Game Thread: Twins vs. Oakland 5:10 PM PST (7:10 PM CDT) 7/18/20

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Mike Fiers looked like toast the first month+ of the season. The A's have been rewarded for their patience. He's pitched to a 2.09 ERA and held opponents to a .541 OPS over his last dozen starts.

It’s almost like it’s a long season

[Jham]

T minus how many days till all the "don't panic" know it alls tell everyone "the Indians were supposed to win the division, the Twins were really only supposed to be a mid 80 wins type team anyway. So you can't really be mad that the Twins are going to miss three playoffs." I give it 1 month.

[tvagle]

 

Nice

 

I clicked on the link and now I got the banner adds. 

 

I fall for that trick every time. 

 

There is no "I" in gullible but there is a "U"

[Aggies7]

T minus how many days till all the "don't panic" know it alls tell everyone "the Indians were supposed to win the division, the Twins were really only supposed to be a mid 80 wins type team anyway. So you can't really be mad that the Twins are going to miss three playoffs." I give it 1 month.

Depends if a certain poster from north of the border shows up

[Bandit34]

Well, I have been on this site for a while now and have not bothered to create an account. But this year's team has finally gotten me to chime in. I have been a Twins fan since I was 8 years old in 1991. I have gone through some bad times especially in the 90s. I must agree with Aggies7. I thought this team was the real deal this year. Now, they might turn it around this year but I just have to say what a gutless performance tonight after a disgraceful game yesterday. Will be following the remainder of the game however. 

[Riverbrian]

 

There is no "I" in gullible but there is a "U"

 

Carole bakes cookies... you'd trust her to. 

[Tom Froemming]

 

Honestly glad it wasn’t overturned. Plays like that should not be overturned. Even if it helps us.

MLB has to make some changes to replay, but I don't know what exactly. Stuff like that was not at the heart of why they started it. That play still needs to be challengeable, but maybe they should just make it clear to managers it's not getting overturned unless it's incredibly obvious the guy was off the bag? Again, I'm not sure what the solution is, I just am not a fan of the current system.

[Aggies7]

Ugh I work with an Indians fan and I made the mistake of telling him it was over haha

[Aggies7]

Well, I have been on this site for a while now and have not bothered to create an account. But this year's team has finally gotten me to chime in. I have been a Twins fan since I was 8 years old in 1991. I have gone through some bad times especially in the 90s. I must agree with Aggies7. I thought this team was the real deal this year. Now, they might turn it around this year but I just have to say what a gutless performance tonight after a disgraceful game yesterday. Will be following the remainder of the game however.

 

Welcome aboard!

[HawksNest]

 

T minus how many days till all the "don't panic" know it alls tell everyone "the Indians were supposed to win the division, the Twins were really only supposed to be a mid 80 wins type team anyway. So you can't really be mad that the Twins are going to miss three playoffs." I give it 1 month.

 

Maybe even sooner haha.

 

I remember about 2.5, 3 weeks ago, some of us were getting nervous.  We still had a big lead but those of us that watch every game could see something was different or missing with this team.

 

The good thing though is that it is a long season.  Teams, even really, really, good ones go through multi-week stretches of bad play.  Hope we can pull out of it.

[Riverbrian]

 

Apparently the ruling was that one molecule of one spike was touching one molecule of the base.

 

I've been watching this sport for a long time. Baseball is truly a game of molecules. 

[Tom Froemming]

 

T minus how many days till all the "don't panic" know it alls tell everyone "the Indians were supposed to win the division, the Twins were really only supposed to be a mid 80 wins type team anyway. So you can't really be mad that the Twins are going to miss three playoffs." I give it 1 month.

Too late, already did it

[Squirrel]

 

Carole bakes cookies... you'd trust her to. 

I made a 4 layer cake last week, that was enough for a while

[tvagle]

 

Carole bakes cookies... you'd trust her to. 

I did...clicked on the first link she posted 

[David HK]

Even with that unfortunate homer, Gibby still turns in a quality start.  

 

Still a lotta game left, let's go, boys, our starter is battling, get them bats going, too.

