Opening Day Game Thread: Mariners @ Twins, 4/8 @ 3:10pm CT

[Mill1634]

I am fine with LHP refusing to throw Kepler a strike the rest of the year

[RickOShea]

It's game 1, obviously.  But, what do what we do with Kepler, if he doesn't get back to where he was a few yrears back?

[HokieRif]

Buck is trying to score 10 runs with every swing

[USAFChief]

That Buxton extension is looking like a MASSIVE mistake!

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, HokieRif said:

Buck is trying to score 10 runs with every swing

I endorse this play.

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Buxton and Correa are... ah... not having a great day.

[Aggies7]

ooof-da

[Mill1634]

Bottom of the order does it again. Need Buck and Carlos to pull through eventually. 

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, HokieRif said:

Buck is trying to score 10 runs with every swing

Sound strategy.  10 runs would be hard for the other team to overcome.

[RickOShea]

Just now, ashbury said:

Sound strategy.  10 runs would be hard for the other team to overcome.

If that was possible, can you imagine how thick his bat would  have to be?

[Aggies7]

if he doesn't come out to "hungry like the wolf" it's a crime

[nicksaviking]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Buxton and Correa are... ah... not having a great day.

Disagree, I heard They had a fabulous brunch at The Freehouse before the game.

[Vanimal46]

My goodness Duran is filthy. 4 K’s 

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

If that was possible, can you imagine how thick his bat would  have to be?

It's more a matter of how far he'd have to hit it. I mean, he's fast, but running around the bases 10 times before they get the relay in is a tall order.

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

It's more a matter of how far he'd have to hit it. I mean, he's fast, but running around the bases 10 times before they get the relay in is a tall order.

Where there's a will, there's a way Chief!

[Mill1634]

Fantastic debut from Duran.

[USAFChief]

"In play, runs" please.

[RickOShea]

Watch Rocco bring him out for another inning.  That will ensure we won't see him in a closer role for a week.

[USAFChief]

6 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Disagree, I heard They had a fabulous brunch at The Freehouse before the game.

They can afford it.

[nicksaviking]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Watch Rocco bring him out for another inning.  That will ensure we won't see him in a closer role for a week.

I’m of the mind to keep stretching him out.  Might look good in the 1st inning too.

[USAFChief]

uffda

[RickOShea]

Good point, but Rocco doesn't think that way.

[RpR]

Jeffers is batting 1.000

[USAFChief]

5 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

I’m of the mind to keep stretching him out.  Might look good in the 1st inning too.

I think he's just fine as a bullpen weapon. 

[Doctor Gast]

Ryan must have been a bundle nerves, looks like he settled down. Duran looks great so far. Go Twins. Gets some bats going.

[RickOShea]

Sano,  trying to pad his stats, LOL!

[Mill1634]

Plenty of traffic, just can't finish when it matters.

 

Story of my life

[chpettit19]

7 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

I’m of the mind to keep stretching him out.  Might look good in the 1st inning too.

I like the idea of using him as a multi-inning guy this year and seeing how he holds up and if it works out putting him back in the rotation next year.

[USAFChief]

I've had this problem of chewing in my sleep recently. I woke up the other morning, and I had chewed and eaten a decent sized corner of my feather pillow.

 

...

 

Since then I've been feeling a little down in the dumps.

[Mill1634]

Not a huge fan of Alcala and Duran back to back. One is the dollar store version of the other.