Game Thread: Seattle at Minnesota, 5/14 @ 6:10pm CT (make up from 04/08)

[Platoon]

in Monty Python, Moses came down with three tablets proclaiming that God had given us 15 commandments..and as he said that, he dropped one of the tablets, then he said Ten,Ten commandments...

If the unwritten rules were good enough for baseball, they should have been good enough for Moses!

[Mill1634]

 

Mine too

Happy birthday!

[Dantes929]

 

Happy birthday!

All these birthdays.    Makes me think people used to have a lot of fun around the 4th of July weekend.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

in Monty Python, Moses came down with three tablets proclaiming that God had given us 15 commandments..and as he said that, he dropped one of the tablets, then he said Ten,Ten commandments...

Thought that was Mel Brooks History of the World Part I.

 

Blessed are the cheesemakers would be Monty Python reference...

[jimmer]

Thought that was Mel Brooks History of the World Part I.

 

Blessed are the cheesemakers would be Monty Python reference...

you are right, my bad.

[ewen21]

 

Happy birthday!

 

THanks, but I meant to say it was my dad's birthday.  He would have been 78.

 

Lost him in 2000.

 

FYI-My birthday is 4/20

[Squirrel]

For the make up game today, we decided to recycle the thread from Apr. 8. What a difference a month makes, both in weather and Twins play.

 

Wade LeBlanc vs Jake Odorizzi, lineups tba.

[Blake]

Wow, I thought we, as fans, got a chance to rest up before we got to dive right into another game.

 

No rest for us.

 

Seriously, though, this is rough for the Twins. No chance to catch a breather and they have to play Seattle.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Writing a game thread more than a month in advance...

 

Impressive!

[Squirrel]

Lineups:

 

1. Dee Gordon (L) CF

2. Jean Segura ( R) SS

3. Mitch Haniger ( R) RF

4. Nelson Cruz ( R) DH

5. Kyle Seager (L) 3B

6. Ryon Healy ( R) 1B

7. Mike Zunino ( R) C

8. Ben Gamel (L) LF

9. Gordon Beckham ( R) 2B

 

 

1. Joe Mauer (L) DH

2. Brian Dozier ( R) 2B

3. Max Kepler (L) RF

4. Eduardo Escobar (S) 3B

5. Mitch Garver ( R) C

6. Logan Morrison (L) 1B

7. Robbie Grossman (S) LF

8. Byron Buxton ( R) CF

9. Ehire Adrianza (S) SS

[Mill1634]

Mauer with another day off of 1st. Makes no sense at all. He’s had to have roughly 1 in 4 games off when he is the best defender on the team besides Byron. Also giving Rosario the day off. Makes no sense on the Mauer front. Go twins.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Mauer with another day off of 1st. Makes no sense at all. He’s had to have roughly 1 in 4 games off when he is the best defender on the team besides Byron. Also giving Rosario the day off. Makes no sense on the Mauer front. Go twins.

I don't know...

 

Maybe so he can concentrate on leading off?

 

How often do people play first and bat first?

[yarnivek1972]

I don't know...

 

Maybe so he can concentrate on leading off?

 

How often do people play first and bat first?

Doug Mientkiewicz should have. Rod Carew probably did. Paul Molitor late in his Brewer days probably did.

[yarnivek1972]

Steady, though not terribly hard, rain falling. Postponement of the postponement?

[Squirrel]

 

Steady, though not terribly hard, rain falling. Postponement of the postponement?

It's supposed to keep raining through the evening. Again, not necessarily hard, but steady.

[USAFChief]

 

Mauer with another day off of 1st. Makes no sense at all. He’s had to have roughly 1 in 4 games off when he is the best defender on the team besides Byron. Also giving Rosario the day off. Makes no sense on the Mauer front. Go twins.

IIRC that's 10 non-starts at 1b already.

 

 sheesh.

[Nine of twelve]

Steady, though not terribly hard, rain falling. Postponement of the postponement?

I thought the same thing. How often does it happen that a game gets postponed twice?

[IndianaTwin]

Mauer with another day off of 1st. Makes no sense at all. He’s had to have roughly 1 in 4 games off when he is the best defender on the team besides Byron. Also giving Rosario the day off. Makes no sense on the Mauer front. Go twins.

Though only two complete games off out of 36, putting him on pace for 153 games and 684 plate appearances.

 

(I realize that early season “on pace for” numbers are skewed this year because of the number of off days. It will be hard to maintain that pace when games are piling up.)

[Nine of twelve]

Mauer with another day off of 1st. Makes no sense at all. He’s had to have roughly 1 in 4 games off when he is the best defender on the team besides Byron. Also giving Rosario the day off. Makes no sense on the Mauer front. Go twins.

Mauer is certainly far better defensively than Morrison. I wonder if Molitor thinks it benefits Morrision to have him more involved in the game by playing first. There are some players who don't do as well DHing, although one would think that Morrison should be able to do that OK at this point in his career. Just speculating...

[Mr. Brooks]

Mauer is certainly far better defensively than Morrison. I wonder if Molitor thinks it benefits Morrision to have him more involved in the game by playing first. There are some players who don't do as well DHing, although one would think that Morrison should be able to do that OK at this point in his career. Just speculating...

I know you're just speculating, and not the one making the decision. But if the offensive gain from Morrison being more involved actually does outweigh the improved defense of Mauer at first base, then shouldn't they use that alignment every game?

[USAFChief]

 

Mauer is certainly far better defensively than Morrison. I wonder if Molitor thinks it benefits Morrision to have him more involved in the game by playing first. There are some players who don't do as well DHing, although one would think that Morrison should be able to do that OK at this point in his career. Just speculating...

I don't think this is about Morrison.

 

 

[Mike Sixel]

 

I know you're just speculating, and not the one making the decision. But if the offensive gain from Morrison being more involved actually does outweigh the improved defense of Mauer at first base, then shouldn't they use that alignment every game?

 

this.

[Mauerpower]

So they delayed the game. It’s not supposed to stop raining until around 10pm. Will they play a game 4 hours after it was scheduled to start?

[Squirrel]

I don't think this is about Morrison.

I don’t either. It’s about Molitor. I’ve never been a fan of him as manager and stuff like this just makes it more clear. If it’s Mauer asking for another day, then Molitor needs to say no. If it’s Molitor doing the saying no, can’t have that as manager.

[Mill1634]

What are the odds they get this in? I’ll say 20%

[yarnivek1972]

What are the odds they get this in? I’ll say 20%

I’ll say 100%. They will either play in light rain or wait it out.

[bighat]

Darn, what a bust if this is rained out. Especially for Seattle, who just played in Detroit and stopped in Minneapolis last night to get this game in today. Two teams with much-needed off days after long road trips are now at the mercy of the MN weather. And it's crappy.

 

The fact that they've done so much (and spent the extra $$$) to get this game in increases the likelyhood they'll try everything they can to play this game. Might not be enough but this one won't be called unless it's impossible to play.

[USAFChief]

I don’t either. It’s about Molitor. I’ve never been a fan of him as manager and stuff like this just makes it more clear. If it’s Mauer asking for another day, then Molitor needs to say no. If it’s Molitor doing the saying no, can’t have that as manager.

I have serious doubts Molitor would take his “gold glove” first baseman off the field on his own.

[mickeymental]

why not just close the roof?

[Squirrel]

I have serious doubts Molitor would take his “gold glove” first baseman off the field on his own.

Then he’s not much of a manager. If he’s not in control of the team and lets his team make his decisions for him, he’s not a good manager.