[Squirrel]

 

Too late, already did it

Yeah ... you and most everyone did at the beginning of the season ... I mean ... pitching

[Squirrel]

 

I did...clicked on the first link she posted 

Are you and Brian related?

[Riverbrian]

 

I made a 4 layer cake last week, that was enough for a while

 

What were the 4 layers? 

[Vanimal46]

Well, I have been on this site for a while now and have not bothered to create an account. But this year's team has finally gotten me to chime in. I have been a Twins fan since I was 8 years old in 1991. I have gone through some bad times especially in the 90s. I must agree with Aggies7. I thought this team was the real deal this year. Now, they might turn it around this year but I just have to say what a gutless performance tonight after a disgraceful game yesterday. Will be following the remainder of the game however.

Welcome to Twins Daily! There's still time for this team to be the real deal... It's gonna take some trades but it can be done.

[USAFChief]

 

Even with that unfortunate homer, Gibby still turns in a quality start.  

 

Still a lotta game left, let's go, boys, our starter is battling, get them bats going, too.

He had to get 8 outs to get through the first couple innings, too.

[Aggies7]

MLB has to make some changes to replay, but I don't know what exactly. Stuff like that was not at the heart of why they started it. That play still needs to be challengeable, but maybe they should just make it clear to managers it's not getting overturned unless it's incredibly obvious the guy was off the bag? Again, I'm not sure what the solution is, I just am not a fan of the current system.

Agreed. If a guy is clearly off the base I can see it be overturned. If you try and break it down by a single pixel to see if a spike is on the base, no, sorry. The throw beat the runner by a mile. It was a tailor made DP

[IndianaTwin]

Well, I have been on this site for a while now and have not bothered to create an account. But this year's team has finally gotten me to chime in. I have been a Twins fan since I was 8 years old in 1991. I have gone through some bad times especially in the 90s. I must agree with Aggies7. I thought this team was the real deal this year. Now, they might turn it around this year but I just have to say what a gutless performance tonight after a disgraceful game yesterday. Will be following the remainder of the game however.

 

Welcome! And to think, Chief was only 147* when you born.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*In Sumerian

[ashbury]

Well, I have been on this site for a while now and have not bothered to create an account. But this year's team has finally gotten me to chime in. I have been a Twins fan since I was 8 years old in 1991. I have gone through some bad times especially in the 90s. I must agree with Aggies7. I thought this team was the real deal this year. Now, they might turn it around this year but I just have to say what a gutless performance tonight after a disgraceful game yesterday. Will be following the remainder of the game however. 

[Squirrel]

 

What were the 4 layers? 

It was a lemon cake with a raspberry cream filling in between the layers; then there was a lemon frosting around the sides, with more raspberry cream on top with fresh berries.

[Krabby5]

Welcome to Twins Daily! There's still time for this team to be the real deal... It's gonna take some trades but it can be done.

That’s the problem. This team will never trade for a great player.

[Bandit34]

 

Welcome to Twins Daily! There's still time for this team to be the real deal... It's gonna take some trades but it can be done.

I've been checking for trades since early June. Perhaps a Shannon Stewart type deal is what this team needs and fast. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

MLB has to make some changes to replay, but I don't know what exactly. Stuff like that was not at the heart of why they started it. That play still needs to be challengeable, but maybe they should just make it clear to managers it's not getting overturned unless it's incredibly obvious the guy was off the bag? Again, I'm not sure what the solution is, I just am not a fan of the current system.

My preference is to give the benches no extra time to decide. No 30 seconds. Just those few seconds before the next batter comes up or whatever, and that’s all the time you have. That should help keep the challenged to the obvious missed calls, which is supposed to be the spirit of replay anyway.

[Riverbrian]

 

It was a lemon cake with a raspberry cream filling in between the layers; then there was a lemon frosting around the sides, with more raspberry cream on top with fresh berries.

 

Does it travel well using UPS? 

[Squirrel]

 

That’s the problem. This team will never trade for a great player.

We have a lot of threads that talk about this. Let's keep game threads to the current game ... plus some jokes and antics thrown in. Thanks.

[Aggies7]

Kyle pitched a good game. Offense has been muerto