Game Thread Twins vs. Rangers 6:40pm cdt 5/5/2021 ad

[nicksaviking]

 

Okay, still 3 innings to go. Who gets the call from the pen? Who is your dependable middle reliever?

 

I just don't know.

 

Ah, Colome...the guy that blew all those saves.

 

Mayday! SOS!

 

Let's see him try to blow one now!

[FlauerPauer]

 

Didn't he used to be our closer?

 

He can hold this -2 run lead, i'm sure of it!

 

Does that count as a hold?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

 

That is some Rocco-level thought process

Wait 'til i get going!

 

Where was i...

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Up comes falafel in an RBI situation

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

 

Does that count as a hold?

We'll see.

 

Well, probably not the official stat, but there's more to baseball than stats...

[stringer bell]

Note that Texas has scored three runs, none of them on a base hit. While I understand much of the analytics, sometimes it would be nice to score by other means than hitting the ball over the fence. 

[IndianaTwin]

Few things me as much when listening to a Twins game as reaching the seventh. 

 

Last night's Gladden special while doing play-by-play was, upon the 2B needing to change directions to field a ball that hit the pitcher: "Solak needed to misdirect himself."

 

Later, it was: "The Rangers have had one ejection this year. That was Gallo. And manager Chris Woodward."

 

 

 

 

[cHawk]

What has gotten into this team?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

 

Up comes falafel in an RBI situation

If only we'd some of that when we had the bases full!

 

That looks tasty!

[FlauerPauer]

Whatdya know... no out pitch...

[FlauerPauer]

Buddy goes by alexander know. that's the cause of all his problems.

 

[cHawk]

Thank heavens for that

[MNT1996]

Well I think we found our 7th inning guy! 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

six

 

four

 

three

 

 

(to quote Skip Caray)

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Whatdya know... no out pitch...

Yah a cocky closer comes with the heat on 3-2

 

(or whatever is their bread & butter pitch; cutter for Mariano Rivera)

[IndianaTwin]

 

six

four

three


(to quote Skip Caray)

 

One of the legendary play-by-play calls in baseball history: 

 

 

 

[cHawk]

Kano!

[IndianaTwin]

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=14qLtMzidRQ

 

Ninja'ed.

 

It's good for a laugh every time. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Weight for it, Sano!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Ninja'ed.

 

It's good for a laugh every time.

 

Im so glad you knew that reference

[cHawk]

At least he moved the runner over...

[IndianaTwin]

 

six

four

three


(to quote Skip Caray)

 

We could use a magnificent seven(th), by the way.

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Keep it goin' Simmons!

[Aggies7]

Justin talking about chipping away at the lead in the 7th inning 

[MNT1996]

Fantastic ABs all around

[Aggies7]

BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[Mill1634]

Another leadoff runner on base that doesn't score...Can't make this up. The Rangers have one of the worst collection of arms in the league. 

[cHawk]

Way to go Donaldson

[Aggies7]

Colome’s era dropping like the mercury in Duluth in January 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

We could use a magnificent seven(th), by the way.

I know it's an inning late, but...