Twins (Woods Richardson) vs Guardians (McKenzie): 5/17/24, 6:10pm

[mrtwinsfan]

32 minutes ago, h2oface said:

VPN unfortunately doesn't work with Prime or MLBTV. Lots of discussion about it on reddit, too. I don't have AppleTV+ right now. Been using MLBTV in LA, but blacked out when they play the Dodgers or Angels. 

I hope the guy that posted so many times about how bad the Timberwolves would be watched the game. 45 point beatdown. Crazy. Too bad it wasn't a game 7.

I also use mlbtv was free with t-mobile and pay 1.99  month for vpn and works great in mn.  using a London server 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Twins better score before Clase comes in...

[h2oface]

Okert cannot pitch in a close game. But Baldelli thinks he can. And back to back days (even if it was only 6 pitches yesterday)? Is Baldelli sleeping in the dugout? Not in a game with a lead or pressure. No Okert. No Jackson. Try to win a game after a 3 game losing streak, maybe.

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Sutter50 said:

Coaching had NOTHING to do with it. Lack of command had everything to do with it

Yeah, guys don’t know which base to throw to, how many outs there are, how not to get picked off of first, and how not to call an infield pop up. But we’re well coached. Not to mention continuing to put a guy into a situations he’s consistently failed at all year.

 

[h2oface]

Just now, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Twins better score before Clase comes in...

maybe even get a second hit.

[TWTwinsFan]

Buxton is not in the blueprint, we need Lewis back ASAP!!!

[Sutter50]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Yeah, guys don’t know which base to throw to, how many outs there are, how not to get picked off of first, and how not to call an infield pop up. But we’re well coached. Not to mention continuing to put a guy into a situations he’s consistently failed at all year.

 

So Pete Maki coached him to throw that pitch?

[h2oface]

3 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

I also use mlbtv was free with t-mobile and pay 1.99  month for vpn and works great in mn.  using a London server 

Europe server. I will try that. 

[CRF]

One fricken hit ain't gonna cut it. Bad, just plain bad, and Okert needs to be DFA'd. 

[h2oface]

So who was called for a shift violation? I don't see it in game summary or box.

[h2oface]

3 minutes ago, Sutter50 said:

So Pete Maki coached him to throw that pitch?

I understand he was talking about something of a pattern and not a specific pitch. Seems pretty clear.

[BiggestRoccoFan]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Yeah, guys don’t know which base to throw to, how many outs there are, how not to get picked off of first, and how not to call an infield pop up. But we’re well coached. Not to mention continuing to put a guy into a situations he’s consistently failed at all year.

 

They are horribly managed and have been since Rocco has been here. These guys are coddled and not ready to play. Bp is optional. You have scored 1 run since Monday so bp should not be optional. Terrible bullpen moves game after game. You had a righty coming up and you still brought Okert in. SWR had what 80 pitches? Let him finish the inning.

[TWTwinsFan]

inconsistency hitting has been years, no plate discipline, hitters have to learn the strategy how to take pitches.

[Aggies7]

5 minutes ago, Sutter50 said:

So Pete Maki coached him to throw that pitch?

No? It was an in general comment. The guy shouldn’t even have been out there considering he’s now allowed 7 of 9 inherited runners to score.

But I’m not sure I’ve seen anything in many years to think that we’re well coached. This last week has been a marvelous example.

[Patzky]

6 minutes ago, TWTwinsFan said:

inconsistency hitting has been years, no plate discipline, hitters have to learn the strategy how to take pitches.

Take a pitch that's low and you get rung up. The strike zone is kinda flimsy tonight..

[Doctor Gast]

CLE is doing it with pitching & defense.

[h2oface]

Isn't Santana supposed to haunt his former team, like he did us when he played for Cleveland?

[Aggies7]

We’ve had 16 hits since Tuesday.

[CRF]

2 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Take a pitch that's low and you get rung up. The stroke zone is kinda flimsy tonight..

The Stroke Zone is what you'll get if you've watched the last four games. 

[h2oface]

9 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

No? It was an in general comment. The guy shouldn’t even have been out there considering he’s now allowed 7 of 9 inherited runners to score.

Damn. That's even worse than Thielbar's 7 of 10! I think the only fine outing I remember is when Okert was brought in with the bases loaded against the Red Sox and struck out Devers. Those must have been the only two runners in scoring position all year he didn't allow to score.

[Aggies7]

Now that was a nice job by Jax 

[TWTwinsFan]

I mean the simplest mindset, like when you have a threat on 1st, you don't swing at 1st pitch, in game strategy and player management have been terrible these years.

[h2oface]

Taking out Woods with 80 pitches, and bringing in Jax after Okert has given up the lead. Makes no sense. None at all. NO sense to even use Okert there. Jax is brought in no matter what side the batter bats from in the 9th. Baldelli Baldelli.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

A 2-1 loss would be a total gut punch.

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Taking out Woods with 80 pitches, and bringing in Jax after Okert has given up the lead. Makes no sense. None at all. 

I think the foul home run by Ramirez spooked him. Of course, it wouldn’t have happened had correa lined up properly

[h2oface]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

I think the foul home run by Ramirez spooked him. Of course, it wouldn’t have happened had correa lined up properly

Was Correa the one called for a shift violation? (No video today)

[Aggies7]

Just now, h2oface said:

Was Correa the one called for a shift violation?

Yes. After a review.

[mrtwinsfan]

thanx ump

[Aggies7]

Now the umpire screws us, just for good measure.

[mrtwinsfan]

21 minutes ago, TWTwinsFan said:

Buxton is not in the blueprint, we need Lewis back ASAP!!!

buck is back tomm