GAME THREAD: Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins, 4/28/2022 @ 12:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

I love it when it's the other team that can't do a damned thing right.

[wsnydes]

Just now, BsuNemo said:

Saving Winder for a start in 5 days won't work...he should've thrown today so he'd be in line to start in Ober's spot.  Grey probably won't be quite ready by then if he hasn't thrown a rehab game yet.

He could just throw an extra bullpen or go on extra rest.  

[wsnydes]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

I love it when it's the other team that can't do a damned thing right.

Rather refreshing, indeed.

[bunsen82]

11 minutes ago, jmlease1 said:

remember two weeks ago when people were writing off the season, preparing to sell Correa, etc?

baseball's a funny game init?

I am still preparing to sell Correa  :).  Just need his bat to heat up to MVP level status to get maximum value.

[cheeseheadgophfan]

If im the Twins, i'm offering an extension right now......buy when the value is lowest.   Everyone knows he's going to come around.....he sure seems to be enjoying himself. 

[wsnydes]

Celestino having himself a day.

[LVTwinsfan]

The Twins started the season 2-4 at home and after a 3-4 road trip I swear there were fans that were ready to give up on this team, I remember suggesting to somebody(jokingly) that they wait til June before giving up. This team is good. I hope they get some bullpen help though, opposing teams defenses aren’t going to always be there to bail them out.

[LVTwinsfan]

Another double would be cool

[PDX Twin]

I received this yesterday from my Minneapolis brother, commiserating about the Minnesota and Portland weather:

The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May,
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March.

-Robert Frost, from "Two Tramps in Mud Time"

[LVTwinsfan]

That’s a base hit, that ball was hit hard

[MMMordabito]

What kind of nonsense happened on that play? (Sorry, MLB Gameday only experience for this guy)

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

The Twins started the season 2-4 at home and after a 3-4 road trip I swear there were fans that were ready to give up on this team, I remember suggesting to somebody(jokingly) that they wait til June before giving up. This team is good. I hope they get some bullpen help though, opposing teams defenses aren’t going to always be there to bail them out.

I think their pitching will determine how far they actually go.  I think they'll be playoff caliber (which means less now), but I'm far from sold that they're turning a corner though.  The way Chicago had been playing and now Detroit, they make a team look pretty good.  This Rays series will probably be a much better barometer.

I believe they will eventually, just not ready to say that that time is now.  

[snotboogie]

2 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

I received this yesterday from my Minneapolis brother, commiserating about the Minnesota and Portland weather:

The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May,
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March.

-Robert Frost, from "Two Tramps in Mud Time"

Look at you, bringing Culture to TD.

[bighat]

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

That’s a base hit, that ball was hit hard

Nice for Celestino to hustle home and get that RBI for Carlos also.

[PDX Twin]

Just now, snotboogie said:

Look at you, bringing Culture to TD.

I'm not usually a poetry guy, but this said what I (and perhaps may Twins fans) have been thinking in a way that I couldn't.

[MMMordabito]

Should be Jax and Thielbar time.

[wsnydes]

Just now, MMMordabito said:

Should be Jax and Thielbar time.

Yaay?

[MMMordabito]

1 minute ago, PDX Twin said:

I'm not usually a poetry guy, but this said what I (and perhaps may Twins fans) have been thinking in a way that I couldn't.

It's exactly what I'll be thinking tonight at my boys' lacrosse games.  Thanks for posting.

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, snotboogie said:

Look at you, bringing Culture to TD.

That's that burning sensation...CULTURE!

[Gingernsnap25]

2 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

Should be Jax and Thielbar time.

?

[snotboogie]

Just now, wsnydes said:

That's that burning sensation...CULTURE!

I thought it was the jalapeno yogurt.

[wsnydes]

Just now, snotboogie said:

I thought it was the jalapeno yogurt.

I didn't have any, so it can't be that.

[MMMordabito]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

That's that burning sensation...CULTURE!

At least it's not Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

[wsnydes]

That was nifty.

[LVTwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

I think their pitching will determine how far they actually go.  I think they'll be playoff caliber (which means less now), but I'm far from sold that they're turning a corner though.  The way Chicago had been playing and now Detroit, they make a team look pretty good.  This Rays series will probably be a much better barometer.

I believe they will eventually, just not ready to say that that time is now.  

Starting Pitching is good, bullpen is a big question for me.  Been better lately, but a bad bullpen can destroy a season. I’ve never doubted the offense, these guys will hit no question.

[shortround81]

6 minutes ago, snotboogie said:

I thought it was the jalapeno yogurt.

I see what ya did there

[Puckett34]

11 minutes ago, snotboogie said:

Look at you, bringing Culture to TD.

[MMMordabito]

He isn't getting us high, but at least Captain Jax is keeping us high on our hopeful way to the special winning island.

[RpR]

Celestino raised his Batting Average, good for him.

[snotboogie]

Did they just show Byron taking a sip of coffee in the dugout?  If so I approve.

Coffee makes everything better.