GAME THREAD: 4/1/21 Minnesota Twins @ Milwaukee Brewers, 1:10 CDT

[USAFChief]

Sano-zee rounding back into mid season form.

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

You take it as the high leverage situations come, and don't hold your best relievers back for fear of higher leverage situation that may or may not happen later.

 

That's fine and all, I'm just saying you can't know when the highest leverage situations will be, only where they were.  So it makes far more sense to put your pitchers in the situations where they are most likely to succeed, as Rocco did with Rogers (2 out of 3 due up in his inning were lefties).

[Squirrel]

 

I don't even know why you were doing this, but I gave it a Like anyway because you were able to post afterward.

lol ... well ... I ordered my extra innings package yesterday ... as far as I knew, it was a go, according to the person I talked to ... at noonish today, I try and find the channels and they aren't there, reset the cable boxes (yes, I have cable, it's part of my assessments), still no channels, call xfinity again, 'oh, you need updated cable boxes and remotes to get those channels. it's no charge to swap them out.' Either I did it myself, today, or wait for a service agent to come out next week ... so, I did it myself. And only have a little bit of a headache for the adventure

[Diesel]

Looks like Robles has his velo back. He was a 97-99 FB pitcher prior to last year

[LaBombo]

Still bummed about Donaldson getting injured in the first. My office pool money was on "En route to the ballpark".

[PseudoSABR]

The radar gun has to be hot, right? I didn't think Rodgers threw 98 nor Robles 97...

[USAFChief]

((Frantically searches baseball ref for any player named Gretel to make obvious joke...))

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

lol ... well ... I ordered my extra innings package yesterday ... as far as I knew, it was a go, according to the person I talked to ... at noonish today, I try and find the channels and they aren't there, reset the cable boxes (yes, I have cable, it's part of my assessments), still no channels, call xfinity again, 'oh, you need updated cable boxes and remotes to get those channels. it's no charge to swap them out.' Either I did it myself, today, or wait for a service agent to come out next week ... so, I did it myself. And only have a little bit of a headache for the adventure

I got a headache reading that.

[Brock Beauchamp]

The radar gun has to be hot, right? I didn't think Rodgers threw 98 nor Robles 97...

Dick just mentioned the Milwaukee gun appears to be hot.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

End of 8th.

 

Down to 1 inning. How we making out on length of game?

[Squirrel]

 

I got a headache reading that.

heh, it didn't help mine in the retelling

[Diesel]

 

Dick just mentioned the Milwaukee gun appears to be hot.

 

Robles has been known to throw that quick in the past, Rogers on the other hand.....

[sampleSizeOfOne]

((Frantically searches baseball ref for any player named Gretel to make obvious joke...))

Expecting a cookie?

[Mill1634]

Not sure why the booth is worked up over Robles sitting 97. When he was effective in 19 he was sitting at 97.1. That is the reason he was so ineffective last year (FB velo of 95.4). If he can reharness the 97-98 velo he's a steal. Great start in 2021. 

[USAFChief]

End of 8th.

 

Down to 1 inning. How we making out on length of game?

Checking the MLB rule book, it appears 9 innings is still the standard.

[wsnydes]

End of 8th.

 

Down to 1 inning. How we making out on length of game?

Is it still Thursday?

[ashbury]

((Frantically searches baseball ref for any player named Gretel to make obvious joke...))

We now regret the trade for Kenta Maeda, because we could have had the bullpen tandem of Hansel and Graterol.

 

[Sielk]

Is it still Thursday?

For me, Friday begins in exactly 11 minutes.

[Diesel]

The Jason Kubel Cycle game is still my favorite of all time

[LaBombo]

 

lol ... well ... I ordered my extra innings package yesterday ... as far as I knew, it was a go, according to the person I talked to ... at noonish today, I try and find the channels and they aren't there, reset the cable boxes (yes, I have cable, it's part of my assessments), still no channels, call xfinity again, 'oh, you need updated cable boxes and remotes to get those channels. it's no charge to swap them out.' Either I did it myself, today, or wait for a service agent to come out next week ... so, I did it myself. And only have a little bit of a headache for the adventure

 

Bummer. But glad you're plugged back into The Matrix, and congratulations on successfully journeying to your floor and back.

[USAFChief]

We now regret the trade for Kenta Maeda, because we could have had the bullpen tandem of Hansel and Graterol.

 

Dammit!!

[Squirrel]

 

For me, Friday begins in exactly 11 minutes.

Where are you? (If you don't want to say, that's fine)

[ashbury]

Dammit!!

I feed upon the delicious, delicious tears of Chief.

 

[wsnydes]

We now regret the trade for Kenta Maeda, because we could have had the bullpen tandem of Hansel and Graterol.

 

And thus ushered in the era of front offices that filled out their rosters by the ability to form jokes and puns.

[Sielk]

Where are you? (If you don't want to say, that's fine)

Hamburg, Germany.

[Squirrel]

 

 

Bummer. But glad you're plugged back into The Matrix, and congratulations on successfully journeying to your floor and back.

hahaha ... it gets dusty behind and under furniture

 

[Squirrel]

 

 

I feed upon the delicious, delicious tears of Chief.
 

Careful ... they are a bit acidic ... hope you have some pepsid handy

[Squirrel]

 

Hamburg, Germany.

Haven't been to Germany in a number of years now ... but used to go regularly for work

[USAFChief]

And thus ushered in the era of front offices that filled out their rosters by the ability to form jokes and puns.

so we're NOT trading for Hammerstein at the deadline?

[USAFChief]

Why is Buxton still on 1st?