Game Thread Twins vs Red Socks 12:10pm cdt 4/15/2021 ad

[Aggies7]

 

A bit of interesting trivia: Ms Keller is the scout who recommended the Twins sign Tsuyoshi Nishioka.

boy, how bad was that signing?

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

the sirens are preferable to the woos though

Oh my god yes.

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

boy, how bad was that signing?

 

I don't know, how bad was it?

[Aggies7]

 

I don't know, how bad was it?

don't answer a question with a question!

[MNT1996]

Pineda is the Twins' ace

[Aggies7]

we have to ride with big mike all the way if need be

[Brock Beauchamp]

I have come to despise the shift. It's just one small aspect that makes baseball less fun to watch than it was in the past.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

 

What if the siren was just a recording of woos?

[nicksaviking]

 

In 2021 is it necessary to have a WWII era siren to warn people of tornadoes?

 

Probably as long as we still have WWII era people who don't have a smart phone on them constantly.

[USAFChief]

 

Sirens back in my day.

[Aggies7]

 

I have come to despise the shift. It's just one small aspect that makes baseball less fun to watch than it was in the past.

wait til they move the mound back 1'. think games are long now?

[bighat]

Please please please leave Pineda in.....

[Cap'n Piranha]

So Little Caesar's has a commercial, where they imagine the executives of a rival pizza chain on a private jet admitting they could match LC's price, but they'd have to fly commercial.

 

Which is pretty funny when you realize that the founder and CEO of LC made so much freaking money he could buy a baseball team.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Add: This was my favorite Night Gallery mini-episode when I was a kid. Anyone else recall it? It's funny. About a hipster who dies and in hell he has to listen to geezer music for all eternity.

[Cap'n Piranha]

LET IT SANO!!!

[Aggies7]

 

 

Sirens back in my day.

I would post something from "the odyssey" but I don't feel like it

[LVTwinsfan]

How about that

[TouchEmAllGuy]

It's Sano'ing!!!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Is that a siren going off due to Sano's hit?

[jkcarew]

 

I don't live in Minnesota, has this ever siren thing ever happened before?

Nightly.

[MMMordabito]

Sano back to .100

[IndianaTwin]

 

I'm actually optimistic about Sano, after looking closer.  His OBP is .285, despite a .105 babip--that can't possible stay that low.  If the babip hits even .200, and Sano maintains his current approach (only swinging at 25.5% of pitches out of the zone, while making close to career average contact), he should normalize to a useful hitter, although probably not a true middle of the order one.

 

That's even better than improving his BABIP!!!!!!

[bighat]

Sano! Love it!

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

wait til they move the mound back 1'. think games are long now?

It will be hard to backtrack game length much; what baseball should focus on doing is bringing the action back into the game.

 

A 3.5 hour game is manageable if balls are flying around, fielders are diving, and runners are moving. Time moves more quickly if the audience is engaged in what's happening.

 

A 3.5 hour game is not manageable if each plate appearance takes two minutes, strikeouts happen 40% of the time, and any balls in play are hit directly into a shift.

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

 

Sirens back in my day.

 

Come on Chief, you're not fooling anyone.  The Sirens from your day are below (bonus--I'm pretty sure that's you tied to the mast!)

 

[USAFChief]

Sano'ing again.

 

edit: Ninja'd by 98% of TD membership.

[twinssporto]

I had a chat with Sano prior to his AB behind home. Told him he needs to hit a HR or I would streak the field.

 

I’m playing my part at the game!

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

I would post something from "the odyssey" but I don't feel like it

 

 

DAMMIT!  Beat me to it!

[Aggies7]

 

It will be hard to backtrack game length much; what baseball should focus on doing is bringing the action back into the game.

 

A 3.5 hour game is manageable if balls are flying around, fielders are diving, and runners are moving. Time moves more quickly if the audience is engaged in what's happening.

 

A 3.5 hour game is not manageable if each plate appearance takes two minutes, strikeouts happen 40% of the time, and any balls in play are hit directly into a shift.

my opinion, and people are going to hate it, but all games should be 7 innings long. could shave 45 minutes to an hour off of each game

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

It will be hard to backtrack game length much; what baseball should focus on doing is bringing the action back into the game.

 

A 3.5 hour game is manageable if balls are flying around, fielders are diving, and runners are moving. Time moves more quickly if the audience is engaged in what's happening.

 

A 3.5 hour game is not manageable if each plate appearance takes two minutes, strikeouts happen 40% of the time, and any balls in play are hit directly into a shift.

 

I would love to see an experiment with only 8 fielders, and all homeruns count for only one run, and automatically end the inning (unless it's of the inside the park variety).