GAME THREAD: Astros v Twins, 5/11 @ 6:40 PM CT, resuming 5/12 @ 12:10pm

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, MMMordabito said:

Clean inning for Gordon,

Apart from the one base hit.  But maybe the term is defined differently for position players.

[Tlaker]

1 minute ago, MMMordabito said:

Clean inning for Gordon, and a fastball that's about the same as Bundy's.

Or maybe even the same as John Gordon

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Good ol' warning track power!

[PopRiveter]

15 years ago, Twins teams often featured pitchers with stuff comparable to what Nick just threw. It's a nice reminder to appreciate the superior arm talent we're getting to watch on the actual pitching staff.

[PopRiveter]

" I don't always fly out, but when I do, I fly out sharply"

-Jorge Polanco

[shortround81]

6 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

Clean inning for Gordon

The kid just wanted to get dapped up!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, shortround81 said:

The kid just wanted to get dapped up!

Ah, that is what clean inning now means...

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, PopRiveter said:

" I don't always fly out, but when I do, I fly out sharply"

-Jorge Polanco

Gio Ueshela ends the game flying out to shortstop.  Not sharply, I presume.

[wsnydes]

Just now, ashbury said:

Gio Ueshela ends the game flying out to shortstop.  Not sharply, I presume.

I was really hoping that the pitchers spot was going to come up next!

[Tlaker]

30 minute nap and then zzzzzzz

[Schmoeman5]

To bad Gordon's spot didn't come up. He could have been the answer to a trivia question 10 years from now. Who was the last pitcher not named Otani to hit in a mlb game

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

I was really hoping that the pitchers spot was going to come up next!

I believe the official rules demand that Sonny Gray appear at the plate in Gordon's place, in that eventuality.

[operation mindcrime]

This game was a poop stain!!!!

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

30 minute nap and then zzzzzzz

You gotta rest up for these snooze-fests.

[PopRiveter]

Let's hope they're not in a 5-1 hole when tonight's weather delay hits.

 

[stringer bell]

There is a game thread for the regularly scheduled game started by sampleSizeOfOne. We can wrap this game thread in the next five minutes and move on to the next. Thanks!

[Unwinder]

Cano looks pretty good for SHORT relief. Contreras looks like a perfectly fine guy with a pulse if you need a guy. Gordon showed a lot of spirit as the new Tortuga but lacks the dumpy intensity to stick at the position.