Game Thread: Twins vs. Tigers, 8/2/22 @ 6:40pm CT

[mrtwinsfan]

Send cave Rocco,

[Winston Smith]

2 minutes ago, Hrbowski said:

He really has elite stuff, up there with Hader and Kimbrel according to the metrics, now if only we can get that consistently harnessed down the stretch...

An All Star  if not for all the bad outings.

[HokieRif]

Does that count as two hits for Sanchez?

[PDX Twin]

Never seen that!

[RickOShea]

Of course, it does.  You had to ask?

[Richie the Rally Goat]

15 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

When I was a kid, my folks bought one of those monstrosities, and the deal included being able to stop in each week to pick out a record or 8-track. I still have every song memorized on Donna Fargo's "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" and Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden" albums.

My grandparents had a bunch of “sing along with Mitch”

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

My grandparents had a bunch of “sing along with Mitch”

I work with a Mitch who sang in choirs and musicals throughout high school and college. He's reminded of his namesake from time to time. 

 

[RickOShea]

My baseball coach used 'sing along with mitch''s bouncing ball to help us improve our hand to eye coordination, on keeping our eyes on the ball

[Vanimal46]

Cleveland loses!

[PDX Twin]

Shift does us in again. If the second baseman is where he belongs, we're in the dugout leading 3-2.

[Montdak]

Again trouble with 8 and 9 hitters and walks.

[IndianaTwin]

4 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Cleveland loses!

Missing Sandy Leon, obviously. 

[RickOShea]

Twins and particularly Jax, saw the scoreboard, and that Cleveland lost.  So they gear it down a notch.

[Aggies7]

I remember that month when we all thought jax would be a reliable late inning guy 

[RickOShea]

When this team hears " Step on their neck", they think it refers to stomping on a beer bottle.

[mrtwinsfan]

Jax is so predictable with his pitch locations,  belt to the Knees ,  95%,  gotta change it up more, Schoop is a hard guy to walk

[Vanimal46]

26 pitches to get 1 out isn’t ideal. 

[Squirrel]

Come on ... we're bleeding runs ... stop the bleed!

[Aggies7]

Good grief the tigers are singling us to death 

[notoriousgod71]

A new bullpen only works if you use the new pitchers, Rocco.

[Danchat]

Thanks bullpen, for the reminder that even with two new additions this is still a very questionable pen...

[Pius Jefferson]

The second  they put that bullpen boost graphic on screen I knew Jax was going to blow the lead.

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

A new bullpen only works if you use the new pitchers, Rocco.

Fulmer pitched last night, probably not available tonight. Lopez is a late innings guy ... might see him up next or the 9th

[RickOShea]

Rocco " We'll let the new guys get acclimated for a while before using them.  I'm thinking of bringing them in when down 3 or more runs, to alleviate the pressure.  got to manage those high and low leverage situations."

[RickOShea]

Squirrel's right.  It's just frustrating to temper any positive news with this same old b.s. 

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Rocco " We'll let the new guys get acclimated for a while before using them.  I'm thinking of bringing them in when down 3 or more runs, to alleviate the pressure.  got to manage those high and low leverage situations."

Honestly, I think the bp guys used, were used ... correctly ... for lack of a better way to put it ... but they didn't get it done

[RickOShea]

Chafion looks like a sawed off, doug Jones.

[mrtwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Chafion looks like a sawed off, doug Jones.

Like to trade Fullmer for him

[ashbury]

We need bullpen help.™

 

/ not gonna go back and check how many times this sentiment has already been posted tonight since Archer came out.

[Vanimal46]

Will @Richie the Rally Goatchange his stripes to Rally Banana after last night?