Game Thread: Twins (Ober) v A's (Blackburn), 9/26/23 @ 6:40 CT

[wsnydes]

Brooks Robinson passed away today.

 

 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Cinci, and Cleveland are having a home run derby.

[mrtwinsfan]

Like  for Seattle to win the next 2 against Houston ,   and that they have to go into the weekend using Verlander and Valdez in order to even make it, , Houston seems to be better on the Road , Seattle and Texas not as much. be even better if all of them Toronto- Texas - Seattle -Houston  are unable to set up the Games 1-2  Starters,  Something to keep a eye on anyway, gonna be a wild  ride to see who we Get,     Welcome back Paddock and Brock   were gonna need em both ,And now with Varland also   Mr Jax and his 10 Losses should now be no where near the  8th and 9th , Go Twins

[Dave Borton]

Those of you who have MLB radio, try some of the A's broadcast. Ken Korach is one of my faves. Not sure who is doing color tonight. I don't recognize his voice.

Right now they are singing the praises of Target Field.

[mrtwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Those of you who have MLB radio, try some of the A's broadcast. Ken Korach is one of my faves. Not sure who is doing color tonight. I don't recognize his voice.

Right now they are singing the praises of Target Field.

Right now they are singing the praises of Target Field.,    Compared to the Dump,   in Oakland ,  Yes Sir

[MMMordabito]

Solano absolutely can't be at 3rd in the playoffs. The arm just isn't there.

[Dave Borton]

1 hour ago, Craig Arko said:

There seems to be room for both sense and non-sense in a life.

My last VP.

[Dave Borton]

Audacy needs to quit using interns to queue up commercials. Numerous times, on a variety of team broadcasts, 2 outs and here comes the commercial. Just happened on A's cast.

[stringer bell]

3 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

Solano absolutely can't be at 3rd in the playoffs. The arm just isn't there.

Willi and Farmer should be available in the postseason, for sure. Not so sure on Lewis, but Solano won't be seeing third base.

[Dave Borton]

5 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Right now they are singing the praises of Target Field.,    Compared to the Dump,   in Oakland ,  Yes Sir

Actually contrasting with the Dome.

 

[mrtwinsfan]

6 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

Solano absolutely can't be at 3rd in the playoffs. The arm just isn't there.

Castro has the Rocket arm at 3b

[mrtwinsfan]

We all seemed to be so concerned with the Pitching,  But the one constant All year, has been  the Twins are the Worst in Baseball  with Striking Out,  Sure hope that can be Turned around and also maybe alot more Small balldelli might be needed.,  

[Dave Borton]

4 minutes ago, Bigfork Twins Guy said:

My all-time favorite 3rd baseman.  He was a wizard there and crushed Twins fans with great plays.  I recall he always wore a batting helmet with a short visor.  Had no idea why.

He said that he felt the bill impeded his vision of the pitcher.

 

 

[stringer bell]

The way guys are swinging right now, I think Wallner should be hitting before Kirilloff. 

[Vanimal46]

That may be the longest HR I’ve seen at Target Field. Wow! Wallner sent it to the moon

[MMMordabito]

Morneau called that in a very Morneau way.

[mrtwinsfan]

Wow   Mr, Wallner

[stringer bell]

2 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

The way guys are swinging right now, I think Wallner should be hitting before Kirilloff. 

I do want to point out that I posted the above before the grand salami.

[IndianaTwin]

Wallner: "Watch out, Royce. I'm coming after you."

[wsnydes]

Wallner should eat more Wheaties.  That ball barely made it out...

[IndianaTwin]

33 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Those of you who have MLB radio, try some of the A's broadcast. Ken Korach is one of my faves. Not sure who is doing color tonight. I don't recognize his voice.

Right now they are singing the praises of Target Field.

I'll be there by the 4th, if not before. 

[stringer bell]

If Ober is the fifth starter (by a lot), then the Twins have a pretty great rotation. 

[GusGus11]

A brutal 5 game stretch had people questioning if Wallner would even make the playoff roster

 

He might start games vs lefties even...

[Unwinder]

I'm at the game and was arguing with someone about my seat when Wallner hit that salami, totally missed it

[SteveLV]

MLB has it at 463 feet. I think they are guessing. Mammoth shot to Right Center all the way beyond the seating area.

[Jocko87]

2 hours ago, CRF said:

Looking forward to seeing Stewart back in the pen. Hopefully he's close to, or at 100%, and is ready to eat a few innings when he's needed. No ill will towards Floro, but I won't miss him. He might clear anyway and end up with the Saints next season. 

No reason why Floro won't clear or not accept the assignment.  He'll sit in imaginary AAA just in case.

[RpR]

The longest at Target Field was 496 by Sano, but with the new way they measure it is still pretty much by guess and by gosh.

[stringer bell]

Pretty quick turn to get Ruiz on a GDP.

[Linus]

That turn by Polo was a thing of beauty. There is so much that goes into a good double play combo. Little things like letting the ball come to you with both hands together (the ball travels faster than your hands). Julien frequently reaches his glove out to full extension to grab the ball and then has to bring them together which is way slower. 

[Jocko87]

6 minutes ago, Unwinder said:

I'm at the game and was arguing with someone about my seat when Wallner hit that salami, totally missed it

I watched the home run on replay myself.  By the looks of it there are approximately 27,437 available seats. 

Pray tell, what in the world would there be to argue about?