Game Thread: Twins@Brewers, 8/10 @ 7:10pm CT

[Diesel]

This is the worst Dobnak has looked all season.... but it’s still pretty dang good!

[70charger]

Houser smarter about that sharp line drive at the pitcher than yesterday's opponent. Don't try to catch it; just hit the deck.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

And i bask in my own form of instant gratification.

 

Thanks for doing all my thinking for me!

What would an adaquate visualization of this latitude?

 

Futurama hedonism-bot?

[70charger]

Polanco not looking great on those SB attempts this year

[LVTwinsfan]

Here’s a radical thought, getting caught stealing is nothing less than bad baserunning

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Rosario in the clean up spot hits it through the 5 hole of the 2nd baseman...

[Squirrel]

 

Polanco not looking great on those SB attempts this year

yeah ... but that throw was perfect

[LVTwinsfan]

This is the worst Dobnak has looked all season.... but it’s still pretty dang good!

Thats the mark of an ace

[twins1095]

Polanco is noticeably better in the field this season. Cool to see that kind of development. Means big things for his long term trajectory. I’d go as far to say that he’s been borderline elite with the glove this season.

[LVTwinsfan]

Not that there was much disagreement here, but I did look it up. The best reference I found in the rules is simply the definition of "Catch". I'll highlight the phrases I think pertain to Yelich's attempt:

 

A CATCH is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove of a ball in flight and firmly holding it; providing he does not use his cap, protector, pocket or any other part of his uniform in getting possession. It is not a catch, however, if simultaneously or immediately following his contact with the ball, he collides with a player, or with a wall, or if he falls down, and as a result of such collision or falling, drops the ball. It is not a catch if a fielder touches a fly ball which then hits a member of the offensive team or an umpire and then is caught by another defensive player. In establishing the validity of the catch, the fielder shall hold the ball long enough to prove that he has complete control of the ball and that his release of the ball is voluntary and intentional. If the fielder has made the catch and drops the ball while in the act of making a throw following the catch, the ball shall be adjudged to have been caught.

 

We're familiar with the ruling, mentioned in that final sentence, when an out is recorded even though the ball was dropped, such as when an outfielder is trying for an assist. That wasn't what happened just now, so that possible excuse doesn't apply.

 

Good call, IMO. Brewers fans will unanimously disagree of course - he did catch it. He just didn't make a baseball Catch.

 

What we’ve all known to be a catch since we were in grade school was never confusing until the NFL tried to define it.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

What we’ve all known to be a catch since we were in grade school was never confusing until the NFL tried to define it.

"I know it when i see it" works for me.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Go Buxton!

[ashbury]

Remember all the complaints about Kyle Gibson and his "nibbling"? Well, look at what Dobnak does. What is the difference? Command. Randy has command, Kyle didn't.

[Aggies7]

That was...something, by Byron

[Aggies7]

79 pitches and 5 innings is the new quality start. Gross.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Remember all the complaints about Kyle Gibson and his "nibbling"? Well, look at what Dobnak does. What is the difference? Command. Randy has command, Kyle didn't.

Commando Dobnak?

 

Or perhaps i should assign him a rank... Capt'n Dobnak?

[LVTwinsfan]

Remember all the complaints about Kyle Gibson and his "nibbling"? Well, look at what Dobnak does. What is the difference? Command. Randy has command, Kyle didn't.

Kyle’s pitching tonight

[sampleSizeOfOne]

That was...something, by Byron

Yeah. Like the opposite of instant gratification...

 

Like the cabbage in the food processor, i shoulda quit while i was a head.

[LVTwinsfan]

Dobnak could have pitched the 6th

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Kyle’s pitching tonight

For whom?

 

(see above for laziness)

[Aggies7]

Dobnak could have pitched the 6th

Yeah but why do that when you can scrounge 12 outs out of the bullpen?

[LVTwinsfan]

For whom?

 

(see above for laziness)

Rangers

[LVTwinsfan]

Yeah but why do that when you can scrounge 12 outs out of the bullpen?

The more guys you put out there the better chance that at least one of them is not sharp

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Rangers

Thanks!

 

Ah, leading 2-1 having pitched 3 innings.

[Danchat]

Rocco was saving his best bullpen arms for a while now, so I guess it makes sense to fire that bullet now.

[70charger]

Trevor May looks great this year.

[twins1095]

Avila takes good ABs. He’s not that great but he’s a great back up

[IndianaTwin]

 

Commando Dobnak?

Or perhaps i should assign him a rank... Capt'n Dobnak?

 

Whether or not Dobnak is going commando is a little more information than I need. 

[IndianaTwin]

To avoid the Gladden factor, I’ve been listening to Uecker the last three innings. He definitely shows his age in a not-so-good way, but he’s been going on about great Twins from the ’60s. The thought of him hitting a long homer off Jim Kaat in the Northern League goes way back. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Whether or not Dobnak is going commando is a little more information than I need.

Sorry. I stand corrected.

 

Nevermind.