Game Thread: Twins vs. Angels 1:10pm CDT 6/10/2018 AD

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I have this icky feeling that the HR is going to be the only time the twins bats sniff a run. I don't like that feeling.

do you mean "the HR" in the abstract? Then the Twins should hit a few more today

[wsnydes]

And what's GT stand for????

If for a Twins fan, Get Therapy.

[wsnydes]

do you mean "the HR" in the abstract? Then the Twins should hit a few more today

Unfortunately, I mean in the singular form but hoping for something more along the abstract form.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Short circuit MY humor?

 

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President Trump, at his morning intel briefing today, learned that two Brazillion soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in Rio yesterday.

 

He was quite upset.

 

“Two Brazillion soldiers!” He exclaimed. “My god, how many IS that??”

By short circuit, mean goad into blinding glory. Much as happens when you stick a fork in a toaster.

 

Not that i have done it. Or advocate it. I might advocado it though...

 

In that the instant flash is so much brighter than say, the dull glow of a pickle.

[wsnydes]

By short circuit, mean goad into blinding glory. Much as happens when you stick a fork in a toaster.

 

Not that i have done it. Or advocate it. I might advocado it though...

 

In that the instant flash is so much brighter than say, the dull glow of a pickle.

I could really go for some guacamole right. It'll go well with the tequila I'll need to get through this inning.

[Danchat]

I was expecting more of these type of games from Romero - he's still got a lot to learn as a MLB starter, and he'll have to endure bumpy starts like this one.

[wsnydes]

I was expecting more of these type of games from Romero - he's still got a lot to learn as a MLB starter, and he'll have to endure bumpy starts like this one.

Agreed. In a sense, it's good for him. These are good learning experience. Berrios seems to have learned a lot from these types of outings.

[USAFChief]

Need to keep this game close enough...

 

[USAFChief]

...to gather another 30 some odd posts.

[USAFChief]

 

...to gather another 30 some odd posts.

 

We need Bark for that.

[wsnydes]

...to gather another 30 some odd posts.

I'll get a good chuckle out of this if the postings go like the Twins bats and go completely silent.

 

It would be oddly fitting.

[Jerr]

 

If for a Twins fan, Get Therapy.

Thank you, as I thought it was something like "game time" or "Greenich mean Time".

 

[S.]

Romero really really needs to get out of this. I can't handle 5+ innings of our bullpen.

[USAFChief]

 

Thank you, as I thought it was something like "game time" or "Greenich mean Time".

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"Good TImes"

[Squirrel]

It doesn’t count if you are padding the result to benefit your guess.

[USAFChief]

I feel the offense is about to get on a (Esther) Rolle.

 

Dy-no-MITE!

[USAFChief]

 

It doesn’t count if you are padding the result to benefit your guess.

 

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[USAFChief]

Bert: "I think people like to see home runs."

 

Dick: "THAT's why you gave up 50 one year."

 

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Stop stealing my lines, Dick!

[Jerr]

We over 100 yet? And what's the prize to the winners?

 

[jtkoupal]

Not having Mauer is clearly a big deal, but it is hard to understand why the Twins hitters are so uncompetitive. The lineup should have the depth to overcome losing somebody, but that hasn't been the case at all.

 

The Twins are only a few more series losses away from this season being officially lost and players being traded.

 

Falvine did everything they could to build a contending team for this year. Unless things turn around quickly, it just didn't work out. These are not the Twins of the early 2010's, but the underperformance is almost beyond explanation. 

[USAFChief]

 

Not having Mauer is clearly a big deal, but it is hard to understand why the Twins hitters are so uncompetitive. The lineup should have the depth to overcome losing somebody, but that hasn't been the case at all.

 

The Twins are only a few more series losses away from this season being officially lost and players being traded.

 

Falvine did everything they could to build a contending team for this year. Unless things turn around quickly, it just didn't work out. These are not the Twins of the early 2010's, but the underperformance is almost beyond explanation. 

Is it?

 

.760 OPS, built almost entirely on walks and a few soft singles to left.

 

He's not an impact offensive player, and hasn't been for years now.

 

 

 

 

 

[USAFChief]

Nice job Garver. You couldn't have made contact one pitch earlier??

[S.]

Well, I guess that is one way to "move" the runner to second.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

ADRIANZA!! Triple!

 

The guy we pinch hit for last night!

[wsnydes]

Is it?

 

.760 OPS, built almost entirely on walks and a few soft singles to left.

 

He's not an impact offensive player, and hasn't been for years now.

For a lineup that features only two players with a BA over .240, they need all the help they can get. He may not be an impact player anymore, but he's at least competent. That's more than you can say about 7/9 of this lineup on any given day.

[S.]

Nice to see the bottom of our order string together some hits. Now we need to string together a few more because a 1 run lead is not nearly enough for our pen.

[USAFChief]

 

For a lineup that features only two players with a BA over .240, they need all the help they can get. He may not be an impact player anymore, but he's at least competent. That's more than you can say about 7/9 of this lineup on any given day.

He would certainly help. But I don't consider him a "big deal" any more. 

Bigger deals are the struggles of Dozer, Sano, and Buxton, and the weak bench the Twins started the season with.

 

[Han Joelo]

Robbie Grossman would probably make for an excellent beekeeper.

 

[Han Joelo]

 

He would certainly help. But I don't consider him a "big deal" any more. 

Bigger deals are the struggles of Dozer, Sano, and Buxton, and the weak bench the Twins started the season with.

A big part of that "weak bench" is (and has been) hitting 3rd today.

[Monkeypaws]

Adrianza is hitting .320 over the last 10 games.