Twins (Ryan) vs Phillies (Nola): 9/26/25, 5:45pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Final series of the 2025 season.

[jctwins]

Do the Phillies have anything left to play for? I would like to have seen a beatdown by the Phillies, but I suspect this is just their version of Rocco getaway day lineups to coast into the playoffs.

[shortround81]

Question of the Game:

Pulling out the big guns for the last series of the season.

Who would win in a fight? TC or the Phanatic?

[RpR]

Kepler after .300+ hitting streak is below the Mendoza line for the past 7 games.

I hope he plays every game to see how he does against the Twins.

[The Great Hambino]

19 minutes ago, shortround81 said:

Question of the Game:

Pulling out the big guns for the last series of the season.

Who would win in a fight? TC or the Phanatic?

There's no dealing with the Phanatic's low center of gravity and general machismo.  A better question is how many TC Bears would it take to take down the Phanatic - I think at least 3.  TC Bear is a gentle bear.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

4 minutes ago, The Great Hambino said:

There's no dealing with the Phanatic's low center of gravity and general machismo.  A better question is how many TC Bears would it take to take down the Phanatic - I think at least 3.  TC Bear is a gentle bear.

No way! TC would totally go feral on the Phanatic. The real question is scoop up the Phanatic bits out of TC’s poop, or mop up the puddle with a bucket

[Vanimal46]

Since there is a good chance this is Joe Ryan’s final start in a Twins uniform I’ll tune in for a bit tonight. 

[whosafraidofluigirussolo]

1 hour ago, jctwins said:

Do the Phillies have anything left to play for? I would like to have seen a beatdown by the Phillies, but I suspect this is just their version of Rocco getaway day lineups to coast into the playoffs.

If the Phillies swept the Twins and the Brewers got swept by the Reds, Philadelphia would move past Milwaukee for the first seed in the NL and home-field advantage throughout the NL bracket. That combination of sweeps doesn't seem especially likely, and the small gain in home field from 2nd to 1st seed may not be worth going all-out for.

Winning the Rangers series felt good at the end of this ugly season. I would like to see the Twins win some games in Philly too. It's crazy how Nola has struggled after being so consistent for years, but this kind of seems like the most winnable game of the series.

[The Great Hambino]

10 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

No way! TC would totally go feral on the Phanatic. The real question is scoop up the Phanatic bits out of TC’s poop, or mop up the puddle with a bucket

I dunno, TC Bear is pretty docile - more of an indica bear than a cocaine bear

[shortround81]

26 minutes ago, The Great Hambino said:

There's no dealing with the Phanatic's low center of gravity and general machismo.  A better question is how many TC Bears would it take to take down the Phanatic - I think at least 3.  TC Bear is a gentle bear.

I thought this was going to turn into a toxic masculinity debate. Who would you rather come across in the woods? TC or the Phanatic 

[ziggy]

17 minutes ago, shortround81 said:

I thought this was going to turn into a toxic masculinity debate. Who would you rather come across in the woods? TC or the Phanatic 

Can I substitute the Hamms Bear instead of TC?

If so I like the bear with a 24 pack of ice cold beverages.

[Dave Borton]

11 minutes ago, ziggy said:

Can I substitute the Hamms Bear instead of TC?

If so I like the bear with a 24 pack of ice cold beverages.

With the Hamm's recipe of 50 years ago, not today's swill,

[Dave Borton]

Lots of scouts/eyes on Ryan this eve. Bet he shines.

[mnfireman]

2 hours ago, jctwins said:

Do the Phillies have anything left to play for? 

Roster health for the play-offs. As stated earlier, 1 loss this weekend by Philadelphia or 1 win by Milwaukee and Milwaukee clinches the #1 seed. The Dodgers can not overtake either team for the #2 seed.

[The Great Hambino]

4 hours ago, jctwins said:

Do the Phillies have anything left to play for? I would like to have seen a beatdown by the Phillies, but I suspect this is just their version of Rocco getaway day lineups to coast into the playoffs.

The top-2 seed they're locked into means a week off before the divisional round.  There's enough of a built-in risk of rust that I don't think they'll want to extend even further by backing off too much this series

[Parfigliano]

3 hours ago, shortround81 said:

Question of the Game:

Pulling out the big guns for the last series of the season.

Who would win in a fight? TC or the Phanatic?

Couple shots to the nose and that Phanatic is history.

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, The Great Hambino said:

I dunno, TC Bear is pretty docile - more of an indica bear than a cocaine bear

Me too.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

4 hours ago, shortround81 said:

Question of the Game:

Pulling out the big guns for the last series of the season.

Who would win in a fight? TC or the Phanatic?

No.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 hours ago, jctwins said:

Do the Phillies have anything left to play for? I would like to have seen a beatdown by the Phillies, but I suspect this is just their version of Rocco getaway day lineups to coast into the playoffs.

Nothing left to play for...

Isn't that the way games should be played.

 

Ya know, being a game and all.

 

I still hope we win.

[Vanimal46]

Hey! The website is back! Joe Ryan has looked pretty good per usual. 

[S Bart]

10 hours ago, shortround81 said:

Question of the Game:

Pulling out the big guns for the last series of the season.

Who would win in a fight? TC or the Phanatic?

I have seen the Phanatic at a game.....TC the carebear would lose. 

[S Bart]

Able...7.36 era...wow

[S Bart]

You know it is a pretty sad season when the question and answers center on the mascots...probably why the website crashed 

[T.O.]

I can only access this website from one of my devices. It's probably still down for many.
Or it could just be nobody wants to post.

[tony&rodney]

Ryan pitched wonderfully. He was impressive.

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Hey! The website is back! Joe Ryan has looked pretty good per usual. 

Finally working for me too

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, S Bart said:

Able...7.36 era...wow

Seems it should be higher

[David HK]

13 hours ago, jctwins said:

Do the Phillies have anything left to play for? I would like to have seen a beatdown by the Phillies, but I suspect this is just their version of Rocco getaway day lineups to coast into the playoffs.

They do- battling the Brewers for #1 overall seed.  

[tony&rodney]

14 hours ago, jctwins said:

Do the Phillies have anything left to play for? I would like to have seen a beatdown by the Phillies, but I suspect this is just their version of Rocco getaway day lineups to coast into the playoffs.

Actually the Phillies used all of their players and played hard. No let up at all from the Phillies.

[Patzky]

8 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

Finally working for me too

I had it up on an old phone that I couldn't log into my account on! The silence was deafening. Glad it's everyone.. said Falvey in the deadline.

 

Larnach and Jeffers are so useless when Clemens is on third with no outs

..twice this week!