GAME THREAD: 9/30/20 Minnesota Twins VS Houston Astros, 12:08 CDT

[Aggies7]

GTF over it, Tim, there won’t be fans in parks this year. Maybe next year if you’re lucky 

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Hey Sano, stop chatting up these cheaters every time they get to first and HIT THE BALL

[AlwaysinModeration]

What’s with May’s hitch?

[LVTwinsfan]

These umps just suck

[Twodogs]

that won’t help a team that can’t hit

But they shouldn't be swinging at stuff outside of the strike zone but with this guy they feel like they have to.

[Aggies7]

Tim Timmons stinks

[Mill1634]

LMAOOOO. IS THIS UMP EVEN WATCHING THE GAME?

[USAFChief]

just walk off the field, Twins.

[John Kelsey]

Laughable at this point

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Announcer literally laughing hysterically at how butt these umps are

[Vanimal46]

Holy bleep 2 blown calls at 1B.

[TouchEmAllGuy]

Lol. These umps.

[Danchat]

Wow these umps are shockingly bad at their jobs...

[Twinfan603]

This is an absolute joke. Maybe some proof MLB favors Houston in this series?

[notoriousgod71]

This is some great umpiring at first base.

[SpicyGarvSauce]

 

Well the offense also stunk when they'd make the playoffs without power hitters as well.

Perhaps it is just recent memory, but was never THIS bad.

[SF Twins Fan]

A couple of brutal calls by the 1st base ump.

[TwinsCD]

Tim Timmons, turn in your umpiring gear, you POS.  Little League World Series umpires don't miss those calls back to back.  Must have had a nice 10am mimosa at the hotel.

[Diesel]

2 in a row. Goodness.

[T_J]

How the hell does he miss two in a row? Why should they have to waste challenges like this?!?!?!

[h2oface]

It would be nice to watch some playoff games where the teams actually SCORE RUNS!

[AlwaysinModeration]

Blue, you are supposed to be biased AGAINST the Astros, not trying to help them.

[bighat]

 

pop outs....no solid contact. No strategy...just flailing away hoping for that elusive HR which has headed home long ago.

What has happened to our team? Where did it go?

Twins strategy for the past 2 years under Rocco is to close your eyes and swing as hard as you can.

 

Many here support that strategy. It might work during the regular season but in the playoffs you have to make adjustments. This team is unable to do that.

[Aggies7]

 

Perhaps it is just recent memory, but was never THIS bad.

It actually usually isn’t that bad. Twins have scored 4 runs plenty of times over this streak

[FlauerPauer]

 

I'm surprised we haven't seen Wisler or Clippard used yet... statically Wisler was our best reliever this year and he hasn't even been used...

 

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[notoriousgod71]

With expanded playoffs we also get expanded umpiring crews.

 

The mediocrity is showing.

[IndianaTwin]

Tim Kurkjian is big on talking about how you can go to a game and see something you’ve never seen before.

 

I’ve never seen back-to-back reviews on the same situation each get reversed in about 20 seconds.

[JNess21]

Thank goodness for replay. Much like our politicians, we need younger umps. These old farts just aren't doing it anymore.

[Aggies7]

Does cave bat or buxton PH

[TFRazor]

I would laugh but it's just too painful