Make it Official! Twins 10, White Sox 5: 10 Out of 10, No Notes

[gunnarthor]

Credit to Rocco, I didn't think this team had a 10 game win streak in them.

[ToddlerHarmon]

4 hours ago, jimbo92107 said:

A well-wrapped tube of dubious content, yet it inspired a troop of men to rally from the depths of a long losing streak, to an even longer winning streak. But was it really the sausage, my friend?

There are more ingredients in a summer sausage than are dreamt of in your philosophy

[USAFChief]

1 hour ago, IndianaTwin said:

Like the conference, may the Big Ten streak grow to *16. 

*18

[Shaitan]

Gonna be a fully rested bullpen for Friday.

[stringer bell]

Despite only stealing one base, Buxton's speed and defense was fun to watch until today. His hitting is seemingly always frustrating because of th high strikeout totals and long stretches of slumps, but overall he was playing pretty well and running very well.

Before we urge him to retire or rule him out for the season, maybe the medical people need to weigh in on the injury and how to get him back on the field.

[Dave Borton]

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However, Austin Martin being held out of Saints action Wednesday and Thursday would give an early indication.

Really, surely looked like Martin in LF when I was at the Saints game Wed nite. He misjudged a manageable slicing ball, which hit his glove and bounded into the corner down the line. Brutal play.

Gracious home scoring awarded a hit. And don't get me started on how lost Wallner looks at the plate...0'fer 5 with 3 Ks.

 

 

 

[Mike Sixel]

If Buxton goes on the injured list, I call up Martin and promote Rodriguez to AAA. Aggressive? Yes. But when they trust the young hitters, they perform. Bummer Wallner is so lost this year.

[wabene]

[UK Twin]

Buxton clearly hasn't been hampered by his knee until yesterday. He laid out and made a diving catch the other week and has been running the bases well. If he requires a stint on the IL so be it, just get him back in CF rather than playing DH.

Still, we've got options. Both Castro and Miranda are hitting well although Castro is nowhere near Buxton in terms of defense in CF. Miranda has 3B covered while Lewis is out (what a play he made yesterday BTW). 

Boston will be a good challenge for the offense - their starters have been excellent. Should be a good series.

[David HK]

Yesterday, I was reminiscing and 'missing' the Hawkster on the White Sox broadcast.  Today as I tuned in with their feed, I was perplexed, because I always enjoy Jason Benetti.  I didn't know, or forgot perhaps, that he walked away and went with the  Tigers this year!  (Apparently dissed by some faceless, feckless WSox 'executive.')

Steve Stone was spot on as usual, though!  He was making CALLS!

"Let's see if we can retire Willie Castro, who has been problematic..." BANG! Triple! 😂

Re:  White Sox park being hitter-friendly: "It's not great, because it yields a lot of home runs..." BANG! Kiriloff goes yard! 😂🤣😂

 

 

[Doctor Wu]

11 hours ago, RpR said:

Rodriguez is in AA and fielding stats are mediocre

That prompts this question: which outfielders in our minor league system have the best arms and/or fielding tools?

[Peter]

Huge statement road sweep!!! First time in twins history going 6-0!!! May will be tough starting with the big city teams in Boston and Seattle-if we go 4-3 I’ll be happy. Now that we are over .500 it’s very important to stay over .500 and take back division lead!!! Go Twins!!!

[CCHOF5yearstoolate]

1 hour ago, Doctor Wu said:

That prompts this question: which outfielders in our minor league system have the best arms and/or fielding tools?

DaShawn Keirsey is right there at AAA if they want to call up a good defensive CF. Just have to make room on the 40-man.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

12 hours ago, RpR said:

Rodriguez is in AA and fielding stats are mediocre; Wallner was 0-5 in his last game with 4 Ks, i.e. 44 percent K rate;  Larnach and Martin both have weak arms and are no where near as good as Kepler, so the Twins probably would be excited to do as you say.

Yep. 

[Linus]

So fun to see the Twins battling hard the entire game. Jeffers and Miranda are locked in. Miranda has looked more comfortable at third and has played his way back into the Twins future. 
Trevor P seems like a good dude but man can he hijack a broadcast. Thought I was at a frat party for a while. 

[stringer bell]

6 minutes ago, Linus said:

So fun to see the Twins battling hard the entire game. Jeffers and Miranda are locked in. Miranda has looked more comfortable at third and has played his way back into the Twins future. 
Trevor P seems like a good dude but man can he hijack a broadcast. Thought I was at a frat party for a while. 

Plouffe is a lot of fun on the broadcasts, but I'm glad he's not on for 50 or more telecasts. The Twins are on a 10-game winning streak, but he and LaTroy probably pointed out more mistakes than Morneau points out in a season. The 11:11 stuff with him and Kirilloff is great! 

[jmlease1]

13 hours ago, RpR said:

Rodriguez is in AA and fielding stats are mediocre; Wallner was 0-5 in his last game with 4 Ks, i.e. 44 percent K rate;  Larnach and Martin both have weak arms and are no where near as good as Kepler, so the Twins probably would be excited to do as you say.

