Minnesota Twins: Twins (Abel) vs Rays (Matz): 4/4/26, 6:10 pm CDT

[Vanimal46]

9 minutes ago, RpR said:

Why?

It was 32 then and it is 34 now, I might get so warm I would have to take my vest off.

I was outside this morning too and just now walking my dog. Much worse now even with a 2 degree increase 

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Blyleven2011 said:

And the way zebby has been pitching with tge saints , zebby isn't going to be Abel's replacement  ...

Klein? Ride out Abel .. what's Dallas Keuchel doing these days?

[Patzky]

Guess they will have to push Abel for 100 pitches tonight.. 

[RpR]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

I was outside this morning too and just now walking my dog. Much worse now even with a 2 degree increase 

A wind is blowing here, now; THAT, would make it more nasty.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

4 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

It's early but it sure seems like umpires are missing more pitches than last year. One wonders whether they are pushing the challenge system and then calling their own zone. On the other hand, the umpires are cold too. These things get cleared up once the weather becomes reasonable.

Interesting. The radio announcers are convinced this is ture but I am not so sure.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Somewhat surprised Mick got through 4.

[Hrbowski]

18 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

There's something about Brooks Lee that is very unlikeable.

I don't get the Brooks Lee hate

[Patzky]

Just now, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Interesting. The radio announcers are convinced this is ture but I am not so sure.

I think they're taking challenges personally. 

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

A wind is blowing here, now; THAT, would make it more nasty.

Yeah, no s***. That’s why it’s worse than this morning 

[RpR]

Can players wear a glove, not fielding glove, other than when batting.

Having sleeting snow landing on their bare hands, would be discomforting.

[Patzky]

Just now, Hrbowski said:

I don't get the Brooks Lee hate

Everyone likes Bailey Ober. They should. 

[Aggies7]

Twins should go back to playing 2 weeks on the west coast before playing home 😉 

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, RpR said:

Can players wear glove, not fielding glove, other than when batting.

Having sleeting snow landing on their bare hands, would be discomforting.

oven mits are allowed- so why not

[Western SD Fan]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Interesting. The radio announcers are convinced this is ture but I am not so sure.

The announcers keep quoting the stats from the minors last year.  We will see as the year goes on.  Even many of the misses have been less than 1" off, which I believe is allowed when the umpires are being graded on their strike zone.

[thelanges5]

Twins face 2 more lefties next week with Detroit. Skubal and Valdez 

[RpR]

Not that the Twins are headed that way, but has a major league team, ever fielded , during a game, an entire team at or below the Mendoza line?

[Vanimal46]

Rogers in top 5. Gonna be a long bullpen day 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

3 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

The announcers keep quoting the stats from the minors last year.  We will see as the year goes on.  Even many of the misses have been less than 1" off, which I believe is allowed when the umpires are being graded on their strike zone.

Glad to hear the close ones are not used against the umpires. Those challenges on hairline misses are not in the spirit of the game.. but I always lose that argument to the letter of the law people, so.... 🙂

[amjgt]

35 minutes ago, BrokenCompass said:

Boy this Outman should be out, man. 

Awful player, washed up and washed out. DFA. 

I’m not super interested in defending Outman, but spotting him against a lefty (Because of the Buxton injury) isn’t setting him up for any possible success. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

at least the Twins are controlling the running game /s

[amjgt]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Glad to hear the close ones are not used against the umpires. Those challenges on hairline misses are not in the spirit of the game.. but I always lose that argument to the letter of the law people, so.... 🙂

My crazy prognostication is that MLB will shrink the strike zone vertically this coming offseason. 
This will sort of accomplish what you’re talking about. 

[Patzky]

The bullpen is leaking.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

This is getting ugly...

[RpR]

Thatis why Wallners are is not feared.

[mrtwinsfan]

Contact and  Speed ,  amazing  what it does

[RpR]

Bell imitating Santana and France!

[Vanimal46]

4 minutes ago, Patzky said:

The bullpen is leaking.

I’ve got a feeling next Friday’s free episode of Gleeman and the Geek will have a vastly different opinion about the bullpen 

[Western SD Fan]

This may not be what the fans want to hear.  If the game gets anymore out of hand, you can burn Kent or Funderburk to save the rest of the bullpen.  Kent still does have one option left.

[Over The Hill Again]

“Wheels” Lee was still out by 5 feet 

[Vanimal46]

Absolutely no chance any of our “1B” would have scooped that throw Aranda just did for Tampa.