Twins Vs Reds 9/20/2023 Playing right now!

[SwainZag]

5 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Crap crowd for a team in playoff hunt

12:30 PM game time on a Wednesday.  Outside of an actual playoff game, I don't think many teams are drawing big crowds.

[GusGus11]

4 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

When Greene is on he looks like a true ace.  His problems are when control rears that ugly head.  Walks and HR tend to be a problem for him.  

There is the homer

Hung the slider bad. Probably shoulda kept to pumping heat.

[Schmoeman5]

Willi says. OK enough of that.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Castro!!!!

[CRF]

Greene has 14k's in 7 innings. Normally I'd say that's pretty impressive, but then he's pitching against us, so that tempers it quite a bit. I'd love to see Cincy pull him though. 

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, SwainZag said:

12:30 PM game time on a Wednesday.  Outside of an actual playoff game, I don't think many teams are drawing big crowds.

They weren't big crowds for Monday and Tuesday either. 

[Muppet]

Seriously using this game as playoff tryouts with throwing Winder in on a close one like this. 

[Parfigliano]

How that "TR" not caught

[wavedog]

No one wanted to try to catch that one.

[CRF]

What the hell were Kep and MAT doing out there on that one? That was easily catchable. 

[GusGus11]

Taylor with the outfield blunders today

The throw to 3rd was insanely bad decision making

Literally could have caught that ball. And if not going to catch it made no attempt to play the bounce.

[GusGus11]

Huh??

How is that a HBP??

The idioit bunted at the ball haha. Thats a swing.

[Schmoeman5]

You got it? No! You got it.

[wavedog]

That ain't a Hit by Pitch 

[cmoss84]

KC up 3-0 early on Giolito...

[RpR]

Twins got screwed on that one.

[Parfigliano]

Lost an out and they score.

[wavedog]

Quite the inning so far - a ball that should have been caught and a questionable overturn,   

[IaBeanCounter]

 

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Lost an out and they score.

What did they rule?  Foul, hitting the batter and then caught by Solano?

[Winston Smith]

The ball hit the bat then his hand.

[mrtwinsfan]

Dead ball  foul ball ??   that never went foul ??

[RpR]

Dead ball strike.

[2wins87]

This is a painful announcing discussion.

The ruling was a swinging strike and dead ball once it hit his hand. I feel like Bremer should understand the rule.

I don't know if there are any rules about where the batter can hold the bat but the hbp strike is something they should know.

[Road trip]

While Hawk and Dick can't seem to wrap their brain around the concept, the call reversal was correct based on the rule book.  We are all focused on the fact that the Twins got an out from the (non) play.

But the correct call is a strike.  He offered at the pitch (which makes it a strike), and then got hit on the fingers.  The play was dead at that point.

We may not like the rule, or like the outcome, but it is correct based on the rule book.

If he had bunted more successfully to score the runner, I suspect our bench would have reviewed the replay and may have asked for a review/reversal, hoping to change it to a strike.

[RpR]

On the tirple, one fielder should have gone for the ball and the other backed up if it bounced off of the wall.

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

On the tirple, one fielder should have gone for the ball and the other backed up if it bounced off of the wall.

2 veteran gold glovers. Communication perhaps?

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

2 veteran gold glovers. Communication perhaps?

Yup,  looked like they were staring at each other   Catchable  ?

[GusGus11]

That was a bizarre inning

It worked for Vazquez and Solano(kinda) but no lefty pinch hitters for them

But then we use Wallner as a damn 2 out pinch runner?!?! Julien even with the leg issue plays every day and isnt exactly slow

Dont you want Wallners power available down 1 for Farmer or Stevenson?!?! 

[Road trip]

Glad to get one run back, but another missed opportunity to add more.  Bats are just not quite there today.  One more inning...

[Road trip]

1 minute ago, GusGus11 said:

That was a bizarre inning

It worked for Vazquez and Solano(kinda) but no lefty pinch hitters for them

But then we use Wallner as a damn 2 out pinch runner?!?! Julien even with the leg issue plays every day and isnt exactly slow

Dont you want Wallners power available down 1 for Farmer or Stevenson?!?! 

I'd blame Rocco....  but of course he isn't on the bench today.

Yes, I'd like to see Wallner hit in the 9th rather than any of the scheduled hitters.