Astros vs Twins, Game 1, 9/28 1pm Central

[USAFChief]

 

Diaz sending him was ambitious

2 out, send him every time with the misplay.

[TouchEmAllGuy]

Awesome!!

[T_J]

And another strike called, this time on Rosie, that was a ball an inning or two ago.

The zone for Grienke seems to be expanding

[LaBombo]

I like that Greinke was starting to feel like he'd expanded the zone, but that Kepler and Cruz didn't give in.

 

My guess is that Zack was starting to picture himself coasting to 7 scoreless before Kep's well-deserved walk.

[Aggies7]

They better not keep this playoff format going forward

[insagt1]

Nice clutch two out hit by Nellie and the speed of Kepler gives the good guys the 1-0 lead. (having a lead is always good!)

[USAFChief]

 

They better not keep this playoff format going forward

Almost certainly won't.

 

But there will almost certainly be an expanded post season. 

[stringer bell]

 

Not great defense by Reddick there. Nice job Nellie!

I was screaming "score, score" as soon as the ball bounced over Reddick's head. Gotta send him with two outs even with Rosario on deck.

[Brock Beauchamp]

They better not keep this playoff format going forward

I heard someone suggest keeping this round, expanding it to best of five, but the home team gets a free win, making it a best of four + 1.

 

I kinda like that idea though 16 teams are still too much.

[Aggies7]

White Sox lead, as expected 

[Vanimal46]

They better not keep this playoff format going forward

The 3 game series is a slap in the face to the best teams. Might as well make it 3 coin flips. I’m okay with 12, maybe 14 teams to promote competitive play. Not the series length.

[TFRazor]

 

The zone for Grienke seems to be expanding

He's doing the whole stare down thing when he gets a call he doesn't like and the ump is starting to respond.

[USAFChief]

Boy that looked like a swing.

[dex8425]

 

He's doing the whole stare down thing when he gets a call he doesn't like and the ump is starting to respond.

Wonder if that means more coming from a future hall of famer. Hope not. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Boy that looked like a swing.

Sure did.

[bighat]

 

They better not keep this playoff format going forward

I have a feeling a lot of MLB employees in the advertising/network side of things are already working on their sales pitches to keep this format in the future.

 

It's a slap in the face to the game, the fans, and the players but they don't watch the game, they watch their bank statements and it always comes down to $$$.

[LVTwinsfan]

I don’t mind the expanded playoffs sticking around ,14 teams give the best record a bye. But is there any doubt that Houston should be the bottom seed. Give the bye to the best record, home series to the other first place teams and the second place team with the best record, the other 3 spots should be by their record whether they came in second third or even fourth

[Aggies7]

Ugh

[USAFChief]

How does that sneak through??

[TFRazor]

 

Wonder if that means more coming from a future hall of famer. Hope not. 

You'd better believe it does. He's got the ump second thinking himself so he's expanding. What he should do is tighten it even more until greinke stops.

[IndianaTwin]

 

I'm blessed with the BEST BOSS in the world.

 

I bought a flat screen TV to the office today with my Roku stick, and am sitting here watching the Twins. 

JcS (yeah, OK, I confess, I AM the boss...but still, I was good to me)

 

Hopefully you are HR too. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Blech, Polanco looks bad.

[Mill1634]

Gotta limit this one to one

[stringer bell]

A walk and a seeing eye single..............

[LVTwinsfan]

Looks like Maeda is overthrowing

[Aggies7]

It’s looking like 5 innings, unless he can throw a quick GIDP here

[ashbury]

Is Maeda going to be able to finish 6?

[Aggies7]

Game has slowed to slower than a snails pace

[Mill1634]

 

Is Maeda going to be able to finish 6?

I'm going to guess no, unless the Twins add on 4 or 5 runs

[mrtwinsfan]

Kenta- nibbling and seems rattled