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

[GusGus11]

Vazquez out here hitting 3-1 pop ups now.

He should be mandated to not swing and pray for a ball in one of the 2 pitches.

[wsnydes]

Just now, GCTF said:

Pathetic one slam

Maybe he'll hit 3 more to make up for it?

[GusGus11]

Great AB by Julien

[GusGus11]

Polanco has been on a real heater.

But his pop ups are annoying. Hes got 3 today alone.

Line some singles!!!

[GusGus11]

Alright cmon bats. Have to break the curse

We have lost every single time we get to 6 games above .500.

Break through!

[GusGus11]

Royce popped it up dang.

Vazquez did his usual. 

[IndyTwinsFan]

Vazquez -- BOOOO!

[SwainZag]

1 minute ago, GusGus11 said:

Royce popped it up dang.

Vazquez did his usual. Hes worthless just eat the dang money and get Carmargo up here.

Not a chance in hell they eat that money.

[IndyTwinsFan]

9 LOB in 5 innings means a complete lack of clutch hitting thus far.

AARGH!

[MABB1959]

What is Rocco’s obsession with Gallo?

[NotAboutWinning]

MAT!!!

[Vanimal46]

GREAT catch by MAT!

[MMMordabito]

That was five star, right there.

[MABB1959]

Anyone else think these games with Cleveland going to be the battle of Managers?  If so, who will come out on top?

[jkcarew]

Lopez with a ‘quality’ start. Was unfathomable after the first 4 innings.

[Vanimal46]

That was a vintage in his prime Torii Hunter diving catch. 

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, MABB1959 said:

Anyone else think these games with Cleveland going to be the battle of Managers?  If so, who will come out on top?

If so, my guess would be that Rocco loses by a landslide.

[GusGus11]

6 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

Not a chance in hell they eat that money.

Its simple logic.

Does it suck to admit youre wrong and eat some dough? Sure. You know whats worse?? Eating 20 mil and letting a guy objectively make your team worse.

We will have to do something. We are not gonna go Jeffers and Vazquez for two more years. Just have every single minor league catcher sit on freeze for 2 years of a guy who cant hit, catch or call a good game????

[Vanimal46]

Is no one saying the quiet part out loud yet? This is very likely Francona’s last season managing. 

[MABB1959]

2 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

If so, my guess would be that Rocco loses by a landslide.

Both manager’s have close to the same talent to work with 

[mrtwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

If so, my guess would be that Rocco loses by a landslide.

Double dose Landslide

[GusGus11]

If you ask Guardians fans they may say Rocco wins the manager battle

 

They are very disappointed in Tito. Think hes aged himself out of the game.

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, MABB1959 said:

Both manager’s have close to the same talent to work with 

Tanquery here,, And You  ??

[MABB1959]

5 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

That was a vintage in his prime Torii Hunter diving catch. 

Hoping to see Buxton come back to life in CF!  We could use some Puckett/Hunter magic out there!

[mrtwinsfan]

 Cleveland and Pagan,   Still have Nightmares  from last year

[SwainZag]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

 Cleveland and Pagan,   Still have Nightmares  from last year

Reminds me of Chevy Chase in Vegas vacation and that blackjack dealer.

[mrtwinsfan]

That was Ignorant by C.C.

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, GusGus11 said:

If you ask Guardians fans they may say Rocco wins the manager battle

 

They are very disappointed in Tito. Think hes aged himself out of the game.

His health probably plays a bigger role than we know.

[GusGus11]

Downside to the Royce DH games is we have Julien D who already shaky at 2B. Polanco at 3B is maybe just as shaky.

Jorge much better at 2B.

But I get it, Royce has to have some DH days to stay fresh. Its worth it.

[jkcarew]

10 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

Both manager’s have close to the same talent to work with 

Kinda close…But even when teams matchup evenly most games are decided by the players. Yesterday’s outcome wasn’t impacted by the managers…and Francona hasn’t ‘managed’ the Twins into 0-9 RiSP tonight.

If you ask me over a season…the answer is obvious…but over the next 5 (now 4 1/2) games, it’s unlikely to be an avalanche of difference in terms of outcomes.