Game Thread: Twins v Red Sox, 8/30/2022 @ 6:40pm

[Twins_Fan_For_Life]

All this drama. And it's the top of the sixth now

[SwainZag]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

He wouldn't have been in position to drive in 6 runs if they were swapped in the order.

He drove in Max twice as well

[Aggies7]

Curtain call to start the 6th is…interesting 

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

Sox broadcaster said Verdugo was beside himself in right field after the Gordon homer. Isn't it against the rules to have 10 guys on defense in a baseball game? 

Nah, that's why they added the extra active roster spot for this year.

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Sox broadcaster said Verdugo was beside himself in right field after the Gordon homer. Isn't it against the rules to have 10 guys on defense in a baseball game? 

... but fortunately remembered just in time!

[Doctor Gast]

WOW! Gordon a one man show, he gets better longer he plays

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Sox broadcaster said Verdugo was beside himself in right field after the Gordon homer. Isn't it against the rules to have 10 guys on defense in a baseball game? 

Next year it will be, when the rules stipulate only one right fielder on the right side of second base.

[lukeduke1980]

Who had Gordon for 30+ extra base hits this year?  

[h2oface]

Good job, Fulmer. Thank you!

[wsnydes]

And a quick inning in the field to get the bats right back up.  I like it!

[Battle ur tail off]

Is Gordon finally realizing all the potential the Twins saw when they drafted him? He has kind of had a fantastic July and August here. Do we just have a late bloomer on our hands? 

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, lukeduke1980 said:

Who had Gordon for 30+ extra base hits this year?  

Well sure, I did...

... after a series of waiver claims left him at some bottom-feeder team's AAA farm club.

I wuz wrong.

[AceWrigley]

1 minute ago, Battle ur tail off said:

Is Gordon finally realizing all the potential the Twins saw when they drafted him? He has kind of had a fantastic July and August here. Do we just have a late bloomer on our hands? 

He had both injuries and health issues that I think hampered him.

[RickOShea]

2-bits says Gordon sits, tomorrow.

 

[Battle ur tail off]

With his speed and defensive versatility he is looking more and more like a core player on this roster rather than someone on the fringes. Plus he is fun to watch play. Starting to really grow on me 

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, lukeduke1980 said:

Who had Gordon for 30+ extra base hits this year?  

Hey...let's not be jinxing anybody here. 

[ashbury]

7 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Nah, that's why they added the extra active roster spot for this year.

I thought it was just Inflation.  It'll be back down to 9 again next season, after a few more Fed rate hikes.

[AceWrigley]

10 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Another one.  He has those once in a while.   I way, way misunderestimated him.

 

 

How ironical.

[Vanimal46]

El Gary bomb!

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Battle ur tail off said:

Is Gordon finally realizing all the potential the Twins saw when they drafted him? He has kind of had a fantastic July and August here. Do we just have a late bloomer on our hands? 

Alot of talk about letting him go, being he was out of Options,  just couple months ago, Glad for Nick 

[ashbury]

Did I say Nick Gordon's world?  I meant Gary.... oh, never mind.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 hour ago, IndianaTwin said:

In case folks missed this nice gesture from Bundy...

https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-celebrate-jhoan-duran-s-splinker-with-cake

 

That is wonderful! I got my ass-kicked at work today, and needed that smile

[AceWrigley]

Jeurys Familia? No, I'm just his neighbor.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Sanchez apparently wanted to join in on the fun!

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

That is wonderful! I got my ass-kicked at work today, and needed that smile

Sounds like an HR violation 

[RickOShea]

When Gary Sanchez hits a homer, I feel really good for him.  He took so much abuse in NY, and it followed him to Minn.  I don't know what kind of guy he is, but I think he deserves a little more respect.

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

When Gary Sanchez hits a homer, I feel really good for him.  He took so much abuse in NY, and it followed him to Minn.  I don't know what kind of guy he is, but I think he deserves a little more respect.

Concur 

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

That is wonderful! I got my ass-kicked at work today, and needed that smile

Self inflicted?

 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

7 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

He had both injuries and health issues that I think hampered him.

Yup, tummy troubles had him playing at 153 last year, now 180

 

[mrtwinsfan]

Fulmer 7th ? Moran 8th,