Game Thread "Hidden Fortress" Twins vs. Rangers 6:40 cdt 5/4/2021 ad

[ashbury]

Anything you want to dump from the notebook yet?

I'm in sensory overload on this first night. Bandwidth is getting hammered I'm sure, so I can't keep up with the game thread for that reason as well.

 

I'm sure I'll adjust in the coming few days.

 

Cedar Rapids jumped all over the Peoria starter. Good to see Wallner get a ringing double to start his season. Steer is 2-for-2 at the moment, and CR leads 6-0 behind Funderburk on the mound.

 

[Mill1634]

Good outing from Happ. Clearly didn't have his best stuff, but he gave 5.1 innings and limited the hard contact, and left with the Twins in position to pick up a win. Exactly what you want from the back end of your rotation

[MNT1996]

I did not expect Happ to be the Twins best starter a month into the season

[mrtwinsfan]

 

Bought a MiLB subscription the other day, got 4 Twins minor league games going at the moment, plus the MLB.tv feed.

 

Life is good.

you getting all except Ft Meyers, ?

same here

[RickOShea]

Are they letting Colome get dressed for each game?

 

[mrtwinsfan]

 

Are the affiliates part of the package, or did you just get lucky by having the other teams broadcast the game? Curious as I've always wanted to get it, but it always seemed that there were only 1 of the affiliates broadcasts.

go to Milb.com for a subscription, pretty cheap

[IndianaTwin]

Huascar Ynoa with the grand slam for the Braves, by the way.

[RickOShea]

5 1/3 innings, is or becoming the norm for SPs.  What would Gibson say if a manager came out to the mound to pull him in the 6th?  Bob, not Kyle.

[cHawk]

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you.

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

[RickOShea]

Anyone remember the story about McCarver going out to the mound to talk to Gibson.  Gibson told him, "the only thing you know about hitting, is that you can't hit.  Get behind the plate".

I know I took liberties with that, but I can't remember it for verbatim.  My apologies.

[Danchat]

Robles has good stuff, just poor control. Like several other in our pitching staff.

[Mill1634]

99 painted on the corner...that'll play

[LVTwinsfan]

Great pitch

[h2oface]

99 and finally hit his target. That'll work.

[cHawk]

 

Robles has good stuff, just poor control. Like several other in our pitching staff.

 

Eh, his control's fine. Inconsistent is a better way to put it.

[RickOShea]

 

Robles has good stuff, just poor control. Like several other in our pitching staff.

Definitely.

[RickOShea]

Jesus, buxton has cut down on his swing and miss rate, quite a bit.

[cHawk]

Swing the dang bat

[RickOShea]

Of course, he then takes a called third strike.

[h2oface]

Gibson get's the low strike that Robles didn't.

[jkcarew]

 

Robles has good stuff, just poor control. Like several other in our pitching staff.

That’s not fair to the guys that have good control, and bad stuff.

[MNT1996]

I'm getting mentally prepared for the Colome Experience 

[FlauerPauer]

Glad I was wrong about Happ. 

[h2oface]

10 pitch inning for Gibson. If he was pitching here folks would complain that he is nibbling. But the edges make the best pitching. Especially if the umpire doesn't miss the call, and even gives you some, like the last Donaldson at bat.

[Mill1634]

Byron Buxton...I am out of words. 

[Vanimal46]

Buxton... Wow!

[ashbury]

Byron is having SUCH A GOOD TIME out there!

[Aggies7]

Byron might be the greatest player of all time

[ashbury]

you getting all except Ft Meyers, ?

same here

FtM was playing when I first tuned in, but they had started early and are done now.

[cHawk]

How ‘bout Robles