Game Thread: Twins @ Toronto 4:07 PM PST (6:07 PM CST) 5/06/2019

[Blake]

The Twins move on to Toronto, hopefully putting behind them what was a miserable experience, all the way around, in the Bronx. 

 

Fortunately, the weather in Toronto should be excellent, with deer prancing about the meadows of Canada.

 

 

And, Canadians should have discarded their traditional snow suits for something a bit classier:

 

 

Now, deep thoughts, courtesy, RB:

 

1. Suppose a wall in right field that is 316 feet from home plate.

2. A ball clears the wall by 6 inches. 

3. Another ball clears the wall by 200 feet.

4. Does the ball that clears the wall by 6 inches count less than the ball that clears the wall by 200 feet?

 

 

Pitching for the Twins:

 

Martin Perez

 

Pitching for the Blue Jays:

 

Marcus Stroman

 

5. Play Ball!

 

 

 

 

[Blake]

Disclaimer: Neither the author, nor Twins Daily, is responsible for the fact that Minneapolis is further north than Toronto. Please complain to those who, for some reason, found it necessary to develop a method for navigating the 7 seas of the earth. Such navigation was necessary, in order to avoid falling off the edge of the earth and avoiding those areas marked, "Here There Be Monsters."

 

Thank you and please remember to return your seats to the upright position before landing.

 

-Not the management of anything.

[Blake]

By the way, what is with these weird start times? 

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

 

Now, deep thoughts, courtesy, RB:

 

1. Suppose a wall in right field that is 316 feet from home plate.

2. A ball clears the wall by 6 inches. 

3. Another ball clears the wall by 200 feet.

4. Does the ball that clears the wall by 6 inches count less than the ball that clears the wall by 200 feet?

 

Hmm... good one... I always wondered if they factored some of this into total distance (i.e. how far would that ball have traveled if it hadn't landed in the upper deck.

 

We could debate the merits of building a wall to keep baseballs from immigrating to the stands? I'm thinking we need to bring back baseball without the fences.

[USAFChief]

 

By the way, what is with these weird start times? 

What's weird about Monday?

[Blake]

 

What's weird about Monday?

We're going to need a bigger blog to answer that question....

[Dantes929]

 

Hmm... good one... I always wondered if they factored some of this into total distance (i.e. how far would that ball have traveled if it hadn't landed in the upper deck.

 

We could debate the merits of building a wall to keep baseballs from immigrating to the stands? I'm thinking we need to bring back baseball without the fences.

They prescribed all the other dimensions of the park I can't help but think it would have been better if they had standardized  fences as well.     410 in center and the gaps tapering to 360 down the line sounds about right.    

[woolywoolhouse]

 

By the way, what is with these weird start times? 

 

It's the metric system.

[Otto von Ballpark]

https://www.mlb.com/twins/roster/starting-lineups

 

MIN Lineup
Max Kepler (L) RF
Jorge Polanco (S) SS
Nelson Cruz (R) DH
Eddie Rosario (L) LF
C.J. Cron (R) 1B
Marwin Gonzalez (S) 3B
Jonathan Schoop (R) 2B
Jason Castro (L) C
Byron Buxton (R) CF

Martin Perez (LHP)


TOR Lineup
Eric Sogard (L) 2B
Freddy Galvis (S) SS
Randal Grichuk (R) CF
Justin Smoak (S) 1B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 3B
Rowdy Tellez (L) DH
Brandon Drury (R) RF
Teoscar Hernandez (R) LF
Danny Jansen (R) C

Marcus Stroman (RHP)

 

[Dave The Dastardly]

How's young Vlad the Impaler been doing? Anybody seen him in action?

[Nine of twelve]

Bat on ball = run on scoreboard.

[mrtwinsfan]

Castro boom boom

[Nine of twelve]

Wait, wut??

[Nine of twelve]

OK, Buck, turn that 1-base error into a 2-base error.

[mrtwinsfan]

C,mon Kepler give b.b. a chance

[ScrapTheNickname]

a note about the infamous "oven glove." MLB has not yet created a rule as to how long they can be! Ab-surd.

[mrtwinsfan]

Thats on Max, 

[mrtwinsfan]

 

 

The Twins move on to Toronto, hopefully putting behind them what was a miserable experience, all the way around, in the Bronx. 

 

Fortunately, the weather in Toronto should be excellent, with deer prancing about the meadows of Canada.

 

 

 

And, Canadians should have discarded their traditional snow suits for something a bit classier:

 

 

 

Now, deep thoughts, courtesy, RB:

 

1. Suppose a wall in right field that is 316 feet from home plate.

2. A ball clears the wall by 6 inches. 

3. Another ball clears the wall by 200 feet.

4. Does the ball that clears the wall by 6 inches count less than the ball that clears the wall by 200 feet?

 

 

Pitching for the Twins:

 

Martin Perez

 

Pitching for the Blue Jays:

 

Marcus Stroman   Top 5 all time -Thanx

 

5. Play Ball!

 

 

 

 

 

[mrtwinsfan]

The more i see Perez the more i like,  Hope he can keep it up,, be a huge Bonus

[mrtwinsfan]

Nice play -Stroman

[Mike Sixel]

 

a note about the infamous "oven glove." MLB has not yet created a rule as to how long they can be! Ab-surd.

 

want more balls in play? smaller gloves!

[Mike Sixel]

I've had this thought before.....

 

When looking at gameday, where it says "end 3", I nearly always think, "what does MLB have against 3"*

 

*where 3 is the inning, just in case someone was wondering......**

**again with the explaining jokes. sigh.

[Danchat]

I gotta say, Schoop's been fantastic so far. Hitting .295 with power and very good 2B defense - I'll take that any day!

[Nine of twelve]

Good job, Castro. Still got another duck to get in, though.

[Nine of twelve]

Dang, Buck robbed of a triple.

[MNT1996]

Twins just seem so much more comfortable when not playing the Yankees. It's strange.

[mrtwinsfan]

 

Twins just seem so much more comfortable when not playing the Yankees. It's strange.

Just thinking same thing!!!!!!

[Nine of twelve]

Nice!

[Don Walcott]

Nice play, Marwin!!

[MNT1996]

Fantastic turn by Marwin