Game Thread: National League vs. American League, 5 p.m. PDT

[RickOShea]

Did Sonny get upset when he was pulled after 1 inning?

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

Carew had 36 plate appearances as a Twin. Reflective of always batting at the top of the order, with smaller rosters, when teams tried to win. 

Unfortunately, he was only 5 for 31 in those plate appearances. 

HALL OF fAME NUMBERS FOR OUR PRESENT HITTERS

[wabene]

7 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Looking at the list at https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/bat-all-star.shtml is interesting. 

There are many years with just one representative, lol. 

[mrtwinsfan]

J.D. Martinez , would of looked good here, Oh Wait 

[wabene]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Did Sonny get upset when he was pulled after 1 inning?

Dusty is in Sonny's doghouse fo sho

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, wabene said:

There are many years with just one representative, lol. 

Arreaz,  Happy for him,  if he was still here  No one would of seen what he has Become

[IndianaTwin]

If that doesn’t get overturned, he’s the clear MVP leader. Still may be. 

Unless it’s Garcia. Anyone ever win it for their defense? 

[mrtwinsfan]

6 minutes ago, wabene said:

There are many years with just one representative, lol. 

On that site it says  World Championships  3    ??   they counting washington or is it another Senior Moment ?

[wabene]

Louis  is a ton of fun, miss that guy

[wabene]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

On that site it says  World Championships  3    ??   they counting washington or is it another Senior Moment ?

Gotta be a Senator Moment

[IndianaTwin]

16 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Every time they introduce Tim Laudner as  Former Twins ALL-STAR , i CRINGE

Selected in 1988. Let’s see — who would have been the manager that year?

EDIT to add: In Laudner’s defense, he was at .264 with 9 homers at the break. Don’t know an easy way to check on other catchers at that point in the year, but that’s probably not an awful selection. 

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

On that site it says  World Championships  3    ??   they counting washington or is it another Senior Moment ?

Yes. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Not a fan of these uniforms,  Should all wear there teams , Like the old Days

[IndianaTwin]

10 minutes ago, wabene said:

Gotta be a Senator Moment

1924, to be precise. Wonder if the Twins will do anything with that next year. They pretty much ignore any Washington stuff. 

Interestingly, their manager was only 27 at the time, making TK look like a senior citizen when he first won. 

[SD happy]

19 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Every time they introduce Tim Laudner as  Former Twins ALL-STAR , i CRINGE

Better than Ron Coomer. When he use to do the Twins pre game show, they would introduce him as former all star Ron Coomer. I would chuckle every time.

[mrtwinsfan]

8 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Selected in 1988. Let’s see — who would have been the manager that year?

EDIT to add: In Laudner’s defense, he was at .264 with 9 homers at the break. Don’t know an easy way to check on other catchers at that point in the year, but that’s probably not an awful selection. 

Laudner to me was a Descent player,  All Star, no-no

[mrtwinsfan]

Soto for Acuna,  Rocco managing, LOL

[mrtwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, SD happy said:

Better than Ron Coomer. When he use to do the Twins pre game show, they would introduce him as former all star Ron Coomer. I would chuckle every time.

Same Here

[RickOShea]

3 minutes ago, SD happy said:

Better than Ron Coomer. When he use to do the Twins pre game show, they would introduce him as former all star Ron Coomer. I would chuckle every time.

How do you cringe when you consider the odds of becoming a professional ball player.  Just luck?

[IndianaTwin]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Laudner to me was a Descent player,  All Star, no-no

He’s another example of how they were probably a better team in 1988 than 1987. They won six more games in 1988, but still finished 13 behind the Bash Brothers. 

[mrtwinsfan]

5 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

1924, to be precise. Wonder if the Twins will do anything with that next year. They pretty much ignore any Washington stuff. 

Senator-Senior-Senile, all the same 

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Soto for Acuna,  Rocco managing, LOL

These managers are worse than Rocco. Won’t even let their starters throw more than an inning…

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

How do you cringe when you consider the odds of becoming a professional ball player.  Just luck?

   Rule--- each Team 1 player, without that  No  all star

[IndianaTwin]

I always enjoy playing around with rotation scenarios. It will be interesting to see how they (re)line things up after the break. With the four-day break, anyone would be pitching on at least four days rest, so all are options.

If they were to stay in sequence, it would be Maeda-Lopez-Ober-Gray-Ryan. Ryan has struggled a bit recently, so I wouldn’t go there. It seems like an opportunity to give Ober some extra days and save some innings. Same with our post-TJS Maeda.

Particularly if Lopez doesn’t throw today, and even if he throws no more than 20 pitches, I’d go with him. Then I think I’d go Maeda since it will have already been more than a week. Then I’d go with Gray on Sunday, followed by Ober and Ryan.

Whadaya think (and to keep it easier, let’s ignore the Keuchel discussion)? 

[IndianaTwin]

At 21 pitches for a reliever, with a full bullpen of guys, I wonder if Albies is the last guy Cano gets. 

EDIT: Quick resolution. 

[RickOShea]

3 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

I always enjoy playing around with rotation scenarios. It will be interesting to see how they (re)line things up after the break. With the four-day break, anyone would be pitching on at least four days rest, so all are options.

If they were stay in sequence, it would be Maeda-Lopez-Ober-Gray-Ryan. Ryan has struggled a bit recently, so I wouldn’t go there. It seems like an opportunity to give Ober some extra days and save some innings. Same with our post-TJS Maeda.

Particularly if Lopez doesn’t throw today, and even if he throws no more than 20 pitches, I’d go with him. Then I think I’d go Maeda since it will have already been more than a week. Then I’d go with Gray on Sunday, followed by Ober and Ryan.

Whadaya think (and to keep it easier, let’s ignore the Keuchel discussion)? 

I think it's easier to figure out a logical rotation based on whatever.  Then take the paper. roll it up in a ball, and shoot it at the waste basket.  Then let Rocco-nomics take over.

[RickOShea]

Did anyone happen to listen to Cal Ripken's thoughts on playing everyday, or close to it.  It was just before the game started.  To paraphrase it, he basically said the rest and days off, did not suit him.  PS. Ripken is a HOFer who did pretty well for himself playing close to everyday for over a decade, and not being a fulltime DH.

[IndianaTwin]

The All-Star Game has lost a lot of luster for me since I was a kid, but when I think about a 182-174 NBA ASG, or 14-12 in the NHL, this still at least resembles a real game. 

[Longdistancetwins]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

The All-Star Game has lost a lot of luster for me since I was a kid, but when I think about a 182-174 NBA ASG, or 14-12 in the NHL, this still at least resembles a real game. 

Still like the All-Star Game but could never get in to the Home Run Derby.

[IndianaTwin]

7 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Did anyone happen to listen to Cal Ripken's thoughts on playing everyday, or close to it.  It was just before the game started.  To paraphrase it, he basically said the rest and days off, did not suit him.  PS. Ripken is a HOFer who did pretty well for himself playing close to everyday for over a decade, and not being a fulltime DH.

I didn’t tune in in time, but I did see an article the other day highlighting A-Rod’s nudging him over to play SS in his final ASG. Other stuff aside, that was a classy gesture on A-Rod’s part.