Rodriguez has also been playing CF; those "mediocre" fielding stats play up better in the corners, which is where he's almost certain to play if and when he reaches MLB. I'm not exactly worried about his ability to play a corner OF position effectively, and neither are the Twins. Dude is crushing it at AA at age 21 and sure looks on target to get time in AAA this season.

Larnach probably won't be as good as Kepler has been because of Kepler's quality defense, but there's a real chance for him to be better on offense at least: he's 4 years younger, may have figured some things out at the plate, and Kepler's offensive production has rarely been strong. It's important to realize that in 9 full MLB seasons Kepler has only been an above average hitter in 3 of them. career OPS+ of 104. Larnach is sitting at 100 right now. He's a decent, if unspectacular, OF who has been mostly at DH as he recovers from turf toe. If the adjustments he's made at the plate are for real (and we won't know until we get at least another 100 ABs in him at the MLB level) then he's a quality corner OF.

The problem with Kepler is how much do you want to invest when you don't know which Max you're going to get? Good Max that hits .250+ with solid power, takes his walks, and stays reasonably healthy? Or Bad Max that hits .220 with limited power, a lot of weak groundballs to the right side, and maybe isn't so healthy?

[wabene]

1 hour ago, Linus said:

So fun to see the Twins battling hard the entire game. Jeffers and Miranda are locked in. Miranda has looked more comfortable at third and has played his way back into the Twins future. 
Trevor P seems like a good dude but man can he hijack a broadcast. Thought I was at a frat party for a while. 

 

1 hour ago, stringer bell said:

Plouffe is a lot of fun on the broadcasts, but I'm glad he's not on for 50 or more telecasts. The Twins are on a 10-game winning streak, but he and LaTroy probably pointed out more mistakes than Morneau points out in a season. The 11:11 stuff with him and Kirilloff is great! 

Frat party, that's funny. Plouffe full-time? Maybe not but to me it's better than Morneau. Cory has been great with all of them, bringing a more conversational style and helping Morneau loosen up a bit, so he deserves some credit. I just get so frustrated with Morneau droning on and on that I just can't take it. It is BORING. The worst thing that happens with last night's three headed monster is it gets a little distracting. I'll take that every time.

[MN_ExPat]

17 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

Ten Wins in a Row. 

Only goes to show that a baseball season can turn around on a dime.  

A dime

You get it

10 cents

10 wins

A dime

Where's my drummer

Thank you... I'll be here all week. 

I wasn't counting on you to come through with this one, but you cashed in at the opportune moment.  Huzzah good Sir! 

[USAFChief]

18 minutes ago, wabene said:

 

Frat party, that's funny. Plouffe full-time? Maybe not but to me it's better than Morneau. Cory has been great with all of them, bringing a more conversational style and helping Morneau loosen up a bit, so he deserves some credit. I just get so frustrated with Morneau droning on and on that I just can't take it. It is BORING. The worst thing that happens with last night's three headed monster is it gets a little distracting. I'll take that every time.

I'd prefer a third option. 

But the Plouffe/Hawkins team was awful, IYAM. I'd take Morneau over that every time.

All of which is a shame, because Provus is as fantastic on TV as he was on the radio. 

[USAFChief]

5 hours ago, David HK said:

Yesterday, I was reminiscing and 'missing' the Hawkster on the White Sox broadcast.  Today as I tuned in with their feed, I was perplexed, because I always enjoy Jason Benetti.  I didn't know, or forgot perhaps, that he walked away and went with the  Tigers this year!  (Apparently dissed by some faceless, feckless WSox 'executive.')

Steve Stone was spot on as usual, though!  He was making CALLS!

"Let's see if we can retire Willie Castro, who has been problematic..." BANG! Triple! 😂

Re:  White Sox park being hitter-friendly: "It's not great, because it yields a lot of home runs..." BANG! Kiriloff goes yard! 😂🤣😂

 

 

Can we somehow get Stone out of Chicago and on the Twins broadcast team?

[MN_ExPat]

16 hours ago, jimbo92107 said:

"Sausage streak." Must we?

A caution: The word "sausage" is loaded with potential witticisms, but few of them are fit for human consumption. The intellectual level of wordplay varies so drastically around here... Should we applaud for well-crafted mud, or reserve our plaudits for only the most sublime?

What am I saying? This is a baseball fan site. Have at it, naughty brethren! 'Tis but a sausage, after all. Have a whack at it! Our most cutting jibes will never make it droop. Years hence may we reminisce on this meat product, and wax philosophic.

Dear sausage (or was it beef?) I remember it, Horatio! A well-wrapped tube of dubious content, yet it inspired a troop of men to rally from the depths of a long losing streak, to an even longer winning streak. But was it really the sausage, my friend? Nay, of course not. Not a horse joke. Our destiny lies not in a sausage, but in hands of our trainers, coaches, and nutritionists. We salute not to you, but with you, old tube of meat. Surely it is in the swinging that this brave team has progressed. It was no sausage drove in those runs. It was a man who was ready to hit. The readiness is pretty good. 

