Game Thread: Twins @ Detroit 4:10 PM PST (6:10 PM CST) 6/7/2019

[Rigby]

 

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Oh, the Mylanta memories....

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

Saves. The greatest stat in baseball!

 

It's only a save if you make it dramatic...

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

And somehow gets away with it.

 

Maybe they were counting on the element of surprise. He can throw a breaking pitch there, and if it doesn't work he probably doesn't lose the ball game. Throw one of his mediocre fastballs, and the game could end right there. Not the call I would have made, but it worked out.

 

spotting him a 3 run lead helps too. 

[bighat]

Back-to-back wins for the Twins. Be mighty nice to take this series.

[operation mindcrime]

Go Twins!!!!!

[diehardtwinsfan]

allright.. bed time. Good night all!  

[John Kelsey]

Well, we just won with our worst starter facing their best. Sweep should be attainable now. 

[ashbury]

spotting him a 3 run lead helps too. 

Oh, that's right, the game couldn't actually end there.

 

But it might as well, if he tied it up with a homer. I still call for a breaking pitch, any breaking pitch, and take my chances.

[d-mac]

 

SInce May 1st Blake Parker has an xFIP of 5.16. Why he is being used in any situation other than mop up duty is beyond me.

 

In that time period he's allowed a HR/ Flyball % of 31.3% (or HR/9 of 3.65, if you prefer) and yet has a strand rate of 88.9%. So it could have been much, much worse.

[jud6312]

 

Well, we just won with our worst starter facing their best. Sweep should be attainable now. 

 

I got you, fam.

 

[LVTwinsfan]

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Ron Davis

[LaBombo]

 

It's only a save if you make it dramatic...

 

Right, and it's not like the Twins' bullpen has no competition in the long-running drama department...

 

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[LaBombo]

 

Well, we just won with our worst starter facing their best. Sweep should be attainable now. 

 

Hey, I simultaneously feel equally confident in a sweep and in knowing who to blame for jinxing it if we don't!

[LaBombo]

 

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The ginormous glasses helped him make out the looks of anguish and rage on the faces of Twins fans in the stands.

[Aggies7]

The ginormous glasses helped him make out the looks of anguish and rage on the faces of Twins fans in the stands.

I can’t find the quote or which manager even said it, I guess it was Billy Gardner judging by the year, but it was something along the lines of “my closer is over there crying in his locker, does anyone feel bad for me?”

 

Edit: the quote is from ray miller when he was asked if he felt bad for Ron Davis. He said “do you ever feel sorry for me? My future depends on a reliever who’s sitting in front of his locker right now crying.”

[LaBombo]

 

I can’t find the quote or which manager even said it, I guess it was Billy Gardner judging by the year, but it was something along the lines of “my closer is over there crying in his locker, does anyone feel bad for me?”

Edit: the quote is from ray miller when he was asked if he felt bad for Ron Davis. He said “do you ever feel sorry for me? My future depends on a reliever who’s sitting in front of his locker right now crying.”

 

Thanks for tracking that down, it made my short list of favorite manager quotes.

[mrtwinsfan]

Road Trip = 5-3  with 2 to go =NICE

[Brock Beauchamp]

Road Trip = 5-3 with 2 to go =NICE

The streak continues. It is June 7th and the Twins have not lost a home stand or road trip.

[AlwaysinModeration]

100 games left of the season. If they go 50-50, then finish with 92 wins. Cleveland would need to go 60-39 to get to 92 wins.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Somehow we pulled it, eh?

 

Good on us.