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

[yeahyabetcha]

4 minutes ago, Irishman said:

Agreed.    FO, scouting department, Baldelli and coaching staff needs to be replaced.

I haven’t made it to an actual game yet, but I am guessing the concession workers could be improved upon as well.

[Alex]

6 minutes ago, h2oface said:

One pitch hit 100 today. That is it. One 100mph even.

Their all-star closer, used as a closer, not a set up guy, did his job. Our not all-star closer not used as a closer gave up a game winning homer on an 86 mph curve, and lost the game. The umpire didn't hit the homer, and I disdain poor umpires.

Baldelli is losing it. totally. And our bats are back to begging for walks instead of protecting the plate with tow strikes. We all know you can't count on the umpires to get it right. You have to protect the plate until there is ABS.

The pitches they took were balls, and they weren't even that close.   If you expect hitters to protect the plate on those pitches, then you're advocating for hitters to pretty much swing at everything with two strikes.     

[Irishman]

6 minutes ago, Goofé Dean said:

He didn’t? The first THREE pitches to Ramirez in the ninth were strikes—two in the zone and third a whiff. That’s been an out since, what, 1870? But the umpire kept Ramirez at the plate.

No incompetent umpiring, no HR.

Looks like umpires wanting to end the game early and go back to hotel.......

[DJL44]

I get to watch one game a month and Apple decides no, you'd really rather watch the Rays play the Jays for two straight innings. You can break into a "perfect game" with 2 outs in the 9th, not in the 7th.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Anyway, it was fun checking in here occasionally.

 

Thanks for the company.

[DJL44]

3 hours ago, mrtwinsfan said:

v.p.n. needed 

Amazon knows my exact street address. How would a VPN fool them?

[OvertheHill]

Super frustrated about the bogus ball/strike stuff, but this team just doesn’t have “it”. That little run against less-than-the best was fun, but just too many empty AB’s and questionable in-game decisions. Plus this team mostly never looks “sharp” in the field. There’s just always something, like there is with every other mediocre team. Middle of the pack team in a still weak division. It is what it is. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Guardians find a way to win games this year. Twins, not as much.

Which team has the rookie manager?

[Aggies7]

9 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Guardians find a way to win games this year. Twins, not as much.

Which team has the rookie manager?

Twins are 12-23 against Cleveland since 2022

[Goofé Dean]

10 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Guardians find a way to win games this year.

Watching the home plate umpire brutally blow FOUR huge-leverage calls in your favor in the eighth and ninth is not "finding a way to win."

[Goofé Dean]

The Umpire Scorecard for this game is going to be a sight to see tomorrow.

And it'll understate the impact of the late-inning calls, because it won't take into account that Ramirez's home run doesn't happen if not for the two blown strike calls that opened his at-bat.

[Jocko87]

1 hour ago, DJL44 said:

Amazon knows my exact street address. How would a VPN fool them?

They allow you to travel, at least for now.

[Danchat]

2 hours ago, Alex said:

Don't know if are watching but he had three strikes to Ramirez but the count was 2-1.   This game could legit be 3-2 Twins if not for some bad calls.

 

I saw the zones, yup. The ump did a horrid job - and while I am one not to lean on the whole "they lost the game because of the ump", today is an exception. The Castro and Correa strikeouts alongside those missed calls were brutal.

[cheeseheadgophfan]

I wonder if Rocco said anything in the post-game interview????

[Peter]

Umpires won game last night for Cleveland not Cleveland. Mlb has to get rid of umpires and go AI/robotic. Rocco or even willi should’ve decked home plate umpire for bad calls that he wanted Cleveland to win. This is must win today as well must win series. 

[mrtwinsfan]

13 hours ago, DJL44 said:

Amazon knows my exact street address. How would a VPN fool them?

a vpn changes your device to whatever area you want, depending on the site you use they all have alot of different servers, to fool your Router as to where it is,  nothing to do with  Amazon at all, , do a vpn search on amazon and do some thinking on whats best for you, 

[Patzky]

14 hours ago, Goofé Dean said:

Watching the home plate umpire brutally blow FOUR huge-leverage calls in your favor in the eighth and ninth is not "finding a way to win."

I thought of Marmol blowing up after finally getting a call reversed. He's on the hot seat so everyone laughed at him but the Cardinals were victimized over and over by the umps before that point. Eventually enough is enough.

[h2oface]

15 hours ago, DJL44 said:

Amazon knows my exact street address. How would a VPN fool them?

Because you could be watching in an allowed location no matter where you live. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

10 hours ago, Peter said:

Umpires won game last night for Cleveland not Cleveland. Mlb has to get rid of umpires and go AI/robotic. Rocco or even willi should’ve decked home plate umpire for bad calls that he wanted Cleveland to win. This is must win today as well must win series. 

You know how NHL breaks out the results of the game by over time a shoot out and such? I don't suppose anyone has time and energy enough to break out effects of questionable calls?

[h2oface]

On 5/17/2024 at 7:02 PM, Alex said:

The pitches they took were balls, and they weren't even that close.   If you expect hitters to protect the plate on those pitches, then you're advocating for hitters to pretty much swing at everything with two strikes.     

Close enough to be mistaken for a strike. Some batters hit homers on those pitches...... BECAUSE AT LEAST THEY SWING THE BAT!!!!!!!!!

[h2oface]

On 5/17/2024 at 6:56 PM, Goofé Dean said:

He didn’t? The first THREE pitches to Ramirez in the ninth were strikes—two in the zone and third a whiff. That’s been an out since, what, 1870? But the umpire kept Ramirez at the plate.

No incompetent umpiring, no HR.

Exactly. You can't leave close pitches in umpires hands as long as they are allowed to call it and make mistakes. The batters know this. And since, what 1870, umpires have been making millions of wrong calls.

[Alex]

On 5/21/2024 at 12:56 AM, h2oface said:

Close enough to be mistaken for a strike. Some batters hit homers on those pitches...... BECAUSE AT LEAST THEY SWING THE BAT!!!!!!!!!

Again, if you called those pitches close enough to swing at, you won't often be seeing a hitter take a pitch with 2 strikes.