Game Thread: Colorado Rockies vs. Minnesota Twins, 6/26/22 @ 1:10 PM CT

[mrtwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Okay, mean of me, but I just can’t listen to GBA. She’s trying but it’s not a great song to begin with and she can’t even sing in tune

Boo !!

[gil4]

8 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Fire Levine?
Fire Falvey?
Fire St Peter?
Fire Pohlad?

After last year, this year has been phenomenal.  I don't want to fire anyone. I just want to gripe every now and then. 

[LVTwinsfan]

Bremer calls a single, smh

[CRF]

Looks like Duff is next...start praying.

[Squirrel]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Boo !!

Sorry, but I think the song isn’t a good song, from a musical standpoint. Would rather hear ‘America, the Beautiful’

[ashbury]

Buxton with a 3-for-3 day.  Will be nice if that is the way he finishes (i.e. we don't need to bat in the bottom of the ninth).

/ edit - back that up - he's in line for a Cycle, lacking only the easy HR - so now I'm rooting for a nice rally to bring the top of the lineup up again one more time.

[Squirrel]

Just now, CRF said:

Looks like Duff is next...start praying.

? ? ? ?

[Craig Arko]

Byron successfully mismanaged into hitting a rare single.

[gil4]

5 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Okay, mean of me, but I just can’t listen to GBA. She’s trying but it’s not a great song to begin with and she can’t even sing in tune

Yeah, kind of mean. I thought it was pretty decent.  It has to be really hard to sing when you hear yourself from all over the place. 

[ashbury]

4 minutes ago, gil4 said:

After last year, this year has been phenomenal.  I don't want to fire anyone. I just ant to gripe ever now and then. 

Got it.  Fair enough.  So, it brings us back to...

Fire Rocco?

[LVTwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Sorry, but I think the song isn’t a good song, from a musical standpoint. Would rather hear ‘America, the Beautiful’

I like take me out to the ball game

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, gil4 said:

Yeah, kind of mean. I thought it was pretty decent.  It has to be really hard to sing when you hear yourself from all over the place. 

She looked nervous,  thats why i clapped for her

[gil4]

2 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

Byron successfully mismanaged into hitting a rare single.

I'm starting to like this mismanagement stuff.

[Vanimal46]

Striped down the right field line by Kepler! 

[LVTwinsfan]

Atta Kep

[Craig Arko]

Just now, gil4 said:

I'm starting to like this mismanagement stuff.

There may be a position for you on the Minneapolis City Council.

[CRF]

Buck's knee is getting a real good workout today...I'd be willing to bet he's gonna rest it tomorrow night.

[rwilfong86]

Big run right there

[gil4]

1 minute ago, Craig Arko said:

There may be a position for you on the Minneapolis City Council.

The commute from Oklahoma might be a bit much. Plus, I might be crazy, but not THAT crazy.

[Tlaker]

Duck farts win their game….

[ashbury]

Yay, a late inning run.  Insurance is always welcome with this bullpen that Rocco himself personally hand-picked over the objections of the front office.

[glunn]

My brother gave me a blood pressure monitor and it's interesting how it goes down with each insurance run.

[mrtwinsfan]

D-Day Duff ?

[Mill1634]

This feels like a make or break inning for the Duff man

[IndianaTwin]

To pre-empt the "why Duffey" comments?

• Thielbar and Pagan have been used.
• Thornburg and Cotton unavailable after 35 and 25 pitches yesterday.
• Moran is just up from the minors and threw an inning yesterday.

That leaves Duran, Jax, and Duffey. Do you...

• Go to Duran for two innings with a two-run lead (now three, thanks to scoring another run) heading into the massive Cleveland series?
• Go to Jax after 12 pitches yesterday? If he runs into any trouble and gets pulled, you're bringing Duffey into a trouble situation or asking Duran for more than an inning, including coming into to a trouble situation.
• Or go to Duffey? If he gets an out or two and gets in trouble, hopefully Jax can still get an out or two, but he doesn't have to go an entire inning. Or, you can still go to Duran, but only need four or five outs, rather than six. 

There's logic in the Duffmeister warming up.

[LVTwinsfan]

Cmon Duffey

[ashbury]

Oh good lord.  First batter singles.  Because, of course.

[mrtwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

To pre-empt the "why Duffey" comments?

• Thielbar and Pagan have been used.
• Thornburg and Cotton unavailable after 35 and 25 pitches yesterday.
• Moran is just up from the minors and threw an inning yesterday.

That leaves Duran, Jax, and Duffey. Do you...

• Go to Duran for two innings with a two-run lead (now three, thanks to scoring another run) heading into the massive Cleveland series?
• Go to Jax after 12 pitches yesterday? If he runs into any trouble and gets pulled, you're bringing Duffey into a trouble situation or asking Duran for more than an inning, including coming into to a trouble situation.
• Or go to Duffey? If he gets an out or two and gets in trouble, hopefully Jax can still get an out or two, but he doesn't have to go an entire inning. Or, you can still go to Duran, but only need four or five outs, rather than six. 

There's logic in the Duffmeister warming up.

Great logic,  mine is he shouldnt be here,  and thats not on Rocco 100%

[rwilfong86]

I feel like they got lucky from the bases loaded nobody out inning, this time they may not be so lucky.

[Craig Arko]

4 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

To pre-empt the "why Duffey" comments?

• Thielbar and Pagan have been used.
• Thornburg and Cotton unavailable after 35 and 25 pitches yesterday.
• Moran is just up from the minors and threw an inning yesterday.

That leaves Duran, Jax, and Duffey. Do you...

• Go to Duran for two innings with a two-run lead (now three, thanks to scoring another run) heading into the massive Cleveland series?
• Go to Jax after 12 pitches yesterday? If he runs into any trouble and gets pulled, you're bringing Duffey into a trouble situation or asking Duran for more than an inning, including coming into to a trouble situation.
• Or go to Duffey? If he gets an out or two and gets in trouble, hopefully Jax can still get an out or two, but he doesn't have to go an entire inning. Or, you can still go to Duran, but only need four or five outs, rather than six. 

There's logic in the Duffmeister warming up.

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