Game Thread: Twins v White Sox, 4/12 @ 12:10 CT

[ashbury]

Just now, wavedog said:

where the heck was Buxton running - can't believe the injuries are repeating again this year.  

Exhibit #103925. I don't understand such a gifted player being so weird when running the bases.

[RickOShea]

You won't see Buxton til after the Yankee series.  count on it.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

So its...unwritten

Aaaarrrgh

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, TFRazor said:

One those unwritten ones that get you thrown at if you break it

Exactly!

[HokieRif]

Just now, TFRazor said:

Please just let be the wind got knocked out of him

He looked like he had a knot on his forehead too

[James]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Is it league wide or are the Twins the most tender bodied players ever.

I mean, one of the White Sox relief pitchers pulled a groin muscle running in from the bullpen, so I don't think it's just the Twins.

[MN_ExPat]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Exactly!

[HokieRif]

For a guy with the injury history that Buck has, and for the kid gloves the organization has treated him with the last couple years, that was incredibly care-free base running. 

[Aggies7]

Didn’t Byron play football? Good grief he’s always in severe pain 

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

I’m sure this won’t be an IL stint at all

Only --day to day-to day -to day to day and on it goes,  

[TFRazor]

1 minute ago, HokieRif said:

He looked like he had a knot on his forehead too

Just great

[MNTSchmitt]

Can we just stay healthy for once!! Please! Thank Goodness Buxton looks to be ok,

[raindog]

For a game we’re winning, this is one of the worst games I’ve ever seen. 

[UpstateNewYorker]

4 minutes ago, wavedog said:

where the heck was Buxton running - can't believe the injuries are repeating again this year.  

Yeah Buxton was way out of the baseline.

[HawksNest]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but what the heck was Buxton doing? That was terrible baserunning. Hope he's ok, but dude....

[USAFChief]

Just now, raindog said:

For a game we’re winning, this is one of the worst games I’ve ever seen. 

You can say that again.

[MN_ExPat]

Just now, HawksNest said:

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but what the heck was Buxton doing? Hope he's ok, but dude....

It looked like he was trying to avoid the second baseman as he was charging the ball.  Just awkward timing.

[TFRazor]

1 minute ago, HawksNest said:

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but what the heck was Buxton doing? Hope he's ok, but dude....

I don't think you're gonna find that opinion unpopular

[mrtwinsfan]

Looked like he ran out of his way to collide

[RpR]

Gordon made his BA, tolerable with that.

[Aggies7]

“Players are so much better today than before”

*wind blows awkwardly*
 

ARGHHHGG take me out of the game 

[USAFChief]

Edwerd makes that play.

[jkcarew]

4 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Exhibit #103925. I don't understand such a gifted player being so weird when running the bases.

Exactly this. And it’s an example of not all injuries being ‘accidents’. Most guys make the ‘play’ Buxton made there a million times without incident. Also why, it’s folly to think DH is going to protect him over meaningful time period.

[RickOShea]

We've seen this before, where a player seems okay and walks off under his own power.  Then we fiddle around with him for a few days off, then the IL, and before you know it the guy is missing from the lineup for quite some time.  

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Yeah Buxton was way out of the baseline.

Its like he was aiming at the guy the way he veered towards the infield then hit him

[CRF]

WTF is going on out there today? Are we cursed? Is somebody sticking pins in a voodoo doll with a Twins uni on?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I bought World Series tickets at 5-2, but then I foolishly sold them when we dropped to 6-4!

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, MN_ExPat said:

It looked like he was trying to avoid the second baseman

Then he should try harder.

The fielder's going in for the ball, the runner's route should be away from that.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

Its like he was aiming at the guy the way he veered towards the infield then hit him

Looked to me like he was worried about the umpire and never saw the 2nd baseman. 

[HokieRif]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Its like he was aiming at the guy the way he veered towards the infield then hit him

He's looking at the ball the whole time and didn't realize he was heading towards a collision.  Literally NOT heads-up baseball.  With his injury history he has to be going the opposite direction of the infielder.