Game Thread: Twins @ Astros 7:10pm cdt 8/23/2022 ad

[ashbury]

CORREA!

[Richie the Rally Goat]

2 runs through 6 for Sanchez+Sands was way better than I anticipated. 
 

cmon hitters, time to earn your paychecks!

[Danchat]

Hold on, they actually pulled Verlander? Everyone here gives the Twins so much grief over this, even when the one time they had a chance at a no-hitter they gave Maeda every chance to do it... and now this year we've seen both Kershaw and Verlander yanked early in a no-hitter situation.

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

My friend said, “You know what I like? Home runs and triple plays.” I was like, “Dude, you gotta give me time to guess.”

Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat 2,000 of something 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

LOL Dusty really did take Verlander out 

the egg on my face goes well with the crow on my plate 

[USAFChief]

Channeling Hawk Harrelson: "You can cancel the post game presser."

[AceWrigley]

Serves them right for taking the The Verlander out of the game.

[Aggies7]

Just now, Danchat said:

Hold on, they actually pulled Verlander? Everyone here gives the Twins so much grief over this, even when the one time they had a chance at a no-hitter they gave Maeda every chance to do it... and now this year we've seen both Kershaw and Verlander yanked early in a no-hitter situation.

Just because another team also does it, doesn’t mean it’s not stupid 

[ashbury]

8 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

 

Hurting you is the last thing I'd ever want to do.  However, and this is the important part, it is on the list.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Danchat said:

Hold on, they actually pulled Verlander? Everyone here gives the Twins so much grief over this, even when the one time they had a chance at a no-hitter they gave Maeda every chance to do it... and now this year we've seen both Kershaw and Verlander yanked early in a no-hitter situation.

Reminds me of my favorite PSA

 

[AceWrigley]

Stanek throwing some heat.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I think this is still Verlander, actually, but in a new hairpiece and another teammate’s clean jersey

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Just because another team also does it, doesn’t mean it’s not stupid 

Gonna have to push back on the idea that getting a CY season from a 39 year old indicates they're handling him stupidly.

[D. Hocking]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Reminds me of my favorite PSA

 

I am not pro-smoking, but some of those animals look kind of cool.  That duck might be convincing me to start smoking.

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Gonna have to push back on the idea that getting a CY season from a 39 year old indicates they're handling him stupidly.

I just meant that he had essentially a perfect game going and got yanked at 90ish pitches. 
 

twins could have had 12 innings and wouldn’t have gotten a hit off of him 

 

[ashbury]

8 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat 2,000 of something 

I used to get sad remembering the day Mitch Hedberg died.   I still do, but I used to, too.

 

[RpR]

34 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

There is no comparison between Gordon & Cave. Some players make difficult catches look easy others make easy catches look difficult. Sometimes the eye test fools some people so a player makes a quite competent catch shouldn't qualify them to play a position in CF.

Gordons flailing does?

LOL, LOL, LOL

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Beckham has hit 2 homers against Verlander     And batting 350+ im sure thats why we dont see him

Makes sense

[BH67]

I just grabbed dinner here in suburban Houston.  Peaceful night, no breeze whatsoever. Weather radar has picked up a discernible breeze for the past two hours, however, at or near home plate at Minute Maid Park. 

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, D. Hocking said:

I am not pro-smoking, but some of those animals look kind of cool.  That duck might be convincing me to start smoking.

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, BH67 said:

I just grabbed dinner here in suburban Houston.  Peaceful night, no breeze whatsoever. Weather radar has picked up a discernible breeze for the past two hours, however, at or near home plate at Minute Maid Park. 

You live near Houston?  Your airport lost my luggage for two days, last weekend.  Thanks for nothing.

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

I used to get sad remembering the day Mitch Hedberg died.   I still do, but I used to, too.

 

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them

[USAFChief]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

I just meant that he had essentially a perfect game going and got yanked at 90ish pitches. 

Again, he's 39. Coming off TJS. Now has 149 IP and in line for his 16th W. They're not looking at a W against the Twins in August as critical. They'd like him fresh in October. 

I'd be pretty happy if we could get Houston's results on the mound. I don't think they're stupid, nor do I think removing Verlander tonight was stupid.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Good lord what? From the home plate camera it looked like the batted ball, AND the flying bat, hit the pitcher

hope he’s ok 

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Again, he's 39. Coming off TJS. Now has 149 IP and in line for his 16th W. They're not looking at a W against the Twins in August as critical. They'd like him fresh in October. 

I'd be pretty happy if we could get Houston's results on the mound. I don't think they're stupid, nor do I think removing Verlander tonight was stupid.

It’s not the win, it’s the chance at a FOURTH no hitter.

We won’t get the results that Houston has on the mound any time soon and it has zero to do with inning or pitch counts.

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, BH67 said:

I just grabbed dinner here in suburban Houston.  Peaceful night, no breeze whatsoever. Weather radar has picked up a discernible breeze for the past two hours, however, at or near home plate at Minute Maid Park. 

Seems to be intermittent. 

[BH67]

Just now, ashbury said:

You live near Houston?  Your airport lost my luggage for two days.  Thanks for nothing.

Bush (Intercontinental) or Hobby?  We have two commercial airports where you can go stir crazy over missing suitcases.

Yes, I live about 30 minutes' drive from downtown.  A week ago I was considering buying a ticket for a Twins game.  A week is a long time.

[D. Hocking]

2 minutes ago, ashbury said:

mig

The Far Side, Bloom County, and Calvin and Hobbes might have created some procrastination study breaks in college.  In retrospect, I might not have always wisely used my time.

[LVTwinsfan]

I entered this contest where 1st prize was a trip to Cleveland, 2nd prize was two trips to Cleveland 

[LVTwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Good lord what? From the home plate camera it looked like the batted ball, AND the flying bat, hit the pitcher

hope he’s ok 

Just the ball