Game Thread: Twins (Varland) @ Blue Jays (Gausman), 6/11/23 @ 12:37 CT

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

What Mahler? We just did the 9th … what an incredible work!

Agree on the 9th. We hear the 5th today.

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, Blyleven2011 said:

Are They pulling plouffie after today ...

I thought I'd heard earlier this year that he was only going to be part-time, presumably for this year.

Really hope we get to experience more of him in the future.

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I don't think he pitched all that well. He battled, but lots of traffic. 

He pitched like the mid-back of the rotation. Lots of traffic as you said, but got it done. This time. Hopefully next time, too

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, PDX Twin said:

Agree on the 9th. We hear the 5th today.

We played the 5th earlier this year and will again this summer … different venue, different conductor 

[PDX Twin]

Just now, Squirrel said:

We played the 5th earlier this year and will again this summer … different venue, different conductor 

We have a new Austrian conductor (whom we love) and he really likes Mahler. Did #2 last year and #4 and #5 this year.

[wsnydes]

Not a great PA there...

[mrtwinsfan]

Like Air Guitar, Vasquez was Air batting

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, PDX Twin said:

We have a new Austrian conductor (whom we love) and he really likes Mahler. Did #2 last year and #4 and #5 this year.

Isn't Mahler on the 60 day IL? TJS?

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

We have a new Austrian conductor (whom we love) and he really likes Mahler. Did #2 last year and #4 and #5 this year.

Kallmar isn’t there anymore?

[Jocko87]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Just stop.  He's not skipping a throw from 2nd on purpose. 

 

The platinum glove winning shortstop routinely missing his target 15 ft short? But only when it's a close play and he has to throw hard? We can argue if it's an effective technique but that he's doing it on purpose is not in question.

[USAFChief]

Just now, Jocko87 said:

The platinum glove winning shortstop routinely missing his target 15 ft short? But only when it's a close play and he has to throw hard? We can argue if it's an effective technique but that he's doing it on purpose is not in question.

He's not doing it on purpose  

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Isn't Mahler on the 60 day IL? TJS?

I’m disappointed that it took you that long!

[Mortimerkenny21]

25 minutes ago, ashbury said:

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I won't. I've had enough clickbait to last a lifetime.

[CRF]

We need a big 2 out hit here...we're gonna need some more runs to win this one. 

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

I’m disappointed that it took you that long!

Insert one liner here.

[Squirrel]

I BELIEVE IN YOU AK!

[Squirrel]

OMG!

[Squirrel]

Bad, bad call!

[Squirrel]

I think that was the worst one this year!

[PDX Twin]

6 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Kallmar isn’t there anymore?

No, and we loved him too (even though he was only half Austrian!). He retired in 2021 after 17 years here. His last season, with lots of special works he had been saving for it, was canceled by Covid. David Danzmayr took over in 2021 and did Mahler's Resurrection (#2) appropriately as his opening concert. Interestingly, we convinced my sibs to postpone my sister's 80th birthday celebration in 2021 by a week in order not to miss that, and we convinced them to postpone my brother's a week so we didn't have to miss today. Got to have priorities!

[rwilfong86]

3 Twins should have been tossed there. Horrible call.

[cHawk]

That call was a heaping pile of horse ****.

[CRF]

That was an absolute B*ll-Sh*t call!

[USAFChief]

The ol "strikeout not looking."

[Danchat]

Since when are you not allowed to make a practice swing at the 7 second mark of the pitch clock? He was in the box!

[Squirrel]

😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤡

[wsnydes]

Well, that was neat.

[Squirrel]

Come on, Twins … get MAD!!!!!

[Blyleven2011]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Come on, Twins … get MAD!!!!!

I'm getting  mad , 

[USAFChief]

I think it might have been the right call, but maybe not. Hard to tell.

I think MLB needs something more definitive than "alert to the pitcher."

 

What they don't need is more judgement calls from umpires.