GAME THREAD: Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, 05/07/2022 @ 1:10 P.M. CT

[PDX Twin]

Not a nice AB from AK. He looks lost!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, chaderic20 said:

Nice AB from Miranda

*PA

[USAFChief]

Kirilloff had two terrible breaking balls to crush. Missed em both. 

[Mill1634]

Ump absolutely taking the bat out of Jeffers hands. 

[KirbyHawk75]

What gas happened to AK?  

[Mill1634]

Twins bats are back to where they were a few weeks ago when they had to win off of other teams poor defense. 

[USAFChief]

Just now, KirbyHawk75 said:

What gas happened to AK?  

Laughing?

Nerve?

Inert?

Natural?

 

Dunno.

[Mill1634]

Just now, KirbyHawk75 said:

What gas happened to AK?  

Wrist issue. He has one extra base hit between his few games with the twins and 30 PA with the Saints. He isn’t right, and I expect him to go back down when Arraez is healthy. 

[chaderic20]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Laughing?

Nerve?

Inert?

Natural?

 

Dunno.

Based on his production I'd have to go with inert.

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Laughing?

Nerve?

Inert?

Natural?

 

Dunno.

Too much salsa on Snotboogie's pulled pork tacos? 

[USAFChief]

Just now, IndianaTwin said:

Too much salsa on Snotboogie's pulled pork tacos? 

"Unnatural"

[Steve71]

Big strike zone with this ump, very wide on outside.  Tough to defend that.

[snotboogie]

3 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Too much salsa on Snotboogie's pulled pork tacos? 

Flatulence?

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

VERY similar results for both teams through 5 innings. 19 batters, two hits 7 k's, an two walks, no runs, for BOTH teams.

[Buffy the Twins Fan]

Jax is ?! And the fact that he can go multiple innings makes him especially impressive

[USAFChief]

How the **** is this rag arm still in the game??

[Schmoeman5]

I honestly believe that Kirilloff is just never going to be the same. This wrist problem goes back 3 years. Even after his surgery he laid off swinging till November and he said that he's never been pain free. I hope this will pass, but I fear that it wont

[Buffy the Twins Fan]

LOL you could see Baseball Savant open on Morneau's laptop, I love it

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

How the **** is this rag arm still in the game??

Complete lack of timely hitting?

[Aggies7]

our record is positively incredibly considering how god-awful most of the hitters have been

[PDX Twin]

Tired him out chasing a foul popup!

[chaderic20]

Atta boy Polo!!

[Aggies7]

see, i lit a fire under polanco. he must read TD

[glunn]

Redemption is always a good thing.

[Buffy the Twins Fan]

5 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

our record is positively incredibly considering how god-awful most of the hitters have been

Our team XWOBA and XWOBACON are both ranked 4th in the league. I totally get the frustration, but guys have been taking good AB's and hitting the ball hard, and that will start to be reflected on the scoreboard sooner rather than later

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

15 minutes ago, Don't Feed the Greed Guy said:

VERY similar results for both teams through 5 innings. 19 batters, two hits 7 k's, an two walks, no runs, for BOTH teams.

And THAT breaks the pattern. "Hip, hip..."

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Buffy the Twins Fan said:

Our team XWOBA and XWOBACON are both ranked 4th in the league. I totally get the frustration, but guys have been taking good AB's and hitting the ball hard, and that will start to be reflected on the scoreboard sooner rather than later

I don't even want to know what XWBACON is but it sounds delicious

[chaderic20]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

I don't even want to know what XWBACON is but it sounds delicious

Extra wide bacon?

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

Kapriellen's ERA went from 18.0 down to 5.87.

[USAFChief]

15 minutes ago, Buffy the Twins Fan said:

LOL you could see Baseball Savant open on Morneau's laptop, I love it

Not the game thread??