Game Thread: Twins @ Tigers 4:10 PM PST (6:10 PM CDT) 8/30/2019

[USAFChief]

I am laying 3-2 that, before all is said and done, we hear Gibby's struggles are related to the "long half innings from the offense."

 

 

[obtusebanter]

 

Gibson just looking to set the record for WPA... By the way, what's the lowest theoretical WPAa pitcher could have?

 

Theoretically: infinity. Just imagine a never ending back and forth ball game where each team scores a single run in each half inning.  

[Don Walcott]

MLB has to start to seriously consider relegation.

[FLTwinsGuy]

Good game down in Tampa..0-0 in the 5th!! Lets go Rays...

 

 

And Tyler Naquin just hit the wall super hard and is down..doesnt look good

[USAFChief]

Nice hustle from the Tiger catcher there.

[yarnivek1972]

Nothing like getting to the Tigers’ bullpen in the third inning in a four game series.

 

Also, the goal for tonight’s game...score as many runs as Gibson gives up the previous inning.

Nothing like getting into ours in the same inning. Gibson is total trash tonight. He should be pulled.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

I am laying 3-2 that, before all is said and done, we hear Gibby's struggles are related to the "long half innings from the offense."

If the opposing pitcher can't get hitters out, why should he?

 

Unfair rules you're playing by, Chief.

[MVP Nick Punto]

Man...the Tigers are not a good baseball team

A little presumptuous to be making moral judgements about them, don't you think?

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Nothing like getting to the Tigers’ bullpen in the third inning in a four game series.

I was thinking about that earlier and realized:

 

It doesn't matter. Not even a little bit. Rotating through Tigers' pitchers is like deciding whether you want the steak or the creme brulee.

[VATwinsFan]

So many Castros

Is there room for one more?

 

He's dead, but still.

[Blake]

 

I am laying 3-2 that, before all is said and done, we hear Gibby's struggles are related to the "long half innings from the offense."

You say that after the amazing new insight of how good Kepler has been against left-handed pitching?

[Blake]

 

I was thinking about that earlier and realized:

 

It doesn't matter. Not even a little bit. Rotating through Tigers' pitchers is like deciding whether you want the steak or the creme brulee.

Yes.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Hard to believe the Twins have not hit a grand slam this year

I'm pretty sure we have at least one. However, the opponent and approximate date escape me.

[jimbo92107]

In nature, life eats life. The strong prey upon the weak and the infirm. So it is with the Twins feasting upon a struggling Tigers team. Like water buffalo crossing an African stream, some will be consumed so that the herd can live. Do not avert your eyes, Twins fans. The savagery of nature is cyclical. There will be future Tigers, and there will be more Twins. For now, the buffet is in our favor. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Kyle ur up 5 with 2 strikes throw it down the middle,

[MVP Nick Punto]

Theoretically: infinity. Just imagine a never ending back and forth ball game where each team scores a single run in each half inning.

I hadn't considered that. I was stuck thinking about a 9-inning affair, and couldn't see the forest for the trees. Thank you for giving me perspective.

[LVTwinsfan]

I'm pretty sure we have at least one. However, the opponent and approximate date escape me.

Bremer said we hadn’t a couple days ago

[Blake]

 

If everything you were throwing was getting hammered, would you be in a rush to throw?

Yeah, figure you might tire the batters out at some point.

[operation mindcrime]

Stashak

Sleestak!

[MVP Nick Punto]

I was thinking about that earlier and realized:

 

It doesn't matter. Not even a little bit. Rotating through Tigers' pitchers is like deciding whether you want the steak or the creme brulee.

If I haven't had dinner, the steak. If I have room after dinner, the brulee.

[ashbury]

 

I was thinking about that earlier and realized:

 

It doesn't matter. Not even a little bit. Rotating through Tigers' pitchers is like deciding whether you want the steak or the creme brulee.

Pro tip: order your steak medium-rare, your crème brûlée well done.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Oh, so Gibson remembered that he's a pretty good pitcher and the Tigers are an awful offense.

 

What a novel approach.

[FLTwinsGuy]

90 mins to go 3 innings.....

[IndyTwinsFan]

Bremer said we hadn’t a couple days ago

I stand corrected, then.

[Blake]

1,2,3 third for Gibson.

 

As expected.

[operation mindcrime]

Good game down in Tampa..0-0 in the 5th!! Lets go Rays...

 

 

And Tyler Naquin just hit the wall super hard and is down..doesnt look good

Was he wearing a Byron Buxton mask?

[Brock Beauchamp]

crème brûlée

Thē mïnd rèéls.

[yarnivek1972]

What?

 

No runs?

 

Is that allowed?

[Halsey Hall]

Cave's ab and a wild pitch extended Gibsons evening.

[LVTwinsfan]

Oh, so Gibson remembered that he's a pretty good pitcher and the Tigers are an awful offense.

 

What a novel approach.

he usually has a couple of good innings, sometimes that good enough