Game Thread: Twins (Lopez) v Guardians (Williams), 8/29/23 @ 6:40 CT

[IndianaTwin]

Here we go again. Bases loaded and we choke. Option Lewis. 

[IndianaTwin]

5 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

I'll poop myself if he hits another GS!

Royce, Kenny’s shorts thank you. 

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

The game is far from over. RL will probably have at least 3 more plate appearances. 

May as well have some intrigue to the inevitable, right?

[GusGus11]

Guardians got very lucky. With 2 strikes they thrrew Royce back to back heaters and he just missed them.

His plate discipline on the slider was there but they waited two pitches to go back to it.

Once he continues developing laying off bad pitches hes gonna be so damn good.

[Mortimerkenny21]

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

Royce, Kenny’s shorts thank you. 

Just this game though. All bets are off for future games. Has to be 3 games in a row.

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Wallner is the second coming of Ron Hunt. 

Yeah, he's got about 230 to go to catch Hunt and about 270 to catch Biggio.  Hunt was a right hand hitter, Biggio was also.

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Here we go again. Bases loaded and we choke. Option Lewis. 

Why stop there?  Just dfa him already.

[jkcarew]

0-4 RiSP after one inning.

There’s something you don’t see every day. Even Twins fans.

[GusGus11]

This is not the time of the year we need Lopez to start struggling again...

[mrtwinsfan]

Ryan-- Kuechel--- Maeda,  in Texas,   Thinking alot of runs  needed

[RickOShea]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Ryan-- Kuechel--- Maeda,  in Texas,   Thinking alot of runs  needed

That could be brutal.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Ryan-- Kuechel--- Maeda,  in Texas,   Thinking alot of runs  needed

 

Just now, RickOShea said:

That could be brutal.

Sets up the better end of the rotation for the series in Cleveland though.  That's the flip side.

[stringer bell]

Gaddis in for Williams. I bet he hurt himself when he fell on his delivery to Polanco. 

[Squirrel]

22 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Twins vendors sell more beer this Wednesday, than previous Wednesdays

Why are you picking a click for tomorrow?

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Gaddis in for Williams. I bet he hurt himself when he fell on his delivery to Polanco. 

While I don't wish Williams ill will, I'll gladly tax the already weary Cleveland bullpen further.

[Squirrel]

16 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

I'll poop myself if he hits another GS!

I'm keeping this handy ... because he's bound to hit another GS in his career

[wsnydes]

Just now, Squirrel said:

Why are you picking a click for tomorrow?

He's working on Wednesday's beer sales already?

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

I'm keeping this handy ... because he's bound to hit another GS in his career

This sounds like a jinx....

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Why are you picking a click for tomorrow?

 

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Why are you picking a click for tomorrow?

Oh no, another moment of old age.

[GusGus11]

Good to get the bullpen already. Hopefully Williams is ok.

Tough to know considering how wild he was. Maybe it was precautionary. Maybe it was when he fell over. They may start limiting their young guys innings in september and maybe 30 high stress pitches caused it.

Hopefully not an actual injury

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

 

Oh no, another moment of old age.

Does the double quote of the same post get included in that? 🙂

[Mortimerkenny21]

8 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Just this game though. All bets are off for future games. Has to be 3 games in a row.

Refer to this above quote. I'm sure he will in his career. This is an Aug 29th, 2023, special only. But then if he does that puts me in a predicament because then TD will expect me to be their stinky little good luck charm.

[Mike Sixel]

Hopefully someone puts a decent catcher on waivers....not that it would matter. I'm baffled, truly, how Vazquez is this bad. 

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Refer to this above quote. I'm sure he will in his career. This is an Aug 29th, 2023, special only. But then if he does that puts me in a predicament because then TD will expect me to be their stinky little good luck charm.

Where's the commitment?  Not only to the bit, but to TD and the Twins?!?

[Mortimerkenny21]

Well Gallo was the only one that got on base that inning.

[GusGus11]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Hopefully someone puts a decent catcher on waivers....not that it would matter. I'm baffled, truly, how Vazquez is this bad. 

 

Buckle up. We got him for 2 more years and $20 mil

We really should cut him at years end and call up Carmargo and just mentally tell ourselves that Jeffers/Carmargo are sharing the money

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Hopefully someone puts a decent catcher on waivers....not that it would matter. I'm baffled, truly, how Vazquez is this bad. 

He is better than last years late pickup,   Sandy Leon,  ,  but they do look alike

[jkcarew]

We’ve seen their left tackle and their right tackle…who will they throw at us in the 3rd?

[GusGus11]

Another starter that looks awful.

Lopez is throwing these guys BP just like Kenta.

[mrtwinsfan]

Kepler, looks like he is playing Racquetball out there tonight