to know the situation. 

[HitInAPinch]

 

IF in...sharply hit ground ball right to the SS...even if he had a green light to go he has react to the play in front of him. Its like blaming a coach for a player getting picked off 1B. Sure he may have had the green light to steal but you have to know the situation. 

Do you not understand what "run on contact" means?  Ball get's hit, you run.  Sometimes, **** happens.

[SwainZag]

Man, Gibson is good when he is in total control locating that change-up.

[HitInAPinch]

Rangers are warming up the bullpen already?  Weird.

[Don Walcott]

Way to not bunt!

[SwainZag]

Does Der Kid have any magic in that bat saved up for today??

[glunn]

The hitting is very good today. 

[SwainZag]

That swing from Kepler reminded me a lot of Morneau's

[crapforks]

 

 in the sixth after the Twins knock Hamels out. 

I tried

[SwainZag]

 

The hitting is very good this weekend. 

 

FTFY.

[KirbyDome89]

 

Do you not understand what "run on contact" means?  Ball get's hit, you run.  Sometimes, **** happens.

Until now I didn't but thanks for the clarification....Like I said the player has discretion. You freeze on a line drive, if the ball is hit sharply to 3B or SS, or if the pitcher fields it. We learned that in LL and it carried all the way through college... 

[blairpaul715]

Well I have no TV today, radio only, but how can we send people home nobody out unless it is a given. WE ARE THE BAD NEWS BEARS!!!! But apparently I can't stay away anyway, don't know if it is Cuz I love the Twins so much or a good trainwreck......Go Twins!!!!