Game Thread: Twins (Ober) @ Royals (Lyles), 7/29/23 @ 6:10 CT

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, VivaBomboRivera! said:

Our hope now is in an atrocious Royals bullpen breakdown, 'cos their bats ain't stoppin'.
 

That is definitely in the realm of possibility. Barlow has been bad, to be charitable. 

[mrtwinsfan]

WOndered why the lowly Tigers didnt want Castro,  ,  there ya go

[MABB1959]

Just wondering the last blockbuster trade the Twins made on the great for us side?

[VivaBomboRivera!]

Barlow?  I smell another rally...

[Parfigliano]

How that not E-9

[Danchat]

2 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

Just wondering the last blockbuster trade the Twins made on the great for us side?

Probably Cruz for Ryan and Strotman... but on the us acquiring a veteran? Uh... Kevin Jepsen? Sergio Romo was okay. But by definition of "blockbuster"... Shannon Stewart?

[VivaBomboRivera!]

Time for a little Polanco clutch magic...

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, Danchat said:

Probably Cruz for Ryan and Strotman... but on the us acquiring a veteran? Uh... Kevin Jepsen? Sergio Romo was okay. But by definition of "blockbuster"... Shannon Stewart?

Stewart.  Agree.

[VivaBomboRivera!]

Umpire wants his dinner, I guess...

[tony&rodney]

Game.

[glunn]

Sickening game.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, glunn said:

Sickening game.

To put it mildly. 

[MABB1959]

41 minutes ago, Kummel said:

The Twins are just all over the place this season.  They looked like contenders after the All Star break, now they look overmatched by the Royals.

Contenders with a pretty easy schedule, although this weekend so far is whatever the opposite word for contenders is.  

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, MABB1959 said:

Contenders with a pretty easy schedule, although this weekend so far is whatever the opposite word for contenders is.  

Pretenders

[cHawk]

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, MABB1959 said:

Contenders with a pretty easy schedule, although this weekend so far is whatever the opposite word for contenders is.  

Pretender?

[MABB1959]

3 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

5 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Probably Cruz for Ryan and Strotman... but on the us acquiring a veteran? Uh... Kevin Jepsen? Sergio Romo was okay. But by definition of "blockbuster"... Shannon Stewart?

Stewart.  Agree.

Was that around the last time they won a playoff game?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

6 minutes ago, VivaBomboRivera! said:

Umpire wants his dinner, I guess...

Wouldn’t you? 🙂

[Tlaker]

I am just glad that the mods on here have given up the misguided decision to rap our knuckles during a game thread when we need to call bs on our management!

 I understand if they don’t want to see that in other posts, but for the love of all us old guys that remember Lenny Green and Sandy Valdisipino,  let us vent!!

[insagt1]

well that sure was no fun. There has been zero pitching during this 4 game losing streak. With of course the usual  two standby's..the k and the Correa Special...the rally killing GIDP.

still, 7 runs normally should be plenty to beat a team with only 30 wins. Instead our staff has allowed 18 runs in the 2 games with KC so far.

Buck was 3-3 and Kepler with 2 more extra base hits. Has Gallo packed his bags yet??

[Sutter50]

33Prediction time 

Twins will win this division going down to the wire with a 83-79 record.  All this gnashing of teeth and angst is a waste of energy. Everybody needs to calm down and mellow out. All you need is a chip and a chair

 

[jkcarew]

11 minutes ago, Sutter50 said:

33Prediction time 

Twins will win this division going down to the wire with a 83-79 record.  All this gnashing of teeth and angst is a waste of energy. Everybody needs to calm down and mellow out. All you need is a chip and a chair

 

In storybooks and movies, anyway.

The ALC is 8-22 in the postseason since 2016 when Cleveland had the dominating pitching staff. One series win in that time…a wild card series. And how many series consecutively have the Twins lost? Every one against a better team. You need to be good.

[Sutter50]

2 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

In storybooks and movies, anyway.

The ALC is 8-22 in the postseason since 2016 when Cleveland had the dominating pitching staff. One series win in that time…a wild card series. And how many series consecutively have the Twins lost? Every one against a better team. You need to be good.

Nope

A chip and a chair 

[jkcarew]

1 minute ago, Sutter50 said:

Nope

A chip and a chair 

I have a higher expectation of the club. Two or three chips maybe. 83 wins in this division and this year, is not a chip and a chair. It’s a lottery.

[Sutter50]

9 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

I have a higher expectation of the club. Two or three chips maybe. 83 wins in this division and this year, is not a chip and a chair. It’s a lottery.

That's all the baseball playoffs are . They are a lottery 

[Tlaker]

1 hour ago, Sutter50 said:

33Prediction time 

Twins will win this division going down to the wire with a 83-79 record.  All this gnashing of teeth and angst is a waste of energy. Everybody needs to calm down and mellow out. All you need is a chip and a chair

 

They will lose the division by a game and a half

[glunn]

3 hours ago, Tlaker said:

I am just glad that the mods on here have given up the misguided decision to rap our knuckles during a game thread when we need to call bs on our management!

 I understand if they don’t want to see that in other posts, but for the love of all us old guys that remember Lenny Green and Sandy Valdisipino,  let us vent!!

There has never been a rule against criticizing management. Our policies focus on how you express yourself, not what you say.

[MABB1959]

4 hours ago, Sutter50 said:

33Prediction time 

Twins will win this division going down to the wire with a 83-79 record.  All this gnashing of teeth and angst is a waste of energy. Everybody needs to calm down and mellow out. All you need is a chip and a chair

 

Winning the ALC is nothing to hang their hats on.   Winning a series (or even a game) would be something to get excited about for this crap team.  I would really be something to waste our energy in the WS.