Game Thread: Twins (Gray) @ Blue Jays (Kikuchi), 6/9/23 @ 6:07 CT

[wsnydes]

[wsnydes]

Well, this should be fun...

Good luck, Mr. Gray.

[mrtwinsfan]

Lineup ?  is it April fools day, Someone please Gotta be a Joke ? 

[stringer bell]

Right handed bats 1-9.

[CRF]

Looks like Rocco pulled them out of the hat again. Might as well...nothing else seems to be working. Never thought I'd be disappointed to see Kep sitting. Maybe they'll shock us and hang 3 or 4 runs on the board. 

[Craig Arko]

Have fun.

[shabbos1]

Garlick hitting 3rd and platooning Kirilloff against left handed pitching again ... we're off with a bang already folks.

[PDX Twin]

15 minutes ago, shabbos1 said:

Garlick hitting 3rd and platooning Kirilloff against left handed pitching again ... we're off with a bang already folks.

You mean the self-inflicted wound?

[Irishman]

1 hour ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Lineup ?  is it April fools day, Someone please Gotta be a Joke ? 

Agreed.  I am not impressed with this lineup.   Sigh?

[CRF]

I just saw Thielbar went back on the IL with the oblique, and Winder up to replace him. 

[wabene]

Hey they made the move and Kepler is now the fourth outfielder?  I kid, I kid.

Garlick instead of Wallner....I do not like.

I was excited for more platooning this year, but this ridiculous nonsense has alleviated me of that condition.

Kirilloff could be a generational hitting savant. Yep platoon that sucker.

Well Kikuchi should get a chance to get locked in against right handed batters.

Obviously this will be the game they win.

 

[wavedog]

I am not a vampire but I don't want to see Garlick anywhere on my baseball team.   Can't seem to quit him.    Pride Weekend in Toronto let's show some of it out on the field.   

[Nine of twelve]

Man, we really need a win. C'mon scrubs, do us proud!

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Man, we really need a win. C'mon scrubs, do us proud!

Scrubs has become an all encompassing term for this Twins team.

[RickOShea]

Ok, deep breath.  Inhale the optimism, , exhale the negativity.  I think my COPD has just flared up.

[PDX Twin]

35 minutes ago, wabene said:

Hey they made the move and Kepler is now the fourth outfielder? 

Is Kepler even allowed into Canada now?

[RickOShea]

Kepler had me fooled.  I thought he was just a calm guy who was struggling, but not bitching about it.  Didn't know he's a little bit of a diva.

[shabbos1]

3 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Is Kepler even allowed into Canada now?

Unfortunately yes.

[RickOShea]

You want to look at something and become immediately nauseous?  Check the starting lineup for the Rangers tonite, against the Rays.

[USAFChief]

57 minutes ago, CRF said:

I just saw Thielbar went back on the IL with the oblique, and Winder up to replace him. 

Seems very likely he wasn't ready to come off the IL at all then.

[Craig Arko]

Marney is working so hard to be patient while Perkins goes yak, yak,yak. At least it’s not Laudner.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Craig Arko said:

Marney is working so hard to be patient while Perkins goes yak, yak,yak. At least it’s not Laudner.

Yeah, some of these guys are shy and not that talkative.  Then someone tells them they're doing a good job and you can't shut them up.

[PDX Twin]

Dick just complimented the Twins by saying how they started hitting the ball hard yesterday. Only for a team in a serious slump does "hitting the ball hard" count as a triumph!

[RickOShea]

Pushing the ball to the right side, never crossed Castro's mind.

[RickOShea]

Forget scoring a run, let's try moving the runner up a base.

[Nine of twelve]

Intentional unintentional walk to Correa.

[davidborton]

51 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Man, we really need a win. C'mon scrubs, do us proud!

Toronto radio said, "Well, we may be looking at the B squad this evening....injuries."

[mrtwinsfan]

3-18  against Leftys this year, Sorry folks i dont call that a Speciality like Mr, Bremer

[Nine of twelve]

3 up, 3 down, 6 pitches. Satisfactory.

[David HK]

Yikes, this lineup.  Woof.

Takes me back to the Molly daze.