Game Thread 4/28/18 1:10 PM Twins vs Reds

[Nine of twelve]

Couldn't not go for a walk on a beautiful spring afternoon. Just got back and I like the score. Let's see if we can get some insurance.

[USAFChief]

 

How about a double off the RF wall here, Joe?

At least its a hit, even if its a hit that does the least possible damage. Even with Dozier running, he can only advance one base, on the soft single to left.

[USAFChief]

Not to worry, the pen's got this.

[Nine of twelve]

Ok, let's follow the tried-and-true formula: Reed in the 8th and Rodn...

Ok, let's see if we can score some runs in the bottom of the 8th!

[Mike Sixel]

Not to worry, the pen's got this.

Coming up on Rodney experience time.....

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Not to worry, the pen's got this.

Just hold 'em off for a few more innings.

 

Stay on target...

[Blake]

 

Not to worry, the pen's got this.

? 

 

I've given up on worrying about the pen and embraced the implosion.

[h2oface]

They need at least 3 in the bottom of the 8th to save us from Rodney. I won't be watching. I can't watch him pitch anymore. I won't. Cant wait until he is gone.

[USAFChief]

My old friend Sol, who fancied himself a pirate, met me at my usual afternoon neighborhood bar spot for a beer.  He's not really a pirate, of course, but he tries to pretend, and all of us friends just play along.  It's harmless. And he does go to the Gulf of California and sail his boat every chance he gets.

 

Anyway, we meet, and I see Sol has a patch over one eye, a hook for a hand, and a wooden peg leg.

 

“Ye gads, matey,” I says, playin' the pirate part. “What happened to ya?”

 

Sol says, “Me pirate ship (his sailboat, actually) sail was fouled, and a rope wrapped around my leg, and pinched it right off. So now I got me a wooden peg.”

 

“That's Awful! And yer hand?”  I asks.

 

“When me ship sank, a shark bit me hand off. So now I got me a hook.”

 

“OK, but what’s with the eye patch?”

 

“I was standin’ on a dock, and the biggest seagull I ever saw poops right in me eye.”

 

“But ya don’t go blind from no seagull poop.”

 

“True,” says Sol. “But it was me first day with the hook.”

[Nine of twelve]

Nice DP!

[notoriousgod71]

If Rodney blows this he has got to be done, right?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Ok, let's follow the tried-and-true formula: Reed in the 8th and Rodn...

Ok, let's see if we can score some runs in the bottom of the 8th!

If Rodney gets no save, he can still earn a win.

 

Home game after all.

 

Oh, and RB is overseeing it. They'll double their efforts.

[PDX Twin]

Did that ball just accidentally happen to land in Rosario's glove?

[Blake]

 

Not to worry, the pen's got this Lance and Rosario got this.

There, fixed it for you.

 

Not something I ever expected to type, either.

[Nine of twelve]

Nice catch fighting the sun by Rosario. Target Field is a beautiful place, but from home plate to center field is almost exactly west to east. That's why it's such a horrible place for outfielders in the second part of the afternoon.

[Nine of twelve]

Wonder if Molitor would consider bringing Mauer in to play 1B in the top of the ninth. We'd lose the DH but if all goes well that's a moot point.

[IndianaTwin]

 

Wonder if Molitor would consider bringing Mauer in to play 1B in the top of the ninth. We'd lose the DH but if all goes well that's a moot point.

 

I'd like to see them do that. The pitcher would go into Morrison's spot, which is eight batters away, and Castro and Sano are still on the bench (maybe not Sano), so they could pinch hit if the wheels came off and the lineup got to that spot. 

 

[PDX Twin]

Home field advantage = we get to bat again after Rodney blows the save.

[KirbyDome89]

Aaaaaaaaaand we're off....Rodney starting an inning as he usually does....

[howeda7]

This is a joke at this point and an insult to the rest of the team

[USAFChief]

Lead off walk. Seriously??

[howeda7]

If Rodney remains closer after this, someone should be fired

[USAFChief]

winnah!!!111!!!1!!

 

[Nine of twelve]

Aaah, we can breathe again.

[mrmpls]

Rodney is a total JOKE!!!!!

[notoriousgod71]

Undeterred by the overwhelming hatred for him, Rodney proceeds to shoot off another arrow.

[IndianaTwin]

Queue the band, we had it all the way...

 

 

[Blake]

 

[PDX Twin]

Is there such a statistic as "almost blown save"?

[howeda7]

Is there such a statistic as "almost blown save"?

Yes. Eddie Guardado was the master. Rodney hasn't mastered the almost part