Game Thread: Twins (Gray) @ Royals (Singer), 7/28/23 @ 7:10 CT

[LewFordLives]

Perez just kills us....

[insagt1]

Something is definitely wrong with Kirilloff. Suddenly he looks totally lost at the plate. Meanwhile Kepler is still getting on base. Polanco also looks very rusty. Lucky he got hit by pitch...looking very much like he was heading for this 3rd k. And Wallner gets totally robbed of at least 2 RBI with a huge play by the 1st baseman. Still 2-1.

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Just as long as you give credit where credit is due!

I give @wsnydes credit for ninja-ing me

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

By this point, just hitting a foul ball would seem like a victory, as sad as that sounds. 

Thats what my wife said when last he batted.

[CRF]

Pretty nice play by Salvy.

[RpR]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Superior to what?  Like Little Bill's quote in the movie 'Unforgiven". When told he w just beat an innocent man. Bill replies " Innocent of what"?

Just plain better in any way, simple as that.

[USAFChief]

Just now, Squirrel said:

I give @wsnydes credit for ninja-ing me

I'm flabbergasted by that.

[RpR]

Right now, Gallo is not losing the game, no matter how lousy his bat is.

[LewFordLives]

His first start at first since 2020, and he's still a Twins killer.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Runner on second with none out and then bases loaded and we find a way to not score.  Would've thunk it?

Play by Perez notwithstanding. 

[wsnydes]

Just now, USAFChief said:

I'm flabbergasted by that.

I'm gobsmacked that you're flabbergasted.

[USAFChief]

Why doesn't Gray throw the ball 2 inches low?

[jkcarew]

Had to look it up…Singer averaging about 8 K’s per 9 innings.

[RickOShea]

Okay, Twins took a flyer on gallo.  Everyone learned a lesson, one way or another.  This is a business and we move on.  

[RpR]

2 minutes ago, insagt1 said:

Something is definitely wrong with Kirilloff. Suddenly he looks totally lost at the plate. Meanwhile Kepler is still getting on base. Polanco also looks very rusty. Lucky he got hit by pitch...looking very much like he was heading for this 3rd k. And Wallner gets totally robbed of at least 2 RBI with a huge play by the 1st baseman. Still 2-1.

But, but its all about hitting, defense skill does not matter.

[PDX Twin]

Nice play for someone who hasn't played much 3d.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Okay, Twins took a flyer on gallo.  Everyone learned a lesson, one way or another.  This is a business and we move on.  

Problem is we haven't, at least not yet.

[jkcarew]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Why doesn't Gray throw the ball 2 inches low?

Exactly. Or 4.

[Parfigliano]

OK score Gray some runs

[USAFChief]

Just now, RpR said:

But, but its all about hitting, defense skill does not matter.

Of course it matters.

So does hitting. There's not an outfielder in the history of the big leagues that kept a job solely for defense.

[Squirrel]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I'm flabbergasted by that.

At least you aren’t gobsmacked

[RickOShea]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Of course it matters.

So does hitting. There's not an outfielder in the history of the big leagues that kept a job solely for defense.

Paul Blair did for the Orioles the first few years.

[Mike Sixel]

If there is a runner on,odds Gallo bats?

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

At least you aren’t gobsmacked

I like "flabbersmacked" best of all!

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

If there is a runner on,odds Gallo bats?

It better be zero.

[Parfigliano]

4 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Okay, Twins took a flyer on gallo.  Everyone learned a lesson, one way or another.  This is a business and we move on.  

He's still there.  Twins have not learned anything.

[wsnydes]

Just now, PDX Twin said:

I like "flabbersmacked" best of all!

Concur.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

At least you aren’t gobsmacked

No, but completely dumbfounded.

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, PDX Twin said:

I like "flabbersmacked" best of all!

I don’t even know what that is!

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

He's still there.  Twins have not learned anything.

Sure seems that way.