Game Thread: Twins @ Angels, 6/2/17 @ 9:07pm CT

[Riverbrian]

Nice play by the former catcher at 1st Base. 

[howeda7]

Joe Mauer is good at baseball again.

[glunn]

 

Their average height is really driven down by that little reserve player with the white hair...

 

I would like to buy him and find him a meaningful role in medical research.

 

[ashbury]

Pujols has looked horrendous this series.

I hope you have some nice anti-jinx medicine on hand.

[snepp]

 

I was on my way to Hawaii. 

 

I got about 20 yards into the Pacific.

 

Ruined a perfectly good car in the process and the water was cold. 

 

Doesn't look like a perfectly good car.

 

http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/c23aa1b535fb4fb59162c4bd4d9ef566/floating-car-c7cdbd.jpg

[jimbo92107]

With no shame I will admit, that screaming one-hopper would have owned me. Not in my wildest dreams of athletic prowess (except the one where I could fly) would I have fielded that ball. Nice play, Joe Mauer!

[LaBombo]

Another brilliant play in the field by Mauer. He continues his bid to become the first 5+ WAR first baseman with a below-average OPS.

[Bark's Lounge]

Mauer is a defensive force.

[snepp]

 

Have your TV monitor checked. I see him in left.

 

The TV is fine, it's that damned chair hanging from the ceiling that causes all sorts of problems.

[ashbury]

Tuned in late. Mentioned leadingly to Mrs Ashburyjohn that the score was 6-0 in the third. "Gonna keep watching?" she inquired. She's a good knowledgeable fan, crossed up in this case by hubby.

[70charger]

Hang on. I show up five innings in and not only has Gibson not given up a run, but this board actually thinks that Mauer is good at baseball again!? What the holy hell?

 

(Seriously though, what did Mauer do?)

[snepp]

 

Tuned in late. Mentioned leadingly to Mrs Ashburyjohn that the score was 6-0 in the third. "Gonna keep watching?" she inquired. She's a good knowledgeable fan, crossed up in this case by hubby.

 

She knew Gibby was starting, an excusable misunderstanding.

[jimbo92107]

Ow, there goes Grossman's blazing speed... 

[glunn]

The Angels fans seem unusually quiet tonight.

[LaBombo]

 

I would like to buy him and find him a meaningful role in medical research.

 

I didn't even know he had finished med school.

[jimbo92107]

Am I wrong, or is Joe Mauer...

 

Oh, never mind.

[snepp]

 

I didn't even know he had finished med school.

 

Honorary.

[howeda7]

 

Hang on. I show up five innings in and not only has Gibson not given up a run, but this board actually thinks that Mauer is good at baseball again!? What the holy hell?

 

(Seriously though, what did Mauer do?)

2 run HR. Solid single. Great play at 1st. Sent Ben Revere sprawling in his other AB.

[70charger]

Aside from throw off the Angels' shift there.

[70charger]

 

2 run HR. Solid single. Great play at 1st. Sent Ben Revere sprawling in his other AB.

 

You da real MVP

[snepp]

A mere human barely gets that ball back to the pitcher.

[glunn]

As I hoped, the Twins seem to have learned something from the Astros about the importance of staying intense at the plate to rack up insurance runs.

[Riverbrian]

 

 the first 5+ WAR first baseman 

 

Afghanistan

ISIL

Libya

Iraq

The Battle of the Network Stars. 

[jimbo92107]

Sano gets hits off swings that for other hitters would be a mistake. That bounces Ramirez.

[jimbo92107]

Anybody know if Berrios is starting Sunday? I'm trying to decide which Twins/Angels game to drive to, now that my motorcycle is semi-grounded.

[Riverbrian]

 

Hang on. I show up five innings in and not only has Gibson not given up a run, but this board actually thinks that Mauer is good at baseball again!? What the holy hell?

 

(Seriously though, what did Mauer do?)

 

Home Run and a perfectly timed full extension dive to snag a rocket for an out. 

[Squirrel]

Wow, Mauer is super at first base

You just now noticing that?

[Bark's Lounge]

 

Tuned in late. Mentioned leadingly to Mrs Ashburyjohn that the score was 6-0 in the third. "Gonna keep watching?" she inquired. She's a good knowledgeable fan, crossed up in this case by hubby.

Trust your instinct old man, hold off on Matlock until the game is over.

[Squirrel]

Anybody know if Berrios is starting Sunday? I'm trying to decide which Twins/Angels game to drive to, now that my motorcycle is semi-grounded.

Grounded? Was it a flying motorcycle?

[gocgo]

One of the few times Gibson has pitched when I DON'T want the bullpen to come in.