Article: Game Thread: Twins v Angels, 7/3 @ 7:10pm CT

[glunn]

The stands look pretty full tonight, but the game thread not as much.

[yarnivek1972]

Dagger time?

 

I figure if I make enough calls, eventually one will stick.

[drock2190]

 

Mejia is listed, on the roster, as 6'3" / 195..... and Pressly as 6'3" / 210. If Mejia is 195, I am 165 again. That is one plump 195 at 6'3".

 

Fangraphs has him at 195 too. Must be right then...

[glunn]

Great hitting by Sano -- he focused on the solid contact that we needed, not on a home run

[yarnivek1972]

Fangraphs has him at 195 too. Must be right then...

If it's on the internet, it HAS to be true...

[jimmer]

ah, beautiful running

[glunn]

Less than great base running there by Sano.

[Riverbrian]

 

Stop assigning some blame of the bullpen failures to the rotation Richard and Bert. Everyone knows one has nothing to do with the other :-)

 

And Mauer hit another useless HR.

 

Useless Home Runs are still more useful than this

 

http://www.funnysigns.net/files/sign-not-in-use.jpg

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

ah, beautiful running

Yeah, two base runners making mistakes, glad only one of them was tagged out.

[jimmer]

 

Fangraphs has him at 195 too. Must be right then...

So does baseball-reference...because the info is given by the teams...

[drock2190]

 

So does baseball-reference...because the info is given by the teams...

 

No one wants to go out on a limb and put him at a slim 250

[jimmer]

So, wait a minute, Richard is blaming Sano's mistake on Kepler?  

[glunn]

 

So does baseball-reference...because the info is given by the teams...

Maybe he was holding a lot of helium balloons when the team weighed him?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

Less than great base running there by Sano.

Right - it looked like Sano purposely got in a rundown between third and home so that Kepler could safely advance to second in his own rundown between first and second (and then Kepler almost gets thrown out between second and third, lol)

[glunn]

 

So, wait a minute, Richard is blaming Sano's mistake on Kepler?  

Kepler almost got thrown out because he was in no man's land.

[Danchat]

That was a great inning, but can we quit it with the baserunning mistakes? It seems like we've had one in each of the past 5 games or so.

[Riverbrian]

 

Yeah, two base runners making mistakes, glad only one of them was tagged out.

 

A clear example of two wrongs don't make a right. 

 

 

[jimmer]

 

Kepler almost got thrown out because he was in no man's land.

no, he absolutely messed up too, but Sano's mistake is on Sano and no one else. You don't set yourself up to get thrown out at 3rd so a guy can get to 2nd.

Edited July 4, 2017 by jimmer

[Riverbrian]

 

So does baseball-reference...because the info is given by the teams...

 

I'm a legit 5-9

 

I've had conversations with actual college basketball players and looked them in the eye while holding a program that lists them as 6-1. 

 

 

[glunn]

 

Right - it looked like Sano purposely got in a rundown between third and home so that Kepler could safely advance to second in his own rundown between first and second (and then Kepler almost gets thrown out between second and third, lol)

I think Sano should not have strayed so far from third, and when he got caught then he tried to get Kepler time to advance. If Sano had stayed put then we could have had men at first and third.

[jimmer]

 

I'm a legit 5-9

 

I've had conversations with actual college basketball players and looked them in the eye while holding a program that lists them as 6-1. 

Did you see the picture of Altuve standing next to Judge? Some hilarious comments made.

Edited July 4, 2017 by jimmer

[jimmer]

last batter for Mejia

Edited July 4, 2017 by jimmer

[Riverbrian]

 

Did you see the picture of Altuve standing next to Judge? Some hilarious comments made.

http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141113124808-01-shortest-tallest-man-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg

[Riverbrian]

 

Did you see the picture of Altuve standing next to Judge? Some hilarious comments made.

 

Aaron Judge: I hope you know... You are going to look very short in this photo and people are going to comment on it. 

 

Jose Altuve: It's Ok... I'm used to being Judged.  

 

http://www.mlb.com/assets/images/6/6/8/240077668/cuts/original_u1uc9efq_n2r3henc.jpg

[Craig Arko]

http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141113124808-01-shortest-tallest-man-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg

[jimmer]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/tiny-altuve-standing-next-to-huge-judge-gets-meme-treatment/ar-BBDDgDA

 

Judge: "Felt a raindrop. I think it's raining."

Altuve: "I don't feel anything."

Judge: "It's still falling. Should reach you any minute."

 

A pitch at Jose Altuve's face is still a strike for Aaron Judge

 

Judge: What are you doing after the game?
Altuve: My mom is picking me up and we're going to Chuckie Cheese".

Edited July 4, 2017 by jimmer

[David HK]

Hey!  Is that Steve (Bedrock) Bedrosian's kid?

[Danchat]

It's good to see Mejia make it through 7 innings for once. Let's hope he can keep this up and eat some more innings that the bullpen wouldn't have to account for.

[Riverbrian]

 

Hey!  Is that Steve (Bedrock) Bedrosian's kid?

 

The Same

[jimmer]

Alright all.  I'm done for the night.  GO TWINS!