Game Thread: Twins vs. Angels, 7/5/17 @ 7:10 PM Central

[Aggies7]

You know, Bremer keeps saying CG for Ervin. It's only a CG if the Twins don't score or score more than 1.

Yeah, jack said we need to score two or zero to make it a CG. Allegedly

[Blake]

Grudgingly, I have to give Mr. Molitor credit for not pulling Santana.

 

That was fun to watch.

 

[yarnivek1972]

Jack: "they're gonna rule it a hit dick"

That also has to be an error. They might as well not even keep fielding records.

[drock2190]

Mauer 

 

Buxton

 

Dozier

 

That's the lineup I want to see!

[LaBombo]

 

 

I was taught in Logic class that

• All men are mortal
• Socrates is a man
• Therefore, all tautologies are tautologies

 

I took that class too. Prof was hilarious. And he didn't think much of Socrates, either.

 

[Cap'n Piranha]

Jack: "they're gonna rule it a hit dick"

Instead of Dick 'n' Bert, we have two guys in the booth, Jack 'n' Dick.

 

If you're alone, read it out loud.

[yarnivek1972]

How does Mauer not hit for Castro?

[Puckett34]

 

How does Mauer not hit for Castro?

Was just scratching my head on that one too

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Castro batting for himself

 

http://ri.pinger.pl/pgr187/dc0b5b2e0019c9655310fcd7/danbo_2_by_blenches-d4b0rwn.jpg

 

 

edit: that was supposed to be a sad face

[LaBombo]

 

Tip of the cap to erv. Let's make him a winner

 

But what if he had fun? That would make him a winner as well, no?

 

http://jimharshawjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/participation-trophies.jpg

[yarnivek1972]

Was just scratching my head on that one too

Makes one wonder what Molitor was scratching.

[Aggies7]

Fooled by the hanging nature of the slider

[Jham]

Buxton hitting... Vargas optioned... hmmm....

[LaBombo]

 

How does Mauer not hit for Castro?

 

Then it doesn't count as an absolutely critical "day off" for Mauer, meaning that tomorrow we'll probably have to watch the training staff cart him off after three or four innings of standing near first base...

 

 

[Jham]

I still hate Buxton's new swing. Even after yesterday.

[Cap'n Piranha]

I wonder if Falvine doesn't want the public pushing for a trade to make the playoffs, because they think we're a year or two away, so they have instructed Molitor to lose a game here or there but make it look good.

[Aggies7]

We've missed about 6 hangers tonight

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Oh well, maybe the Central winner will only need 70-75 wins to win the division anyway

[ashbury]

Dozier tried to tie it up there on one-and-one.

[yarnivek1972]

Looks like Paul was outmanaged here tonight.

 

Clearly, the Twins pitchers are not pitching Calhoun correctly. That's not all on Paul, but it's his job direct a change in the approach against a hitter.

 

The double steal. That's a case of the Twins not being in position to make a play. That's the game in a nutshell.

 

Poor planning. Poor execution.

[drock2190]

 

Buxton hitting... Vargas optioned... hmmm....

 

Vargas has an OPS under .700

 

Enough said...

[ashbury]

No chicken tonight. In honor one snippet of the soccer discussion:

 

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/sanfordandson/images/4/43/Turkey_dinner.jpg

[glunn]

 

Looks like Paul was outmanaged here tonight.

Clearly, the Twins pitchers are not pitching Calhoun correctly. That's not all on Paul, but it's his job direct a change in the approach against a hitter.

The double steal. That's a case of the Twins not being in position to make a play. That's the game in a nutshell.

Poor planning. Poor execution.

Not gonna win a lot of games scoring only one run.

[LaBombo]

 

Well, a series win with the lone loss being taken despite one of the best starts of the year is pretty encouraging, I guess.

 

Also, despite the loss, did anyone else enjoy watching an entire game spent not dreading the manager motioning for a reliever?

[David HK]

 

The park for Charlotte that I saw 20+ years ago was situated in a suburb near the state line. They built a new one, essentially giving up on a MLB franchise?

That's where the Twinks were supposedly going at one time.  Yikes.

[LaBombo]

 

Not gonna win a lot of games scoring only one run.

 

Yeah, nothing to do but hope that the offense saves its next one-run effort for a good guys shutout or a bad guys blowout.

[70charger]

 

I wonder if Falvine doesn't want the public pushing for a trade to make the playoffs, because they think we're a year or two away, so they have instructed Molitor to lose a game here or there but make it look good.

 

Ooh, conspiracies! And Thad Levine spent an awful lot of time on grassy knolls during his time with the Texas Rangers. Coincidence?

[Cap'n Piranha]

Ooh, conspiracies! And Thad Levine spent an awful lot of time on grassy knolls during his time with the Texas Rangers. Coincidence?

I don't know. What's worse, corruption or incompetence?

[David HK]

 

28 years ago today, this premiered

Is Bernie still faster than Pujols?

[LaBombo]

 

Castro batting for himself

http://ri.pinger.pl/pgr187/dc0b5b2e0019c9655310fcd7/danbo_2_by_blenches-d4b0rwn.jpg


edit: that was supposed to be a sad face

 

No worries, I'm probably not the only one who assumed that it was. Might have something to do with half a decade of mostly bad baseball. <Sigh>.