Royals (Ragans) vs Twins (Woods Richardson): 5/28/24, 6:40pm

[BH67]

Angel Hernandez has announced his immediate retirement from umpiring MLB games.

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, BH67 said:

Angel Hernandez has announced his immediate retirement from umpiring MLB games.

And all MLB players are rejoicing 

[USAFChief]

Margot away, please.

[Dave The Dastardly]

1 hour ago, Doctor Gast said:

Margot leading-off really grinds me the wrong way. That's not the way we want to start the game or batter we want the most AB. Especially when we're playing a team ahead of us.

The Twins prefer to keep an ace in the hole at St. Paul and a deuce in the mlb line-up. It's a psychological ploy.

[RpR]

This game has a good line-up, the only thing missing is Max Kepler!

[CRF]

23 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

And all MLB players are rejoicing 

All baseball fans too.

[USAFChief]

26 minutes ago, BH67 said:

Angel Hernandez has announced his immediate retirement from umpiring MLB games.

Gotta believe there was some encouragement from MLB.

 

[Schmoeman5]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Gotta believe there was some encouragement from MLB.

 

I was reading about some paperwork was being finalized. I'll see if I can find it. 

[Shaitan]

People Against Goodness And Normalcy?

Oh, whoops. Guess it's Ragans. 

Edited May 28, 2024 by Shaitan

[SwainZag]

19 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

The Twins prefer to keep an ace in the hole at St. Paul and a deuce in the mlb line-up. It's a psychological ploy.

Who's this ace in the hole? 

[karcherd]

6 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Gotta believe there was some encouragement from MLB.

 

I read today that he was negotiating with MLB and this is the conclusion they reached.  He hadn't umpired since May 9th.

[Patzky]

4 hours ago, MMMordabito said:

We got ourselves a Rag(an)s to Rich(ardson)es storyline going here?

Rags are nice but..

[Schmoeman5]

3 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

Who's this ace in the hole? 

My guess is Lewis. Even though he isn't ready yet according to the folks who know

[Parfigliano]

11 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Gotta believe there was some encouragement from MLB.

 

They reached a settlement.  Lawyer speak for paid him to go away.

[Aggies7]

I really did think it was snowing at the game. East coaster like me hasn’t seen this cottonwood stuff 

[CRF]

The cottonwood from the cf camera angle is just amazing. It looks like it's hailing like crazy. 

[Shaitan]

2 minutes ago, CRF said:

It looks like it's hailing like crazy. 

That was yesterday.

[Shaitan]

I'm surprised every single time Buck draws a walk.

[Doctor Gast]

Great job Miranda! you're not going down

[sampleSizeOfOne]

39 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

The Twins prefer to keep an ace in the hole at St. Paul and a deuce in the mlb line-up. It's a psychological ploy.

Headology?

[SwainZag]

Runs in the 1st inning

 

[Shaitan]

Miranda then Buxton then Castro?

I predict a couple of 4 pitch innings today.

It's working so far, though.

[Patzky]

Barely crooked! Good!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Runs.

Not complaining.

[Patzky]

57 minutes ago, BH67 said:

Angel Hernandez has announced his immediate retirement from umpiring MLB games.

I think the Twins got one of his last plate appearances and it wasn't horrible. We have Roberto Ortiz and Phil Cuzzi for that.

[Tlaker]

1 hour ago, BH67 said:

Angel Hernandez has announced his immediate retirement from umpiring MLB games.

He and Cowboy Joe West are sitting around having beers and laughing at MLB….. “can you believe the money we stole from these guys”!?

[stringer bell]

Woods Richardson doesn't miss that many bats, but when he's throwing strikes, he's effective. 

[USAFChief]

Man, I can't think of too many places worse than the nose to take a foul tip.

Come to think of it, one. I can think of one.

[stringer bell]

It would make sense to pitch around Witt, but it's like giving him a double and putting two in scoring position.

[USAFChief]

Pretty key sequence there. Runner on 2nd, Garcia and Witt Jr due up. Gets out of it with a ground ball and a K of Witt Jr. Huge.