GAME THREAD: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals, 6/3/2021, 7:10 PM CDT

[operation mindcrime]

Loons night at Target field! Who comes up with this sh*t?

[AceWrigley]

Just now, operation mindcrime said:

Loons night at Target field! Who comes up with this sh*t?

Ummmmm . . . you live in Minnesota.

[puckett_34]

Jeffers OPS is only 11 pts below Sano’s at this moment. Let that sink in for a moment. 

[LaBombo]

And speaking of casks... okay, it was actually just me posting a picture of them...

As a Gen X'er, I gotta ask the Boomers... were cartoons back then all sponsored by distilleries?  Half the reruns from the late 50's/early 60's featured a St Bernard either getting loaded himself or mixing martinis for stranded skiers.

[mikelink45]

3 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

There's always MLB radio. ? Th organ interludes keep me glued.

That is what I am listening to, but at times I am lucky enough to get out of internet and cell service range. 

[AceWrigley]

1 minute ago, LaBombo said:

And speaking of casks... okay, it was actually just me posting a picture of them...

As a Gen X'er, I gotta ask the Boomers... were cartoons back then all sponsored by distilleries?  Half the reruns from the late 50's/early 60's featured a St Bernard either getting loaded himself or mixing martinis for stranded skiers.

Cartoon booze commercials were crucial to my formative years.

[mikelink45]

One key question - what Twin would you put on the all star team?  My only thought is Berrios.  No one else is close. 

[AceWrigley]

1 minute ago, mikelink45 said:

One key question - what Twin would you put on the all star team?  My only thought is Berrios.  No one else is close. 

If the all-star team has an injured list . . . Buxton.

[LaBombo]

The nice things about a middle reliever coming in for Happ right now are that you probably won't have to worry about surrendering a lead, and by comparison your stuff will look like vintage unhittable Tyler Clippard.

[Danchat]

Who the heck is going to trade for Happ at the deadline? With pitching on the rise in 2021, Happ is quite far below replacement level.

[lecroy24fan]

The rain has resumed in KC!

[AceWrigley]

Woohoo. You could fry an egg on Donaldson.

[RickOShea]

The Twins bullpen just tightened their bung - ees after that Donaldson HR.  Who's gonna give up the lead?

[LaBombo]

"Donaldson with a drive!   Taylor going back!  Taylor at the wall!  And it's... slightly increased value at the trade deadline!!!"

[AceWrigley]

Wow, a catcher that prevents wild pitches, what a concept.

[Aerodeliria]

Man, now we can't get a box of Cracker Jack for Happ at the deadline. He's suddenly worse than Shoemaker. The 4-5 punch in rotation is very, very frightening me. Galileo. Magnifico.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Aerodeliria said:

Man, now we can't get a box of Cracker Jack for Happ at the deadline. He's suddenly worse than Shoemaker. The 4-5 punch in rotation is very, very frightening me. Galileo. Magnifico.

Does MLB allow transferring crappy players to the grounds crew?

[LaBombo]

4 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

Wow, a catcher that prevents wild pitches, what a concept.

Twins catchers probably still a little shaky back there knowing their teammate took friendly fire and had to have his junk stitched back together.

[AceWrigley]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Does MLB allow transferring crappy players to the grounds crew?

Can't clean up for himself now, how will that help? ?

[AceWrigley]

Now, will he Hansel them the lead?

[insagt1]

Donaldson finally earning his paycheck tonite. Where has all of that been for the first 2 months? Too bad Happ is pitching like a word that rhymes.

[Aggies7]

Robles is colome lite. He’s brutal

[Danchat]

Robles getting his usual lead-off walk out of his system, I see. These new strategies Wes is coming up with are sure strange!

[mikelink45]

Nice job Hansel - Santana loves the walk.  24 innings, 16 walks!  Clutch performance.

 

[jimbo92107]

Dick Bremmer: Just go ahead and throw the first pitch to the backstop.

No Dick, that is stupid. Instead, pick a corner at random, and nail that corner with a fastball for strike one. The Royals are not hitting just any old first pitch, they are hitting uncompetitive first pitches. 

[LaBombo]

3 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

Now, will he Hansel them the lead?

And will Rocco admit in the postgame that he reGreteled his choice?

[SanoMustGo]

1 minute ago, mikelink45 said:

Nice job Hansel - Santana loves the walk.  24 innings, 16 walks!  Clutch performance.

 

not boosting his trade value

[SomeGuy]

6 of the last 9 outings for duffey have been hitless.  8 of the last 9 outings have been scoreless. 

[Aggies7]

LITTLE LEAGUE S***!

[AceWrigley]

Disaster alert!