Game Thread: Twins @ Yankees, 4/14 @ 6:05 CT

[IndianaTwin]

3 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

WINNAH!!! I think this was an even more satisfying win than last night.

I’m not sure. How about if we have another one of each so we can make a more educated decision? 

[Joe A. Preusser]

1 minute ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Agree!!! 
but it’s nice to have a little of this, a little of that 🙂

I will have EVERYTHING on the menu please.

[Han Joelo]

That was enough to update my profile picture from my Dobber days back to my classic Han Joelo.  And type a message.

[tarheeltwinsfan]

"And we'll see you tomorrow afternoon".

[Schmoeman5]

Nice comeback win. Keep the mo. going

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Pagan (W, 1-0) 

 

 

In all seriousness, good for him, and he threw well.

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Pagan (W, 1-0) 

 

 

More proof of planet alignment 

[Joe A. Preusser]

Just now, IndianaTwin said:

I’m not sure. How about if we have another one of each so we can make a more educated decision? 

No way, to small sample size.  Need at least a month of each.

 

Ok, now I feel greedy, lol.  

[RpR]

1 minute ago, DocBauer said:

First time in ten years since the Twins won 2 in a row.

 

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

with an outdoor stadium?

Yes.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

8 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

To be fair, I think this was a very small number of very ‘persistent’ posters.

Me, for one  🙂

winning trumps hot takes 7 days a week 

(8 days a week for Beatles fans) 

Edited April 15, 2023 by Hosken Bombo Disco

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

I’m not sure. How about if we have another one of each so we can make a more educated decision? 

LOL........sounds good!

[DocBauer]

Kudos to Varland who actually pitched a hell of a game despite those dingers.  

[RpR]

Ah, I could not watch on TV but just turned the post-game and the Twins are wearing thos UGLY caps.

UUUUUGGGGHHHHH.

[IndianaTwin]

17 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Surprised  ?/   

Not really. I’ve been trying to temper my enthusiasm, given past disasters, but I’ve been fine with them keeping him around. I think they have been using him in the right spot — down, but still in the game — when you don’t want to use the highest-leverage guys. 

SSS, but now at 1.69 with a 0.94 WHIP. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Ah, I could not watch on TV but just turned the post-game and the Twins are wearing thos UGLY caps.

UUUUUGGGGHHHHH.

The Marlins also won tonight lol 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Ah, I could not watch on TV but just turned the post-game and the Twins are wearing thos UGLY caps.

UUUUUGGGGHHHHH.

The tide has really turned when these are the things that bother us during a yankees series 😉 

[jkcarew]

The kind of win that good teams have a handful of during a season…and bad teams almost never get. Behind early, on the road, opposition starter is a stud. I’d imagine this would be a good confidence-booster for the lads.

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, DocBauer said:

Kudos to Varland who actually pitched a hell of a game despite those dingers.  

Concur. Very impressed with the stuff and poise.

[RpR]

Not that it matter but why all the changes at the end?

Pulling Garick

Put Gordon in.

Putting Larnach in.

Oddly, the talking heads are talking about players, including Yankees but Garlick is the odd man out.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

10 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Agree!!! 
but it’s nice to have a little of this, a little of that 🙂

Variety (of win) is the spice of life

[Puckett34]

 

is two in a row vs the Yankees even allowed?

[jkcarew]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

Ah, I could not watch on TV but just turned the post-game and the Twins are wearing thos UGLY caps.

UUUUUGGGGHHHHH.

Can’t say I disagree. But if they continue this, it’ll be the best cap in their history in my eyes.

[Aggies7]

Has everyone missed that this is actually our THIRD straight win against the Yankees?

[Craig Arko]

Varland looks like a good’un. And maybe this is the Pagan they hoped for all along. Maybe.

[RpR]

I will have to watch the MLB channel tonight and see what they say; last night , it seemed to me as I watched them speak of multi games, the Twins win did not get much time.

[IndianaTwin]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

Not that it matter but why all the changes at the end?

Pulling Garick

Put Gordon in.

Putting Larnach in.

Defense, I would assume. They removed Julien from 2B, Miranda from 3B and put Castro and Gordon in their more natural positions in the infield. Larnach pinch hitting for Garlick is a platoon switch. 

[RickOShea]

Just now, RpR said:

I will have to watch the MLB channel tonight and see what they say; last night , it seemed to me as I watched them speak of multi games, the Twins winn did not get much time.

The Twins don't garner much media attention.  I've seen articles a week old on Yahoo sports about minor stories, while the Twins don't even have a story filed.  Of course, Yahoo, is not a mega source for sports.

[Squirrel]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

I will have to watch the MLB channel tonight and see what they say; last night , it seemed to me as I watched them speak of multi games, the Twins winn did not get much time.

Watching the Jays-Rays game on the MLB channel, and they interrupted early on after the Yankees scored 2 in the first and made some sort of comment like the Twins took it to then last night and now the Yankees are taking it to the Twins tonight. I’m like, yeah, 2 homeruns on bad pitches is the same as hitting around the order for 9 runs, including back to back to back homeruns in the process.

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Watching the Jays-Rays game on the MLB channel, and they interrupted early on after the Yankees scored 2 in the first and made some sort of comment like the Twins took it to then last night and now the Yankees are taking it to the Twins tonight. I’m like, yeah, 2 homeruns and bad pitches is the same as hitting around the order for 9 runs.

MLB TV gets one of these 🙄