Game Thread: Twins @ Red Sox, 7/24 @ 12:35pm CT

[HitInAPinch]

Chris Sale suspended for 5 days for chopping up those crappy looking throw-back jerseys .

[jimbo92107]

I like how Kepler likes to flip the ball to somebody while he's still sliding. Panache.

[HitInAPinch]

Nice grab, Kepler  

[USAFChief]

 

Chris Sale suspended for 5 days for chopping up those crappy looking throw-back jerseys .

Somebody (Nolasco?) should do the same with the Twins red abominations.

[Circus Boy]

Just musing. I'm at work so missed the HR. Closest I ever got to an honest-to-goodness, out-of-the-yard home run was in Pony League when I was 14. Wind was blowing 40 mph out, I got perfect wood on a 55-mph fast ball, and it fell just short of the fence. With my speed I turned it into a triple.

 

Anyone here hit a real HR? Must feel good.

[HitInAPinch]

 

Just musing. I'm at work so missed the HR. Closest I ever got to an honest-to-goodness, out-of-the-yard home run was in Pony League when I was 14. Wind was blowing 40 mph out, I got perfect wood on a 55-mph fast ball, and it fell just short of the fence. With my speed I turned it into a triple.

 

Anyone here hit a real HR? Must feel good.

Nope. They had me working on my bunting.

[nicksaviking]

Anyone else catch Dick's Nolasco jab?

 

Holy cow! Viewership must be way down if they are gutty enough to show that on basic cable!

[D. Hocking]

 

Riverbrian wrote a fantastic game intro about the colour green. 

 

This was probably discussed in that game thread, but did this raise any suspicions that RB is actually Kermit the Frog?

 

Although there is some evidence that he is perhaps a rival of Kermit and wants to steal his color as well as other things from the frog.

 

.http://wardfamily.plus.com/~tim/Mad/Covers/227.jpg

[HitInAPinch]

 

This was probably discussed in that game thread, but did this raise any suspicions that RB is actually Kermit the Frog?

 

Although there is some evidence that he is perhaps a rival of Kermit and wants to steal his color as well as other things from the frog.

 

.http://wardfamily.plus.com/~tim/Mad/Covers/227.jpg

It ain't easy being green.....

[HitInAPinch]

Sit down, Holt      

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Uff da.

 

I mean, dandruff.

[USAFChief]

It's tough to hate Pedroia.  As much as I'd like to.

[HitInAPinch]

Welp, there goes Pedroia again.....

[HitInAPinch]

Can we just go ahead and replace Milone now?  We've seen this before.

[USAFChief]

I disagree with Smalley.  Infielders need to get out in FRONT of bags for tags now, rather than put the glove down and let the runner slide into it.

 

Too easy to get around a tag that is right next to the bag.   If that glove is down 2 or 3 feet away from the bag, much more difficult to get around it and get the hand in.

 

Also, stay with the tag, so if contact with the bag is broken by the runner, you have a chance for the out call.

[HitInAPinch]

Twins middle infielders keep trying to tag the body, and not guarding the base. 

[h2oface]

After all these years, Dozier is still reaching out to tag. That coupled with his not keeping his glove on the runner until the play is over are more reasons to trade him.

[spinowner]

That slide at second was almost exactly like Nunez' last night. Difference being Twins didn't challenge, which may have been just as well, because if the call on Nunez had been upheld they wouldn't have been able to challenge the call at home on the Vargas slide, which turned out to be a key moment in the game-winning rally.

[HitInAPinch]

Does Jim Pohland have any kids that can play 2nd base?   Nepotism isn't always bad   

[USAFChief]

I prefer Sano in right field.

 

Seriously.

[Aggies7]

Sano.....

[HitInAPinch]

 

I prefer Sano in right field.

 

Seriously.

Greatest Hits reel material

http://www.startribune.com/must-see-miguel-sano-takes-a-pop-up-off-his-head-in-rochester/384933381/

[spinowner]

Sano. Again. Dandruff. Again.

If he can hit a home run for every error he commits we'll break even.

[Aggies7]

That one HR every month that sano hits really makes up for his myriad errors

[spinowner]

 

Sano. Again. Dandruff. Again.

If he can hit a home run for every error he commits we'll break even.

4 unearned runs on this one. He owes us 4 dingers this game.

[D. Hocking]

 

I prefer Sano in right field.

 

Seriously.

 

The fact that this is actually an understandable statement and not fueled by really late age dementia makes me a little sad.

[HitInAPinch]

Well, with that many screwups in one inning, I guess this was deserved.....

[ScrapTheNickname]

In 1900 our good friend Charlie Hickman committed 86 errors at 3B ...

and ... his dWAR was .... -1.0.

 

(Doesn't give me a lot of faith in the definition of dWAR!)

[jimmer]

 

That one HR every month that sano hits really makes up for his myriad errors

Been saying it for a long time.  DH is where he should be.  He'll hurt us too much anywhere else.

[Danchat]

 

I prefer Sano in right field.

 

Seriously.

I prefer Sano at DH.