Game Thread: Twins v Royals, OPENING DAY! @ 3:10pm CT

[wsnydes]

I'm really enjoying the pace and cadence of this game.

[RickOShea]

Great to finally have some baseball.  Hopefully it will be a competitive season.  It should be interesting.  Personally, I'm going to try and look at things more positively.  don't want to get in to a negative rut, to start.

[Puckett34]

6 minutes ago, LaBombo said:

This post has been nominated for the Fields Medal.

 

It's a major award

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Craig Arko said:

#extendLopeznow

Maybe wait till we see him against a major league lineup.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Maybe wait till we see him against a major league lineup.

Or at least the 5th inning?

[Steven Trefz]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

I'm really enjoying the pace and cadence of this game.

It feels just a bit too quick in the stadium. Especially the higher leverage moments

[LaBombo]

3 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

We doing that ghost runner thing yet? Seems like both teams are in a hurry to get there.

Looking forward to the 2024 AAA season when the American Association does the one year trial of extra inning Space Ghost runners.

 

[USAFChief]

There went the perfecto. 

[wsnydes]

Just now, Steven Trefz said:

It feels just a bit too quick in the stadium. Especially the higher leverage moments

I'm fine with that, largely because it used to feel so ungodly slow, especially in higher leverage moments.

[LaBombo]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Great to finally have some baseball.  Hopefully it will be a competitive season.  It should be interesting.  Personally, I'm going to try and look at things more positively.  don't want to get in to a negative rut, to start.

Don't worry, I'll pick up the slack for you.

[Nine of twelve]

19 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

"Do as I say, not as I do."

 

Same thing I told my kids.

At least you raised them right,

[stringer bell]

Is Lopez gonna say that he's not going to let Witt Jr. beat him?

[Muppet]

The Spanish language broadcast is far superior. I'm only understanding every 3nd or 4rd word, but it is clearly more on point and insightful. 

[stringer bell]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Is Lopez gonna say that he's not going to let Witt Jr. beat him?

He wasn't going to let him pull the ball for sure.

[snotboogie]

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

At least you raised them right,

But are they repeating the same jokes?

[Puckett34]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Is Lopez gonna say that he's not going to let Witt Jr. beat him?

Something, something, Bert(ism), best athletes on the field.

[RickOShea]

Why is playing the royals and beating them, like pulling teeth, for the Twins?  

 

[nicksaviking]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Why is playing the royals and beating them, like pulling teeth, for the Twins?  

 

What's it like losing to them???

[stringer bell]

Dr. Young on the Old National Bank commercial.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, snotboogie said:

But are they repeating the same jokes?

Asking the real questions!  

[RickOShea]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Why is playing the royals and beating them, like pulling teeth, for the Twins?  

 

 

1 minute ago, nicksaviking said:

What's it like losing to them???

Pulling teeth without anesthesia?

[Dave The Dastardly]

8 minutes ago, Puckett34 said:

 

It's a major award

From Italy

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

Lots of swinging strikes, and Lopez is regularly hitting 96 mph on the gun.

 

[USAFChief]

16 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

There seem to be a lot more blondes in MLB this year.

Also in Tucson

 

 

 

[stringer bell]

Good eye, Trev. Robo umps, please.

[Dave Borton]

7 hours ago, stringer bell said:

 

One can hope that Kepler will capture his 2019 magic, but that is now four years ago ...

I wrote him off in the middle of last year. The excuse of "the shift" got very tiresome. He (and many others) refuses to adjust their hitting style to accommodate the opportunities presented.

[HokieRif]

love the strike 3 call antics

[RickOShea]

yes Chief.  The number of blondes in Rita Ranch is up 37% from last year.

[LaBombo]

6 minutes ago, Muppet said:

The Spanish language broadcast is far superior. I'm only understanding every 3nd or 4rd word, but it is clearly more on point and insightful. 

And don't forget the outstanding  energy level, as pointed out by the timeless Simpsons soccer riot episode.

 

 

[Muppet]

For those watching in real life, or on TV... does Grenke look like he is pitching well? Or are the Twins hitting poorly?