Game Thread: Twins @ Royals 7:05pm cdt 8/21/2020ad

[IndianaTwin]

 

Maeda doesn't pitch Sunday, it was just announced that he starts on Monday.

Edit: Sorry for the double post.

 

No problem. It happens all the time. 

[IndianaTwin]

 

Maeda doesn't pitch Sunday, it was just announced that he starts on Monday.

Edit: Sorry for the double post.

 

And a belated welcome to the gang!

[LVTwinsfan]

Throws the same page twice in a row, one time it’s a strike one time it’s a ball

[sampleSizeOfOne]

And a belated welcome to the gang!

Is the gang all here?

[Sielk]

And a belated welcome to the gang!

Thanks!

[IndianaTwin]

 

Is the gang all here?

 

 

[LVTwinsfan]

Chip away, chip away at the stone

 

 

....Aerosmith

[LVTwinsfan]

Okay it’s Rock n Roll Friday

[amjgt]

 

Terrible strike 3 call on Jeffers there.

who? 
 

I think you mean Jeffries

 

— Bert

[Nine of twelve]

I see that the broadcast had a shot of the Royals' maskot a little bit ago.

[LVTwinsfan]

All aboard!!! Hahahaha

 

 

...Ozzy

[Nine of twelve]

 

Is it just me or have the umps been markedly worse this year? I'm all for robot umps anyway, but it seems much more noticeable lately.

I haven't looked for any analysis of this but I have the same impression.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I see that the broadcast had a shot of the Royals' maskot a little bit ago.

Putting mask in maskot, eh?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

All aboard!!! Hahahaha

 

 

...Ozzy

Crazy!

[Nine of twelve]

 

Putting mask in maskot, eh?

Putting the mask ON maskot.

[LVTwinsfan]

Is it just me or have the umps been markedly worse this year? I'm all for robot umps anyway, but it seems much more noticeable lately.

a lot of umps opted out this season, I think we have a lot of minor league umpires

[sampleSizeOfOne]

(since others are setting a good example with attribution)

 

Sullivan approves (now it is out of copyright) but Gilbert prefers his words.

[LVTwinsfan]

Crazy!

but that’s how it goes

[Nine of twelve]

It's gotten so I expect a hard-hit ball up the middle to be fielded by the shifted infielder. Insufficient shift that time.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

a lot of umps opted out this season, I think we have a lot of minor league umpires

That was my impression too.

 

Takes a while for everyone to get at to the top of their game...

[70charger]

 

a lot of umps opted out this season, I think we have a lot of minor league umpires

 

I guess that makes sense. 

 

The ironic thing to me is that we have the technology to measure how many calls they're missing. Sooooo... let's just use that technology? What am I not getting here?

[LVTwinsfan]

Kansas City ever get Brockmire back? A little crude but that guys funny. Oh wait that’s a TV show

[70charger]

Ooh, that doesn't look good.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Doh.

 

Don't like seeing Jake go down there...

[LVTwinsfan]

I guess that makes sense.

 

The ironic thing to me is that we have the technology to measure how many calls they're missing. Sooooo... let's just use that technology? What am I not getting here?

Umpire union

[SS MagicMark]

Jake isn't going to be putting this one in the scrapbook.

[70charger]

His face shows he's hurting. Don't try to be a hero. That was a hell of an impact.

[LVTwinsfan]

Pitchers may be the best athletes but they sure ain’t the toughest

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Jake got hit by a comebacker and is coming out.

 

And ya know things are serious when they focus on the injury over completing the play.

[Vanimal46]

What a shame for Odorizzi. Unlucky injury year for him.