Game Thread: Twins @ Royals, 6:15pm CDT 9/28/2016 AD

[twinsnorth49]

After seeing another Paul Molitor lineup, Derek Falvey makes his decision on what to do with his Twins job offer package.

 

[USAFChief]

AAA lineups deserve AAA jokes:

 

What has three balls and flies through space?

E.T. The extra terrestical.

[operation mindcrime]

Exactly. 30 something journeymen on 100 loss teams don't grow on trees.

They grow in a dumpster!

[twinssporto]

 

Uh......it's Logan's Mom.

 

How do you forget a player of that stature?

Now, now...This is an inclusive website.  We should refrain from nasty, mean spirited sarcasm. 

 

You need to say nicer things like this:  That Molitor fellow is a helluva MLB Manager.  Creates some of the best lineups I ever saw.  

[USAFChief]

 

Exactly. 30 something journeymen on 100 loss teams don't grow on trees.

New around here?

[Danchat]

 

Here's something to consider:

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad109/monkeypox/Screen%20Shot%202016-09-28%20at%206.24.27%20PM.png

Grossman has a pretty good OPS. So good, that one asks, should he be the LF and Rosario the 4th OF? Eddie can play all 3 spots, whereas RG is limited to LF. Makes some small sense.

 

Also, Vargas needs to play until he proves he's not capapble.

Clearly we need to find ways to get Milone and Berrios into the lineup.

 

On a more serious note, Grossman's defense is so horrendously bad that only playing DH will give him any positive value with this team. So I'd much rather see Rosario in LF next year rather than Grossman out there.

[operation mindcrime]

Do us all a favor Dick and retire along with them.

[twinssporto]

I am formally nominating this song as our anthem for next year.  Will need Mod approval though.

 

[USAFChief]

 

Do us all a favor Dick and retire along with them.

Dick:  "The Twins found out last night, if you give the Royals the chance, they will aggressively try to beat you."

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Dude, seriously??

 

Vargii.

 

I like.

 

(does it rhyme with pie?)

 

However not what i expected... If someone asked me how i would plural it...

 

Well its.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Dick:  "The Twins found out last night, if you give the Royals the chance, they will aggressively try to beat you."

 

So...

 

We're losing?

 

What's new?

[twinssporto]

Maybe this could be another anthem for next year:  Just spit balling...

 

[USAFChief]

 

I am formally nominating this song as our anthem for next year.  Will need Mod approval though.

 

Can't speak for all the mods, only for myself:  approved for use.

 

However, the thing is...I strongly suspect we WILL, indeed, take it more.  

 

We're still here, ain't we?

[twinsnorth49]

Bert said Grossman just kept looking up hoping the ball would reappear.

 

Funny, I keep looking up hoping Grossman would disappear.

[ScrapTheNickname]

Grossman is last in major league baseball in DRS (Defensive Runs Saved): -21.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=lf&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=10,a

 

Whatever he does on offense is taken away by what he doesn't do on defense.

[operation mindcrime]

I am formally nominating this song as our anthem for next year.  Will need Mod approval though.

 

This years anthem should've been "Kill me Now" by System of a Down! \m/

[USAFChief]

 

Bert said Grossman just kept looking up hoping the ball would reappear.

 

Funny, I keep looking up hoping Grossman would disappear.

Grossman looked up, wondering "where is the ball?" and then it hit him.

[ScrapTheNickname]

But I also don't want Rosario in LF next year.

I think we need to go outside the system to find the answer.

Edited September 29, 2016 by ScrapTheNickname

[Danchat]

 

Grossman is last in major league baseball in DRS (Defensive Runs Saved): -21.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=lf&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=10,a

 

Whatever he does on offense is taken away by what he doesn't do on defense.

Let's also remember that he has only spent around 600 innings (most full time starters have 1,000+ innings at this point). So he's quickly accumulated that number and it'd be even worse if he had started the whole season.

[USAFChief]

More AAA jokes for a AAA lineup:

 

I hate those little Russian dolls.  They're so full of themselves.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Let's also remember that he has only spent around 600 innings (most full time starters have 1,000+ innings at this point). So he's quickly accumulated that number and it'd be even worse if he had started the whole season.

Very good point.

Edited September 29, 2016 by ScrapTheNickname

[twinsnorth49]

She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

[spinowner]

You can't explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they take everything literally.

[LaBombo]

 

Grossman is last in major league baseball in DRS (Defensive Runs Saved): -21.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=lf&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=10,a

 

Whatever he does on offense is taken away by what he doesn't do on defense.

 

And if his .363 BABIP comes back to earth and clips a bunch of points off his OPS next year, he might be among the team leaders in negative RBI, or ORBO (Offensive Runs Batted Out).

[spinowner]

Dang pickoff.

[LaBombo]

 

 

More AAA jokes for a AAA lineup:

 

I hate those little Russian dolls.  They're so full of themselves.

 

A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says, "Give me 5 beers".

[twinsnorth49]

About that RBI thing.....

[USAFChief]

 

She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

[LaBombo]

 

 

 

Whatever he does on offense is taken away by what he doesn't do on defense.

 

I like the kid, I'm rooting for him, and he's had a remarkable season at the plate, but when his offense fizzles out, Grossman will be taken away.  From the starting lineup, at least.

[USAFChief]

3 consecutive base hits, including a double, and no runs.

 

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