Game Thread Twins vs. Tribe 7:10pm cdt 7/31/2020 ad

[bighat]

Bad challenge, doesn't look like it hit Cruz. What did the Twins staff see that we didn't?

[stringer bell]

It didn't hit him, did it?

[MABB1959]

No Sano, no Buxton and now no Donaldson.  We aren't even a week in and these guys already need a day off or is something else wrong?

[70charger]

Really weird challenge...

[bighat]

 

It didn't hit him, did it?

No. Absolutely baffling challenge here - every fan watching the broadcast at home on the couch could see he wasn't hit. And Cruz wasn't even lobbying for a challenge.

[bighat]

 

 

No Sano, no Buxton and now no Donaldson.  We aren't even a week in and these guys already need a day off or is something else wrong?

Donaldson was pulled - likely injured, we're waiting on the news.

[LVTwinsfan]

Estupido

[70charger]

Aggressive baserunning cost him, but I don't know if I necessarily disagree with it.

[T_J]

I was right with Eddie going to 2nd... Dude played that ball perfectly

[LVTwinsfan]

Aggressive baserunning cost him, but I don't know if I necessarily disagree with it.

normally I wouldn’t but he was out by a mile

[MABB1959]

Buxton already needs a day off?    Starting to not be a fan of his anymore.  If he needs to be treated like the princess and the pea we might as well trade him but I who would want a part time super star?

[Squirrel]

 

Aggressive baserunning cost him, but I don't know if I necessarily disagree with it.

 

No, I guess not ... the carem off teh wall was perfectly played

[Intramural Legend]

Buxton already needs a day off? Starting to not be a fan of his anymore. He needs to be treated like the princess and the pea we might as well trade him but I who would want a part time super star?

He essentially had no training camp. They said they were planning on bringing him along slowly while they still had expanded rosters

[bighat]

Randy Dobnak. Workman-like.

[PDX Twin]

Cleveland ain't hittin' 'em where they ain't tonight.

[Mill1634]

Hasn't been real effective, but Dobnak has four scoreless thus far. Only threw 73 in his first start, at 70 right now. Have to imagine he is capped at around 90

[LVTwinsfan]

I think Clevinger has to pee

[70charger]

Still no word on Donaldson?

[bighat]

This Avila guy is growing on me....

[bighat]

 

 

Still no word on Donaldson?

Nope.

[70charger]

Oh there it is: right calf tightness.

[bighat]

 

 

Still no word on Donaldson?

Right calf tightness.

[Mill1634]

This may be the best umpire I have seen...ever

[Shaitan]

I just tuned in.

 

I have to assume that Nick Swisher spiked Donaldson earlier?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

C'mon Adtrianza!
 

It doesn't have to be the full torrential downpour, just some nice drizzle.

[USAFChief]

Oh there it is: right calf tightness.

Thats...not good.

 

Right calf is a long term problem for him.

[ashbury]

This may be the best umpire I have seen...ever

I tuned in only briefly for the top of the first, then had to go out again, but I had a similar positive snap evaluation of his ball-strike calling. I like the audible call that gives the location when it's not a strike, but I also thought a couple of borderline calls were correct. Way too small a sample size, but there's just something about this guy. Don't know if I had heard of Jordan Baker before, but I plan to remember the name.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Oh well.

 

Forgive me if i post behind the times... Still haven't splurged on mlb and gameday is not exactly fast.

[stringer bell]

 

This may be the best umpire I have seen...ever

He missed one obvious strike from Dobnak, but otherwise he has been very consistent.

[bighat]

Dobnak has been a magician so far - not sure how much longer he's going to be able to get away with this stuff.