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

[operation mindcrime]

That was absolutely embarrassing!

[HawksNest]

Rough stuff

[glunn]

 

Bunting for a hit on a squeeze play? 

 

Uff Da

It could have been good if Buxton had a better approach to bunting.

[Danchat]

And that's why you don't see the suicide squeeze nowadays!

 

Dear goodness, they're going to find a way to lose this, aren't they...

[twinsbaby]

Buck needs to be DFA today. He sucks.

[operation mindcrime]

For God's sake, why does a guy with Usain Bolt-level speed not know how to get a damn bunt down?

 

Just pathetic.

Usain Bolt would've got the job done!

[jimbo92107]

Nice bunt, Buxton. 

 

On that play, you have to get your face right over the bat. If the ball doesn't hit the bat, it should hit your nose. Buxton should have gone to a knee to get down to the ball, not wave at it from a fashionable distance. 

 

Nice bunt, Buxton. Very fashionable whiff. 

 

A's infielder made two errors on one play. Buxton just made two errors in one at bat.

[Aggies7]

What has happened to our boys

[jtkoupal]

Just one of those stretches for the Twins. Nothings working out. Every team has stretches like that. Can't get too upset. Not in panic mode yet. If the Indians get within 3 or 4 games, then we can start to think about hitting the panic button. Until then, no need to freak out.

[jimbo92107]

 

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

 

Pick two.

I'll take Schroedinger's cat, live or dead.

 

I just like cats.

[twinsbaby]

 

Nice bunt, Buxton. 

 

On that play, you have to get your face right over the bat. If the ball doesn't hit the bat, it should hit your nose. Buxton should have gone to a knee to get down to the ball, not wave at it from a fashionable distance. 

 

Nice bunt, Buxton. Very fashionable whiff. 

 

A's infielder made two errors on one play. Buxton must made two errors in one at bat.

Everytime watching His ABs, I always wonder why he belongs to this level.

[Aggies7]

Nice little leadoff walk after an offensive collapse. Bet this won’t go poorly

[glunn]

Buxton should probably stop working with these guys -- 

 

[twinsnorth49]

 

That sucked. Buxton's bunting continues to disappoint.

That's on Baldelli all day long, yesterday, last week and next week too.....wtf Rocco?!!!

[Riverbrian]

I hate being critical... Sometime the ball bounces the wrong way.

 

Those were two (not professional) plays that cost us potentially two runs. 

 

Kepler not going to third to set up for a possible tag is ignoring fundamentals that should be instinctive at the professional level.  

 

And not squaring to ensure you get the bunt down on a squeeze play is more of the same. 

 

The pitch was a ball and outside but he wasn't squared. 

 

They are young... but... younger than they are (like high school level) should know to both tag and square respectively in those situations. 

[Aggies7]

Just one of those stretches for the Twins. Nothings working out. Every team has stretches like that. Can't get too upset. Not in panic mode yet. If the Indians get within 3 or 4 games, then we can start to think about hitting the panic button. Until then, no need to freak out.

I mean, it’ll be 6 if they don’t recover here. It was 11.5 on June 2. And a head to head series looms next week.

[jimbo92107]

Man, Littell's delivery is glacially slow. The A's should steal his butt off.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Buck needs to be DFA today. He sucks.

 

Just one of those stretches for the Twins. Nothings working out. Every team has stretches like that. Can't get too upset. Not in panic mode yet. If the Indians get within 3 or 4 games, then we can start to think about hitting the panic button. Until then, no need to freak out.

Right. If you're watching on TV and freaking out you're watching the wrong sport.

[glunn]

Indians won tonight.  

[David HK]

 

I hate being critical... Sometime the ball bounces the wrong way.

 

Those were two (not professional) plays that cost us potentially two runs. 

 

Kepler not going to third to set up for a possible tag is a ignoring fundamentals that should be instinctive at the professional level.  

 

And not squaring to ensure you get the bunt down on a squeeze play is more of the same. 

 

The pitch was a ball and outside but he wasn't squared. 

 

They are young... but... younger than they are (like high school level) should know to both tag and square in those situations. 

I swear to God, you could have put a decent HS player up there, and he would have at least gotten contact on that pathetic bunt attempt.

[Aggies7]

Nice little leadoff walk after an offensive collapse. Bet this won’t go poorly

[Mr. Brooks]

Everytime watching His ABs, I always wonder why he belongs to this level.

He has a 115 OPS+ (that means he's hit 15% better than league average), and is on pace for a 5 WAR season, which would be borderline MVP if a guy named Trout didn't exist.

 

Did he run over your dog or something?

[glunn]

 

I hate being critical... Sometime the ball bounces the wrong way.

 

Those were two (not professional) plays that cost us potentially two runs. 

 

Kepler not going to third to set up for a possible tag is a ignoring fundamentals that should be instinctive at the professional level.  

 

And not squaring to ensure you get the bunt down on a squeeze play is more of the same. 

 

The pitch was a ball and outside but he wasn't squared. 

 

They are young... but... younger than they are (like high school level) should know to both tag and square in those situations. 

Most of my little league players learned how to do both better than what we just saw. On the other hand, the level of competition was somewhat lower.

[Danchat]

 

Just one of those stretches for the Twins. Nothings working out. Every team has stretches like that. Can't get too upset. Not in panic mode yet. If the Indians get within 3 or 4 games, then we can start to think about hitting the panic button. Until then, no need to freak out.

The Astros lost 7 games in a row and I don't see Astro fans melting down... 

 

I'm not really worried about the Indians. If they catch us, that's because we're not a very good team, and I'm not interested in watching this team limp into the playoffs barely past the Indians... I want to see them dominate. Plus, are the Indians going to make any moves at the deadline?

[Aggies7]

The Astros lost 7 games in a row and I don't see Astro fans melting down... 

 

I'm not really worried about the Indians. If they catch us, that's because we're not a very good team, and I'm not interested in watching this team limp into the playoffs barely past the Indians... I want to see them dominate. Plus, are the Indians going to make any moves at the deadline?

Winning a World Series 2 seasons ago can prevent most melt downs. Twins are at 17 years since any series win. The pessimism is legit

[Aggies7]

Hey Littell has been pretty effective since that game in tampa

[Riverbrian]

 

I swear to God, you could have put a decent HS player up there, and he would have at least gotten contact on that pathetic bunt attempt.

 

I can be somewhat forgiving for the professional not being a good bunter because they were always the stars on their team prior to the majors. 

 

You have to be one of the better hitters just to reach the big leagues so coaches would never ask them to bunt prior to the big leagues so they never really learn the art.

 

But... By simply being around the game... they should know by now that if the coach calls for a squeeze. You have to get a bat on the ball wherever it is thrown and to do so... give yourself up, square and touch that ball with the bat. 

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Everytime watching His ABs, I always wonder why he belongs to this level.

For Jesus Christ's sake, he just came off the IL 3 DAYS AGO!

[Riverbrian]

 

The Astros lost 7 games in a row and I don't see Astro fans melting down... 

 

I'm not really worried about the Indians. If they catch us, that's because we're not a very good team, and I'm not interested in watching this team limp into the playoffs barely past the Indians... I want to see them dominate. Plus, are the Indians going to make any moves at the deadline?

 

I'd imagine that Astro Fans are like Twins Fans. You can find plenty of Astros fans melted down to a puddle over on Astrosdaily. 

[operation mindcrime]

Top of the order! Let's go boys!