Game Thread intro "Stubby" Twins @ A's 8:07pm cdt 7/3/2019ad

[Aggies7]

17 of Cleveland’s next 20 games are against teams with losing records. The only 3 that aren’t are against the twins

[bighat]

I think we all knew that the rag-tag bunch of Odorizzi, Gibson, Perez, and Pineda weren't going to get this team to the playoffs. They had a good run, got hot at the right time, and have overachieved beyond our wildest dreams. The Twins have built a strong lead thanks to those guys.

 

 

[Aggies7]

Punchless first trip through the order. Better get it sorted, Rock and Co.

[bighat]

Buxton hasn't looked too good since coming back. It was to be expected. He's one guy that might not benefit from the long break.

[Vanimal46]

Team needs a boost... Hopefully through trades.

[Aggies7]

I think we all knew that the rag-tag bunch of Odorizzi, Gibson, Perez, and Pineda weren't going to get this team to the playoffs. They had a good run, got hot at the right time, and have overachieved beyond our wildest dreams. The Twins have built a strong lead thanks to those guys.

I don’t think we all thought that. Someone on here got on me for suggesting that so many guys pitching wildly above their career norms wasn’t sustainable in the long run.

[bighat]

 

I don’t think we all thought that. Someone on here got on me for suggesting that so many guys pitching wildly above their career norms wasn’t sustainable in the long run.

 

Yeah criticism isn't always well received. I get it, we can't just rip every player a new one every time they ground into a double play.

 

But I have to agree, expecting Perez, Odorizzi, Gibby and Pineda to make up 80% of a World Series staff is a pipe dream. Instead of being angry about it, I guess the flip side is to appreciate how things came together for a while there. This team still has a chance thanks to them. But yeah, I'd imagine all of them will pitch to a 4.50 ERA or higher for the 2nd half of the year.

[jimbo92107]

Gibson's balance point is wandering left and right today. He needs to be on point to get guys to swing at his junk, which needs to start out over the plate, then break off the plate. When he's slightly off balance, then his pitches start off outside the zone, so guys won't swing. Plus, the A's have smart hitters with good discipline. They know how to attack Gibson: 1. Make him throw strikes. 

[jimbo92107]

 

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Problem is, a quality of anything is a quantity of something. Trick is to figure out which things, which can be quite a thing itself. 

[David HK]

Take your time, Miggy.

[Aggies7]

Max, oofda

[twinsbaby]

This team have all-or-nothing swing right now. They don't want to take a walk.

[jz7233]

 

This team have all-or-nothing swing right now. They don't want to take a walk.

They are trying their best to hand a perfect game to Fiers.

[Aggies7]

Grossman is owning us

[glunn]

Gibson looks cooked.

[twinsbaby]

Finally, Twins come back to the earth to show why Indians are considered to win this division easily. 

[Danchat]

Hindsight is 20-20, but Gibby's trade stock was pretty high about year ago right now... and apparently we needed him for a 2019 playoff run. Boy, if only they traded Gibson and kept Pressly...

[glunn]

Credit Gibson for getting out of a scary jam there.

[Blake]

 

Problem is, a quality of anything is a quantity of something. Trick is to figure out which things, which can be quite a thing itself. 

You can have it fast, or cheap, or quality.

 

Pick two.

[Aggies7]

We gonna get a baserunner tonight or what?

[twinsbaby]

 

Hindsight is 20-20, but Gibby's trade stock was pretty high about year ago right now... and apparently we needed him for a 2019 playoff run. Boy, if only they traded Gibson and kept Pressly...

No, Falvey would tell us Gibby was very valuable and Pressly wasn't. #FireFalvey

[Aggies7]

And it’s miguel of all people

[operation mindcrime]

SANO!!!!!!!

[Nine of twelve]

 

You can have it fast, or cheap, or quality.

 

Pick two.

Just like buying a house. It's two of three: You can have a nice house, you can have a good location, you can pay a low price.

[VATwinsFan]

And in other baseball news, the Yankees team in the Dominican Summer League beat the Twins 38 - 2 today.

[Blake]

I would have bet money that Gibson was gone before the fifth.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

You can have it fast, or cheap, or quality.

 

Pick two.

Yes.

[twinsbaby]

Watching Buck swing is very panic. He can't see the ball well.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Yeay Schoop and Sano!

 

Keep the hits a-comin'!

[mrtwinsfan]

Kepl !!