GAME THREAD: 8/4/20 Minnesota Twins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 1:10 CDT

[USAFChief]

Just make sure you've wearing pants when you go out with that Not in a Beret on your head, mister.

m'kay, but commando. Non negotiable.

[LaBombo]

 

Trying to throw Berrios off. Must have been a Pirate drone.

 

Put some pressure on the pirate middlemen and one of them will roll on the Pirate King...

 

[USAFChief]

Hey Carole...what's your take on Pittsburgh's relievers?

 

Your Pirates' pen stance?

[Vanimal46]

Nik Turley sighting! He was one of the 780 pitchers that came through in the total system failure year.

[Mill1634]

The fine for flying a drone in a no fly zone is 32,000. Hope it was worth it

[twins1095]

I have noticed that the last 3-4 games Arraez has been pretty consistently elevating the ball and getting way too much air under the ball. 

 

Hope our hitting coach isn't trying to launch angle Arraez 

[T_J]

Woah, drone fines are expensive! I just learned way more about drone law than I think I'll ever need to know!

[LaBombo]

 

m'kay, but commando. Non negotiable.

 

Fair enough, but you might want to pre-negotiate the laundry disposition for those pants.  Just sayin'.

[ashbury]

why would Alcala have a helmet anyway?

We all remember that in an earlier phase of his career Chief was an English teacher.

 

 

[Vanimal46]

The fine for flying a drone in a no fly zone is 32,000. Hope it was worth it

How much is the person really going to pay? That seems like a sticker shock price.

[twins1095]

 

Guessing that ends Berrios day, but maybe now. Only a few games left with expanded rosters, gotta think they'll want Thielbar to go 2

 

I think they let him start the next inning, he needs to stretch out to 100 pitches. Short leash though.

[USAFChief]

I have noticed that the last 3-4 games Arraez has been pretty consistently elevating the ball and getting way too much air under the ball.

 

Hope our hitting coach isn't trying to launch angle Arraez

What you're seeing is the cost of little power. He's squared up several balls over the past few days but has trouble getting it past outfielders.

[twins1095]

 

What you're seeing is the cost of little power. He's squared up several balls over the past few days but has trouble getting it past outfielders.

 

Exactly my point. He needs to keep spraying those line drives. He's still hitting balls hard just with a different launch angle than he normally does.

[bighat]

 

How much is the person really going to pay? That seems like a sticker shock price.

I think that's the max price - but I do believe that anyone who owns a drone has to register it with the FAA, so it's easy for authorities to figure out who is flying them.

 

And if $32,000 sounds like it's just a "scary number", let's say that fine is decreased to $10,000 - still brutal.

[LVTwinsfan]

How much is the person really going to pay? That seems like a sticker shock price.

the bottom line is , you just don’t do it, it’s a federal offense and you can believe they would take your house to get their money

[USAFChief]

We all remember that in an earlier phase of his career Chief was an English teacher.

 

 

see? No beret, looking good.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Bases loaded, no one out?

 

Sigh... They got us exactly where they want us...

[LaBombo]

 

why the **** is Berrios throwing a 3-2 change with a 5-1 lead, 2 outs bases empty?

 

"If I use the fastball... over too quickly"

 

 

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[USAFChief]

Nik Turley sighting! He was one of the 780 pitchers that came through in the total system failure year.

"in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Woah!

 

A SF!

 

I stand corrected.

[LaBombo]

Cutoff, Schmutoff...

 

Ooh, that sounded dirty.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We all remember that in an earlier phase of his career Chief was an English teacher.

 

 

Ah, back in the day!

[Squirrel]

 

I think the Rally Squirrel was driving that drone

 

Rally Squirrel is currently sitting in Chicago trying to work but not getting much done

[USAFChief]

"If I use the fastball... over too quickly"

 

 

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we need another designation. "Like" is orders of magnitude too weak.

[bighat]

Terrible fundamentals by the Pirates.

[Don Walcott]

The game plan against Kepler was to not throw strikes to him until his fourth at bat.

[Aggies7]

Honest to god I started brewing a batch of beer right before this game started and I’m almost finished and it’s the 5th inning

[Squirrel]

 

Hey Carole...what's your take on Pittsburgh's relievers?

Your Pirates' pen stance?

 

Oh better far to live and die

[LVTwinsfan]

Terrible fundamentals by the Pirates.

hence the 2-8 record

[ashbury]

"in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."

How far in the past did you have to go to dig up that quote from whoever it was but isn't famous now?