Game Thread: Twins (Gray) v Angels (Rosenberg), 9/23/23 @ 1:10 CT

[IndianaTwin]

25 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Angels radio is broadcasting remotely. Good grief, what a miserable team from owner, FO, on-field and back-office.

Trout has only played 82 games this year. With whom will he play next year? What a waste of 13 years.

Yeah, I heard that about the broadcast crew last night as well. That seems weak. 

[Azviking101]

Time for Bremer to retire. That was embarrassing. 97 mph exit velocity and he acted like that was a playoff walkoff HR. 

[CRF]

1 minute ago, Azviking101 said:

Time for Bremer to retire. That was embarrassing. 97 mph exit velocity and he acted like that was a playoff walkoff HR. 

He definitely thought it was in the seats. He's getting really bad at judging distance on fly balls to the outfield. 

[Azviking101]

3 minutes ago, CRF said:

He definitely thought it was in the seats. He's getting really bad at judging distance on fly balls to the outfield. 

I’ll maybe give him a little bit of a break cause it doesn’t seem like anyone is paying much attention today but it’s become such a common occurrence this year. The most excited I’ve heard him get this year is on fly outs 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

12 minutes ago, CRF said:

He definitely thought it was in the seats. He's getting really bad at judging distance on fly balls to the outfield. 

Yes, but the Bremergasm has its roots from decades ago.

[Dave Borton]

23 minutes ago, CRF said:

He definitely thought it was in the seats. He's getting really bad at judging distance on fly balls to the outfield. 

He is doing it remotely from his basement in St Michael.

[Dave Borton]

"Pagan is always accountable..." Kris Atteberry

Really? Kris forgets some of the quotes when Pagan was stinking it up.

[CRF]

Another very good performance by Sonny...and unless we can scratch across a run, he's gonna get saddled with the loss. He's been getting shafted all season with games like this. 

[rwilfong86]

Farmers defense has been great in Correa's absence

[PDX Twin]

3 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

Farmers defense has been great in Correa's absence

And Vazquez with a brilliant tag!

[Dave Borton]

16 minutes ago, CRF said:

Another very good performance by Sonny...and unless we can scratch across a run, he's gonna get saddled with the loss. He's been getting shafted all season with games like this. 

His agent has all the data to use as leverage in open market. W/L no longer carry that much freight. Ego? Yes.  $$. No.

[rwilfong86]

Nice play 

[Robert Floren]

Ok Twins, swing your mighty bats!

[IndianaTwin]

Facebook tells me that six years ago today, I was at a baseball game in Detroit. It was a game when Zach Granite became the 18th known player to hit a home run as a "nothing" positionally. He had entered the game as a pinch runner, the team batted around and he hit a homer. He then stayed in the game and played left.

In conversation with official scorer Stew Thornley, he said that the scorer has to make separate entries. He first was a pinch runner, then a "nothing," because he had yet played defense, and then a left fielder. He said that the box score typically just lists it as "Granite, pr-lf," but the underlying Game Day information will have it differently. 

His baseball-reference.com splits page lists it thusly, as "Other":

 

Additionally, the next day was Graterol's debut. No one was there, so tickets were cheap and I sat right behind the Twins dugout. I remember thinking, "Holy crap -- 100 mph is LOUD when it hits the glove." 

[CRF]

OUCH! Hope we don't lose another SS. 

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, rwilfong86 said:

Luplow needs to stay in the outfield

Or AAA.  Opinions  differ

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, mrtwinsfan said:

 

Again,  Sorry but that is Embarrassing and not Fair to Sonny

Sonny should be Cy Young.  He wont

[Parfigliano]

30 minutes ago, davidborton said:

His agent has all the data to use as leverage in open market. W/L no longer carry that much freight. Ego? Yes.  $$. No.

Mr Gray gonna get $$$ dump truck.  He proved that he's the alpha when he called Rocco out for pulling him early in multiple games.  Games ago. 

 

[IndianaTwin]

47 posts in the Game Thread. That's gotta be a low-end record.

Players weren't the only ones taking the day off after clinching!

EDIT: I guess this is 48. 

[wsnydes]

22 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

47 posts in the Game Thread. That's gotta be a low-end record.

Players weren't the only ones taking the day off after clinching!

EDIT: I guess this is 48. 

There's been some me pretty sparse game threads.  @Squirrelmight have an idea of what the all time low is.

[FlyingFinn]

2 hours ago, IndianaTwin said:

How about this -- the radio guys just said that Keuchel hits his 10 years of service mark today. That's a big deal. In addition to their commitment to depth that I referenced in my previous post, I think the FO is earning and has earned a reputation for treating players well and with dignity. I'm not saying that they entered into negotiations with Keuchel this summer with a commitment to getting him to that point, but I could very easily believe that they've been talking about it along the way, saying, "Dallas, winning the division and setting up for the playoffs has to be our priority, but if we can do that and get you to 10 years of service, we're going to try our best to do that."

Agreed and it also enhances the good relationship with Scott Boras. Can't hurt.

[Squirrel]

2 hours ago, wsnydes said:

There's been some me pretty sparse game threads.  @Squirrelmight have an idea of what the all time low is.

Not off the top of my head, but anyone can peruse the archive to research that themselves 🙂

[ashbury]

3 hours ago, Squirrel said:

Not off the top of my head, but anyone can peruse the archive to research that themselves 🙂

Took more effort than I expected - and it depends on some arbitrary choices - I  ruled out spring games and threads where the game got rained out and anything in 2012 when the site was just getting its legs under itself - but I found this one from 2021 with 16 posts which includes the OP:

 

[Squirrel]

50 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Took more effort than I expected - and it depends on some arbitrary choices - I  ruled out spring games and threads where the game got rained out and anything in 2012 when the site was just getting its legs under itself - but I found this one from 2021 with 16 posts which includes the OP:

 

That’s why I didn’t do it myself. I don’t like challenges like you do

🙂

Although, it is possible to sort the forums by number of replies, so that should get you there fairly easily

[insagt1]

typical game and result immediately following a clinching game. Twins went thru the motions all except their pitchers. Got that one out their system, against a VERY poor team. Now, go out there and play hard in the final week and get tuned up for the playoffs. While they could still get 2nd seed, I'm not convinced that would be in their best interests. A short 3 game (maybe 2) all at home might actually be better in the long run, for a team trying to break an 18 game post season losing streak.

[wsnydes]

8 hours ago, Squirrel said:

 

🙂it is possible to sort the forums by number of replies, so that should get you there fairly easily

Noooow ya tell him! 🤣