Game Thread: Tigers @ Twins - 4/4, 12:05pm

[Riverbrian]

*keeps hand firmly in pants*

 

Hey Now... Oh... You mean... You are not raising your hand... Carry on.

[Top Gun]

Twins win again! A playoff team at last.

[Ultima Ratio]

****, I had to run errands with the Mrs. and missed the 8th and 9th. Guess I'll have to stay away more often. Never would imagine a series win over the Tigers, never. Let the good times roll....

[Riverbrian]

How do you quiet a statistic?

 

And how does a statistic hate something?

 

Have they achieved sentience?

 

Surely Snepp... You have a GIF for this somewhere.

[Guest USAFChief]

Pedro Florimon, run producer.

Take note, Joey.

[Riverbrian]

****, I had to run errands with the Mrs. and missed the 8th and 9th. Guess I'll have to stay away more often. Never would imagine a series win over the Tigers, never. Let the good times roll....

 

Man...They were good innings... Probably the best two innings of the game.

[Mike Sixel]

Sigh. A great thread about a win, ruined by "there is a wrong way to be a Twins fan" post again. So tiring.

[Guest USAFChief]

As well as Worley and KC looked, I thought Pelfrey looked the best of the three. He obviously started to run out of gas, but he was up to 93 on the FSN gun, had really good command for the first 4 innings, and it didn't look like a fluke at all. That was very encouraging, and a bit surprising for a guy less than a year off TJS.

[Lesser Dali]

Geez, 2 wins in less than 24 hours.

 

I am not sure how to describe the feelings I am experiencing - could it be optimism? Could it be happiness? Could it be that I am feeling the effects of a few adult beverages?

 

Whatever it is, I think it is a good feeling.

 

It is nice to get a quick start out of the gate.

[jokin]

And Hicks is on base with a two-run single!!!

 

If a pitcture is worth a 1000 words- there were 3 pictures in just a couple of seconds that must be worth 3000- 1) that look of relief on Hicks' face as he stood on First Base after the hit 2) Scott Ullger trying to intercept the delivery of the ball to Hicks, only to be abruptly rejected by Fielder 3) Fielder's giant mitt of a hand pushing that ball into Hicks hands- as Hicks continued with that look of relief and then a very brief smile... baseball, gotta love it!

[mcrow]

Geez, 2 wins in less than 24 hours.

 

I am not sure how to describe the feelings I am experiencing - could it be optimism? Could it be happiness? Could it be that I am feeling the effects of a few adult beverages?

 

Whatever it is, I think it is a good feeling.

 

It is nice to get a quick start out of the gate.

 

Lets just hope we don't all go on binges because we are confused about this feeling.

[jokin]

As well as Worley and KC looked, I thought Pelfrey looked the best of the three. He obviously started to run out of gas, but he was up to 93 on the FSN gun, had really good command for the first 4 innings, and it didn't look like a fluke at all. That was very encouraging, and a bit surprising for a guy less than a year off TJS.

 

Did you catch Gardy's post-game comments about him (he completely flip-flopped on the guy who he now knows as "The Horse" from the comments he made last Sunday)? You'll love him even more! He's defying all of the conventional wisdom with a performance like today and DicknBert said he is obsessive in his training and rehab regimens. That's why I wish that Ryan would have gotten that 2nd year team option on the "Big Horse" (he's still bound to have at least one setback in 2013).

[jimbo92107]

Figured out why Hicks wasn't hitting from the left side. In his stance, he's twirling the bat in the wrong direction. Seriously. If you want to create an inside-out motion, you can't twirl the bat to brush up your hair, or when you bring your hands forward, the bat will open up early in a big, lazy loop, the "waving a garden rake" swing. You wind up fighting the bat. If you think I'm dippy, check out vids of Ruth and Ted Williams. If you brush back your ear with the twirl, moving your hands towards the pitch will compress the bat down and in, so you get good lag, which keeps you inside the flight path of the ball. Then you get outward snap at the ball, which translates into everything you want - a controllable swing with lotsa pop. It also creates natural lift, which comes in handy if you like hitting the ball over the outfielders.

 

Florimon's throwing problem was indecisiveness. All he needs to do is pound the glove really hard, then fire a laser shot. Don't pat the glove, pop it sharply, so everybody can hear!

 

Based on what I saw today, it wouldn't surprise me by mid season to see Escobar at SS and Brian Dinkelman at 2B. Dinkelman hit .300 last year (small sample), and Escobar looks to have more of a bat than Florimon. He and Dozier better find some hitting rhythm before their easy outs pile up and start to smell bad.

 

Too bad about Tyler Robertson. If he simply learned good posture, he'd be a great pitcher. Guy's been slouching in chairs too long.

[IdahoPilgrim]

How do you quiet a statistic?

 

And how does a statistic hate something?

 

Have they achieved sentience?

 

They do tend to have a life of their own, sometimes.

[snepp]

Surely Snepp... You have a GIF for this somewhere.

 

Alas, I've drawn a blank.

[Riverbrian]

Alas, I've drawn a blank.

 

How do you actually draw a blank? Seems impossible.

[glunn]

If a pitcture is worth a 1000 words- there were 3 pictures in just a couple of seconds that must be worth 3000- 1) that look of relief on Hicks' face as he stood on First Base after the hit 2) Scott Ullger trying to intercept the delivery of the ball to Hicks, only to be abruptly rejected by Fielder 3) Fielder's giant mitt of a hand pushing that ball into Hicks hands- as Hicks continued with that look of relief and then a very brief smile... baseball, gotta love it!

 

Thanks for this post. It made me very happy to read this.

[Monkeypaws]

All of a sudden, the schedule to start the season looks managable. Every one is 1-2 or 2-1, and we get to play KC, the Marlins, the Mets, and the dredded White Sox after the Orioles. We have an outside shot at .500 (or dare I say, a little better for April). It helps when we don't start the season against the Yankees, Toronto and Boston.

 

I'm more worried about the Royals than the Yankees - they might actually suck this season.

[snepp]

How do you actually draw a blank? Seems impossible.

 

Let me show you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative genius hard at work.

[PseudoSABR]

Let me show you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative genius hard at work.

Did you use the spacebar or cheat and hit return?

[snepp]

Did you use the spacebar or cheat and hit return?

 

Everyone's a critic.

[PseudoSABR]

Everyone's a critic.

Too soon.

[snepp]

Too soon.

 

Eh?

[GCTF]

Eh?

 

Check the dead pool. Roger Ebert, no longer breathing.