Game Thread: Twins v YANKEES, 4/15 @ 12:05pm CT

[Nine of twelve]

4 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_In_Texas said:

I live in Houston and always give people crap down here about my disdain for the Astros….but I think I dislike the Yankees more…

The Astros used to be my second most favorite team. Now they are my second least favorite team.

[rwilfong86]

5 minutes ago, bighat said:

8 strikeouts through 4 innings. No hits. Nothing out of the infield. This is horrendous baseball and to be honest it's the type of thing that I expected to see in this series. Which, I suppose, is what made Thursday and Friday so fun. 

Twins crashing back to earth here and bringing all of us with them. You shouldn't see 8 strikeouts in 4 innings in a professional baseball game. 

 

 

Or the bats stay asleep. 

[rwilfong86]

Just now, Nine of twelve said:

The Astros used to be my second most favorite team. Now they are my second least favorite team.

I've adopted the Marlins as my 2nd favorite team

[Nine of twelve]

2 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

I've adopted the Marlins as my 2nd favorite team

Yeah, might be a good choice. I'll have to think on it.

[bighat]

4 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Your last sentence has left me in a quandry.

Twins have now struck out 10 times in 5 innings. There have been 15 total outs and strikeouts make up 10 of those outs. 

In high school every once in a while you get a guy who can throw 90 and he strikes out tons of players, as 15 and 16 year-olds just don't have the ability or experience to hit that kind of fastball. 

Just doesn't seem like something that should happen to professionals. 

 

 

 

[CRF]

There's no doubt that the umps found something on the first search, because they talked to him again and it appeared the ump said they told him to wash it off. 

[USAFChief]

Not impressed with Mahle at all.

[rwilfong86]

Just now, CRF said:

There's no doubt that the umps found something on the first search, because they talked to him again and it appeared the ump said they told him to wash it off. 

This is the type of hypocrisy that makes baseball suck at times. 

[Nine of twelve]

Guess we don't have to check Vazquez' hands or glove.

[Schmoeman5]

4 minutes ago, bighat said:

Twins have now struck out 10 times in 5 innings. There have been 15 total outs and strikeouts make up 10 of those outs. 

In high school every once in a while you get a guy who can throw 90 and he strikes out tons of players, as 15 and 16 year-olds just don't have the ability or experience to hit that kind of fastball. 

Just doesn't seem like something that should happen to professionals. 

 

 

 

And every once in a while ML pitchers have struck out 18, 19, 20 guys

[Aggies7]

Ugly game yikes 

[rwilfong86]

Mahle. Meh.

[Aggies7]

Well I guess we can just focus on getting a base runner at this point 

[rwilfong86]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Not impressed with Mahle at all.

Check out Steer's stats this season.

[USAFChief]

Good work from Moran. 

[rwilfong86]

Let's start the comeback

[Aggies7]

a hit!

[USAFChief]

//channeling Hawk Harrelson// You can cancel the post game presser.

[Nine of twelve]

Just now, USAFChief said:

//channeling Hawk Harrelson//

What would you want to do that for?

[Schmoeman5]

I was just going to post about the no-no to jinx the jinx about not talking about the no-no. Back to back. Way to go.

[Nine of twelve]

German may be suddenly losing it. Hard hit out by Kep then 2 singles. Get to him quick before they can put a new pitcher in.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

German may be suddenly losing it. Hard hit out by Kep then 2 singles. Get to him quick before they can put a new pitcher in.

Well that de-escalated quickly

[ashbury]

Never mind, I see some hits now.

[IndianaTwin]

10 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

//channeling Hawk Harrelson// You can cancel the post game presser.

Not fair for you to channel Hawk, if we don’t have the ability to mute you. 

[CRF]

I'm thinking we're gonna need Alex from U.S. Bank to help us win this game. A few homers wouldn't hurt either. 

[RickOShea]

German has quite a repertoire of pitches; fastball, curve, sprinkler, spitter and the wetter.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Not fair for you to channel Hawk, if we don’t have the ability to mute you. 

Careful, I might ban you, then follow up with...wait for it..."He gone!"

[ashbury]

Looks like the rigors of DHing every day has worn Buxton down.  Three strikeouts today?

[Nine of twelve]

4 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Not fair for you to channel Hawk, if we don’t have the ability to mute you. 

Users have an ignore function. For now I'll give Chief the benefit of doubt that he-who-must-not-be-named is possessing him against his will. But if this sort of thing keeps up I will have to take steps to protect myself.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

Looks like the rigors of DHing every day has worn Buxton down.  Three strikeouts today?

He has lost power by not wearing his traffic pylon colored cleats.