GAME THREAD: Twins @ Orioles, 5/2/22, 6:05 CT

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Despite the lack of hitting so far I feel like this game will end 7-5 

That does seem like how these types of games go, doesn't it?

And I agree, it does have that feel.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'm not used to seeing Buxton not reach a ball... but at least he pulled up on it.

[Mill1634]

This ballpark design is so stupid. Someone is going to get seriously injured on that wall. 

[wsnydes]

My favorite play in baseball!  Score a run and then give it right back!  Nothing better!

[a-wan]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm not used to seeing Buxton not reach a ball... but at least he pulled up on it.

Button not trying to run through the wall is the biggest win of the day.

[Squirrel]

Just now, a-wan said:

Button 

lol

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Ah I hope Gordon is okay.

I see what they mean by the new Orioles stadium Dimensions 

[PseudoSABR]

19 minutes ago, a-wan said:

Aaron Hicks started his career 0/7 and hit .113 in April 2013.

I have some minor league film to show you.

[wabene]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

lol

Don't be sad a-wan!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

3 minutes ago, a-wan said:

Button not trying to run through the wall is the biggest win of the day.

Boy you got that right 

[tony&rodney]

4 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

This ballpark design is so stupid. Someone is going to get seriously injured on that wall. 

Agree. First time i have seen the change and it won't last three years I would bet. That configuration is dangerous. Gordon makes that catch if it is not a corner to die on. MLB forgot to check the design change.

[RpR]

5 minutes ago, PseudoSABR said:

I have some minor league film to show you.

That point was made, I was wrong, he was only lightning hot in the Spring Games, that is how he got on the team.

[IndianaTwin]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

Wasn’t Baltimore supposed to call up their super star catcher prospect one of these days?

Injured in spring training. Started a rehab at Class A the end of last week. Moves to AA tomorrow for a few days. Then on to AAA for what’s anticipated to be a brief stint before heading to AAAA, also known as Baltimore. 

I’m currently carrying him on my fantasy active roster I figure an empty spot doesn’t hurt me as much as most of the backup catchers available. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

In this series’ installment of Shopping With The Enemy, I bet that Orioles fan in your life likes to play pool. According to yelp there is an establishment in Baltimore called Gentlemen’s Cue that is surprisingly not a strip club.

first up this really ugly billiards triangle

second we have kinda nifty retro billiard ball set

Third we have a really inexpensive pool table.

wait, that’s not a pool table, it’s just a cloth for $574 and it doesn’t appear to be felt either.

So for just shy of $1000 you don’t even get a table or a cue… I don’t think I can afford billiards  

 

at least not with orioles fans

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, tony&rodney said:

Agree. First time i have seen the change and it won't last three years I would bet. That configuration is dangerous. Gordon makes that catch if it is not a corner to die on. MLB forgot to check the design change.

Manfred approved it personally:

”I don’t see any problems!” Lol

seriously though I think you are right. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

That point was made, I was wrong, he only lightning hot in the Spring Games, that is how he got on the team.

Twins also had a nice stretch of Center Fielders to that point (Puckett-Hunter-Span) and a little over-confidence was understandable even if not justified 

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

In this series’ installment of Shopping With The Enemy, I bet that Orioles fan in your life likes to play pool. According to yelp there is an establishment in Baltimore called Gentlemen’s Cue that is surprisingly not a strip club.

first up this really ugly billiards triangle

second we have kinda nifty retro billiard ball set

Third we have a really inexpensive pool table.

wait, that’s not a pool table, it’s just a cloth for $574 and it doesn’t appear to be felt either.

So for just shy of $1000 you don’t even get a table or a cue… I don’t think I can afford billiards  

 

at least not with orioles fans

If only that pool table was a little more gaudy, I'd buy one.  As it is, it's just too tasteful for my liking.

[Mill1634]

3 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

In this series’ installment of Shopping With The Enemy, I bet that Orioles fan in your life likes to play pool. According to yelp there is an establishment in Baltimore called Gentlemen’s Cue that is surprisingly not a strip club.

first up this really ugly billiards triangle

second we have kinda nifty retro billiard ball set

Third we have a really inexpensive pool table.

wait, that’s not a pool table, it’s just a cloth for $574 and it doesn’t appear to be felt either.

So for just shy of $1000 you don’t even get a table or a cue… I don’t think I can afford billiards  

 

at least not with orioles fans

This is actually cool. Need to find the Twins one...I'm blaming you when I get in trouble for buying one of these. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Did Buxton just freely trot over to second base (SB) while I was typing? Lol

[Mill1634]

C4!

[Mill1634]

Just now, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Did Buxton just freely trot over to second base (SB) while I was typing? Lol

No. Advanced on the groundout to 1B. Arraez hit a rocket that the 1B had to dive for. No throw at 2nd. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

I could get used to watching Correa drive in Buxton for the next seven years or so.

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I could get used to watching Correa drive in Buxton for the next seven years or so.

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[AlwaysinModeration]

Could not be a nicer night to catch a game in Baltimore.  It’s me, my son, and a few hundred Twins and Orioles fans (equally divided).  

Glad Gordon didn’t get hurt on that ball.

[PseudoSABR]

11 minutes ago, RpR said:

That point was made, I was wrong, he was only lightning hot in the Spring Games, that is how he got on the team.

Fair.  Thanks for running the numbers.

[AlwaysinModeration]

[AlwaysinModeration]

Miranda awaiting his first hit.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, AlwaysinModeration said:

Could not be a nicer night to catch a game in Baltimore.  It’s me, my son, and a few hundred Twins and Orioles fans (equally divided).  

Glad Gordon didn’t get hurt on that ball.

Nice!

[Shaitan]

Looks like Sano is out for a while.

Depth is good. Don't understand why many on this board are calling for trading it away, especially so early. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

That BSN gambling show with the blonde and the loudmouth guy looks like the most insufferable ****ing thing ever put on television.