Game Thread: Twins (Ober) @ Guardians (Allen); 5/18 @ 5:10pm CT

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, wabene said:

Yeah I watch on delay all the time. I don't enjoy watching live when you can't FF the commercials. Takes too long

Wow

[TWTwinsFan]

there will be no better under this front office and Rocco, fundamentals they use have shown us they can't go further in playoffs

[Aggies7]

Poor guy has thrown 40 pitches this inning 

[Hubie29]

Can you believe the fight in this club!??!  Could have easily given up down 11 in the 9th.

[Patzky]

21 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

Castro bringing that 50 mph heat. 

I knew it. He was warming up in the bullpen at Target Field when the ball got away into the stands..

[Patzky]

2 minutes ago, Hubie29 said:

Can you believe the fight in this club!??!  Could have easily given up down 11 in the 9th.

All I got is they did the same against the Dodgers and came back to win the next day.

[Schmoeman5]

I don't understand pulling Correa in an embarrassing loss. I mean why not Buxton too. 1st game back off the IL. If your throwing in the towel to prevent a possible injury. OK I get it. Why not protect the guy you need in CF who is the most injury prone player on the team too? What message are you sending to the rest of the team? Explain it to me like I'm a 6 year old please. 

[thelanges5]

Hard to get too mad at the bullpen when the lineup is putting up at bats like this. 

[Irishman]

Twins are solid joke right now.  

[wabene]

53 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Wow

I don't understand, am I weird? Pretty easy to avoid any info you don't want to receive, lol. Free yourself, the time of day is just someone's number 😀

[Aggies7]

41 minutes ago, wabene said:

I don't understand, am I weird? Pretty easy to avoid any info you don't want to receive, lol. Free yourself, the time of day is just someone's number 😀

lol no I would just need to check the score. I understand watching later without the commercials. But I couldn’t wait to see the result without looking first 

[knothole61]

32 minutes ago, wabene said:

I don't understand, am I weird? Pretty easy to avoid any info you don't want to receive, lol. Free yourself, the time of day is just someone's number 😀

Wabene, I often watch the games late and also love the fast forward option. Sometimes spoilers intrude, and things such as the length of the game can be a "tell" at times, but in general it's cool. And on nights such as this (cold team, on the road against the Division leader, with an unproven starting pitcher, backed by a AAA calibre lineup) I start reading the TD game thread to see if there's any reason to load the game itself--by page #3 tonight I had my answer! So, from the perspective of a fellow traveler, I believe that you are not so weird. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 hours ago, USAFChief said:

ha ha ha HA ha

ha ha ha HA ha

hahahahahahahahahahaha

 

Woody was originally voiced by prolific voice actor Mel Blanc, who was succeeded in the shorts by Danny Webb, Kent Rogers, Dick Nelson, Ben Hardaway, and, finally, Grace Stafford (wife of Walter Lantz). -wikipedia article

 

Whadya know! Mel did do the voice, albeit probably an earlier incarnation than is pictured?

 

Learn something new occasionally. And i'm sorry to be so surprised that Chief was right.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 hours ago, IndianaTwin said:

I don’t think they should put the white flag on waivers. They may need to have it available for waving on another day. 

I don't think it is much of a risk. Who would claim it?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 hours ago, USAFChief said:

The uh...Minnesota Women's Professional Hockey League team came back from a 2-0 deficit to win their playoff series and advance to the league championship finals.

 

So don't tell me Minnesota teams are cursed!! 

And the Lynx had a few championships a decade ago.

[BiggestRoccoFan]

7 hours ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

The front office is equally responsible.  Rocco can only play the players the front office has provided him.  You could say that injuries have been a significant contributing factor, which is true, but we're also so utterly lacking in major league-caliber depth throughout the organization that it's resulting in the kind of garbage play we've seen for all but a 12 game stretch this season. 

Stop defending Rocco please and open your eyes. Does this team look prepared to play? Is BP and infield optional and has been since Rocco took over. Are these the most coddled players in the league? The Twins play with no flair or personality just like their manager. 

[Peter]

Ugly game!!! And yes radio guys are right about umpires 🤮💩it’s time mlb gets rid of them and go AI/robotic-they suck!!! Let’s get start week off with a win and beat Washington (sweep) win series against Texas!!! We need to support our twins win or lose!!! I’m not giving up on them and neither should you!!! They need our support!!! Go Twins!!!