GAME THREAD: Twins @ Tigers (x2), 5/31/22, 12:10CT | 1:10ET & 6:10CT | 7:10ET

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Pharmaceutical rep?

Ah, Nepotism.

[nicksaviking]

21 minutes ago, CRF said:

Just remember to ignore Tim Laudner. 

Tim Laudner was one of my favorite Twins ever since I was 7, asked for his autograph, looked on the back of the card I was asking him to sign, and realized we had the same birthday.

I mean, not the same birth year, just the day. I suppose that would be mildly unusual for a MLB catcher to only be 7.

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Usually there is no X on the end, suggesting NO BS.

I guess that I was angling towards the notion that there is always noxious BS coming from the booth.  They're just forewarning you this time.

[weitz41]

I'm hoping Larnach forces me to add him to my fantasy BB teams. He's been really good since returning from Milb

 

[rwilfong86]

Welp, 2-0 Detroit in a hurry. 

[USAFChief]

Our vaunted anti-running game defense makes an appearance. 

[Azviking101]

once again schoop has been awful all year but is hitting .310 now against the twins 

[Schmoeman5]

9 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Pharmaceutical rep?

No. That would be his wife

[PDX Twin]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Our vaunted anti-running game defense makes an appearance. 

Who has been vaunting it?

[USAFChief]

Uffda.

[CRF]

Hopefully, we can get to Kody Clemens and get the runs back!

[CRF]

11 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Tim Laudner was one of my favorite Twins ever since I was 7, asked for his autograph, looked on the back of the card I was asking him to sign, and realized we had the same birthday.

I mean, not the same birth year, just the day. I suppose that would be mildly unusual for a MLB catcher to only be 7.

Did you get the autograph? He seems like a pretty good guy. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Cole in Da Hole

[Azviking101]

Ok, this guy just got crushed a couple weeks ago by the A’s who have the worst offense in baseball. Let’s not go down 1,2,3 again

[wsnydes]

@Squirrel, seems your no-hit bid prediction has more steam than it should.

[PDX Twin]

5 minutes ago, Azviking101 said:

Ok, this guy just got crushed a couple weeks ago by the A’s who have the worst offense in baseball. Let’s not go down 1,2,3 again

Someone forgot to tell the bats that there were two games today.

[Azviking101]

This guy threw 2.2 innings with 6 ER and 9 baserunners against oakland

Oakland has the worst BA, OBP and SLG in the league. 
He just mowed down the twins first 6 hitters 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

2 hours ago, Craig Arko said:

A game thread is the last place I’d expect to find paraconsistent logic.

I looked up paraconsistent logic and the google machine tells me that it is related to “studying and developing ‘inconsistency-tolerant’ logic systems”

that must be how I survive being a moderator here at TD. I’m very inconsistency tolerant

[mrtwinsfan]

Imagine if Twins batters swung at strikes, ?

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, Azviking101 said:

This guy threw 2.2 innings with 6 ER and 9 baserunners against oakland

Oakland has the worst BA, OBP and SLG in the league. 
He just mowed down the twins first 6 hitters 

Your point?

[Mill1634]

Cole Sands no bueno

[rwilfong86]

Alright, let's get someone warming up in the 'pen. 

[Mill1634]

Urshella makes that play

[Azviking101]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

Your point?

That twins bats consistently make bad pitchers look like cy young contenders 

[rwilfong86]

Just now, Mill1634 said:

Cole Sands no bueno

I think he needs some more time in AAA. 

[rwilfong86]

Just now, Mill1634 said:

Urshella makes that play

Yup, and starts a 5-4-3. 

[Squirrel]

4 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

@Squirrel, seems your no-hit bid prediction has more steam than it should.

I performed the anti-jinx ... so ... not sure what else to say

[Mill1634]

Just now, rwilfong86 said:

I think he needs some more time in AAA. 

Yeah, I think it's probably fair to say that, but I don't think anyone thinks he's anything more than JAG. He's in the position to make spot starts because Balazovic, SWR, Varland and Canterino are all a month or two away and Winder is hurt. 

[Aggies7]

I agree with Kaat. If MLB can’t find any other way to shorten games then they should just make all games 7 innings. Plenty long enough

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

I performed the anti-jinx ... so ... not sure what else to say

Do it better!