Game Thread: Twins vs Rockies, 5/18/17 @ 6:10 PM CT

[akmanak]

Calling it.....homer

[David HK]

So Robbie saves the bacon after a "productive out" from Dozey...

 

Doubled our lead!  Yay!

 

And, oh, what a tragedy, being blocked at "work."  I am seriously impressed with that young man on the mound.  Oh, please, let him have figured some things out for the long term!

[Aggies7]

LaTroy continues to call Dick Richard and I laugh every time

[ashbury]

Grossman is an OBP guy.

If they won't walk him he will even resort to getting a hit!

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

[David HK]

Hm.  5 hits, 5 walks, 2 runs. 

 

Those are ominous stats.

 

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........!  I'm feeling haunted!

[Pardon My Dinger]

I hear that Caribou is a poor mans Dunkin

Those are both just a stupid man's keurig, imo, i guess. But yeah, I could see that.

[Aggies7]

Out by a mile

[spinowner]

 

Out by a mile

Or a fraction of an inch. Out either way.

[Pardon My Dinger]

I'm sorry, but it is a little strange how methodically Berrios appears to wipe his thumb on the bottom of his brim...not necessarily sayin,' but I am just sayin.'

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

They keep track of this, you know.

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/raining_david_tennant.gif

[akmanak]

Wow, 9 k's so far. I am moving towards that he has figured it out.

[nicksaviking]

I'm sorry, but it is a little strange how methodically Berrios appears to wipe his thumb on the bottom of his brim...not necessarily sayin,' but I am just sayin.'

He's got a rabbit's foot under there. It's working too.

[Oldgoat_MN]

Really fun to see Berrios having a great game. I think I'm happier for him than I am for the Twins.

I'm an odd guy.

[Pardon My Dinger]

He's got a rabbit's foot under there. It's working too.

Ah. Good deal, then.

[ashbury]

I'm sorry, but it is a little strange how methodically Berrios appears to wipe his thumb on the bottom of his brim...not necessarily sayin,' but I am just sayin.'

That has a familiar ring to it. I'll have to check the archives....

[Darius]

This is the Berrios we've been waiting for.

 

I only hope the Rockies get one more legit base hit, so Dozier's inability to get to that grounder isn't the difference.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

He's got a rabbit's foot under there. It's working too.

He's also got this thing, where he looks in to see what Castro is signaling, and then grips the baseball in a certain way and throws it to a particular spot

[BoofBonser]

Lol Dick can't handle LaTroy's unbiased takes 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

This is the Berrios we've been waiting for.

I only hope the Rockies get one more legit base hit, so Dozier's inability to get to that grounder isn't the difference.

Dozier was never the fleetest infielder, but fairness in reporting Dozier did dive and it was out of his reach

[jun]

They should have let Rosario play instead of Buxton because Rosario can really punish those balls outside the strike zone.

[ashbury]

I forgot to thank Dick Bremer an inning ago for putting the jinx on Berrios's nono by mentioning it. Nice one.

[Darius]

I'm sorry, but it is a little strange how methodically Berrios appears to wipe his thumb on the bottom of his brim...not necessarily sayin,' but I am just sayin.'

Didn't seem to work for him last year....

 

Chatwood is also doing the same thing, so does that make Berrios' game legit if the other pitcher is also cheating? I think so.

 

I would think you'd have to be pretty dumb to put it on your hat, and go to it after every single pitch, if you're really going to "cheat." I'd go on the seam between the webbing and the palm of my glove, where my fingers end up before every pitch, myself.

Edited May 19, 2017 by Darius

[Pardon My Dinger]

Didn't seem to work for him last year....

 

Chatwood is also doing the same thing, so does that make Berrios' game legit if the other pitcher is also cheating? I think so.

 

I would think you'd have to be pretty dumb to put it on your hat, and go to it after every single pitch, if you're really going to "cheat." I'd go on the seam between the webbing and the palm of my glove, where my fingers end up before every pitch, myself.

I am absolutely not saying he's got goop on his hat. Just saying that it is suspect, because it's peculiar. But I don't really suspect any foul play.

[BoofBonser]

 

Dozier was never the fleetest infielder, but fairness in reporting Dozier did dive and it was out of his reach

His range is very minimal when compared to top tier defensive middle infielders... and it's showing a lot more this year

[SwainZag]

 

I am absolutely not saying he's got goop on his hat. Just saying that it is suspect, because it's peculiar. But I don't really suspect any foul play.

 

If you think that's suspect....check this out, one of my favorite articles to read:

 

http://cespedesfamilybarbecue.com/2014/04/14/chris-resop-the-most-interesting-reliever-in-the-world/

[sampleSizeOfOne]

No, this is not a Menard's:

 

http://www.tacomalawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/LOI-Test-Photo.jpg

 

Is this how a dollar store goes out of business?

[Cap'n Piranha]

Doziers value is built almost entirely upon his ability to hit homers while playing an acceptable second base. Take the homers away, and he is below league average.

[akmanak]

Am I seeing this right that Berrios is only at 81 pitches going into the 7th?

[Aggies7]

Ugh, just heard the worst sound ever: my keg kicking

[Aggies7]

Is it actually cold enough to wear one of those winter hood things Alfonso Marquez is wearing? Good lord mid 90s heat index here today