Game Thread "escape" Twins vs White Socks, 12:10pm cdt 7/7/2021 ad

[Dave The Dastardly]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Ok, I made myself super curious, so I went and looked.  On this year's  all-star team, 7 of the 22 hitters, and 7 of the 12 pitchers are on at least their second big league team.  That's just under 42%.

Interesting. But how many times have those 7 hitters all been from the same former team?

[Dave The Dastardly]

The wife just pulled some fresh cinnamon bread from the oven. Gotta go. I hope the Twins will be up by 10 runs by the time I get back. You know, a safe bullpen lead...

[LVTwinsfan]

Too close to take Jorge

[wsnydes]

It's the radio team's birthday today, both Danny and Cory.  You could make a drinking game out of how many times they've said "birthday".

[Cap'n Piranha]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Well, he's going to play someplace.......though not sure where the ideal spot is at this point. 

Designated Hitter.

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Designated Hitter.

For the Saints?

[wsnydes]

Was that boot as brutal as it sounded on the radio?

[Cap'n Piranha]

19 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Interesting. But how many times have those 7 hitters all been from the same former team?

No idea.  Probably a good thing the Twins cleaned house 4ish years ago in order to get rid of that issue, huh?

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Was that boot as brutal as it sounded on the radio?

Yes.

[Cap'n Piranha]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Was that boot as brutal as it sounded on the radio?

I mean, it wasn't good, but I've certainly seen worse.

[Cap'n Piranha]

5 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

For the Saints?

Sure, let's have the 24 year old with a 119 wRC+ in the majors DH for the Saints.  Good idea.

[PDX Twin]

Was it Dick Stuart who earned the nickname "Dr. Strangeglove." I haven't watched much this year, but today Larnach looks pretty clueless out there.

[wsnydes]

Larnach makes up for the spotty glovework.

[Cap'n Piranha]

9 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

For the Saints?

Quick!  Say more bad things about Twins players!

[wavedog]

Goodbye Shutout!   Larnach bounces back with a HR! 

[operation mindcrime]

Way to go Larnach!!!!!

[wavedog]

Wasn't even close to a strike

[Cap'n Piranha]

Awful strike call right there.

[operation mindcrime]

7 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Quick!  Say more bad things about Twins players!

Where do I start?

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, operation mindcrime said:

Where do I start?

Start at the top of the order and work your way down!

[Cap'n Piranha]

2 minutes ago, operation mindcrime said:

Where do I start?

At the very beginning.  It's a very good place to start.

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Cap'n Piranha said:

At the very beginning.  It's a very good place to start.

Except in Star Wars movies....start with the "4th" one.....

[wavedog]

Making the big guy work at least this inning

[Azviking101]

Sigh. Twins hitters seem more worried about taking a walk then getting a big hit. Can't believe Polanco and Gordon took those pitches. Does Gordon not realize Ben "Can't hit" Rorvedt is behind him?

[Aggies7]

completely incapable of driving runners in from scoring position

[operation mindcrime]

5 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Start at the top of the order and work your way down!

Let's start with ownership and work our way down from there!

[wavedog]

The usual get runners in scoring position and then strikeout.    Need to try a different plate approach - shorten the swing or in Gordon's case swing.   Guessing he was thinking that ball was going to sink out of the zone but he might not have watched Polanco's at-bat.     

[Aggies7]

billy hamilton is a first ballot HOFer against the twins.

[wavedog]

Big and slow does not equate to great outfield defense

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, operation mindcrime said:

Let's start with ownership and work our way down from there!

That might take too long!  The game might be over before you even get to the players!