Game Thread: Twins (Lopez) v Royals (Marsh), 7/5/23 @ 6:40 CT

[OvertheHill]

AK is just a good hitter. The power will be there eventually; I hope they don’t mess with his swing anymore than necessary. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Thank you Royals,     Playing  the royals what 6-7 less times this year,  ,  i like the new Balanced Schedule ,  Gotta earn it !!!

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

I hope Jeffers is okay.

He’s still in the game, but you can see how red his neck is. Gonna be a nice bruise

[TwinsAlmostWin]

I get it that Kepler has had a nice hot stretch, but how long of a leash would you give him? How long of a leash do you think the Twins will give him? I feel like he was a week away from being replaced by Wallner, and then he decided to hit... It was like when my Dad and I would go fishing while I was growing up, we would be on the lake, in the same spot for 4 hours, baking in the heat, with no bites, about to leave, and then he would get one small bite from a  fish and we'd stay for another 4 hours.... with no fish in the boat at the end. 

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

I hope Jeffers is okay.

He'll have a nice welt on his neck foe a few days

[Squirrel]

I hope we win tonight, sweeping the Royals, and then they have a closed door team meeting, and a players only meeting, and turn it around playing the Guardians this weekend 

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, Squirrel said:

I hope we win tonight, sweeping the Royals, and then they have a closed door team meeting, and a players only meeting, and turn it around playing the Guardians this weekend 

[stringer bell]

4 minutes ago, TwinsAlmostWin said:

I get it that Kepler has had a nice hot stretch, but how long of a leash would you give him? How long of a leash do you think the Twins will give him? I feel like he was a week away from being replaced by Wallner, and then he decided to hit... It was like when my Dad and I would go fishing while I was growing up, we would be on the lake, in the same spot for 4 hours, baking in the heat, with no bites, about to leave, and then he would get one small bite from a  fish and we'd stay for another 4 hours.... with no fish in the boat at the end. 

Intermittent reinforcement.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

I hope we win tonight, sweeping the Royals, and then they have a closed door team meeting, and a players only meeting, and turn it around playing the Guardians this weekend 

Be quite a player's meeting if they can get the schedule changed.

 

Edit. Oh, the Royals. 

 

[jkcarew]

Someone forgot to tell Pablo that Perez is not allowed to K against us.

[BH67]

At this moment, only 24 Twins games after the All-Star break are against teams over .500. Arguably they've given up the fewest runs in the majors against one of the toughest schedules.

[stringer bell]

Stay put Willi. Gallo's gonna hit one.

[USAFChief]

He gone.

[Mike Sixel]

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

Who bought powerball tix today?

I forgot! Can I have some of your winnings?

[cHawk]

Castro is out.

[stringer bell]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Stay put Willi. Gallo's gonna hit one.

I wish he'd listen!

[mrtwinsfan]

out

[SwainZag]

Castro got to close to the sun

[Squirrel]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

I forgot! Can I have some of your winnings?

No. Because I didn’t buy any, either

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Squirrel said:

No. Because I didn’t buy any, either

Sigh. My one chance!

[Mike Sixel]

Btw, threads sucks. You see every post by every person, as far as I can tell. 

[Squirrel]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

Sigh. My one chance!

I debated running out and getting some, then decided not to … so someone will win it tonight. Always happens when I think about it and decide not to.

[jkcarew]

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

Who bought powerball tix today?

Not me. But on behalf of the future winner and local retailers everywhere, I’d like to thank those that did.

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I forgot! Can I have some of your winnings?

I hardly ever  play but got 5 for tonight, 

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

No. Because I didn’t buy any, either

Yeah but I'll bet you got your blizzard. Priorities after all 

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

No. Because I didn’t buy any, either

Now how are you going to pay that tab for all of those blizzards we got?

[Squirrel]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

Btw, threads sucks. You see every post by every person, as far as I can tell. 

When I first tried Twitter back in its early days, someone told me to follow everyone, so I did. It drove me nuts and I decided I disliked Twitter. Never got into it after that and still dislike to this day it but for other reasons. But I do check in on a few selective follows, but mostly I don’t bother

[USAFChief]

Today's crappy joke:

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks "Is this stool taken?"

[Squirrel]

Lopez dealing that inning

[Squirrel]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Now how are you going to pay that tab for all of those blizzards we got?

You were ninja’d by @Schmoeman5