Game Thread: Twins (Ober) v Tigers (Lorenzen), 6/25 @ 11:10am CT

[Squirrel]

Go Twins! Beat those Tigers!

[Brock Beauchamp]

For people wondering about the start time:

 

[Rick Blaine]

Just a scheduled day off for AK, or is he banged up too?

[stringer bell]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

For people wondering about the start time:

 

Key game for the Twins. The rest of the road trip is tough—Orioles and Braves—and a one-game lead over Cleveland. 
 

No Buxton (not a surprise), no Kepler and no Kirilloff. 
 

I am a big Kirilloff fan, but he hasn’t been hitting for a while. I do wonder if there is still some wrist pain. 

[CRF]

Sure would be nice to open a can of whup-azz on Det today. Like a double digit can.

[MABB1959]

Yikes do we hope for the best and accept the worst or expect the worse and hope for the best. Is there a difference?

[wabene]

The Old Scribe (Reusse) has a moment of clarity and praises Rocco.

https://www.startribune.com/rocco-baldelli-minnesota-twins-manager-of-the-year-coaches-2023/600285122/

I then had a look at the comments in the dreaded Strib comments section. Oh my lordy was the anti-Rocco sentiment just inflamed. One comment, "I just can't stand the sight of him", lol. Huh? Rather look at Gardy? 😂. Well Reusse has a hand in creating this boiling pot of soup and now is just enjoying himself stirring said pot. As long as you're having a good time Patrick, lol. 

[Jerr]

Just get a win today, it would help me get over last nights game. Even an ugly win, as I'm desperate for our Twins to act like a major league team......

[Jerr]

5 minutes ago, wabene said:

The Old Scribe (Reusse) has a moment of clarity and praises Rocco.

https://www.startribune.com/rocco-baldelli-minnesota-twins-manager-of-the-year-coaches-2023/600285122/

I then had a look at the comments in the dreaded Strib comments section. Oh my lordy was the anti-Rocco sentiment just inflamed. One comment, "I just can't stand the sight of him", lol. Huh? Rather look at Gardy? 😂. Well Reusse has a hand in creating this boiling pot of soup and now is just enjoying himself stirring said pot. As long as you're having a good time Patrick, lol. 

Some advice: never read the comments there, tough enough to get through most articles on that paper.

[Craig Arko]

2 minutes ago, Jerr said:

Just get a win today, it would help me get over last nights game. Even an ugly win, as I'm desperate for our Twins to act like a major league team......

Major league teams lose exactly the same number of games as they win. Just not all at the same time.

[Jerr]

20 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

Yikes do we hope for the best and accept the worst or expect the worse and hope for the best. Is there a difference?

Yes.

[wabene]

1 minute ago, Jerr said:

Some advice: never read the comments there, tough enough to get through most articles on that paper.

Yes I have given up on the Strib comments, but do have a few gawker slow down peaks at it now and then. 

The sports section has always been very good IMO. For baseball Phil Miller has always been quietly good at this job. LEN 111 was.... Entertaining? Lol. The new beat writer is Bobby Nightingale Jr, but I haven't formed an opinion of him yet. 

[Rik19753]

Is Correa too hurt to sprint? I don't see how a grounder hit that weakly can turn into a double play.

[Parfigliano]

4 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

Major league teams lose exactly the same number of games as they win. Just not all at the same time.

Win 54.  Lose 54.  What you do with the other 54 is what matters.*

*not applicable  in OAK this year

[SwainZag]

8 pitch inning for Bailey, gotta like that. 

[wabene]

The Twins coaches catch a lot of flack. How's about some praise, Hank Conger seems to excel in all his roles. Funny guy too apparently. 

[Parfigliano]

I pick no 10th team K today.

[Nine of twelve]

5 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Win 54.  Lose 54.  What you do with the other 54 is what matters.*

*not applicable  in OAK this year

Or in KC.

[Craig Arko]

Didn’t realize Keanu Reeves pitched for the Tigers.

[Parfigliano]

So now Kep doesnt play against RHP because pitcher better against lefty bats?  In a stretch where Kep's bat is alive (for him this year).

Lose the spreadsheet Rocco.

 

[Dave Borton]

Good discussion in Detroit radio booth about Tigers approach to MN hitters. Get ahead of them; don't nitpick. "They are swingers; throw the ball, they'll swing." Commenter is former MLB pitcher whose voice I do not recognize.

Has worked both series. Let's call it the "Gallo(w)s Guillotine" approach.

[wabene]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

So now Kep doesnt play against RHP because pitcher better against lefty bats?  In a stretch where Kep's bat is alive (for him this year).

Lose the spreadsheet Rocco.

 

Maybe Kepler has lost his starting role. Isn't that at least partly what we all wanted? 

[Rik19753]

Is it just me or does anyone else get annoyed when Twins players start walking to first after taking strike three? It seems like the Twins hitters do this way more often than opposing hitters.

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, wabene said:

Maybe Kepler has lost his starting role. Isn't that at least partly what we all wanted? 

Im sure he is still the starter.  Its Rocco being Rocco is my bet.

[Parfigliano]

Vasquez flashing the speed.

[Jerr]

Yeah!!!!!

[wabene]

Lorenzen is super jacked up. Obviously the guy hits the weights hard. I didn't think that kind of muscle mass was beneficial for pitchers. 

[Rik19753]

We need to give Vazquez the Linval Joseph oxygen mask before he goes out to catch the next inning.

[Parfigliano]

HR runs.  Yea!!!

[stringer bell]

Vázquez with two risky advances. Solano makes it academic if he should have tried.