Game Thread: Twins (Ober) v Rockies (Sutter), 10/1 @ 2:10pm CT

[stringer bell]

Castro with his third bunt hit this month. Put that in your scouting report, Blue Jays.

[RpR]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Castro with his third bunt hit this month. Put that in your scouting report, Blue Jays.

Castro can teach rookies/newbies how to bunt next year.

 

With all the talk of the air in Colorado affecting pitching and hitting, does the dry air in Arizone have a similar effect.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

15 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

That game has already been canceled by MLB.

Oh, good to know. There might still be seeding implications, but I don’t think any of the teams involved would really complain if it’s cancelled.

So is it an official game then? 

[Nine of twelve]

8 minutes ago, RpR said:

Castro can teach rookies/newbies how to bunt next year.

 

With all the talk of the air in Colorado affecting pitching and hitting, does the dry air in Arizone have a similar effect.

No. Phoenix is at about 1100 feet elevation as opposed to 5300. Plus, dry air is more dense than humid air.

[Nine of twelve]

4 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Oh, good to know. There might still be seeding implications, but I don’t think any of the teams involved would really complain if it’s cancelled.

So is it an official game then? 

No. It's canceled. The seeding will be set by straight winning percentage.

[BH67]

Ozuna gets 306 for the Braves in the bottom of the 3rd. Still up by one.

[stringer bell]

Just now, BH67 said:

Ozuna gets 306 for the Braves in the bottom of the 3rd. Still up by one.

I don't like the Cubs' chance to hold them homerless for five innings.

[Parfigliano]

28 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

That game has already been canceled by MLB.

Somewhere someone is really Pd-off as it's outcome was the final piece of there 5 team parlay.

[Azviking101]

I continue to see everyone say the twins will get shafted on a start time and get the earliest start and I continue to be hopeful.

Marlins at Phillies will get the prime time start which will be the third game. 
other than that it’s 

HOU at TB

AZ at MIL

TOR at MN

There are about 5 Tampa fans and who the hell cares about AZ and MIL?

Toronto Minnesota combined have more fans than Milwaukee and Arizona. 
Also they won’t give an east coast team the latest start which means that Tampa has to be one of the first two games since Philly is likely locked into that third game. 

[Nine of twelve]

Rays 10, Jays 3.

Stros 6, Snakes 0.

Mariners 1, Rangers 0.

If these scores hold up we get the Jays. If Texas turns the score around we get Houston.

[stringer bell]

5 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Rays 10, Jays 3.

Stros 6, Snakes 0.

Mariners 1, Rangers 0.

If these scores hold up we get the Jays. If Texas turns the score around we get Houston.

Are you sure? A Toronto loss would give them 89 wins while Texas and Houston would have 90. The only way the Twins get the Astros is if Toronto ties them in wins. 

[lecroy24fan]

Looks like the site is back up so let's keep talking shall we?

 

HOU won, TOR and TEX lost so TOR it is on Tuesday.

[lecroy24fan]

ATL has 1 HR today (#306), but just blew the lead (thanks Michael Tonkin) in the top of the 9th so they'll get at least one more inning to tie the Twins HR record of 307.

[GusGus11]

Not sure how Stevenson hit any homers in AAA

He slaps at everything

[ib uk]

1 minute ago, GusGus11 said:

Not sure how Stevenson hit any homers in AAA

He slaps at everything

If you put a million monkeys in a room with a million baseball bats and fire a million balls at them, one of them will hit a homer. You don't want to know what will be happening with the other 999,999.

[GusGus11]

Luplow cant possibly be rostered int he post season

He is really, really bad.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

only fitting it ends like this

[lecroy24fan]

6 minutes ago, lecroy24fan said:

ATL has 1 HR today (#306), but just blew the lead (thanks Michael Tonkin) in the top of the 9th so they'll get at least one more inning to tie the Twins HR record of 307.

Well I jinxed that one. Ozuna with his 2nd of the day. Damnit.

[CRF]

I know it doesn't mean anything...but that ending was just stupid. See everyone on Tues! 

[Guest]

Wow I know that game was meaningless but zero effort, literally handed the win to the rockies at the end there. Hope that isn't a sign of things to come.

[whosafraidofluigirussolo]

10 minutes ago, MinnesotaSportsDepressesU said:

Wow I know that game was meaningless but zero effort, literally handed the win to the rockies at the end there. Hope that isn't a sign of things to come.

They'd rather get off the field, get on the plane, and get everyone home to rest for workouts tomorrow and a playoff series in 2 days. It looks weird to put a position player in to pitch in a tie game, but in this context it makes sense.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

guessing they get the noon game. Miami at Philly is a nice primetime matchup.

[Craig Arko]

I guess Luplow shouldn’t pitch in the playoffs.

[Squirrel]

25 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

 

 

1 minute ago, Sutter50 said:

 

Quit bickering. 

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, ib uk said:

If you put a million monkeys in a room with a million baseball bats and fire a million balls at them, one of them will hit a homer. You don't want to know what will be happening with the other 999,999.

More then 1 dead monkey?

[Twodogs]

58 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

I guess Luplow shouldn’t pitch in the playoffs.

I didn't know you could pitch a position player unless you were like down by 7 or something??  I thought there were some rules made about that?  

[Craig Arko]

3 minutes ago, Twodogs said:

I didn't know you could pitch a position player unless you were like down by 7 or something??  I thought there were some rules made about that?  

Like sands through the hourglass, such are the rules of MLB.

[Twodogs]

30 minutes ago, Twodogs said:

I didn't know you could pitch a position player unless you were like down by 7 or something??  I thought there were some rules made about that?  

Yeah I thought a rule was made recently that a position player had to be declared a pitcher by pitching a certain amount of innings or the game had to be out of hand one or the other, not a 2 - 2 game?  Am I wrong about that? Or was it changed again?

[Schmoeman5]

21 hours ago, RpR said:

It would be sweet if Kepler could finish the season with a Batting Average .260 or higher.

Small ball so far today; I wonder if this is Luplow's last chance to show if he stays during post season.

Yeah. Like getting picked off at 1st. Only youngsters/rookies make those mistakes. NOT