Game Thread "Joseph" Twins @ Tigers 12:10pm cdt 9/1/2019 ad

[Don Walcott]

Would you give Pineada 2- years and 22 million Right now ????

Yes

[mrtwinsfan]

I am glad the Bomba record is over,,  Just wish Bremer would deal it down a bit

[Danchat]

 

Would you give  Pineada 2- years and 22 million  Right now ????

I think you'd have to give Pineda at least $30M on that deal if you want to give him a competitive offer. There's going to be plenty of demand for him.

[Don Walcott]

Bremer is not good at analogies.

[jud6312]

Is it just me, or is Dick being extra him today?

 

The "not hard enough to crack the shell" comment; the "disaster" that was the fan keeping Pujols' 2,000th RBI ball; crediting Tortuga with a "good catch" for backpedaling 10 feet to catch a pop-up.

 

Or maybe I just haven't had the sound on enough recently.

[Blake]

 

This inning is SOOOOOO much more fun than home runs!

Obviously worked out because Rosario made the first and last out...oh, wait...

 

What in the world? No idea why I quoted this comment.

 

Eh, I'll leave it up, try again.

Edited September 1, 2019 by Blake

[Blake]

 

Anderson probably told Turnbull “just keep pitching to contact, eventually you’ll get three outs”

One more time:

 

Obviously worked out because Rosario made the first and last out...oh, wait...

[IndianaTwin]

Bremer is not good at analogies.

So you’re saying he’s kinda like a 4x100 team of Sano, Cruz, Turtle and Big Mike?

[Don Walcott]

Nice 5-ball walk from Sano.

[Blake]

 

Is it just me, or is Dick being extra him today?

 

The "not hard enough to crack the shell" comment; the "disaster" that was the fan keeping Pujols' 2,000th RBI ball; crediting Tortuga with a "good catch" for backpedaling 10 feet to catch a pop-up.

 

Or maybe I just haven't had the sound on enough recently.

Heh. I have the sound off today. No commercials to listen to, no Dick and Bert...(Bert really seems to be mailing it in lately, almost like he's planning to call it a career.)

[Don Walcott]

Nice job again, Jake!

[wabene]

So you’re saying he’s kinda like a 4x100 team of Sano, Cruz, Turtle and Big Mike?

Big Mike is just speculation there is a book on Cron

[jud6312]

 

Heh. I have the sound off today. No commercials to listen to, no Dick and Bert...(Bert really seems to be mailing it in lately, almost like he's planning to call it a career.)

 

I'm almost wondering is Fox Sports North is retiring him. I was getting tired of him until it started looking like Smalley would be the most prominent replacement for him. Now I've realized just how much worse it could be.

[Nine of twelve]

 

Heh. I have the sound off today. No commercials to listen to, no Dick and Bert...(Bert really seems to be mailing it in lately, almost like he's planning to call it a career.)

I wonder if Bert got a talking-to about saying what he said to Anthony LaPanta last night. I imagine it was not a big deal between them but it sure came across otherwise on the air.

Edited September 1, 2019 by Nine of twelve

[jimbo92107]

Looking at the Twins September roster... I like the look of that pitching staff. Grats, Smelt, Thorpe all up. Littell, Shak, Dobs... that's a pretty well-rounded bunch. Merit is served.

[Don Walcott]

3-1 Rays . . . .

[Nine of twelve]

The SS kind of double-clutched on the throw on Arraez' grounder. If he would have thrown as he stepped on the base instead of taking another couple baby steps it would have been a DP.

[PDX Twin]

 

Heh. I have the sound off today. No commercials to listen to, no Dick and Bert...(Bert really seems to be mailing it in lately, almost like he's planning to call it a career.)

 

I'll be really surprised if Bert returns next year. He's in the Hall now and I think that keeping his profile high was one reason he kept at the broadcast gig. They have auditioned half a dozen replacements this year and some of them are pretty good. I expect that some combination of Morneau, Smalley, and perhaps others will take over next year with Bert in the booth no more than a couple of weeks, if that.

[Don Walcott]

I'm almost wondering is Fox Sports North is retiring him. I was getting tired of him until it started looking like Smalley would be the most prominent replacement for him. Now I've realized just how much worse it could be.

Hope they read Game Threads, and give Morneau more games. Definitely give him all of Laudner’s games.

[Don Walcott]

I'll be really surprised if Bert returns next year. He's in the Hall now and I think that keeping his profile high was one reason he kept at the broadcast gig. They have auditioned half a dozen replacements this year and some of them are pretty good. I expect that some combination of Morneau, Smalley, and perhaps others will take over next year with Bert in the booth no more than a couple of weeks, if that.

They should have Bert there when Kaat is there. They seem to have fun together.

[mrtwinsfan]

 

I wonder if Bert got a talking-to about saying what he said to Anthony LaPanta last night. I imagine it was not a big deal between them but it sure came across otherwise on the air.

Thanx for mentioning that,,  Bert had me laughing, Got a feeling after the boston series That will be it for Mr. Bert,,   Jim kaat will be in Boston also- like Kitty

[mrtwinsfan]

 me- i want More Morneau

[Nine of twelve]

 

I'll be really surprised if Bert returns next year. He's in the Hall now and I think that keeping his profile high was one reason he kept at the broadcast gig. They have auditioned half a dozen replacements this year and some of them are pretty good. I expect that some combination of Morneau, Smalley, and perhaps others will take over next year with Bert in the booth no more than a couple of weeks, if that.

Jim Kaat should be in the booth for as many games as he is willing to be there. I like Morneau and Smalley better than any of the rest. I wish they'd have two analysts as often as is feasible and have Dick there only to describe the plays that need describing. On the few occasions they've done that in the past it seems like the conversations between two actual baseball players have been great.

[mrtwinsfan]

Bert was really pissed at Anthony,  it showed in his voice,  UP YOURS ANTHONY---

[Blake]

 

They should have Bert there when Kaat is there. They seem to have fun together.

Yeah, I really liked those three together. For some reason, it seemed to work.

[jud6312]

 

Hope they read Game Threads, and give Morneau more games. Definitely give him all of Laudner’s games.

 

And Smalley's. That guy is terrible. 

[jud6312]

 

Yeah, I really liked those three together. For some reason, it seemed to work.

 

Because Kaat is a rock star up there.

[Blake]

 

I wonder if Bert got a talking-to about saying what he said to Anthony LaPanta last night. I imagine it was not a big deal between them but it sure came across otherwise on the air.

I watched most of the game, but missed that. What was said?

[Nine of twelve]

 

And Smalley's. That guy is terrible. 

We'll have to agree to strongly disagree.

[Blake]

 

And Smalley's. That guy is terrible. 

I don't mind Smalley and I did like his questioning pitch selection, which I thought was pretty good insight from the hitters side.