Game Thread: Twins @ Indians 6/5/19 6:10pm CST

[Aggies7]

How many innings have to be played for it to count as a game? re: potential rain delay

It’s already an official game, but I can see them waiting all night

[sampleSizeOfOne]

You miss a little, you miss a lot.

Neither horaeshoes nor handgranades is it?

[wavedog]

Bring in the rain!!

[PDX Twin]

 

We ain’t finishing this game without rain. and it could last a while

 

Three hours of rain would be a more effective way to finish this one off than the Twins bullpen is likely to muster...

[70charger]

 

We ain’t finishing this game without rain. and it could last a while

 

You know, we COULD call it now. 

 

Not sayin'. Just sayin'.

[ashbury]

Only 3 more innings of our bullpen's stylings to go!

[IndianaTwin]

Strategic move on May's part -- allow a couple baserunners so the inning lasts longer and the tarp is timed perfectly. 

[ashbury]

We ain’t finishing this game without rain. and it could last a while

I don't even know what the current rules are, concerning rain-shortened games, except that MLB hates them to pieces and will do anything to avoid them.

[LaBombo]

That was the sixth inning already? I could've sworn it was only the 4th.

 

Of the series finale.

 

Tomorrow.

[VATwinsFan]

I'd say another 3-4 HRs and 7 or so more runs should be enough for the win.

 

Whaddya think?

[Danchat]

 

Miracles happen.

 

At least once in a while.

You guys do realize we are winning this game... right? All this doom and gloom seems fitting for a game we're losing by 10 runs, not a close game.

 

Let's not forget, even if our pitcher blows this lead, our offense has shown to be more than capable at getting the lead back.

[LaBombo]

 

So much for Kimbrel being a priority.

 

Yup, now we can get down to the business of watching the bullpen implode on cue.

[70charger]

 

Strategic move on May's part -- allow a couple baserunners so the inning lasts longer and the tarp is timed perfectly. 

 

We're all playing checkers; he's out here playing 4D chess.

[Aggies7]

All the Cleveland guys have a mean face on, but having worked in MILB grounds for 8 years, it’s nice to see an umpiring crew call for the tarp early. It’s amazing that in 2019 it’s still acceptable to make a couple dozen people run out in a lightning storm to throw a giant tarp on a baseball field

[operation mindcrime]

DFA!!!! Solved!!!!

I take that back!!!!!!!!

[Aggies7]

My guess is this delay will last an hour or two

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I wish someone could solve the puzzle and get the performance out of Trevor May. So many of his pitches are of the no-hope variety.

Isn't there a song about that in the Sound of Music How do you solve a puzzle like Trevor May?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Yup, now we can get down to the business of watching the bullpen implode on cue.

Good implosions are very exhaustively timed.

 

I'm demolitions expert, but i respect the craftsmanship that goes into it.

Edited June 6, 2019 by sampleSizeOfOne

[Nine of twelve]

 

How many innings have to be played for it to count as a game? re: potential rain delay

5

[USAFChief]

5

or 4.5, if home team leading.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Oh, i see. Today was our day to homer.

 

So what should i do during a delay for rain?

[LaBombo]

 

I'd say another 3-4 HRs and 7 or so more runs should be enough for the win.

 

Whaddya think?

 

In favor of those offensive supplements. Ambivalent about their efficacy.

[LaBombo]

 

How many innings have to be played for it to count as a game?

 

Hang on, working on an answer for you and should have it in a bit...

 

[PDX Twin]

I was poking around the MiLB site to see how the Twins kids were doing (the Wed Rings won with Arraez being held to 3-for-5 with a double). The Fresno pitcher has a perfect game through 5 against New Orleans. Two questions come to mind about New Orleans:

 

1. How in the world are they in the Pacific Coast League?

 

2. Who in the world would name a team the "Baby Cakes"?

 

I think I know the answer to the first one (merger of old American Association), but #2?

[LaBombo]

 

Oh, i see. Today was our day to homer.

So what should i do during a delay for rain?

 

Do you have access to Cheez-Its and a treadmill?

 

[USAFChief]

Do you have access to Cheez-Its and a treadmill?

 

Don't mean to speak for SSOO, but in my case, yes, no.

[ashbury]

Isn't there a song about that in the Sound of Music How do you solve a puzzle like Trevor May?

How do you hold a curveball in your hand?

 

Please, somebody tell him, because too often the ball goes nowhere near the catcher's mitt.

[LVTwinsfan]

Bremer said it would be a very short rain delay, so they’re probably done fir tonight

[ashbury]

Don't mean to speak for SSOO, but in my case, yes, no.

No treadmill? What do you hang drying laundry on?

[USAFChief]

No treadmill? What do you hang drying laundry on?

The $5000 Bowflex.