Game Thread: Minnesota Twins of Minneapolis @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 6/3/17 @ 9:07 PM CDT

[Blake]

Well, darn it. Congratulations to Mr. Pujols, however. 

 

Darn it again.

[Blake]

 

Can someone explain why Eric Young can get a HBP when his foot was on home plate?

The same way Dozier winds up striking out after ball 4 was called a strike.

[LaBombo]

 

Well that took 2 games longer than I expected.

 

Gibson shuts him down and Ervin gives up the grannie. Figure those odds.

[jimmer]

Pujols is one of my favorite players ever.  Obviously I'd rather him not do well against us, but he did.

 

So CONGRATS!

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

And that's when this fan decides to turn in before 11 pm, rather than watching more of a West Coast prison-beating. Oh, well, good to see a little MLB history before hitting the pillow.

 

Good night, everyone.

 

[LaBombo]

 

And that's when this fan decides to turn in before 11 pm, rather than watching more of a West Coast prison-beating. Oh, well, good to see a little MLB history before hitting the pillow.

 

Good night, everyone.

 

Don't go now, you're gonna miss the bullpen!

[jimmer]

Our pitching staff going into today had a FIP of 5.00 and an ERA of 4.62.

[IndianaTwin]

Favorite non-Twins player of all-time -- who do you got? 

 

I'll go with, in some order:

Lou Brock

Mariano Rivera

Albert Pujols

 

Honorable mention to Yount, Molitor (as a Brewer), Schmidt, Edmonds, Freeman.

[ashbury]

Sano looks like a different player on popups than last year.

 

_{^{/ that is a GOOD thing}}

[Blake]

 

Don't go now, you're gonna miss the bullpen!

You really know how to encourage people to stick around.....

[jimmer]

 

Favorite non-Twins player of all-time -- who do you got? 

 

I'll go with, in some order:

Lou Brock

Mariano Rivera

Albert Pujols

 

Honorable mention to Yount, Molitor (as a Brewer), Schmidt, Edmonds, Freeman.

Pujols

Ozzie Smith

Ryne Sandberg

Steve Garvey

Dale Murphy

[ashbury]

Favorite non-Twins player of all-time -- who do you got? 

 

I'll go with, in some order:

Lou Brock

Mariano Rivera

Albert Pujols

 

Honorable mention to Yount, Molitor (as a Brewer), Schmidt, Edmonds, Freeman.

All time? I'll go back to Cepeda and Marichal.

[TwinsCD]

 

Can someone explain why Eric Young can get a HBP when his foot was on home plate?

 

When it comes to getting hit by a pitch, it doesn't matter where you're standing, just as long as you're not leaning in to the pitch or making an effort to try to get hit.  Had Young made contact with the bat with a foot on the plate, it would have been dead ball and he'd have been called out.  Had he not pulled the bat back in time, it would have been a strike despite the fact he got hit by the pitch.  

[LaBombo]

 

Favorite non-Twins player of all-time -- who do you got? 

 

I'll go with, in some order:

Lou Brock

Mariano Rivera

Albert Pujols

 

Honorable mention to Yount, Molitor (as a Brewer), Schmidt, Edmonds, Freeman.

 

My list is weird:

 

Sandberg

Nolan

Bip Roberts

ARod (Seattle edition only)

Brett Butler

Barry Larkin

IRod

Cecil Fielder

Trammel and Whitaker

Mickey Tettleton (glacial DH edition only)

 

I don't like the Tigers, but there are several on my list. Can't stand ARod, but loved watching him as a Mariner. Like the Cubs, but only Sandberg enough to put him on the list.  And I think I just like Bip's name, and also that you could call him "The Dread Pirate Roberts!" when he stole a base.

[Guest]

Favorite non-Twins player of all-time -- who do you got?

 

I'll go with, in some order:

Lou Brock

Mariano Rivera

Albert Pujols

 

Honorable mention to Yount, Molitor (as a Brewer), Schmidt, Edmonds, Freeman.

Roberto Clemente, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Martinez and Francisco Lindor. It could have included Cesar Cedeno but "the seventies."

[Twodogs]

Tony Gwynn

[Pardon My Dinger]

Dammit! I was hoping I'd have a shot at catching no. 600 tomorrow.

[LaBombo]

 

Tony Gwynn

He was in many ways the NL mirror image of Puckett, right down to batting left-handed.

[LaBombo]

 

Dammit! I was hoping I'd have a shot at catching no. 600 tomorrow.

 

The kid who got it seems a little dazed and goofy. You might be able to trade him some shiny objects for it.

[Pardon My Dinger]

Favorite non-Twins player of all-time -- who do you got?

 

I'll go with, in some order:

Lou Brock

Mariano Rivera

Albert Pujols

 

Honorable mention to Yount, Molitor (as a Brewer), Schmidt, Edmonds, Freeman.

Brian Wilson

Madison bumgarner

Ken Griffey Jr.

Randy Johnson

Pedro Martinez

[Danchat]

Max Kepler has been coming onto his own recently. The combination of Mauer-Sano-Kepler has been very dangerous so far.

 

Meanwhile, I think Polanco's in a small slump, I'd like to see some better hitting from him. I think he has the capability to hit similarly to Kepler.

[Guest]

He was in many ways the NL mirror image of Puckett, right down to batting left-handed.

May have been more of a family man.

[Pardon My Dinger]

The kid who got it seems a little dazed. You might be able to trade him some shiny objects for it.

I was hoping to trade it for shiny objects, myself.

[Rhino and Compass]

As a child, for literally no good reason, my favorite non Twin was Tim Wallach.

[Bark's Lounge]

I like to pimp Eddie Rosario. I like his cocksureness and his edge. He has the chance to be an all-star player. He could ultimately fail as well.

 

Saying that, Kepler is sure and steady and I think he is a lock to be 25HR and .280BA player with an ops over .800. We hit the jackpot with this guy.

[Carneal&Gordon]

Eric Davis

[ashbury]

May have been more of a family man.

So was Charles Manson.

 

^{_{/ I'm very sorry.}}

[AZTwin]

David Eckstein

[Blake]

 

The kid who got it seems a little dazed and goofy. You might be able to trade him some shiny objects for it.

Yeah, well, I'd be a bit dazed and goofy too if I caught Pujol's 600th home run.

[Carneal&Gordon]

When it comes to getting hit by a pitch, it doesn't matter where you're standing, just as long as you're not leaning in to the pitch or making an effort to try to get hit.  Had Young made contact with the bat with a foot on the plate, it would have been dead ball and he'd have been called out.  Had he not pulled the bat back in time, it would have been a strike despite the fact he got hit by the pitch.

 

Not arguing, but isn't having your foot on home plate "leaning in" per se?