Game Thread: Rays @ Twins 7:10 PM 8/13/2021

[h2oface]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Rooker has 3 hits, amazing, hopefully that is not all for the rest of the month.

Better take his temperature. 

[Irishman]

Donaldson choked again!     I think he is well past his prime!   Cut him loose after this season Is ended.

[h2oface]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

 Have a night, josh, have a night 

Hey..... he swung at 1 out of 5 pitches.

[Aggies7]

Just now, h2oface said:

Hey..... he swung at 1 out of 5 pitches.

Yeah but when he swings at 2 of 5 pitches, his gRtFCD shoots up to 1.786, well above league average 

[Irishman]

Just now, h2oface said:

Hey..... he swung at 1 out of 5 pitches.

Maybe he is paid to swing one time at his AB!

[Aggies7]

He’s out

[h2oface]

I hope Baldelli and the Twins' hitters were watching Kiermaier run. Our guys watch for a while on hits like that and then start running. Kiermaier was running hard out of the box. THAT IS HOW YOU PLAY BASEBALL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DOING IT!

[Irishman]

Well, I’m done for tonight.   

[Danchat]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

He’s out

Why does it feel like the challenge system gets it wrong way more often than it should?

[h2oface]

6 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Yeah but when he swings at 2 of 5 pitches, his gRtFCD shoots up to 1.786, well above league average 

That gRtFCD is so pesky. 

[h2oface]

How many times have we seen our pitchers throw their first pitch meat and the opposing team jump all over it? The opposing team pitchers may do it, but our guys are taking that first pitch. We get stung time after time, but the pitchers are still wanting that first pitch strike so bad they make it easy, and the opposition is swinging. and nailing it.

[h2oface]

21 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Why does it feel like the challenge system gets it wrong way more often than it should?

Looked like a tie to me. Certainly not something to overturn the on the field call.

And lets face it, regardless of the fine throw by Polanco, he still would have had him if he didn't bobble the ball. That seems like a triple and an error to me. That is how I would have scored it. If no bobble, he would have been held at third. They base was taken because of the error.

[h2oface]

That was some fancy footwork by Refsnyder to drag his right foot across the base there.

[h2oface]

So that was an error, but Polanco bobbling the the ball isn't. Hmmmm

[h2oface]

Time to blast one, Sano!!!

[RickOShea]

A buddy of mine called the other day. He rarely sees the Twins play.  But he watches nearby market games, as often as he can.  So basically, he sees quite a bit of baseball.  He happened to see the games where the White sox beat the Twins 11-1.

He says, " Hoss, how can you watch them as much as you say, you do.  I couldn't do it.  Man, they're bad".

I haven't been that embarrassed since I wet my pats in kindergarten.

[Aggies7]

Feels like we punted on this game early on, but we’re certainly alive

[Aggies7]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Feels like we punted on this game early on, but we’re certainly alive

Jinxed

[h2oface]

Wisler. Good enough to Tampa, but not for us. Fitting.

But hey, Falvine went out and got Vincent!

[Danchat]

I'm still perplexed about why Wisler was let go without paying him something like $1.1M. I was mad about it then, and I appear to be right about it. The Rays have him pitching just like we did last year. 

[Aggies7]

Oh, josh.

[h2oface]

It's that sparkling play by Donaldson in the field. Noted.

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, h2oface said:

It's that sparkling play by Donaldson in the field. Noted.

Dick and Kaat were wondering what that would be scored as

[Aggies7]

I’m gonna go fold laundry

[h2oface]

Franco doubles on a pitch high and outside off the plate.

Donaldson boots an out.

Wendle golfs a low and outside pitch in just the right spot through the infield.

Tough inning for Gant.

And then Sano is clueless in the field.

This team is just asleep at the wheel.

[RickOShea]

As Dandy Don used to sing, "Turn out the lights, the solar panels have been stolen".

[operation mindcrime]

Sano needs to be benched for that! He needs to be held accountable!

[RpR]

Over the  years the Twins have had more than one person playing outfield who could throw the ball home, accurately from a long ways out.

They need another one and Larnach is not it.

[h2oface]

Simmons learned nothing from watching Kiermaier.

[operation mindcrime]

Brent Rooker with a 4 hit night so far! It must be Friday the 13th!