Game Thread: Twins vs Red Sox 12:10pm cdt 6/21/2018 ad

[jud6312]

 

Through 4 games, batters are hitting .438 off Belisle.

He's arguably failed both of his tests as a mop-up man too, only getting 3 outs with a 6 run lead vs Cleveland, and only 3 again today trailing by 5.

That still means they're failing .562 ... little miracles.

[wavedog]

Comeback anyone?  

[ashbury]

A productive out by LoMo. Only need about 7 more of them.

[wavedog]

No problem getting runners home from third and less than 2 outs when we are down by 8 and 9 runs I see.  

[LaBombo]

 

Caution--pet peeve rant coming.

 

 

Pet peeves usually aren't a problem. Nobody wants to be around when a wild peeve starts ranting, though.

[ashbury]

Pet peeves usually aren't a problem. Watch out for peeves in the wild, though.

Wild rants usually outnumber the peeves.

[LaBombo]

 

Comeback anyone?  

 

Like a retort, or...

[jud6312]

Man, I can't remember the last time I was so happy to miss a ballgame for work.

[Vanimal46]

Through 4 games, batters are hitting .438 off Belisle.

 

He's arguably failed both of his tests as a mop-up man too, only getting 3 outs with a 6 run lead vs Cleveland, and only 3 again today trailing by 5.

Brilliant pick up by Falvine

[ashbury]

I think this game's starting to get out of reach. Signing off.

[USAFChief]

 

Caution--pet peeve rant coming.

Bradley's jersey is wrong. His last name is Bradley. Junior is not part of his last name. It is part of his given name. Junior does not belong on his jersey. This also applies to the myriad of other Juniors and Thirds out there who erroneously have those designations on their jerseys. That is all.

Incorrect, sir. 

 

Joe Smith Jr

 

not

 

Joe Jr Smith

 

I do names for a living these days. You can leave it off if you wish, or add one that's not on your birth certificate if you wish...

 

but if you want one on your passport, it's goin' on the same line as your last name unless your birth certificate specifically states differently, and very few do.

[Mike Sixel]

Belisle..... Why? Seriously.

[LaBombo]

 

11 players in the Twins line up today—8 have BAs under .250, 7 are under .230, 5 are under .220.

 

So we got crushed even though we cheated and had two extra dudes out there? Insult, meet injury!

[zenser]

I am ready for Belisle and Magill to be gone.  There has to be two, somewhat, reliable arms in Rochester.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Caution--pet peeve rant coming.

Bradley's jersey is wrong. His last name is Bradley. Junior is not part of his last name. It is part of his given name. Junior does not belong on his jersey. This also applies to the myriad of other Juniors and Thirds out there who erroneously have those designations on their jerseys. That is all.

Ichiro says your assumption that jerseys can only have last names is flawed.

[USAFChief]

 

So we got crushed even though we cheated and had two extra dudes out there?

Seems like if we were going to cheat it should be the other way around.

 

"Here's our lineup:

 

1. Rosario

2. Escobar 

 

We'll pinch run if the situation arises.

[Nine of twelve]

 

Incorrect, sir. 

 

Joe Smith Jr

 

not

 

Joe Jr Smith

 

I do names for a living these days. You can leave it off if you wish, or add one that's not on your birth certificate if you wish...

 

but if you want one on your passport, it's goin' on the same line as your last name unless your birth certificate specifically states differently, and very few do.

We'll have to agree to disagree about me being right and you being wrong. In a last-name-first format it's Smith, Joe Junior. Junior is NOT part of the surname.

Reference:

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Jr.Sr.III/faq0002.html

[John Kelsey]

 

I am ready for Belisle and Magill to be gone.  There has to be two, somewhat, reliable arms in Rochester.

 

Magill? Seriously?

[bighat]

 

11 players in the Twins line up today—8 have BAs under .250, 7 are under .230, 5 are under .220.

 

And one of them is under .190. Looking at you, Logan Morrison.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I wake up and we lost...

 

A whole game behind Detroit.

 

Hmmm. Could be worse.

 

And on the Target Field wall there was something about Buxton on the 22nd... I think he'll be there tomorrow, if only in Bobble head form?

 

I could be wrong. I often am. Apparently it was just the shoulder that got Rosario scratched, not the whole arm.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Obviously we didn't quote Blazing Saddles enough.

[ashbury]

Chicago Manual of Style, versus the Gubmint? Tough to decide which side of the Intellectual Elites versus Pointy Headed Bureaucrats divide to go with.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just thought I’d pop in here to let everyone know that I actually paid a bunch of money to watch this abomination of a baseball game.

 

Yay, me.

[Squirrel]

 

Just thought I’d pop in here to let everyone know that I actually paid a bunch of money to watch this abomination of a baseball game.

Yay, me.

You should've known better. We won the 1st two, it was highly unlikely we'd win the sweep ... against Boston.

[Brock Beauchamp]

You should've known better. We won the 1st two, it was highly unlikely we'd win the sweep ... against Boston.

I don’t mind seeing them lose but that game was just awful and boring.

[VATwinsFan]

So we got crushed even though we cheated and had two extra dudes out there? Insult, meet injury!

Everybody is a comedian.

[wsnydes]

 

Seems like if we were going to cheat it should be the other way around.

 

"Here's our lineup:

 

1. Rosario

2. Escobar 

 

We'll pinch run if the situation arises.

Ghost runners!

[adorduan]

 

7 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings doesn't quite qualify as good for me.  Decent, to be sure, but not good.

2 runs in 6 innings.  results matter.  I'll take that from any of our starters, every time....

[Nine of twelve]

 

Ichiro says your assumption that jerseys can only have last names is flawed.

That's wrong in my book as well.

[Nine of twelve]

 

I don’t mind seeing them lose but that game was just awful and boring.

I saw them lose against LAA on the 8th but I still enjoyed the game and fireworks.