Game Thread—Twins @ Cleveland 5:10 PM

[Mill1634]

 

How does the manager of an MLB team not know the rule

[Aggies7]

Pulling berrios at 83 pitches. If we had a bullpen I would get it. Clown show

[D. Hocking]

 

lol what?

Berrios removed for...

 

The radio made it seem like it the coaching staff did not realize it was the second visit, and they did not mean to remove him.

[Aggies7]

He didn’t know the rule ?!!?!

[Otto von Ballpark]

moving out of my house of the last 15 years.

Going to great lengths to try to break the Twins postseason curse!

[Aggies7]

Rocco aint the guy, folks.

[Dave The Dastardly]

Oh oh! Amateur hour?

[Mike Sixel]

Wow. That's embarrassing.

[Otto von Ballpark]

He may have known the rule but not remembered that it was the second visit this inning.

 

Still not good, of course!

[cHawk]

 

Rocco aint the guy, folks.

How about that. Robles didn’t completely implode.

[FlauerPauer]

 

A better defensive LF catches that ball from Rosario... and that was a really good throw home from Rooker. If Rosario's a bit slower, that's an out.

 

This was my exact thought. Arraez took a pretty bad route to that ball. A major league outfielder catches that.

[cHawk]

 

This was my exact thought. Arraez took a pretty bad route to that ball. A major league outfielder catches that.

Realistically Kirilloff should be there.

[Danchat]

Wow, that's a new one. This season is full of surprises... mostly negative ones.

[Vanimal46]

Bit of a manager blunder there eh? He didn’t intend to take Berrios out of the game... That’s on him not knowing the rule.

[Otto von Ballpark]

... and that was a really good throw home from Rooker. If Rosario's a bit slower, that's an out.

I noticed that too. With 2 out, I assumed Rosario would score easily, but it turned out close.

[twinssporto]

 

Going to great lengths to try to break the Twins postseason curse!

You have no idea the depths I'll go to see another WS victory. SELL, SELL, SELL.

 

 

[jkcarew]

You can’t make up Rocco’s season so far.

 

Let’s hope the opposite of what he meant to do leads to a W. Seems like the odds would be better.

[Dave The Dastardly]

 

 

Rocco aint the guy, folks.

If he acts like he's not the guy and we think he's not the guy, maybe he's not the guy.

[cHawk]

Watch them now score no more runs the rest of the game.

[FlauerPauer]

Plezac has been terrible this year. Twins making him look like an all-star.

[wsnydes]

He may have known the rule but not remembered that it was the second visit this inning.

 

Still not good, of course!

That's where a bench coach comes in. They are there to keep track of those things.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Maybe Rocco just decided to try the George Costanza strategy anyway, and do the opposite of every impulse.

[cHawk]

HIT THE FREAKING BALL

[Danchat]

Kirilloff is making some sharp contact, he'll get rewarded with some more hits soon. The rest of the lineup, though... yikes.

[Vanimal46]

On another note, how is Berrios supposed to become an ace if he’s always pulled at the first sign of trouble?

[Aggies7]

Too bad our star center fielder is made out of glass

[FlauerPauer]

Keep Robles in or bring in Duffey?

[jkcarew]

 

Maybe Rocco just decided to try the George Costanza strategy anyway, and do the opposite of every impulse.

His mind was drifting to who he wanted to rest for tomorrow’s game. It’s something that can’t be addressed too soon.

[wsnydes]

On another note, how is Berrios supposed to become an ace if he’s always pulled at the first sign of trouble?

That's an old school mentality. That's what bullpens are for... apparently.

 

But I agree with you completely.

[Danchat]

 

Keep Robles in or bring in Duffey?

Definitely keep him in and try to go the 7th, we don't have enough decent relievers to cover this. Then Duffey and Rogers in the 8th and 9th.