[MN_ExPat]

15 hours ago, DocBauer said:

SURELY you must be a Monty Python connoisseur?

**golf clap. Or is that coconut banging?**

King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.

Guard: What? Ridden on a horse?

King Arthur: Yes!

Guard: You're using coconuts!

King Arthur: What?

Guard: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together!

King Arthur: So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercia, through...

Guard: Where'd you get the coconuts?

King Arthur: We found them.

Guard: Found them? In Mercia?! The coconut's tropical!

King Arthur: What do you mean?

Guard: Well, this is a temperate zone.

King Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

Guard: Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

King Arthur: Not at all. They could be carried.

Guard: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?

King Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!

Guard: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

King Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?

Guard: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?

King Arthur: Please!

Guard: Am I right?

King Arthur: I'm not interested!

[A second guard approaches the parapet]

Guard 2: It could be carried by an African swallow!

Guard 1: Oh yeah. An African swallow, maybe -- but not a European swallow, that's my point.

Guard 2: Oh yeah, I agree with that.

King Arthur: [exasperated] Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!

Guard 1: But, of course, African swallows are non-migratory.

Guard 2: Oh, yeah.

[Arthur begins to depart]

Guard 1: ...So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway.

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, MN_ExPat said:

King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.

Guard: What? Ridden on a horse?

King Arthur: Yes!

Guard: You're using coconuts!

King Arthur: What?

Guard: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together!

King Arthur: So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercia, through...

Guard: Where'd you get the coconuts?

King Arthur: We found them.

Guard: Found them? In Mercia?! The coconut's tropical!

King Arthur: What do you mean?

Guard: Well, this is a temperate zone.

King Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

Guard: Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

King Arthur: Not at all. They could be carried.

Guard: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?

King Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!

Guard: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

King Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?

Guard: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?

King Arthur: Please!

Guard: Am I right?

King Arthur: I'm not interested!

[A second guard approaches the parapet]

Guard 2: It could be carried by an African swallow!

Guard 1: Oh yeah. An African swallow, maybe -- but not a European swallow, that's my point.

Guard 2: Oh yeah, I agree with that.

King Arthur: [exasperated] Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!

Guard 1: But, of course, African swallows are non-migratory.

Guard 2: Oh, yeah.

[Arthur begins to depart]

Guard 1: ...So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway.

King Arthur : Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night, he can join us in our quest for the Holy Grail.

French Soldier : Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he will be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see.

[laloesch]

31 minutes ago, MN_ExPat said:

And it's all incredibly gross as Baldelli hinted and not fit for human contact.  Should that thing crack open (which will inevitably happen) the smell will clear out the dugout or clubhouse and the streak could be over.  A hazmat team will be required to come in and remove it. I have witnessed something similar.  A piece of pork in a plastic package dropped in a grocery store parking lot (whether by design or accident no-one knows) I worked at in high school.  It sat there for days cooking in the hot sun.  No one dared approach it.  Then one day a noble automobile operator came along and ran over it. All hell broke loose.  People scattered.  A no-go zone of at least a 100 feet materialized around it.  And we (the lowest of the low on the totem pole employees - shopping cart retrievers) were sent out by the store manager to pick it up and dispose of it.  It was rancid.

[jorgenswest]

10 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

If Buxton goes on the injured list, I call up Martin and promote Rodriguez to AAA. Aggressive? Yes. But when they trust the young hitters, they perform. Bummer Wallner is so lost this year.

I agree. I also believe Wallner will get untracked. His performance last year was real just as Miranda’s was in 2022. He will figure it out. 

[MN_ExPat]

3 minutes ago, laloesch said:

And it's all incredibly gross as Baldelli hinted and not fit for human contact.  Should that thing crack open (which will inevitably happen) the smell will clear the dugout or clubhouse and a hazmat team will be required to come in and remove it. I have witnessed something similar.  A piece of pork in a plastic package thrown out into a grocery store parking lot I worked at in high school.  It sat there for days cooking in the hot sun.  No one dared approach it.  Then one day a noble car driver came along and ran over it and all hell broke loose.  People scattered.  A no-go zone appeared around it of at least 100 feet.  And we were sent out by store management to pick it up and dispose of it.  It was rancid.

It is for the greater good...

[IndianaTwin]

12 hours ago, USAFChief said:

*18

Sorry -- I can't keep up with the changes!

[RpR]

10 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

If Buxton goes on the injured list, I call up Martin and promote Rodriguez to AAA. Aggressive? Yes. But when they trust the young hitters, they perform. Bummer Wallner is so lost this year.

Trust is a nice word when in reality, it is a crap-shoot;.

Last year I wondered why Stevenson was not called up and when they did, he was fast-a-foot, good in Center Field, but his fantastic AAA bat disappeared.

It is not trust, it is desperation, or lack of options; the Twins do not have any current AAA boys with Big Show experience this year, so it is a bigger gamble than last year.

[IndianaTwin]

13 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

That would be awesome but we are going to need more mascots. 

If you don't care about size, you can get these in bulk. Close enough to a mascot?