Game Thread: Pirates (Keller) v Twins (Gray), 8/19 @ 6:10pm CT

[Jocko87]

1 hour ago, IndianaTwin said:

Things have been a little boring on TD on the Byron Buxton front. Let the frothing begin...

https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/byron-buxton-s-return-comes-closer-to-reality

I'll wait for the third article of the week to comment.

[Jocko87]

It was still interference.

[IndianaTwin]

Just now, Jocko87 said:

I'll wait for the third article of the week to comment.

So Sunday, around noon? 

[IndyTwinsFan]

12 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

3 singles.  3 K's.  No runs.

UGH.

[rwilfong86]

4 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Solano has terrible  Footwork , And like Polanco at 3b  Solano has zero buisness at 1b

Polanco reminds me of Miranda and not in a good way 

[IndyTwinsFan]

12 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

All 3 of the batters,  Choked Again

Why not!

[rwilfong86]

Looks like another game that started well thats gonna end in a loss

[RickOShea]

This Floro has only been around for a couple of weeks, and I'm already tired of seeing him.

[Clyde54]

29 minutes ago, 2wins87 said:

I think a good first baseman catches that throw though too.

Solano had time to set up and looked very flat footed trying to adjust.

Either way, not exactly the defensive alignment you want for the kind of game Sonny was pitching.

Solano had his wrong foot on the bag.  If he had had his right foot on the bag, he could have stretched in the direction of home plate and caught that ball. 

[IndyTwinsFan]

Looks like we're in the process of choking away yet another game. 

[ChermesZ]

Is this another ‘fire popkins’ game?

[Parfigliano]

Ok.  Why not?

[BH67]

My favorite adjective to describe the Twins over the past two seasons: Fragile.

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, ChermesZ said:

Is this another ‘fire popkins’ game?

Most are to me 

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, ChermesZ said:

Is this another ‘fire popkins’ game?

Actually Popkins makes a mean smoothie.  Rocco wants to renew his contract for 2 years.

[SwainZag]

1 minute ago, ChermesZ said:

Is this another ‘fire popkins’ game?

It's hard for me to blame the hitting coach when the players simply do not produce. 

[Winston Smith]

11 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

It was still interference.

Why? 

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, BH67 said:

My favorite adjective to describe the Twins over the past two seasons: Fragile.

Prounonced fra-jee-lee?

[RickOShea]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Prounonced fra-jee-lee?

Buxton can also be described as extremely brittle.

[tony&rodney]

MLB has a bit of a problem with umpires. There isn't any system in play to reward or demote an umpire. The games are reviewed and internal discussions occur but consequences are absent. There needs to be a system of financial compensation for excellence and demotion for shoddy work. I struggle to see the positives with challenges, especially when so many are clearly wrong. That said, I do believe that MLB has very good umpires in general.

[OvertheHill]

That CF looked like me misjudging that liner 

[RickOShea]

"outside"?  that pitch was more in South Dakota than Minnesota.

[OvertheHill]

A gift on the inside “ball” so MAT swings at something a foot wide of the plate. 

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, tony&rodney said:

MLB has a bit of a problem with umpires. There isn't any system in play to reward or demote an umpire. The games are reviewed and internal discussions occur but consequences are absent. There needs to be a system of financial compensation for excellence and demotion for shoddy work. I struggle to see the positives with challenges, especially when so many are clearly wrong. That said, I do believe that MLB has very good umpires in general.

Inferior performance should result in demotion.

[mrtwinsfan]

9 minutes ago, Clyde54 said:

Solano had his wrong foot on the bag.  If he had had his right foot on the bag, he could have stretched in the direction of home plate and caught that ball. 

yes sir !!!

[RickOShea]

It just occurs to me that Vasquez, wearing the sliding mitt, looks like the Pillsbury dough boy.

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Inferior performance should result in demotion.

You can rate performance and therefore control the amount of compensation.  Just like a retail mgr whose yearly pay is dictated by evaluation.  You don't have to demote or terminate.  Training and increased training may be in order.

[Parfigliano]

Productive out Polanco

[IndianaTwin]

Gladden just noted that the Pirates are playing their outfield in a bit, so they can "keep everything in front of them." 

That's not how geometry works, Danny. 

[wabene]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Lookout , i got a warning for Calling him  Byron Brittlebuck

That is different and goes against the letter of the law. Name calling, just sayin