Game Thread Twins @ Astros, 7:10pm CDT 4/22/2019 ad

[glunn]

Gigantic win! 

[wavedog]

Alright - nice win!

[operation mindcrime]

Woooooooo!!!!

[LaBombo]

Parker barbecues Correa with a fastball in his DMZ to finish the save.

 

[Mill1634]

Huge win, about as big as it can get in April. Now find a way to win tomorrow with a full bullpen

[Tovar12]

Great win with Verlander waiting in the wings this series.  

[glunn]

 

Kind of like a cobra

Yes. That could be a good nickname for him.

[gil4]

 

Twins have had some odd closers. Blake Parker is more like what I imagine - twitchy, compulsive, like Joe Nathan. 

He has been OK so far, but I'm not quite ready to compare him to Joe Nathan.  Let him pitch in a few All-star games and we can talk.

[Tovar12]

Gnight boys.  Time to go spoon the wife.

[twinssporto]

Great win tonight.  It almost felt like a playoff game.  Astros are a great team.  This is the type of game that should build a lot of confidence for our young sultans of swat.  

[Don Walcott]

Blake the Snake!

[gil4]

 

Parker jams Correa with a fastball in his DMZ to finish the save.

 

 

None of that looks like chicken.

None of it even looks like it possibly tastes like chicken. 

 

Isn't there a rule that all non-chicken food photos must be posted before the final out?  

[twinssporto]

 

Great win with Verlander waiting in the wings this series.  

Verlander won't pitch well...Don't want to get into all the details but I dated his wife in college.  Been texting her a lot this week.  He's very insecure when I do stuff like that. I think it throws him off his game.

[David HK]

BP came through, picked up Jake well.

 

Tip 'o the cap to Reddick the Butcher out there in right, whiffing on that easy grounder, then forgetting to take his clown shoes off before his spin-o-rama on Polanco's drive. Comedy gold.

 

Good win, Twins! Now tough one out against one of their top pitchers, and take this series!

[PseudoSABR]

 

Later that same inning...

 

Minnesotans

Entreat

Jesus

In

Anguish

Nice use of the verb "entreat."

[John Kelsey]

Parker is a solid 2nd or 3rd best option in a bullpen, kind of like Rogers. 

[David HK]

 

Verlander won't pitch well...Don't want to get into all the details but I dated his wife in college.  Been texting her a lot this week.  He's very insecure when I do stuff like that. I think it throws him off his game.

Ahhh... echoes of Reggie Dunlop!

 

Get in the man's head!

 

[h2oface]

 

Here you go: http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/_/name/min/season/2019/seasontype/2/split/81

 

Thank you!!!!!

 

That's what I thought. Even Astudillo isn't hitting much when he plays 3rd. That is atrocious this year for the Twins 3rd base production.... usually a place for real hitting.

[LaBombo]

 

None of that looks like chicken.

None of it even looks like it possibly tastes like chicken. 

 

Isn't there a rule that all non-chicken food photos must be posted before the final out?  

 

After a few shots of soju, you won't notice the difference.

 

But I replaced it with the correct image anyway, good catch.

[h2oface]

 

Verlander won't pitch well...Don't want to get into all the details but I dated his wife in college.  Been texting her a lot this week.  He's very insecure when I do stuff like that. I think it throws him off his game.

 

A special kind of 26th man, eh?

[LaBombo]

 

Gnight boys.  Time to go spoon the wife.

 

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[wallyrichards]

 

Really, Blyleven? ... Time to go ... Passed time, really

(Blyleven sounded like a total noob asking about OPS)

 

He wanted him to explain it to the fans who don't know what it is. Personally I don't really care about OPS. I look at the batting average and ERA. Not everyone is in to the stats. I don't think Bert is a total noob what ever that is but he does say some things that's a little cheesy some times. Take it easy on him he's get up there in age. I'm 61 so I got to have his back.   

 

[Channing1964]

Yessssssss

[wallyrichards]

 

Great win with Verlander waiting in the wings this series.  

We knocked the crap out of the Phillys ace so they shouldn't be to overwhelmed with Verlander.  

[wallyrichards]

Nice win with a little help from there right fielder. Also Rosario made a great play off the wall and then threw a strike to Schoop who followed it up with another strike to Castro for the out. That was a big time play. 

 

The only thing that bothered me was May not being able to throw strikes. Jeez come on dude there trying to build your confidence and he can't throw strikes! The guy he walked was batting .212 with no home runs and you can't throw it over the plate! Same with Mejia. I think the homer Harper gave up was just throwing the wrong pitch. Seems like know one can hit his curve but for some reason he started throwing his fast ball to many times in a row. No one can touch his curve so why all the fast balls. Anyways good win. 

[Channing1964]

Weird, I always thought baseball was a team game.

