Article: AL Wild Card Game Thread: Twins @ Yankees, 10/3@7:09pm CT

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

It's times like these when I remind myself that both teams are trying to beat the other team. 

 

A Rosario home run can be viewed as a great at-bat by Rosario or Pitcher Failure and the impression is generated by which team you are cheering for.

 

Nice try?

[snepp]

[Aggies7]

Ok, so a long fly to buxton and now a HR. Can this be the last batter for erv?

[GCTF]

Well it was a good run.

[bighat]

The umps and ESPN have a lot riding on a Yanks victory it seems. How disappointing! 

[PseudoSABR]

 

This has all Santana has done in the playoffs. He's historically terrible in this park.

Who could've ever seen this coming?

So you would have started Berrios?

[Vanimal46]

Molitor F'd up... Erv never had it this game.

[LaBombo]

 

Now ball 2 to Gardner was a strike.

 

Eh.  What are the odds it'll hurt 'em?

[Pius Jefferson]

Why is he still in the game?

[twinsnorth49]

1 bad pitch, too bad.

[alarp33]

Give me a break Molitor, Santana has NOTHING.  How in the world do you leave him out there

[Aggies7]

Gardner has killed us his whole career. Would like to know his BA against us

[alarp33]

 

1 bad pitch, too bad.

 

I counted about 35 bad pitches

[iastfan112]

 

So you would have started Berrios?

I don't question starting Santana in the slightest, bringing him out for this inning was dumb. 1 game winner take all is the not time to show faith in your veteran who's struggling.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Eh.  What are the odds it'll hurt 'em?

ooh ooh I know this!!

 

0.00001

[bighat]

 

Why is he still in the game?

 

To get Judge out and allow Berrios to start the next inning with less pressure. 

[Aggies7]

Give me a break Molitor, Santana has NOTHING.  How in the world do you leave him out there

Yup, not sure what the upside was. Another inning or two, MAYBE? Doesn't make much sense. Severino is probably home in bed by now.

[TWINSFANINATL]

That's game.  Hopefully the analytics guys see that Molitor is too much like Gardy in this environment and cleans house.  Need fresh blood up and down ---- no previous ties to previous regime.

[twinsnorth49]

I counted about 35 bad pitches

They got 1 hit that inning, what are you talking about?

[DocBauer]

Just got home. Sick in bed yesterday. Super excited and went a bit nuts when I saw what happened tip of the 1st!

 

Then I started to feel a different kind if sick in the bottom of the first.

 

[sigh]

 

I just don't know if I can watch this game.

[alarp33]

 

To get Judge out and allow Berrios to start the next inning with less pressure. 

 

*And to make sure Berrios doesn't have the pressure of pitching in a tie game?

[Riverbrian]

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Let me repeat: Ervin is still in the game because we sold pitching in July and the average age of the pitchers we acquired is 44 years old

[jimbo92107]

Last couple pitches to Judge, it looked like Santana was starting to find his slider. Too late, Erv.

[LaBombo]

 

Well it was a good run.

 

Don't make me get Bluto's Pearl Harbor speech warmed up in the bullpen.

 

[alarp33]

 

They got 1 hit that inning, what are you talking about?

 

Hes thrown 65 pitches in 2 innings and you counted 1 bad one?  Going to a 3 ball count on every batter is ok if they don't hit a home run?

[Smarterthanyou]

Gotta figure out Green

[twinsnorth49]

Can the quitters in here go form their own support group thread?

[snepp]

Good start Hip Hip!

[yarnivek1972]

Steal