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GAME THREAD: Guardians v Twins, 8/17 @ 7:10pm CT

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What an exciting finish to last night's game!

And this from the previous day ... leading up to the Polanco walk-off sac fly:

We've been experiencing a lot of that lately ... and while too little, too late for the end result to the season as we were hoping, it's still fun anyway ... even the 3.5-4 hrs of it! The Twins just seem to be clicking lately and it's a good ride. I'm hoping for a good night from Ober, was hoping to see Gordon in the lineup, but onward we must go. May the clicking continue! And we still don't know who tomorrow's pitcher will be ... Ryan? Thorpe? All will be revealed in time! See? There's still some excitement to be had.

'Nuff said ... the lineups:

GUARDIANS

1. Myles Straw (R ) CF
2. Amed Rosario (R ) DH
3. Jose Ramirez (S) 3B
4. Wilson Ramos (R ) C
5. Bradley Zimmer (L) RF
6. Yu Chang (R ) 1B
7. Daniel Johnson (L) LF
8. Ernie Clement (R ) 2B
9. Andres Gimenez (L) SS
Eli Morgan (R ) P

TWINS

1. Max Kepler (L) RF
2. Brent Rooker (R ) LF
3. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B
4. Josh Donaldson (R ) DH
5. Luis Arraez (L) 3B
6. Mitch Garver (R ) C
7. Miguel Sano (R ) 1B
8. Rob Refsnyder (R ) CF
Bailey Ober (R ) P

Now go get 'em! Play ball!

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Squirrel GOAT

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4 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Time to wake up and turn the game on....

 

What i miss?

Half an inning of no score baseball :) 

Squirrel GOAT

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So, who is that more tiring for ... the pitcher or the batter?

('Yes' is not an acceptable answer)

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sampleSizeOfOne

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2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

So, who is that more tiring for ... the pitcher or the batter?

('Yes' is not an acceptable answer)

Long at bats?

 

The inning ended for both, so...

Neither?

 

But i don't speak from recent experience...

Danchat Minnesota Twins

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Yet another bases loaded no outs situation goes up in flames... that's 2 hits in 18 PAs with the bases loaded for Sano. And 2 GDPs in 2 days for Ref with the bases juiced. Ugh.

Squirrel GOAT

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Geez ... Simmons ... don't know what to say ... getting the base at 2nd was something, but that throw was something else

h2oface Wichita Wind Surge

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Jim Kaat or Greg Maddux would have fielded that ball.

Pitchers don't put themselves in position to help the team at the end of their delivery anymore.

h2oface Wichita Wind Surge

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I don't mind the Simmons throw. Sano, or whoever is playing first, needs to come off the bag if he needs to rather than let it go. Limit the damage always. Sano first job is to catch a catchable ball, and I believe that was.

Simmons is surely declining, and I have not been happy with him, but that was not about his "glove" but his throw. And Sano could have prevented the outcome.

I focus on the amazing out at second on that one.

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