Game Thread 9-6-23 @ 12:10pm CT: Twins @ Guardians

[IndianaTwin]

18 minutes ago, Original_JB said:

Ever seen "The Lobster"?

Nope. 

[MMMordabito]

Congrats, Willi!  First to 30 SB since Ben Revere, I believe.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, MMMordabito said:

Congrats, Willi!  First to 30 SB since Ben Revere, I believe.

And it's cashed in for a run.

[Road trip]

Piranhas?  In 2023?

 

[IndianaTwin]

8 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

Congrats, Willi!  First to 30 SB since Ben Revere, I believe.

Phooey. I should have relied on TD. I just spent several minutes trudging back through baseball-reference for this tidbit. The year was 2012, and Revere had 40. 

EDIT to add: And they also had Alexi Casilla and Darin Mastroianni at 21 each. Yeah, they lost 96. 

[USAFChief]

6 minutes ago, Road trip said:

Piranhas?  In 2023?

 

 

Good one!

[PDX Twin]

Good play by Lewis, but also a good play by Julien on the batter before given that he has hardly played first base,

[USAFChief]

Nice play Royce, good inning Louie.

Now "In play, run(s)" please

[MMMordabito]

[Parfigliano]

Carlos fails to cash the DP opportunity

[PDX Twin]

Anybody else surprised to see Wallner bat here?

[Parfigliano]

Not a strike.  Again.

[MMMordabito]

2 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Anybody else surprised to see Wallner bat here?

Moore is the only lefty left and he threw 22 pitches yesterday.  Maybe Rocco is playing the long game.

[GusGus11]

Umpiring is ruining the game. Its that simple.

[Road trip]

As an MLB tv subscriber I was sent a survey a week ago.  There were a variety of multiple choice questions, what do you like, what do you not like, etc.  I got one chance to write in my own answer to "How could we improve the game in 2024"?  My answer:  "Robo umps."  

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, GusGus11 said:

Umpiring is ruining the game. Its that simple.

Your obsession with that stupid little box on TV is ruining the game for you.

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

56 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Who is Tad? And why are we talking about his bits?

A person who bites TMI.

 

I think.

[tony&rodney]

Lack of concentration by the umpire on those poor missed strike three calls to Kepler and Wallner. Neither was within an acceptable error range if you saw the pitches.

[GusGus11]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Your obsession with that stupid little box on TV is ruining the game for you.

 

No blatant balls being called strikes ruins the game.

Thatll show up on the ump scorecard tomorrow.

[USAFChief]

6 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Anybody else surprised to see Wallner bat here?

Mildly, and glad Rocco resisted the urge to get played.

[USAFChief]

Just now, GusGus11 said:

 

Thatll show up on the ump scorecard tomorrow.

LOL.

That ump scorecard is lieterally two college kids doing it on their free time. It's as worthless as the stupid little box on TV.

 

[GusGus11]

Just now, USAFChief said:

LOL.

That ump scorecard is lieterally two college kids doing it on their free time. It's as worthless as the stupid little box on TV.

 

So for the record, you are saying the calls to Kepler and Wallner were good calls?

 

[USAFChief]

Just now, GusGus11 said:

So for the record, you are saying the calls to Kepler and Wallner were good calls?

 

I didn't see the pitch to Kepler.

The K of Wallner might have been low. Hard to say, the box on TV doesn't represent the strike zone.

Who gives a ****? It's meaningless. Watch the game, not the umps. Who, by the way, are really, really good. Easily the best of all the major pro sports. By a large margin.

Do you REALLY think robo umps are going to make the game better?

[Road trip]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Your obsession with that stupid little box on TV is ruining the game for you.

 

Nobody needed a box on the TV to see that was a ball.

I can easily forgive missing a ball/strike call on the outside corner.  Those are difficult to call for the best umpires... probably impossible with the human eye.

To miss a pitch that is not only low, but also several inches inside?  That's incompetent.  You can't miss the inside corner as an umpire.   Vlad Guerrero would have let that pitch go without swinging.

[GusGus11]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

I didn't see the pitch to Kepler.

The K of Wallner might have been low. Hard to say, the box on TV doesn't represent the strike zone.

Who gives a ****? It's meaningless. Watch the game, not the umps. Who, by the way, are really, really good. Easily the best of all the major pro sports. By a large margin.

Do you REALLY think robo umps are going to make the game better?

Ok so commenting when you didnt see thanks.

[IndianaTwin]

One of the advantages of listening on radio over watching on TV is that my shorts don't get wound quite as tightly over calls, whether balls/strikes or otherwise.

[USAFChief]

Hahaha Jeffers slide was worse than his decision to take off.

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

One of the advantages of listening on radio over watching on TV is that my shorts don't get wound quite as tight over calls, whether balls/strikes or otherwise.

I also don't have to see how badly Jeffers gets thrown out stealing a base, which I assume was by about a mile.

[Dave Borton]

9 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

LOL.

That ump scorecard is lieterally two college kids doing it on their free time. It's as worthless as the stupid little box on TV.

 

Agreed. When was the last time MLB eased out an ump?

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, GusGus11 said:

Ok so commenting when you didnt see thanks.

For the record, then I'll drop it...I didn't comment on or bring up Kepler's AB. 

You did.