Article: Game Thread: Twins v Rockies, 5/16 @ 7:10pm CT

[wsnydes]

Although the twins ARE 6-1 in games that he started. Somehow

Run support, that's how.

[Don Walcott]

Although the twins ARE 6-1 in games that he started. Somehow

Wow.

[FlauerPauer]

Boys need to get a run here in the bottom of the sixth.

[bighat]

 

I'm so jet lagged, I might have to go to bed early tonight.

 

This broadcast isn't helping me stay awake, either.

 

Where were/are you?  

[spinowner]

E-9.

[Aggies7]

Fail to score last inning and now this dud of a top half. No good

[Don Walcott]

The Rockies seem to have figured out how to not hit to Buxton tonight. They've hit quite a few out to Grossman. Smart team. Grossman is brutal.

[FlauerPauer]

Make that two runs.  Geesh.

[mikecgrimes]

Imagine Grossman trying to play an infield position

[ashbury]

You'll just have to take my word for this...I took a break to eat supper, and as Buxton came up I was thinking to myself..."self, this is an excellent matchup for Buxton, he's going deep here."

 

I would have posted it had I been here.  I swear.

 

So I'm taking credit for calling it.

False.

 

I never think.

 

She'll confirm that, though, I'm confident.

So you thought you were thinking, but thought wrong, if I have this straight. This explains a lot, and I'm going to have to go back and re-evaluate a great number of posts. This will take some time. Good night.

 

^{_{PS: I can't bear to watch this game anymore anyway.}}

[Aggies7]

Oh well, I was tired anyway. Early bed time won't hurt.

[USAFChief]

That escalated quickly.

[spinowner]

Ouch.

[wsnydes]

Bullpen shutting things down again I see...

[FlauerPauer]

Yikes.  Goodnight all.

[Don Walcott]

Chuck Nasty, as the Rockies call him.

[Aggies7]

Run support, that's how.

The twins have scored 42 runs in his 8 starts, but they scored 11 in one of those games. Not an overly huge amount of run support

[TwinsCD]

If you're gonna elevate a fastball to the 9th place hitter with 2 strikes you better damn well make sure that he can't do anything but foul it off.  That pitch allowed Wolters to get distance on the hit rather than keeping it low and make him beat it into the ground.  And now look where this inning has gone.

[Riverbrian]

 

tough to be an innings eater as a starter if you fail to finish 6 IP in more than half of your starts

 

Frank: Hey... Come Here... Look at this

 

 

Sophie: What is that?

 

Frank: A new statue that I purchased for the South End of Grant Park. I think it will help explain what happened to all those legs. 

 

Sophie: There is absolutely no oversight with your job?. 

 

Frank: Nope... No oversight at all. 

[Aggies7]

On a positive note, LaTroy is halfway decent in the booth

Edited May 17, 2017 by Aggies7

[sampleSizeOfOne]

So we answered so far each inning.

 

This seems like a taller order though...

[Sam Morley]

Why is polanco giving away his third ab against freeland? Worst ab of the season.

[Aggies7]

I know getting into math is verboten in these parts, but the biggest reason IMO hughes hasn't been a disaster is that, in his 8 starts, he left with his team ahead by 1 or 2 runs FIVE times. All this while only pitching more than 6 innings once. The bullpen has been his biggest savior this year. HAD been, anyway.

 

Edit: he pitched into the7th against boston

Edited May 17, 2017 by Aggies7

[Blake]

Grossman is showing that not only can he misplay a fly ball, he's also quite capable of booting a ball on the ground.

[Riverbrian]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iyoC4gJ-nQs/VT_BzrmiyFI/AAAAAAAAG14/vCwHeajSieA/s1600/Arthur.jpg

Arthur: Where is the rest of this moose?

 

Burt Johnson: Grant Park in Chicago

[notoriousgod71]

Tough to tell if LaTroy actually meant what he said about Tommy Kahnle.

[Aggies7]

Tough to tell if LaTroy actually meant what he said about Tommy Kahnle.

Sure seemed like it

[notoriousgod71]

 

Sure seemed like it

 

That's what I thought but that is something you would rarely hear someone say, particularly years later.

[Blake]

 

I know getting into math is verboten in these parts, but the biggest reason IMO hughes hasn't been a disaster is that, in his 8 starts, he left with his team ahead by 1 or 2 runs FIVE times. All this while only pitching more than 6 innings once. The bullpen has been his biggest savior this year. HAD been, anyway.

Edit: he pitched into the7th against boston

Someone mention math?

 

 

[Aggies7]

 

Sorry, I was throwing out a pile of numbers