Game Thread Intro "Boomer" Twins @ Brewers 1:10pm 8/14/2019 ad

[bighat]

 

Hip Hip.... Jorge!!!

 

This is why you don't sit him against lefties. The guy's an everyday player and one of the best all around players in the game. That platoon talk is nonsense.

[VATwinsFan]

YAY!

[mrtwinsfan]

Nice - a big hit

[IndyTwinsFan]

That's better!

[HawksNest]

Didn't know it was legal to get a hit with the bases loaded

[rghrbek]

Assuming Gio is gone...

[Aggies7]

yuge

[VATwinsFan]

I guess this means you have to leave Gibson in, right?

[John Kelsey]

Red Sox up 5-1!!

[twins1095]

 

This is why you don't sit him against lefties. The guy's an everyday player and one of the best all around players in the game. That platoon talk is nonsense.

 

It's one at bat.  The platoon talk was based on his last 400 ABs against lefties and just a statement of what those numbers were over 400 ABs.

 

Now if his next 400 ABs are reflective of that AB then obviously the idea would go away.... 

 

Further that statement assumes that Adrianza or Arraez couldn't have also come up with a hit in that situation which is false.

 

Big hit for Jorge though, I hope he continues to do so.

Edited August 14, 2019 by twins1095

[PDX Twin]

How many more runs before we are comfortable letting Gibby have another inning or two?

[IndyTwinsFan]

Gonna blow this bases loaded situation. I can see it already.

Guess I was wrong. Thankfully!

[Puckett34]

YAY!

[stringer bell]

This is going to be a four hour game.

[MNT1996]

I miss Dick in the booth with Justin. These youtube commentators are so cheesy

[twins1095]

Really like these Brewers announcers.  They are really great and unbiased and continually breaking down what they see.  

[PDX Twin]

 

I miss Dick in the booth with Justin. These youtube commentators are so cheesy

 

They sound fine on mute!

[nicksaviking]

 

This is going to be a four hour game.

 

8 hour game for me. Youtube won't stop clocking.

 

You guys are way ahead of me, does Radke look like he's tiring yet?

[USAFChief]

How many more runs before we are comfortable letting Gibby have another inning or two?

since he wasnt pinch hit for, with 2 on, I'd guess he's back out for this half inning.

[stringer bell]

I’d argue that Polanco is a top-half SS, but since sometime in May, he hasn’t been an elite player.

[bighat]

Cleveland down 5-1 in the 7th.

[mrtwinsfan]

Shoutout to COON Rapids little lg. world series tomm, Awesome

[Darius]

Red Sox just blew the game open (kind of, 5-1) with a 3 run HR in the 7th.

[VATwinsFan]

A 1-2-3 inning would be nice.

 

Is that allowed?

Edited August 14, 2019 by VATwinsFan

[Darius]

I miss Dick in the booth with Justin. These youtube commentators are so cheesy

I never thought I’d hear someone say something like in regards to Richard.

[terrydactyls]

Three run lead. Bring in Harper!!!!!

[Battle ur tail off]

 

I’d argue that Polanco is a top-half SS, but since sometime in May, he hasn’t been an elite player.

 

The game doesn't happen in stretches. All players go through hot and cold to end up with the stats they have on the back of their baseball card at the end of the year. Polanco is a stud, a cornerstone of this team and an everyday SS in this league. We are lucky to have him. 

[VATwinsFan]

Do not walk Grandal with Yelich coming up.

[VATwinsFan]

 

Do not walk Grandal with Yelich coming up.

Sigh.

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

The game doesn't happen in stretches. All players go through hot and cold to end up with the stats they have on the back of their baseball card at the end of the year. Polanco is a stud, a cornerstone of this team and an everyday SS in this league. We are lucky to have him. 

 

Two things can be true at once; it's true Polanco is a really nice player, the kind that teams like the Twins need in order to have sustained runs of competitiveness.  It's also true that Jorge's OPS was .719 in June, .731 in July, and .704 thus far in August.  That is nearly a half season of production that would place him firmly in the mid-20's for MLB SS's.