Braves (Sale) vs Twins (Festa): 8/28/24, 6:40pm

[Aggies7]

4 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Young. Strong. Has to get stretched out sometime. Steady progression. Ozuna was one to be careful with, too. It's Showtime. Baby players in the minors. Become a MLB player in the Show. Or not. One more batter...... we will never know......

That last part hit deep man

[Tlaker]

Just now, Tlaker said:

Hi J!

Good luck….. it won’t get better for a long time…. but one day at a time 

[OvertheHill]

Tonkin seems to have ok numbers. Why doesn’t he stick? 

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, AceWrigley said:

So, if Mike Tonkin has a baby son and he pees on the floor, does that make it lake mini tonkin?

Booooooo! Boo that man.

[Aggies7]

I can’t believe Michael Tonkin is pitching in the 8th inning in a game that matters on August 28. State of affairs

[gregens]

3 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

I’m here because misery loves company.

One positive thing about being a life long Twins fan is we never have to work hard to find negative things to complain about.

[Tlaker]

13 minutes ago, $tryf4Life said:

This team looks out classed anytime they play a playoff bound team to the point they are starting to convince me they are not playoff bound. 

Well the record for the year against teams above.500 would suggest so

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

So, if Mike Tonkin has a baby son and he pees on the floor, does that make it lake mini tonkin?

And if he buys him a Volkswagen for his 16th birthday, is that the Golf of Tonkin?

[AceWrigley]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Booooooo! Boo that man.

get in line.

[Tlaker]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

I can’t believe Michael Tonkin is pitching in the 8th inning in a game that matters on August 28. State of affairs

Tell me again who he is, and why he’s here 

[exeoud]

Duran postgame quote from last night:

“I’m a pitcher, and sometimes you can have a day like that. It’s not like every day you throw good, you know? Mariano Rivera is one of the best closers in the game. He had one bad year. Why can’t I have one?”

Comes off terribly. Just about the opposite of what you should say.

[AceWrigley]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

And if he buys him a Volkswagen for his 16th birthday, is that the Golf of Tonkin?

See what the Twins are doing to us?

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, exeoud said:

Duran postgame quote from last night:

“I’m a pitcher, and sometimes you can have a day like that. It’s not like every day you throw good, you know? Mariano Rivera is one of the best closers in the game. He had one bad year. Why can’t I have one?”

Comes off terribly. Just about the opposite of what you should say.

This team is it's manager. No fight. 

[Tlaker]

Red Sox be comin’……..

[Aggies7]

4 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

Tell me again who he is, and why he’s here 

Where’s that Mark Hamburger guy the twins used to have pitch in the minors? Should see what he’s up to

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, AceWrigley said:

See what the Twins are doing to us?

Aggies has always been like that. 

[OvertheHill]

Are Tonkin replica jerseys available yet? 

[Aggies7]

4 minutes ago, exeoud said:

Duran postgame quote from last night:

“I’m a pitcher, and sometimes you can have a day like that. It’s not like every day you throw good, you know? Mariano Rivera is one of the best closers in the game. He had one bad year. Why can’t I have one?”

Comes off terribly. Just about the opposite of what you should say.

He shoulda told em: I don’t do slumps, fool

[gregens]

1 minute ago, exeoud said:

Duran postgame quote from last night:

“I’m a pitcher, and sometimes you can have a day like that. It’s not like every day you throw good, you know? Mariano Rivera is one of the best closers in the game. He had one bad year. Why can’t I have one?”

Comes off terribly. Just about the opposite of what you should say.

Wow, comparing yourself to Mariano Rivera at this stage of his career is obnoxiously arrogant.

[Tlaker]

4 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

This team is it's manager. No fight. 

Absolutely!!! Player’s manager because he doesn’t chew butts that need to be chewed! But this generation of players don’t respond to that…… and this is what you get. Players take two weeks off for a sore knee….

[Irishman]

Bullpen is killing us all year.   Bullpen sucks!   I’m very tired of this stinking bullpen.   Very disappointing!    
 

[h2oface]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

They don't even stretch them out in the minors.

I mean I'm all for it. But then train them to do it. Don't ask them to do what they've never asked before, NOW

 

Mathews is even a worse case. He hasn't thrown 90 pitches in a game in his entire professional career.

How do they expect him to do it in the big leagues?

Exactly. But these are professional baseball players. Kershaw was coming back from an injury. Tender. Old. Brittle. And he hadn't pitched as many innings is his rehab. And he stretched out more in the Show. Sure, a vet. He has stretched out before. But more innings/pitches is a progression, 

I generally might agree with you, but in this case, this is the time to get at least one more batter. Lots of pitchers have a rough battling inning, and can find it the next, and late in his outing. It really doesn't make a lot of sense to me, to think that a young person can't pitch a few more pitches like the old guys. Steady progression, no matter when it is. It is still the same game and mound.

 

[Aggies7]

Let’s not start manufacturing Duran venom now. The guy is about 253rd on the list of current issues

[jkcarew]

2 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

Are Tonkin replica jerseys available yet? 

Think of the honor for such a journeyman to be a part, however brief, of the Best Bullpen in Baseball.

[tony&rodney]

Plenty of disappointment with the bullpen but the bats are pretty putrid when it counts. Kansas City has some problems with their outfield, although it is getting better, but their entire infield and catching is better and their outfielders catch everything. Maybe the Twins are outplaying their talent for the season.

Oh well, great job by Festa tonight.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

Exactly. But these are professional baseball players. Kershaw was coming back from an injury. Tender. Old. Brittle. And he hadn't pitched as many innings is his rehab. And he stretched out more in the Show. Sure, a vet. He has stretched out before. But more innings/pitches is a progression, 

I generally might agree with you, but in this case, this is the time to get at least one more batter. Lots of pitchers have a rough battling inning, and can find it the next, and late in his outing. It really doesn't make a lot of sense to me, to think that a young person can't pitch a few more pitches like the old guys. Steady progression, no matter when it is. It is still the same game and mound.

 

Giving him the 6th was ALREADY progression. Quite a bit.

We're trying to win baseball games. 

[mrtwinsfan]

19 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Wallner doesn't seem to enjoy batting in the eight spot

 and Lewis,  should be 9th  ,  Mental Reset,  Total B.S. TO SAY THAT

[h2oface]

1 minute ago, jkcarew said:

Think of the honor for such a journeyman to be a part, however brief, of the Best Bullpen in Baseball.

That should be on the jersey. too. For all the players in the pen. And one for Nick and all the articles .........

[I Miss The Lakes]

27 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Is that Delmon Young in leftfield?

We are playing position players at every position that are not very good defensively right now. Except Santana. But hey.... they are versatile. Just the way the FO likes it.

Incredibly versatile, they can be very subpar at soooo many different positions!

[Aggies7]

The strikeouts have exploded lately