Game Thread: Twins @ Royals, 3/31@1:10pm CT

[USAFChief]

nice.

[ashbury]

Funderburk, WTF.

[CRF]

Wow! This is just brutal...and it's only the 2nd inning!

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Yes, he certainly relieved himself on the mound,  A whole pile's worth.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We still got 7 innings to come back.

But i might do laundry, if it is okay.

[Aggies7]

That was atrocious. All around. 

[USAFChief]

If you look up "meltdown" in the dictionary, there's a play by play of this inning

[ashbury]

Skill and poise.  Both notable by their absence today.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We got Austin Martin.

We'll be fine.

[FilthyMogwai]

I saw all I needed to see of Bailey Ober in the playoffs. 

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

We still got 7 innings to come back.

But i might do laundry, if it is okay.

Go ahead, from one pile to another.

[UK Twin]

Ober has a low 90's fastball so when he has no command he's awful. Rocco had to pull him a lot earlier. Instead he let the 2nd inning balloon completely out of control. Awful management.

[Aggies7]

Just now, FilthyMogwai said:

I saw all I needed to see of Bailey Ober in the playoffs. 

Never have understood the excitement around him 

[RickOShea]

I guess once you lose your helmet, your legs don't work.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

If you look up "meltdown" in the dictionary, there's a play by play of this inning

My, you do have the most interesting dictionaries!

 What does it say under gullible?

[Piranyas]

U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi.  Baseball at its NOT finest. What was it that Bryce Harper said about Bailey during Spring Training?  https://www.si.com/mlb/twins/news/bryce-harper-praises-bailey-ober-good-luck-to-everyone-in-the-central Need to resurrect that BO.  

[sampleSizeOfOne]

(Which is merely a standard way of evaluating dictionaries, so i'm told)

[FilthyMogwai]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Never have understood the excitement around him 

Yep, he's obviously better than this but his stuff seems average to me.

[Aggies7]

You don’t hope to have success against this royals lineup as much as you just hope to survive 

[Aggies7]

Looking more like Blunderburk

[ashbury]

10 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

We got Austin Martin.

We'll be fine.

I think I'd rather still have Berrios in the game today than Martin, TYVM.

[cHawk]

I just turned my TV on.

What a cluster****.

[RickOShea]

Just now, cHawk said:

I just turned my TV on.

What a cluster****.

I knew this would happen.  with bremmer, we'd only be losing 8-0.

[USAFChief]

Again I say, the offense is performing at exactly the level Ober did.

[Jocko87]

27 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

 

Whelp. So much for baseball today! 

Was going to check in to say how annoying it is to be blacked out all of opening weekend but I'm good now.  Headed to the golf course with the radio.

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Again I say, the offense is performing at exactly the level Ober did.

It's unfair and the umpire really needs to step in and correct the obvious cheating.  KC put a major league pitcher on the mound.  Ringer.

[Jocko87]

18 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Never have understood the excitement around him 

Umm, 292 innings at a 3.63 ERA*  He's a good major league pitcher. 

(*entering today)

[MMMordabito]

Duarte's earning himself a nice long look.

[ashbury]

Welp, like others, I'm off to do more compelling things than watch this travesty.  We got a foot of snow last night and I'm now out of excuses for not dealing with it.

[Schmoeman5]

Martin is not ready for CF. Range is decent but the arm isn't.