Game Thread "Ralph" Twins vs. Royals 7:10pm cdt 9/20/2019ad

[sampleSizeOfOne]

The dog ate my game thread intro.

 

I was stuck in traffic.

 

One more donut won't hurt me.

 

What are some other poor excuses?

 

Go on, you can come up with better!

 

Kansas City

0. Eric Skoglund ( L) P

1. W. Merrifield (R ) RF

2. A. Mondesi ( S ) SS

3. Jorge Soler (Rb) DH

4. Hunter Dozier (R ) 3B

5. Alex Gordon ( L) LF

6. Ryan McBroom (R ) 1B

7. Erick Mejia ( S ) CF

8. Nicky Lopez ( L) 2B

9. Nick Dini (R ) C

 

Minnesota:

0. Randy Dobnak (R ) P

1. Mitch Garver (R ) C

2. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS

3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH

4. Eddie Rosario ( L) LF

5. Miguel Sano (R ) 3B

6. M. Gonzalez ( S ) RF

7. C.J. Cron (R ) 1B

8. J. Schoop (R ) 2B

9. Ryan LaMarre (R ) CF

 

Well, my other game thread intro was the polka music of Al Yankovic...

 

(sampleSizeOfOne playing himself of the post season game thread roster)

[stringer bell]

Good job SSo1. We need basics and lineups--mission accomplished. Cron back at first, Marwin back in right field, but no Kepler. Arraez gets a day off against a lefty.

[PDX Twin]

I looked at the Twins' lineup and was really confused why Dobnak would be leading off ... especially given that we are not in a National League park.

[Rosterman]

I still wish Arraez would lead off consistently. I would rather Garver hit a home run with someone on base. But, yes, let's give the guy a rest.

 

[LVTwinsfan]

Like the intro, limited lame attempts at being clever, lineups , less is more , good job

[IndianaTwin]

Don’t you just hate it when the computer crashes AND the electricity goes out right before you save something?

[FlauerPauer]

Very winnable game. Magic number should at least be 5 by the end of the night. Go Twins! Go Phillies!

[mrtwinsfan]

Max  ??  anyone know whats really goin on with him ?  Roccos always the same speach, dosent say when    or ?

[jimbo92107]

 

Good job SSo1. We need basics and lineups--mission accomplished. Cron back at first, Marwin back in right field, but no Kepler. Arraez gets a day off against a lefty.

Arraez is only hitting in the .330's against lefties. What a whiff merchant! 

[jimbo92107]

If Kepler has a torn labrum, that'd explain why they're keeping him out. Damn painful, and they don't heal without surgery. 

[FlauerPauer]

 

If Kepler has a torn labrum, that'd explain why they're keeping him out. Damn painful, and they don't heal without surgery. 

 

If this was the case, wouldn't they have announced it after having a couple MRI's? Let's hope this is not the injury.

[VATwinsFan]

Cleveland already up 2-0 with no outs in the first against Bryce Harper and friends.

[PDX Twin]

 

Cleveland already up 2-0 with no outs in the first against Bryce Harper and friends.

 

Yeah, that Harper can't get anybody out.

[Otto von Ballpark]

"Skoglund vs Dobnak" has a certain ring to it...

[Circus Boy]

As the regular season winds to a close, just want to say thanks to all for the excellent commentary about our fave professional baseball team. I'm unable to participate as much during games these days, but can still thoroughly enjoy reading the game threads and rewinds afterwards. It's all good fun.

 

Now let's do all we can to help the Twins tend to the business and hand and make the magic number 5 tonight.

[Circus Boy]

 

"Skoglund vs Dobnak" has a certain ring to it...

Kinda like "Kramer vs Kramer."

[FlauerPauer]

2-0 Cleveland already. Rats.

[LVTwinsfan]

2-0 Cleveland already. Rats.

early leads don’t always hold up.... remember last nights game

[mrtwinsfan]

Gotta hand it to the Tribe,  hope the leads still 4 on Monday

[FlauerPauer]

 

early leads don’t always hold up.... remember last nights game

 

This is true, but it still would be nice to see Cleveland losing, right?

[mrtwinsfan]

 

early leads don’t always hold up.... remember last nights game

Rookie call up catcher , Tribe running all over 

[mrtwinsfan]

4-0 now

[denarded]

We have to prepare to win 6 games. I have this awful feeling Cleveland isn't going to lose again

[bighat]

 

We have to prepare to win 6 games. I have this awful feeling Cleveland isn't going to lose again

 

Yeah they're on fire. And not really being challenged, haven't even been pushed in any of their games in the past week. Looks like tonight's another W with Beiber pitching and a 3-run lead.

 

I think the Twins should operate under the assumption that Cleveland's not going to lose another game this year.

 

Edit: 4-run lead. C'mon, Phillies! Do something!

[FlauerPauer]

 

We have to prepare to win 6 games. I have this awful feeling Cleveland isn't going to lose again

 

All good since the Twins aren't going to lose another game this year, either

[Richie the Rally Goat]

At the game. Got my free stocking cap. Shook Tony O’s hand. It’s. Great day! Go Twins!

[LVTwinsfan]

We have to prepare to win 6 games. I have this awful feeling Cleveland isn't going to lose again

we can win 6, but no way Cleveland wins out, no way, they’ll lose at least one to Philly and one to the Sox , and more if the Nats don’t clinch a spot

[wabene]

I believe the Twins haven't had a ten game stretch under 500. They have one four game losing streak and one three game losing streak. I am too lazy to figure it out but that's probably because of the relaxed blissful fog this team has me in....

[LVTwinsfan]

Isn’t this the goalie for the Wild

[stringer bell]

Take care of business boys! Six more wins means it won't matter what Cleveland does.