Game Thread: Twins vs Red Sox, 6/18/19, 7:10 PM

[Aggies7]

Polanco bunt forthcoming

[notoriousgod71]

 

One more Strat-O-Matic update: the Twins fell 10-7 to the Red Sox, but the ending of the game fit the tone of this game thread perfectly. What happened, you ask?

 

The Twins had runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, and Sano came up to the plate... yup, you know what happened. 

 

GB(SS)X?

[bighat]

Bad call, ump.

 

C'mon Polanco!

[bighat]

 

 

No offense to Cave, but any pitcher who walks him after a couple of random waves of the bat like he had just made deserves to be sent down.

 

Ok, sure, I guess that's... a little bit of an offense to Cave, too.

 

He got hit by a pitch.

[jz7233]

0 clutch hit for Schoop 0 clutch hit for Sano as usual

[DocBauer]

Triple coming?

[DocBauer]

Triple coming?

[Aggies7]

I’m guessing the frustration stems from the belief that the Twins ratio of wins and losses is significantly disproportionate to you ratio of complaints and compliments.

That’s your right (within the rules of the site) but I hope you can see how raining on the parade can rub folks the wrong way.

I remember rubbing people the wrong way back in ‘16 when we lost 103 games and I posted throughout the year along with like 7 others. Feel like I’m fair in my judgement of players.

[Aggies7]

Time to redeem thyself

[BD57]

Red Sox pitchers don't have to throw strikes with this plate ump .... 

[USAFChief]

 

He got hit by a pitch.

Any pitcher that hits him after a couple of random waves...

[70charger]

Seemed like strike two on Polanco was called high, and if it weren't, he wouldn't have swung at strike three in basically the same place. Feels bad, man.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

"Maybe.... both?"

 

That image is eerily reminiscent of this black wallpaper image:

 

http://www.barraques.cat/imgdirs/big/21/212971_black-wallpaper-download.png

[bighat]

I'll say it again, this music between pitches is just...embarrassingly awful. Who signs off on this stuff?

[USAFChief]

Good thing Cave is the fastest man on the roster. He takes an extra half step lead off first.

[LaBombo]

 

Too late. I already swan dived out my window.

 

See you at the bottom...

 

[Aggies7]

Good thing Cave is the fastest man on the roster. He takes an extra half step lead off first.

And he’ll get back to the dugout quickly so we can get to the 10th

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Now it's just our bullpen against theirs, in an epic fight to the...

 

Oh. 

 

Wait.

Epic fight to... the 10th?

[70charger]

Okay, free baseball.

 

[drock2190]

The ump really did the Twins dirty that inning.

[Dave The Dastardly]

 

I need more prilosec or more ice cream ... I can't handle it

Three fingers of Jameson

[LaBombo]

 

He got hit by a pitch.

 

 

In that case pro'ly just take the pitcher out behind the barn and shoot 'em.

[notoriousgod71]

Uh, oh, Duffey...

[Aggies7]

We’ve been given more chances than I gave my ex this year. Let’s hope it works out better

[Aggies7]

That was a pretty hit table pitch, imo

[Danchat]

 

GB(SS)X?

He struck out swinging. It would have been a groundball to short if Sano didn't strike out all the time, though.

[MNT1996]

And...here comes our bullpen

[70charger]

Wow, double on the first pitch. That's pretty much game, huh?

[USAFChief]

This is the new extra innings rule, right?

 

Boston gets to start the inning with a runner on second?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Duffey has spent so much time in the minors, he thinks it’s obligatory in MLB to put a guy on second base to start the inning?