Game Thread: Twins @ Athletics, 5/18/22 @ 2:37 CT

[LVTwinsfan]

Arraez gets that high pitch called and he just looks at the ump and smiles, you gotta love it

[Mill1634]

Slowest HBP of all time?

[wsnydes]

43 mph HBP?  Really?

[Vanimal46]

9 minutes ago, shortround81 said:

***damnit! ?

Should have seen him when he was an 8 week old puppy. He stopped traffic and people ran out of their cars to pet him. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

What i miss?

 

(Well the game, obviously... I was running late into the bay area today, but in no hurry, so i didn't even think of buying a ticket to today's game)

[David HK]

Welp, Mr. Miranda found a way to get on base.  Kind of an anti-climax.

[MMMordabito]

Pinder's a righty, so he would get Garlick out. 

[Mill1634]

Wasting even an inning of Duran in a 10 run games seems really, really useless.

[PDX Twin]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

43 mph HBP?  Really?

Pitch speed or "rebound velocity"?

[shortround81]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Should have seen him when he was an 8 week old puppy. He stopped traffic and people ran out of their cars to pet him. 

Must . . . not . . . look . . . directly . . . at . . . . photo!

[MMMordabito]

1 minute ago, Mill1634 said:

Wasting even an inning of Duran in a 10 run games seems really, really useless.

Maybe he can work on not center-cutting that splinker.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, PDX Twin said:

Pitch speed or "rebound velocity"?

Yes? It was an elastic collision, i assume...

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, PDX Twin said:

Pitch speed or "rebound velocity"?

Yes.

[stringer bell]

28 and 102 in the same inning!!!!

[Drunk_Goose]

Is it just me or does this game seem like it is taking absolutely forever?

[Vanimal46]

13 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

 

Very good article about he demotion. The article mentions Correa going into Rocco's office following the news and wanting a rational for the demotion of Lewis.

Correa sounds like a hell of a leader who will go to bat for his teammates. I really want him to wear a Twins jersey for a long time. 

[David HK]

Duran.

Really.

It's not like 16-year-old Cody couldn't have worked some stuff out.  ?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

4 hours ago, Puckett34 said:

That is what playing possum means?

 

Are there possum virtuosi? Or concerti?

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

That is what playing possum means?

 

Are there possum virtuosi? Or concerti?

Perhaps to the tune of "Impossumble Dream"?

[downunder twins fan]

Should've been a strikeout

[MMMordabito]

2 minutes ago, Drunk_Goose said:

Is it just me or does this game seem like it is taking absolutely forever?

It is. 26 hits and 10 walks will do that.

[h2oface]

1 hour ago, Mill1634 said:

Wasting even an inning of Duran in a 10 run games seems really, really useless.

It's the genius of the bullpen usage "managing his ass off", clocking up the pitches for the season from Duran in the blowout. 23 pitches..... and not available for tomorrow in a close one if needed........

edit: thanks Stringer Bell..... no game tomorrow! Which means he could have pitched yesterday, about 16 hours ago? instead? (and the quote was Nick Nelson, not me). Just an observation. Seems like a waste to me to "eat innings" today at all.

[Mill1634]

Twins win! Sonny Gray was really good, the lineup was fantastic up and down, with Buxton (!!) being the least productive of the 9 starters today. The bullpen wasn't sharp, but it didn't even matter. Winning a season series 5-1 against any team is more than acceptable. 

Until Friday,

Enjoy your chicken!

[PDX Twin]

Each time got 12 hits against real pitchers. But the Twins got 7 more runs!

[Drunk_Goose]

Well good win boys. Off day tomorrow then on to KC. Take care all! Off now to enjoy some homemade lasagna?

[Mill1634]

2 minutes ago, Drunk_Goose said:

Well good win boys. Off day tomorrow then on to KC. Take care all! Off now to enjoy some homemade lasagna?

Chicken lasagna, I hope!

[wsnydes]

Good thing they won, I was going to have chicken enchiladas one way or another!

[Vanimal46]

4 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Chicken lasagna, I hope!

Damnit. That sounds a lot better than the Buffalo chicken salad I made. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

[Drunk_Goose]

1 hour ago, Mill1634 said:

Chicken lasagna, I hope!

It was a nice hamburger one. But no worries, about to munch on a chicken sandwich leftover from today's lunch as there wasn't enough lasagna to fill me up lol!?