Game thread: Twins vs. Blue Jays 5/2/2018 AD at 12:10pm CT

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Samwise Gamgee game thread intro:

 

There is this one point in Two Towers where Sam and Frodo are resting on the stairs up to Cirith Ungol in a dark and dismal land and their conversation is about the epic tales and how the folk in them have no idea how they'll turn out, they just keep on going.

 

I can't think what in this season might have brought that moment to mind...

 

But in it Frodo jokes about wanting to hear more of what Sam says, as it makes him laugh. That brings me straight to a game thread intro...

 

So... to run with a theme, Buxton and Sano are off enjoying ent draughts that will curl their hair, and we have the unexpected help of Faramir... er, i mean Fernando Romero. But currently it is a hard climb back up, and who knows what arachnid baseball team might be at the top of it all...

 

What all heartwarming cheerful down to earth good humour things y'all got to say to keep our flagging spirits up?

 

Blue Jays of Toronto

 

Marcus Stroman ( R)

 

1. Curtis Granderson (L) LF

2. Teoscar Hernandez (R ) RF

3. Justin Smoak (S) 1B

4. Yangervis Solarte (S) 3B

5. Kevin Pillar (R ) CF

6. Russell Martin (R ) C

7. Kendrys Morales (S) DH

8. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ( R) 2B

9. Aledmys Diaz (R ) SS

 

Twins of Minnesota

 

Fernando Romero (R )

 

1. Brian Dozier ( R) 2B

2. Joe Mauer (L) DH

3. Max Kepler (L) CF

4. Eduardo Escobar (S) 3B

5. Eddie Rosario (L) LF

6. Robbie Grossman (S) RF

7. Logan Morrison (L) 1B

8. Gregorio Petit ( R) SS

9. Jason Castro (L) C

 

60F and partly cloudy.

[Mike Sixel]

Nice intro

 

Why is Dozier batting lead off?

 

Call up Wade, please.

[wsnydes]

 

Nice intro

Why is Dozier batting lead off?

Call up Wade, please.

Ha!  At it already!  I like it!  Appease the man (and me) and bring up Wade already!

 

Also, I agree on Dozier.  Time to mix things up a little because clearly the status quo ain't working.

[Jerr]

 

Ha!  At it already!  I like it!  Appease the man (and me) and bring up Wade already!

 

Also, I agree on Dozier.  Time to mix things up a little because clearly the status quo ain't working.

Mix it up with these same guys? I'm so down on them, they seem to have no leader that gets upset/shakes it up, just stumbling along. Sad!!!

But, today is another game. Go Twins!!!! (hesitated to cheer for the Twinkies, but not there quite yet).

[Mike Sixel]

Dozier is the perfect number three hitter, that's where he should be. Kepler, Mauer, Dozier.

[Blake]

I'm at work today, so, will miss watching the game.

 

Go work!

[wsnydes]

 

Mix it up with these same guys? I'm so down on them, they seem to have no leader that gets upset/shakes it up, just stumbling along. Sad!!!

But, today is another game. Go Twins!!!! (hesitated to cheer for the Twinkies, but not there quite yet).

I don't disagree, it is sad.  But clearly what they've been doing isn't working and there are fixtures in the lineup.  Why not try something different and see how it goes?  What's the worst that can happen?  They leave runners in scoring position, put together strings of poor AB's, expand the strike zone as if they were in Little League and lose because of it?

[GCTF]

I had this post all typed out, and then I noticed this was the May 2, 2018 AD thread. Carry on.

[Jerr]

Shouldn't this be pinned to the top and free us from yesterdays wreck of a game??      

 

[Blake]

 

Shouldn't this be pinned to the top and free us from yesterdays wreck of a game??      

What I find astonishing is that a such a bad game wound up with a game thread that went more than 16 pages. 

 

 

[wsnydes]

 

What I find astonishing is that a such a bad game wound up with a game thread that went more than 16 pages. 

Train wreck effect?

[Jerr]

 

What I find astonishing is that a such a bad game wound up with a game thread that went more than 16 pages. 

It helps to vent after it is over. bet a few pages, are after the game          

 

[Jerr]

 

Shouldn't this be pinned to the top and free us from yesterdays wreck of a game??      

Maybe all the moderators have left the ship?????

[wsnydes]

 

Maybe all the moderators have left the ship?????

If that were the case, would that make them the proverbial rats?  Or does that get thrown back at us somehow?  

[Jerr]

First MLB batter to face and down goes the batter!!!

 

[wsnydes]

I really wish I were in front of a TV right instead of a radio...

[Jerr]

98 mph???? A TWINS starting pitcher      

[Jerr]

 

I really wish I were in front of a TV right instead of a radio...

Me too.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Maybe all the moderators have left the ship?????

No, they have gone ahead to scout... (He musstn't get it. But they are bringing it to him. She might help ussss...)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Sorry. Got caught there in the bad side of my own intro.

 

How we doing today?

[youngtwinsfan]

Get the Fox Sports GO app on your phone and you can watch it at work! That's what I am currently doing. 

[Mill1634]

Nice to see a starter throwing some heat

[Bob Sacamento]

 

Get the Fox Sports GO app on your phone and you can watch it at work! That's what I am currently doing. 

I'm watching it off the reddit MLBstreams for free...

[Bob Sacamento]

 

Nice to see a starter throwing some heat

His changeup is 90-92mph so far

[youngtwinsfan]

 

I'm watching it off the reddit MLBstreams for free...

The Fox Sports app is free as well! Atleast it was for me maybe i got lucky.

[Mill1634]

Nice to see him get out of a jam. 

[rghrbek]

effectively wild, I know I would not be comfortable up there...not with that heat.

[wsnydes]

 

His changeup is 90-92mph so far

Good movement too?

[USAFChief]

Why does Mauer need another day off from playing first?

 

That's 7 already, by the way.

 

You'd think with ship sinking and the defense already stretched he could maybe tough it out and play a day game after a night game.

 

But you'd be wrong.

[Mill1634]

EDDIE THE STICK STRIKES AGAIN!!!!!!