Game Thread: Twins @ Rays, 8/7 @ 12:10 CT

[HitInAPinch]

Grrrrreat Catch!!

[Riverbrian]

Santana is getting better.

 

He's gone from letting fair balls drop to letting foul balls drop. 

[jimmer]

My man crush on Kepler gets stronger every day.

[drivlikejehu]

What a joke of an outfielder.

[LaBombo]

 

 

In all seriousness... I love the game of baseball but if there is one thing that worries me.

 

This would be it. 

 

The pitchers are throwing harder and the hitters are hitting harder. 

 

I think it's not a question of IF but when. 

 

My hope is that in a few years watching old footage of pitching with only a cap on the head will look like football with a leather helmet or hockey without one does now.

[HitInAPinch]

 

Santana is getting better.

 

He's gone from letting fair balls drop to letting foul balls drop. 

Always hire MLB professionally trained outfielders  

 

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[Riverbrian]

 

My hope is that in a few years watching old footage of pitching with only a cap on the head will look like football with a leather helmet or hockey without one does now.

 

I wouldn't be against it

 

We lost a 1st base coach a few years ago. 

 

I'd rather they made a move before it happens instead of after. 

 

 

[KirbyHawk75]

Centeno has been a nice find.  He is not a starter, but he is a very solid backup.  

[LaBombo]

Just when I thought I couldn't like Max more, he makes that catch, AND Dick relates the heartwarming anecdote about him going with Mom's last name because it sounds more Minnesotan.

 

Kepler's like a bathtub full of cute, fuzzy German Shepherd pups... who dig up a fortune in precious metals in the back yard.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2011/02/07/ottawa-abandoned-puppies-58.jpg

[drivlikejehu]

At least Santana makes up for his laughable "defense" with great hitting.

[Riverbrian]

Dozier has a 16 game hitting streak. 

 

Who passes DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak first

 

Dozier or David Dahl of the Rockies? 

[HitInAPinch]

Dozier Double and another run!

[USAFChief]

 

Dozier has a 16 game hitting streak. 

 

Who passes DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak first

 

Dozier or David Dahl of the Rockies? 

No.

[HitInAPinch]

 

Dozier has a 16 game hitting streak. 

 

Who passes DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak first

 

Dozier or David Dahl of the Rockies? 

I would, but the man keeps puttin' me down.....

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

What a joke of an outfielder.

Is that you, Sid?

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

 

Just when I thought I couldn't like Max more, he makes that catch, AND Dick relates the heartwarming anecdote about him going with Mom's last name because it sounds more Minnesotan.

 

He's like a bathtub full of cute, fuzzy German Shepherd pups... who dig up a fortune in precious metals in the back yard.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2011/02/07/ottawa-abandoned-puppies-58.jpg

What is his mother's maiden name? I'm not watching Dick and Bert.

[LaBombo]

Lead now Twins bullpen-safe!

 

Just try not to hit my Jinx Drum. It's not paid for yet.

 

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[LaBombo]

I've got an idea! Don't pitch to Longoria like he's some no-name prospect they just brought up from AA.

[HitInAPinch]

 

Lead now Twins bullpen-safe!

 

Just try not to hit my Jinx Drum. It's not paid for yet.

 

http://whenonearth.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Piornal-Spain-people-throw-turnips-at-the-folkloric-figure-of-El-Jarramplas.jpeg

WELL YOU CERTAINLY DID IT NOW !!!!

[HitInAPinch]

New Left Fielder http://cdn1-www.dogtime.com/assets/uploads/gallery/30-impossibly-cute-puppies/impossibly-cute-puppy-12.jpg

[Aggies7]

Lead now Twins bullpen-safe!

 

Just try not to hit my Jinx Drum. It's not paid for yet.

 

http://whenonearth.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Piornal-Spain-people-throw-turnips-at-the-folkloric-figure-of-El-Jarramplas.jpeg

What in gods name is happening in that picture?

[LaBombo]

 

Dozier has a 16 game hitting streak. 

 

Who passes DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak first

 

Dozier or David Dahl of the Rockies? 

 

I didn't even know he'd been traded. What did KSTP get for him?

 

 

[USAFChief]

Nice play Sanozee.

[Aggies7]

I'm more nervous than I should be about this lead.

[LaBombo]

 

What in gods name is happening in that picture?

 

I honestly don't know, but it's happening in Spain, and if you need any further explanation, I can't imagine what it would be.

[USAFChief]

 

What in gods name is happening in that picture?

Tired of rutabegas as the "fresh vegetable of the season" yet again.

[Willihammer]

You have to be freaking kidding me.

[LaBombo]

Rogers wisely stops the clock with that spike and saves a time out.

[Aggies7]

Should be a 15 yard penalty on Rodgers. Bs by the umpire

[LaBombo]

 

Tired of rutabegas as the "fresh vegetable of the season" yet again.

As bad as that was, it didn't compare to the shock and awe of Brussel Sprout Backlash...

 

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