Game Thread: Tigers @ Twins 6:40 8/1/2022

[Squirrel]

Welcome home, Papa ...  

I cooked chicken tonight ... but didn't eat it. I just needed to cook it ... hopefully have chicken dinners the next two nights  

[notoriousgod71]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Really fun game to watch. Now let’s make a god damn trade or 3 tomorrow. 

Kevin jepsen or Matt capps?

[MMMordabito]

Miranda up to .800 OPS, including the early deer-in-the-headlights showing. Man is on fire!!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, notoriousgod71 said:

Kevin jepsen or Matt capps?

Yes.

[Squirrel]

31 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I blame Squirrel.

I deleted that post ... but I was reading it off gameday ... before all the info was in

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

Kevin jepsen or Matt capps?

Both, and John Ryan Murphy 

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

I deleted that post ... but I was reading it off gameday ... before all the info was in

Jinx's cannot be deleted. Jinx's LAUGH at deletions.

[Squirrel]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Jinx's cannot be deleted. 

I wasn't calling it before it happened ... I was posting what gameday said ... before they said Gordon was out at 3rd

[David HK]

[Battle ur tail off]

Miranda has been the MVP of this team for the last couple months. Stud! Also think that the third baseman is alot better player than people around here give him credit for. He plays great defense and has had a few hits like this. So good for this team IMO I would see what it takes to keep him here for another couple years 

[Longdistancetwins]

10 minutes ago, Longdistancetwins said:

Tuned in for the bottom of the 10th with some optimism.  I’ll take some credit!

When I read through the thread, it seems I missed a lot of hair-pulling garbage, too.

[bunsen82]

And as much as people like to bag on this front office, their draft strategy is starting to pay off. We are starting to have a pipeline of bats at the mlb doorstep. Steer Wallner, CES  plus others.  Now we just need a little more help on the pitching side.  Let’s see what the trade deadline brings.  

[operation mindcrime]

7 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Both, and John Ryan Murphy 

Sam Dyson says hello!!!!!

[tony&rodney]

24 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

The runner reads the ball in the dirt and makes a split second decision wither or not to go. The coach is a non factor there 

Mostly agree but the coach can yell "NO" early or "GO".

[tony&rodney]

Just now, bunsen82 said:

And as much as people like to bag on this front office, their draft strategy is starting to pay off. We are starting to have a pipeline of bats at the mlb doorstep. Steer Wallner, CES  plus others.  Now we just need a little more help on the pitching side.  Let’s see what the trade deadline brings.  

Yah, except as so many, many folks have pointed out, both of the Yut (Falvine) were hired specifically hired to produce a pitching pipeline. So it goes.

[Mortimerkenny21]

7 minutes ago, Battle ur tail off said:

Miranda has been the MVP of this team for the last couple months. Stud! Also think that the third baseman is alot better player than people around here give him credit for. He plays great defense and has had a few hits like this. So good for this team IMO I would see what it takes to keep him here for another couple years 

I'm gonna take you by the hand and make you understand...Miranda!!

[Mike Sixel]

3 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Mostly agree but the coach can yell "NO" early or "GO".

No or go? Those are the same. I hope they have other words!

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

I'm gonna take you by the hand and make you understand...Miranda!!

Invoking your inner Boston, I see.

[bunsen82]

3 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Yah, except as so many, many folks have pointed out, both of the Yut (Falvine) were hired specifically hired to produce a pitching pipeline. So it goes.

Isn’t the goal to have a hitting and pitching pipeline? Compared to 4 years ago we have so much more pitching depth than we did back then.  We will have a lot of pitching options for next year.  Obviously the bullpen will need help.  

[tony&rodney]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

No or go? Those are the same. I hope they have other words!

Like I said, it is mostly on the runner but the coach is actually involved too (minimally). I made that call dozens of times but never once criticized a runner for going. FWIW, players do hear the simple difference of go or no.

[ashbury]

28 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

"I don't think Miranda is much of a prospect. He will never hit enough."

 

Chief circa 2021.

Link?  We don't accept hearsay.

[tony&rodney]

1 minute ago, bunsen82 said:

Compared to 4 years ago we have so much more pitching depth than we did back then.  We will have a lot of pitching options for next year.

Are you really serious or being sarcastic. 

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Like I said, it is mostly on the runner but the coach is actually involved too (minimally). I made that call dozens of times but never once criticized a runner for going. FWIW, players do hear the simple difference of go or no.

100 percent on the runner. 

[ashbury]

13 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

I'm gonna take you by the hand and make you understand...Miranda!!

"I'll take Mis-Remembered Lyrics for $1000, Alex."

[gil4]

36 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

"I don't think Miranda is much of a prospect. He will never hit enough."

 

Chief circa 2021.

You were not alone

[ashbury]

5 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

100 percent on the runner. 

The base coach plays a crucial role in that situation.

 

He's there to say, "why the blankety blank did you do that?"

[nicksaviking]

10 minutes ago, ashbury said:

The base coach plays a crucial role in that situation.

 

He's there to say, "why the blankety blank did you do that?"

Followed by, “are you trying to get me fired?!”

[gil4]

1 hour ago, Aggies7 said:

It’s a lost art…

If he keeps looking there he's never going to find it.

[tony&rodney]

14 minutes ago, ashbury said:

The base coach plays a crucial role in that situation.

 

He's there to say, "why the blankety blank did you do that?"

I think we can all agree - Gordon f - up.

[Hrbowski]

48 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

No or go? Those are the same. I hope they have other words!

"Stay" and "Go" are what the Twins use.