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

[Aggies7]

big mike hasn't been right in a while. this year can't end soon enough

[wsnydes]

Sigh.  Score a run and give it right back...

...and in this case, the hitter replaces the guy in scoring position.

[Aggies7]

Just now, wsnydes said:

Sigh.  Score a run and give it right back...

...and in this case, the hitter replaces the guy in scoring position.

I didn't know that was allowed

[operation mindcrime]

Just now, wsnydes said:

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

This actually made me laugh out loud!!!! That was beautiful man! Thanks! \m/

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

I didn't know that was allowed

Probably some recent rule change that got buried by all of the sticky stuff talk. 

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, operation mindcrime said:

This actually made me laugh out loud!!!! That was beautiful man! Thanks! \m/

Happy to give you a break from the misery that is the Twins!

[wavedog]

Time for a Cruz Missile...

[Aggies7]

if they aren't going to score, at least make the innings faster

[wavedog]

Just now, wavedog said:

Time for a Cruz Missile...

Or the less popular Cruz pop-up

[RickOShea]

What was Lynn's primal outburst as he came off the mound?

[Aggies7]

that should just about do it.

[Brock Beauchamp]

A real third baseman gets that double pretty easily. 

[Aggies7]

the talent gap between these two clubs is hard to believe

[h2oface]

TIME FOR COLOME!!!!!

[wsnydes]

At least Pineda isn't getting hit hard...?

[wavedog]

Batting practice has started...

[Mike Sixel]

I'm beginning to think those that posted over the years that RBI were more important than preventing runs with D were, maybe, just maybe, wrong......

You just can't have a team full of bat first players (even if you keep drafting them early).

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

At least Pineda isn't getting hit hard...?

like a pinata 

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

like a pinata 

At least Rocco brought in a new piñata.

[Danchat]

Holy cow, 7 XBHs hit off Pineda... to be fair to him, he probably needed more time in AAA after he got shelled there last week.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Danchat said:

Holy cow, 7 XBHs hit off Pineda... to be fair to him, he probably needed more time in AAA after he got shelled there last week.

hasn't been right since like april. maybe he stopped using the sticky stuff early

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

hasn't been right since like april. maybe he stopped using the sticky stuff early

You really need to double Pineda's workload during a pitching performance.  Pitches thrown + arm and neck gyrations=total pitches thrown.

[Dodecahedron]

10 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I'm beginning to think those that posted over the years that RBI were more important than preventing runs with D were, maybe, just maybe, wrong......

You just can't have a team full of bat first players (even if you keep drafting them early).

People said that?  D is always #1.

[operation mindcrime]

6 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Holy cow, 7 XBHs hit off Pineda... to be fair to him, he probably needed more time in AAA after he got shelled there last week.

Today really helped his trade value!

[RickOShea]

You would think more of the Twins faster runners would try and bunt on Lotsa Lynn.  He doesn't throw that hard to make it difficult to bunt on, and I bet he's more like a snail than a cat, coming off the mound.

[Dodecahedron]

So far, no hits in the bottom 2/3 of the order for the Twins.  

[Aggies7]

I don't know why we're so bad but I wish it would stop

[RickOShea]

Hamilton looks like Sergio Romo's kid.

[Mike Sixel]

5 minutes ago, Dodecahedron said:

People said that?  D is always #1.

100% yes. Mostly when arguing about the value of D in WAR calculations, but not just there.

[operation mindcrime]

2 hours ago, RickOShea said:

Isn't the date wrong for today's game thread?

Yeah but the result will be the same!