Game Thread: Giants (Brebbia) v Twins (Ober), 5/22 @ 6:40pm CT

[Schmoeman5]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

PH for Joey G?

Yes sir

[Winston Smith]

Great effort tonight.

[Aggies7]

Something has to change, whatever this is, this ain’t it. 

[wabene]

I'm actually going to criticize Rocco. If you were worried about Manea coming in after the opener, stack the rightys from the get go. Then, hey, later on you got some leftys to face all the right handed pitchers in the pen. 

[Schmoeman5]

Just now, Winston Smith said:

Great effort tonight.

I'll second that emotion. 

[h2oface]

4 hits and 2 errors? did i miss a good one? 

[RickOShea]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Something has to change, whatever this is, this ain’t it. 

It's in the DNA.  gotta do something.

[IndyTwinsFan]

What a puny offensive effort tonight. 

[Schmoeman5]

If it ain't broke...

[OvertheHill]

Positives - Ober hangs in there, Pagan and Jax do their jobs. 
 

Negatives - everything else. 

[h2oface]

Just now, wabene said:

I'm actually going to criticize Rocco. If you were worried about Manea coming in after the opener, stack the rightys from the get go. Then, hey, later on you got some leftys to face all the right handed pitchers in the pen. 

That must just crush you. I hope you can still sleep well. 😇

[wabene]

3 minutes ago, h2oface said:

That must just crush you. I hope you can still sleep well. 😇

I'll be alright, is just a ballgame Lil Buddy. 

[Winston Smith]

Five years in and Rocco has averaged 85 wins a season in the worst division in baseball. Certainly cause for a contract extension. Plus zero payoff game wins.

[Vanimal46]

17 minutes ago, CoastiePilot08 said:

Careful they’re actually not that bad. Despise is a negative word. 

They are that bad. They’re the #1 reason why I barely watch them these days. I’ll probably have to stop for a couple of weeks again because it’s the same thing different day. 

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

They are that bad. They’re the #1 reason why I barely watch them these days. I’ll probably have to stop for a couple of weeks again because it’s the same thing different day. 

And on top of everything, it’s just boring a** baseball to watch. People generally are sick of watching abysmal AB after abysmal AB. 

[mnfireman]

1 minute ago, Winston Smith said:

Five years in and Rocco has averaged 85 wins a season in the worst division in baseball. Certainly cause for a contract extension. Plus zero payoff game wins.

Well, Gardy averaged 82 wins a year and TK averaged 71 wins a year. Pick your Demi-Gods carefully...

[Jocko87]

How did Larnach not get an AB in the middle innings?

[OvertheHill]

Thanks Rocco that explains everything to my satisfaction. I have no questions. Carry on with whatever you’re doing. It’s working great. 

[Schmoeman5]

8 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

How did Larnach not get an AB in the middle innings?

He's ill. Not even on the bench tonight. Which makes Roccos early moves even more dubious 

[Jocko87]

34 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

He's ill. Not even on the bench tonight. Which makes Roccos early moves even more dubious 

Finally an explanation I can understand. 

[Schmoeman5]

15 hours ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

Interesting that Castro and Solano are in the lineup but Larnach is not. I understand Castro is hot, but Solano, not so much. although both are warmer than Larnach looking at the stats over the last 15 games.  Maybe Larnach goes back to AAA when Kepler is ready. 

What stats are you looking at? Solano and Castro have better numbers than Larnach over the past 15 games? 1st off Larnach was recalled when Kepler went down. Since then he's homered twice and tripled and driven in 8. And on top of that he played the whole West Coast trip ill.  They tested him for Covid on their return. Waiting for results. That's why he's unavailable for Mondays game