Article: Game Thread: Twins @ Rays, 4/20@6:10pm CT

[Mill1634]

Pathetic. Horrible bullpen managing the entire way. Horrible by the Twins execution. 

 

Encouraging performance from LoMo, Rosie, and Kepler. 

 

Sano needs an off-day

[Aggies7]

Kinda wish we just packed it in in that 8th inning

[Riverbrian]

Well Duke screwed that one up big time.  

 

Pitchers have to have that down pat. 

 

Misses the base and then forgets about the runner. 

 

Oh Well.. Tomorrow is another day. 

[amjgt]

I don’t mind Rodney as the closer, but not leaving Reed in after 9 pitches was extremely questionable

[Aggies7]

I don’t mind Rodney as the closer, but not leaving Reed in after 9 pitches was extremely questionable

Sheesh I’d hate to see how bad it would have to get for you to mind

[snepp]

Ok, maybe I don't want the details.

[LaBombo]

 

Zach Granite and Zach Duke need to practice touching first base

 

Fred McGriff made an outstanding instructional video of a drill to practice this play, using a small enclosed space and live chicken.

 

Or it may have been Burgess Meredith in one of the Rocky movies. Either way, let's tune up those fundamentals, boys.

Edited April 21, 2018 by LaBombo

[amjgt]

Fred McGriff made an outstanding instructional video of a drill to practice this play

With some help from Tom Emanski

[TwinsCD]

 

Nothing like walking the 9th hitter to face the only guy that’s been killing you.

 

The lefty-lefty BS is so goshdarn overrated yet every manager subscribes to it and has subscribed to it for a generation.  There's so much overmanaging involved in today's game thanks to numbers and stupid analytics rather than sticking to the 'feel' of the game.  Reed's had a clean and easy 8th inning?  Who cares, time to take him out because the book dictates that I have to put my closer in.  Lefty pitcher to face a righty with a meaningless base open and a lefty on deck?  Walk that batter to face the lefty.  Nevermind that Span was loving every second of this opportunity and his speed won the game.

[Darius]

Hitting Gomez is terrible.

 

It's time to get Rodney out of the closer role. That's two games already.

[Aggies7]

Is it bad to have a closer with a WHIP of almost 2?

[BoofBonser]

Really upsetting loss right there
Grand slam to tie it up in the 8th, go ahead home run in the 9th, blown save off a BS hit, Mauer makes an amazing play that no one will care about anymore because a veteran pitcher DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIELD HIS POSITION MY GOD

[Riverbrian]

MLB had a better view of it. 

 

I think Duke may have got the bag but regardless... It was poor execution by Duke to give the ump a chance to miss the call. 

[Aggies7]

Pat Meares

[howeda7]

Rodney, Duke, Molior and Lynn can share blame for that loss in that order. Brutal.

[BoofBonser]

 

MLB had a better view of it. 

 

I think Duke may have got the bag but regardless... It was poor execution by Duke to give the ump a chance to miss the call. 

I was quite positive he touched it too

[Aggies7]

Rodney, Duke, Molior and Lynn can share blame for that loss in that order. Brutal.

And whoever it was that said rod carew

[yarnivek1972]

Time for Rodney to be stripped of his closer role.

So, you make Reed the closer. Who pitches the 8th or the high leverage 7th inning? Rodney?

 

Is that a better choice?

[TwinsCD]

 

So, you make Reed the closer. Who pitches the 8th or the high leverage 7th inning? Rodney?

Is that a better choice?

 

How about go with your best reliever?  Why does a reliever have to have a certain role in a certain inning?  Isn't the job to get guys out no matter the inning?

[BoofBonser]

Duke: "It felt like I got a piece of the base, but apparently they didn’t’ see it on the replay so it doesn’t matter that much. I don’t know about the timing of it. All I know is it felt like I had touched the base."

 

From Mike Berardino's Twitter

Edited April 21, 2018 by BoofBonser

[Rosterman]

Between Rodney's hit batsman and Duke not touching the bag. Lets FREE Kinley and Moya! Let the new guys pitch!

[Aggies7]

Duke: "It felt like I got a piece of the base, but apparently they didn’t’ see it on the replay so it doesn’t matter that much. I don’t know about the timing of it. All I know is it felt like I had touched the base."

 

From Mike Berardino's Twitter

I think he was in the side of it but not enough to overturn. If he were called out, I’m sure that would have stood too

[FormerMinnasotan]

Frankie Rodriguez

[USAFChief]

Rodney, Duke, Molior and Lynn can share blame for that loss in that order. Brutal.

Molitor is at the top of the list of who to blame.

 

Rodney didn’t intentionally hit Gómez, and only a fluke hop off the mound tied the game. The other players didn’t make a conscious decision to blow the game.

 

Molitor intentionally sent Lynn out there for the 7th.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5. Secret of Success:

 

I have been successful at almost everything I’ve done. I will give everyone the secret free of charge:

If at first you don’t succeed… redefine what success is.

 

You’re welcome.

____________________

 

 

The game is long since over and i still can't tell if i redefined success successfully...

 

Better get out the OED.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

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Back to the story.

 

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Again back to the story.

 

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Talk about heavy lifting...

Winner.

 

Gotta appreciate how you put your back into story telling!

 

(A fortuitous side effect of scanning, catching only single lines, that i simply had to share)

Edited April 21, 2018 by sampleSizeOfOne

[twinssporto]

 

And whoever it was that said rod carew

I'll take the blame for the loss.  But remember, I got us 5 runs to take the lead.  I can't do everything around here!