Game Thread: Twins @ Marlins, 4/4/23 @ 5:40 CT

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Arraez was not expecting that juicy juiceball pitch on 3-1

[rwilfong86]

Maeda strikes out Arraez. Didn't expect that.

[stringer bell]

Maeda struck out Arraez. Luis is 2-7 against the Twins so far.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, nicksaviking said:

We’ll put me down for a Gordon, I’ll leave Buxton for everyone else.

Secretary of the Game Thread notes your election.

[snotboogie]

12 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

It also looked like some kid was handing him a new nail file, reminiscent of Joe Neikro circa 1987

If I remember correctly 1987 was the year of the '"Harmonic Convergence."

 

 

Also the Twins had a successful end to the season.

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

Encouraging start by Maeda. Good command outside of the HR pitch and has solid velocity/good movement. I think he's at least someone that can be a good fire man in that Dodgers role he was in. I'm not sure how confident I am yet that he holds up in a SPing role over a full season, but that's what Ober would be for. 

[MMMordabito]

There goes the no-hitter.

[snotboogie]

HIT!

[jkcarew]

13 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

No, but the quota of Buxton is obviously not healthy and the FO is hiding it from us has been

But kinda hard to believe them when they say Buxton is going to be the CF later in the year, when they're not willing to DH him five games in a row. In a way, I actually hope he has a VERY small tweak of some sort. Because if it's just a matter of being this conservative with him, I don't see us ever actually being able to replace Taylor in the lineup with someone that can actually hit. And we going to need that.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Larnach beating out an infield hit… maybe this year is different 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

3 hours ago, wsnydes said:

So, what sort of pastries do we need to get Kepler to make his knee better?

I want to try Franzbrötchen

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

4 minutes ago, snotboogie said:

If I remember correctly 1987 was the year of the '"Harmonic Convergence."

 

(me: goes off to search google/Wikipedia)

[Squirrel]

4 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

But kinda hard to believe them when they say Buxton is going to be the CF later in the year, when they're not willing to DH him five games in a row. In a way, I actually hope he has a VERY small tweak of some sort. Because if it's just a matter of being this conservative with him, I don't see us actually being able to replace Taylor in the lineup with someone that can actually hit. And we going to need that.

If he plays every 4 out of 5 days for the year, that’s way more than any of us expects. Heck, I expected him to have a day off already, so, dunno. I get that it’s what we do here, speculate, but I’d rather not borrow trouble, especially concerning Bux, and just take it at face value until told otherwise. Although, I do wish he were playing. I do consider that a negative on the year, but starting 4-0 … perspective is good.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

(me: goes off to search google/Wikipedia)

I just assumed it was:

 

[USAFChief]

18 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

No, but the quota of Buxton is obviously not healthy and the FO is hiding it from us has been

Well I had my quota of people telling me all spring there was "nothing to see here" regarding Buxton not playing. "Getting plenty of ABs on the back fields." 

 

Why some people feel the need to deny, or downplay the obvious, is baffling.

As is the need to attack anyone that states the obvious. 

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

I want to try Franzbrötchen

It's excellent!

[USAFChief]

Maeda looks pretty good. Almost teal good!

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Maeda looks pretty good. Almost teal good!

A duck?

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

More hard hit balls than them but right at them or decent defensive plays. Too many short counts against Alcantra. 
 

Need to figure out how to get him out of the game and I think we will likely need to walk into a HR to beat him. Doubt we can string hits together. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

5 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

I just assumed it was:

 

Even more exciting, was that in Aztec cosmology that 1987 marked the end of twenty-two cycles of 52 years each, or 1,144 years in all! 

The World Series was kind of nice too not gonna lie 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_Convergence

[mrtwinsfan]

Gallo just missed another Galileo,  ,   

[mrtwinsfan]

Might be seeing a 80-90  pitch complete game,  Kids a special talent

[snotboogie]

6 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Even more exciting, was that in Aztec cosmology that 1987 marked the end of twenty-two cycles of 52 years each, or 1,144 years in all! 

 

Yeah, in 1987 that's all I was thinking about. 😂

[mrtwinsfan]

Rocco, what ya gonna do ??   you know he wants to pull Maeda  ---- 

[cHawk]

Imagine where the Twins could go if they could actually score runs.

[Beast]

Just got to turn the game on.  Woof, that’s an ugly lineup.

Nick Gordon leading off against Sandy freaking Alcantara?  Is he just trolling at this point?

[ashbury]

Tuned in, in time for a very impressive fifth inning by Maeda.

[jkcarew]

Maeda looked like Maeda. The current competition not withstanding, this should make for a very good #5!

[USAFChief]

8 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

A duck?

A duck floats in water. Therefore is made of wood. Ergo, Maeda is a witch!!

[nicksaviking]

20 minutes ago, snotboogie said:

If I remember correctly 1987 was the year of the '"Harmonic Convergence."

 

 

Also the Twins had a successful end to the season.

Post season.

The end of the regular season ended like Animal House based on the rumors I heard.