Game Thread: Twins (Ryan) v A’s (Sears), 7/16@3:07pm CT

[mrtwinsfan]

20 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Opens the door to send our best hitter back to Saint Paul!!

(why am I like this???)

Opens the door to send our best hitter back to Saint Paul!!    

[ashbury]

12 minutes ago, ashbury said:

What do you get when you cross Bambi and a ghost?

[mrtwinsfan]

7 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Buxton, strike 3 looking?

Reputedly the players-only meeting was at least partly about two-strike strategery.  Look at close ones and flail at ones far outside wouldn't have been my advice, but what do I know.

 0 - for Oakland Series ,

[USAFChief]

15 minutes ago, ashbury said:

What do you get when you cross Bambi and a ghost?

I can only come up with half an answer: BOOOOOOOOO

[Parfigliano]

How was that "driven to the gap"

[IndianaTwin]

11 minutes ago, cmoss84 said:

I actually think this Sears guy looks legit.

Also, hand the keys over to Plouffe for announcing...I like him so much better than others.

I’m on the radio, so I can’t see, but yeah. We say that we ignore the win-loss record, but even so, it’s hard to ignore 1-6 and not assume that he’s bad. But his OPS+ is 103, so he’s essentially average, but that’s head and shoulders above the other Oakland starters. 

[glunn]

Maybe the Yankees would take a flyer on Buxton's contract? Could Buxton pass the physical?

[RickOShea]

29 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Today's pop quiz:

What do sea monsters eat?

fish and ships

[glunn]

Castro making nice catches in LF today.

[mrtwinsfan]

Castro - Ryan you owe him

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

How was that "driven to the gap"

Rather meekly

[Parfigliano]

35 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Realizing your best right-handed bat is Donovan Solano helps bring it into focus.

Funny and sad

[USAFChief]

I had a feeling the Twins starters would come back to the pack. 

[9moons27]

The Twins starting pitching is starting to catch up with the hitting.

[Aggies7]

Didn’t Ryan turn into a pumpkin in the second half last year too?

[USAFChief]

Foul ball, but holy **** what a terrible 0-2 pitch.

Fine his ass

 

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

I had a feeling the Twins starters would come back to the pack. 

I knew Ryan was living a dream last year. and early this year.  Big league hitters have adjusted, ryan, not so much.

[USAFChief]

Need to get this starter out of the game. Oakland's bullpen is awful. 

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, 9moons27 said:

The Twins starting pitching is starting to catch up with the hitting.

Pitching A+ hitting or lack of FFFFF.

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Foul ball, but holy **** what a terrible 0-2 pitch.

Fine his ass

 

Is a kangaroo court considered bullying now lol

[USAFChief]

24 minutes ago, ashbury said:

What do you get when you cross Bambi and a ghost?

BAM!

Just like that, another half answer occurred to me.

[IndianaTwin]

I have a feeling Ryan is looking at going at least 90 pitches, one way or the other. Either he straightens up and gets a couple more innings, or he keeps getting hit and takes one for the team. The six-pitch first inning was really helpful in that regard.  

[Nine of twelve]

All right! There's the first of the four that we need. Let's get it going.

[IndianaTwin]

Today’s the day Vazquez starts regressing toward his mean!

[USAFChief]

Just now, Nine of twelve said:

All right! There's the first of the four that we need. Let's get it going.

Four?

[Danchat]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Four?

Four runs to win 4-3, presumably?

[jkcarew]

7 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I had a feeling the Twins starters would come back to the pack. 

Not sure the pack has been giving up 14 (and counting) runs in 3-game series against this team.

But, I appreciate the glass-half-full take!

[glunn]

Guardians bullpen helping us today -- Guardians now down a run in the 9th.

[USAFChief]

Wall scraper! It counts!!

[rwilfong86]

Kirilloff!