Game Thread Twins vs. Red Sox 8/31/22 6:40 PM CDT

[CRF]

Ryan doesn't have it tonight. He's throwing cookies up there. 

[RickOShea]

Ok, Ryan doesn't have it tonight, obviously.  He's too stubborn to make an adjustment, so let's put the golden boy in the showers.

[garn from vancouver]

this is going to be a short start for ryan.

[PDX Twin]

That ball hit the wall about 5 feet up. If Kepler hustles a bit more, he catches it.

[BH67]

Grand slam.  And Wacha is cruising.  Big hole to climb out of.

Elsewhere, Gopher volleyball lost a close first set at #1 Texas...long way to go in that one.  And Serena took the first set against the #2 seeded player at the US Open.

[IndyTwinsFan]

17 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Isn't it automatic that bases loaded with no one out means no runs?

For us it is.  Seemingly far less so for our opponents. 

[RickOShea]

Buxton still out.  He's getting ready for the ' stretch run'.   Working out in the jacuzzi and trying rehabilitate his hip.  He's either the toughest guy in baseball, or a common day version of Gumby.   I go with Gumby.

[BH67]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Buxton still out.  He's getting ready for the ' stretch run'.   Working out in the jacuzzi and trying rehabilitate his hip.  He's either the toughest guy in baseball, or a common day version of Gumby.   I go with Gumby.

With Buxton?  NEVER.

[Winston Smith]

16 minutes ago, CRF said:

Ryan doesn't have it tonight. He's throwing cookies up there. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

What i miss?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

18 minutes ago, CRF said:

Ryan doesn't have it tonight. He's throwing cookies up there. 

Is that better or worse than throwing up cookies there?

[BH67]

Headed to the 9th in Cleveland: Orioles 4, Guardians 0.

Heck of an at-bat for Piranha Luis,

[howeda7]

Yikes. Get Ryan out of there. 

[Melissa]

At the game, surrounded by Bosox fans. Luis’s HR quieted them down a bit!

[Aggies7]

Rocco let’s Ryan pitch until he puts us out of the game. Everyone else gets a short leash

[Danchat]

Hard to believe that Arraez has one less HR than Kepler - 9 to 8.

[RickOShea]

Can Morneau and Perkins go on any more about Miranda's play at first base?  I thought that's what Twins camp is for:  to let millionaires sit around remember the good old days.

[RickOShea]

Or in buxton's case, 'the good old minutes'.

[CRF]

This ump is giving Wacha everything. 

[Squirrel]

12 minutes ago, Melissa said:

At the game, surrounded by Bosox fans. Luis’s HR quieted them down a bit!

Years ago at a Spring Training game in Fort Myers ... Twins vs Yankees ... about a third of the people there were Red Sox fans, a third Yankees fans and a third Twins fans ... was an awful experience

[CRF]

11 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Rocco let’s Ryan pitch until he puts us out of the game. Everyone else gets a short leash

He definitely leaves Ryan in much longer than the other starters.

[h2oface]

51 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Ok, Ryan doesn't have it tonight, obviously.  He's too stubborn to make an adjustment, so let's put the golden boy in the showers.

What adjustments are you referring to? Do you think he wanted to miss his spots? That he laid meat on purpose? Golden Boy? I don't get the disdain here. Enlighten me/us please. So far, one bad inning. Not his best, but here we are in the 5th now..... no more damage and pitching innnings..... and our bats leaving runs on the basepaths. Are the last two innings OK?

[h2oface]

........

[h2oface]

28 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Rocco let’s Ryan pitch until he puts us out of the game. Everyone else gets a short leash

Are we out of the game at 5-2 in the 5th? I hope this team has more moxy than that.

We had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the 4th!

One might say the bats are putting us out of the game, tonight (so far).

[Sutter50]

It ain't over till it's over. No need to give up yet

[Tlaker]

2 hours ago, PDX Twin said:

In case any of you missed it, this wonderful story aired yesterday on All Things Considered:

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/30/1120126846/the-story-behind-the-longest-baseball-game-ever

I would have been one of those still there at 4am probably (unless my wife had gone with me).

Damn … now I have to go listen to a better story than this thread. But I will learn summpin 

[Sutter50]

Everyone happy now Ryan is gone

[h2oface]

Good thing we took Ryan out, eh?

[h2oface]

These guys have no clue how to stop opponents running. Pathetic. 

[USAFChief]

I have an irrational distaste for Moran.