Game Thread: Twins @ Red Sox, 7/23 @ 6:10pm CT

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Somebody go warm up Eduardo Escobar?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Somebody go warm up Eduardo Escobar?

Red Sox announcers speculated Mauer would suit up, little knowing the can of worms they were going to open...

[wickedslider]

Nice job by Eddie to hold Pedroia at 2nd.

[Aggies7]

Someone please look up pedroia's BA against us. Has to be about .650

[big dog]

Is it just me, or is this Ortiz's 12th at-bat this game?

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Never stop fighting till the fight is won! Kevin Costner as "Elliott Ness" in the Untouchables.

Is that set in Boston?

 

I know Costner comes to Boston in Field of Dreams...

[big dog]

 

Never stop fighting till the fight is won! Kevin Costner as "Elliott Ness" in the Untouchables.

Never give up!  Never surrender!

- everyone who's ever seen Galaxy Quest

[wickedslider]

If Abad gets Ortiz, it can only help his trade value in some incremental way.

[big dog]

 

Is that set in Boston?

I know Costner comes to Boston in Field of Dreams...

Chicago.

[ScrapTheNickname]

Has any player won the MVP award and then retired? I've looked around but I can't find out.

[wickedslider]

We still have the lead. Come on Abad, just get the next guy. It sure would have looked good to the Rangers, Orioles, et al if he'd have come through there.

[spinowner]

Did we really think this would be easy?

[jimmer]

 

Has any player won the MVP award and then retired?

Not that I know of.  And it won't happen this year unless the writers decided to vote based on Narrative.

[wickedslider]

 

Has any player won the MVP award and then retired? I've looked around but I can't find out.

Couldn't find anything other than doing it the hard way and checking baseball reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp_cya.shtml

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Not that I know of.  And it won't happen this year unless the writers decided to vote based on Narrative.

You seriously don't think Ortiz is the hands-down favorite for MVP?

He had an OPS of 1.083 coming into the game.

Who's your pick?

[Halsey Hall]

Just a little action going on in this game. 

[TwinsCD]

SANO...DONTCHA KNOW!!

[jimmer]

 

You seriously don't think Ortiz is the hands-down favorite for MVP?

He had an OPS of 1.083 coming into the game.

Who's your pick?

No, I don't.  Not at all.  Trout, Donaldson, Altuve, MAchado.  All more than Ortiz.  And others ahead of Ortiz too.

 

Because defense counts too.

[Willihammer]

Yeah... you don't want to throw Sano a fastball there.

[wickedslider]

woooo hoooo

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Sano.

 

As usual.

[Aggies7]

Awesome sano

[Halsey Hall]

And more action as my boy goes yard!

[spinowner]

That makes up for one error.

[big dog]

Well, that was another nice swing by Sano.  Glad he got it high enough so that it wasn't a 120 mph single off the Monstrosity.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Yeah... you don't want to throw Sano a fastball there.

I give up.

 

Where do you want to throw him a fastball?

[jimbo92107]

Funky game. I thought about turning off the TV a couple times. Now I'm glad I didn't. 

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

No, I don't.  Not at all.  Trout, Donaldson, Altuve, MAchado.  All more than Ortiz.  And others ahead of Ortiz too.

 

Because defense counts too.

I see that Ortiz is 13th in WAR (in the AL!) so far this season, which takes into account defense ... Good point.

[big dog]

As has been mentioned before- this is the Twins Lumber Company that we expected to see when the season started.

 

And now...it's Max...{checking heartrate}...

[dgwills]

I bet the bullpen guys are all wearing camo by now. You don't want to be put in this game.