You really believe that simply having been on a championship TEAM automatically makes you a clutch player, and never being on a championship TEAM makes you unclutch?

Can you give me some examples of Gonzalez' leadership skills that led to the Astros WS title, aside from simply being on their roster?

here is an overall view selected just for the experts. Gonzalez, the Twins' third baseman whose two-out, game-tying home run off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in Game 2 of the 2017 World Series ranks as perhaps the greatest home run in Astros franchise history, made his first trip back to Houston when the Twins opened a three-game series against the Astros on Monday.

 

Wherever Gonzalez went on the field prior to the game, fans were yelling his name as a handful of former teammates -- Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa, Jake Marisnick, Gerrit Cole and, of course, Jose Altuve -- came over to exchange handshakes, hugs and memories.

 

"It feels good," said Gonzalez, who drove Altuve's car to the ballpark. "This place was the place that gave me the road to the big leagues, and I spent the last seven years of my life, of my career, over here. And I get to sleep in my own bed, too."

 

Gonzalez was the first player Jeff Luhnow acquired only hours after taking over as general manager late in 2011 and was a centerpiece of the Astros' rebuilding efforts. Gonzalez and Altuve were part of an Astros team that lost 111 games in 2013 and won the World Series four years later, thanks in part to Gonzalez's stunning homer at Dodger Stadium that tied the series, 1-1. He also broke up a Yu Darvish perfect-game attempt with two outs in the ninth inning with a single on the second day of the 2013 season.

This is from the post game wrap on tonight's victory. Does that satisfy your urge to find the answers to Marwin's value?

[Channing1964]

Or maybe this....

The Astros were planning to celebrate Gonzalez's time in Houston with a video tribute prior to the game.

 

"It feels great when people talk good about you," said Gonzalez, who's been the Twins' starting third baseman with Miguel Sano injured. "I did my best. I did all I could every day I was out there. I appreciate everything they said about me."

 

In seven seasons with Houston, Gonzalez provided the club remarkable versatility with his ability to play all over the field while being a productive player. He hit .303 with 23 homers and a team-leading 90 RBIs and a .907 OPS during the Astros' championship season and was the starting left fielder in the playoffs.

 

"He was invaluable for me as a manager," AJ Hinch said. "I could move him around the field and he became the answer to a lot of issues that came up. ... It's hard to put in context all the different things that he did, and maybe some things that we don't remember until he's gone and you notice how many guys it takes to fill in the role he played. He's beloved in our clubhouse. While we wanted him back, he'll be missed. Part of that banner that hangs up there is because of his contribution."

Simply my point is this.....for 10.5 million a year, mark my words, this is a great deal for a clutch player. If you'd rather have Michael Brantley then please, Please transfer into my fantasy baseball league.

[Channing1964]

I can't resist one more.....

Without Marwin, we don't have rings on our finger and that championship here in Houston," outfielder Josh Reddick said. "We can all be grateful and thankful for what Marwin did for this organization."

I agree he's had a rough start but where would we be without him? Giving full time at bats to Adrianza at third base? we'll never have to find out as long as the W's keep piling up.

[bighat]

 

Thank you!!!!!

 

That's what I thought. Even Astudillo isn't hitting much when he plays 3rd. That is atrocious this year for the Twins 3rd base production.... usually a place for real hitting.

 

Lucky for the Twins, I hear they've got a 3rd baseman who can hit!

 

But yeah, those numbers are awful so far....

[Mr. Brooks]

Or maybe this....

The Astros were planning to celebrate Gonzalez's time in Houston with a video tribute prior to the game.

 

"It feels great when people talk good about you," said Gonzalez, who's been the Twins' starting third baseman with Miguel Sano injured. "I did my best. I did all I could every day I was out there. I appreciate everything they said about me."

 

In seven seasons with Houston, Gonzalez provided the club remarkable versatility with his ability to play all over the field while being a productive player. He hit .303 with 23 homers and a team-leading 90 RBIs and a .907 OPS during the Astros' championship season and was the starting left fielder in the playoffs.

 

"He was invaluable for me as a manager," AJ Hinch said. "I could move him around the field and he became the answer to a lot of issues that came up. ... It's hard to put in context all the different things that he did, and maybe some things that we don't remember until he's gone and you notice how many guys it takes to fill in the role he played. He's beloved in our clubhouse. While we wanted him back, he'll be missed. Part of that banner that hangs up there is because of his contribution."

Simply my point is this.....for 10.5 million a year, mark my words, this is a great deal for a clutch player. If you'd rather have Michael Brantley then please, Please transfer into my fantasy baseball league.

You'll have to find where I ever said or even implied that I wanted Michael Brantley.

Until then, please stop putting words in my mouth, and arguing things I did not say.