Game Thread: Twins @ Blue Jays 9/17/2021 6:07 central

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Dickerson got a Buxton double...

[LA Vikes Fan]

Did I read on one of these threads that Rooker's OPS over the last bit of time was in the .900 range? I didn't realize he'd shown that improvement. If there's any thought that the improvement is real, he's on the team in 2022. We desperately need a RH OF to play when Kepler (should) sit and to DH. He can't play CF but Kepler and Celestino can...

[Squirrel]

gggggeeeeez ... Polanco ... you have a great bat ... but I hope you aren't playing SS next year

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Over throw by Polanco.

 

His arm is too strong for Short?

 

Tie game... Mutter mutter.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Over throw by Polanco.

 

His arm is too strong for Short?

 

Tie game... Mutter mutter.

And runner scores from first.

 

Down by 1.

[LA Vikes Fan]

This inning is why we need a SS for next season. Can't make that kind of error against a good team. We need a steady defensive SS behind this pitching staff to have any sort of chance. 

[Winston Smith]

More "B" team Little League play by your Minnesota Twins.

[LA Vikes Fan]

Wow, just heard that the Twins have allowed 70 unearned runs this season The combination of shaky pitching with shaky IF defense is deadly. I love Polanco but he needs to play 2B. We gotta get a good glove SS for next season.  

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Buxton wallball!!(!)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Polanco!!!!

[downunder twins fan]

Now we are cooking with gas

[Squirrel]

okay ... that's the way to make up for that throw

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Does that make up for the overthrow?

[Danchat]

Wow, offensive eruption against a very good starter in Ryu!

[Squirrel]

And please ... do NOT TRADE DONALDSON!!!

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 hour ago, RpR said:

Polanco is lousy as a short stop, so I assume Arraez is at 2nd; that is Arraez only decent poiition fielding but that still means poor defense at SS.

Indeed, but this team doesn’t hit well enough to overcome the Simmons black hole

[Squirrel]

THREE IN A ROW!!!!!!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

A walk is one way not to give up a homerun...

Not that Refsnyder was much of a threat.

[stringer bell]

Nice inning, but they have to do more than slug. Pitching, defense, and base running are all lacking.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

6-3...

Toranto takes a turn at the long ball...

[downunder twins fan]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Nice inning, but they have to do more than slug. Pitching, defense, and base running are all lacking.

I'll take what I can get at this point. Maybe they are saving up all that important stuff for next year. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

But only one in a row.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Twins: 6 runs,  6 hits, 2 errors.

Jays: 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error.

 

We have just played twice as long as them?

[Squirrel]

wow ... that was a nice catch

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Nice catch on the Buxton fly.

[RickOShea]

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

Great, the traffic here scares the hell out of me, now I got to contend with the game thread!!!!!!!!!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Is it okay if i nap?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Great, the traffic here scares the hell out of me, now I got to contend with the game thread!!!!!!!!!

Where is the traffic so bad?

 

Walking in traffic does have few inherent dangers...

But traffic doesn't seem so bad in the game thread.

Still, it behooves one to look both ways before posting.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Did anyone ever mention that Sano is athletic for a big man?

That was a nice exchange between him and Pineda.

 

Rarely has the ball been outweighed by so much fielding.

[mrtwinsfan]

Will polancos play at s.s. Hopefully send another hint to rocco and the f.o., Love him at 2b, and now with simmons hopefully DONE , quit showing all of us what we all know, anyone got the Front Office # be glad to call