Twins (TBD) vs Tigers (Valdez): 6/10/26, 5:40 pm CDT

[C-Gangster]

Win Twins!

[LakesPibble]

The Twins gave an org my kiddo participates in free tix for Friday night's game.  They're in 301, which is kind of the least the team could do to give away tix.

Seat surfing!  As a good Christian Midwestern boy, I've never done it, so I need some advice.  How aggressive should we be?  Lower deck?  Will they ask you to leave the stadium if you are found in the wrong seats or just leave the seats?

Thanks in advance!

Oh btw, that exclamation point is a bit aggressive C.

[Dave Borton]

16 minutes ago, C-Gangster said:

Win Twins!

Hope the Twins just pound Valdez. Jack his ERA up to 5.0. Ever since that stunt he pulled, crossing up his catcher, have rooted against the gent.

[Dave Borton]

#8, Thou shalt not steal (grins).

Mild form of surfing. Section 319/320. No probability of getting snipped at; no ushers. Sections I sit in with Vets tickets. Commanding view of home plate/batter. Love the seat. 

Aggressive form. Surf to Pohlad's Suite. Very low probability of being occupied, judging by the product on the field.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
William Kempner	0	13	0	0	0	0	13
Tyler Zuber	0	16	5	0	0	15	36
Ryan Gusto	0	33	0	0	0	0	33
Pete Fairbanks	0	0	39	0	0	24	63
Michael Petersen	0	0	26	17	0	26	69
Lake Bachar	0	0	38	0	0	0	38
John King	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Calvin Faucher	0	0	36	0	0	12	48
Anthony Bender	0	0	22	24	0	11	57

 

[Mortimerkenny21]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
William Kempner	0	13	0	0	0	0	13
Tyler Zuber	0	16	5	0	0	15	36
Ryan Gusto	0	33	0	0	0	0	33
Pete Fairbanks	0	0	39	0	0	24	63
Michael Petersen	0	0	26	17	0	26	69
Lake Bachar	0	0	38	0	0	0	38
John King	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Calvin Faucher	0	0	36	0	0	12	48
Anthony Bender	0	0	22	24	0	11	57

 

Interesting, gosh I hardly recognize our bullpen anymore, new faces in and out. 😉

[Brock Beauchamp]

39 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Interesting, gosh I hardly recognize our bullpen anymore, new faces in and out. 😉

LOL, what on earth happened in that chart?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Okay, that was wild. I have NO IDEA what I copied there.

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Yoendrys Gómez	0	14	0	0	0	14
Travis Adams	16	0	0	0	0	16
Taylor Rogers	0	15	0	0	17	32
Mike Paredes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Lawrence	0	0	12	0	26	38
Eric Orze	0	17	0	0	23	40
Cody Laweryson	0	0	36	0	12	48
Anthony Banda	14	0	0	0	0	14
Andrew Morris	0	0	41	0	0	41

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Oh, hah, it was the Marlins bullpen.

[stringer bell]

I posted about ten days ago that I thought a death spiral was near. I'm seeing the same thing now. The starting pitching is struggling and no other component of the Twins team is major league average. The sorting-out process for the bullpen is happening. Right now, I wonder how much longer the Twins will keep Taylor Rogers. He fools 'em once in a while, but he doesn't have major league stuff anymore. It seems to me that Banda will outlast him and stay a Twin at least until the trade deadline.

There also is at least one too many utility players that can play shortstop. It would appear to me that from the standpoint of the major league team, the time is right to promote Kaelen Culpepper. Tristan Gray isn't really a shortstop, Ryan Kreidler has never hit as a major leaguer and Orlando Arcia is a thirty something guy who not longer profiles as a shortstop. One should go to make room for Culpepper.

I fully expect the offense to struggle again today and whoever ends up on the bump to start for the Twins will have to have a good start or bulk appearance. 

[jctwins]

2 hours ago, LakesPibble said:

The Twins gave an org my kiddo participates in free tix for Friday night's game.  They're in 301, which is kind of the least the team could do to give away tix.

Seat surfing!  As a good Christian Midwestern boy, I've never done it, so I need some advice.  How aggressive should we be?  Lower deck?  Will they ask you to leave the stadium if you are found in the wrong seats or just leave the seats?

Thanks in advance!

Oh btw, that exclamation point is a bit aggressive C.

You can rest easy knowing you are improving the camera shot for the owners by sitting in the lower bowl.

 

[Patzky]

4 hours ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Interesting, gosh I hardly recognize our bullpen anymore, new faces in and out. 😉

We might want to consider getting red uniforms, as our pitchers are as disposable as the security guys on Star Trek..

[Patzky]

SP Mick Abel is sent to a rehab assignment in St Paul, it is announced 

[amjgt]

3 hours ago, stringer bell said:

 

There also is at least one too many utility players that can play shortstop. It would appear to me that from the standpoint of the major league team, the time is right to promote Kaelen Culpepper. Tristan Gray isn't really a shortstop, Ryan Kreidler has never hit as a major leaguer and Orlando Arcia is a thirty something guy who not longer profiles as a shortstop. One should go to make room for Culpepper.

 

I think that up until this point I've been able to squint hard and see some reasons not to promote Culpepper, and I'm not saying he needs to be on the field tomorrow, but if he's not starting at SS for the Twins vs Cardinals on Friday night, then I'm going to be very miffed/confused.

[thelanges5]

MartinRF

BuxtonCF

Lee, B3B

Arcia, OrSS

BellDH

Lewis, R1B

Keaschall2B

KreidlerLF

Jackson, AC

[thelanges5]

45 minutes ago, Patzky said:

SP Mick Abel is sent to a rehab assignment in St Paul, it is announced 

Facing Verlander 

[Parfigliano]

6 hours ago, LakesPibble said:

The Twins gave an org my kiddo participates in free tix for Friday night's game.  They're in 301, which is kind of the least the team could do to give away tix.

Seat surfing!  As a good Christian Midwestern boy, I've never done it, so I need some advice.  How aggressive should we be?  Lower deck?  Will they ask you to leave the stadium if you are found in the wrong seats or just leave the seats?

Thanks in advance!

Oh btw, that exclamation point is a bit aggressive C.

Tiks are electronic.  Malfunction on their tik scanner.  

[Parfigliano]

55 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Facing Verlander 

 

 

[The Great Hambino]

6 hours ago, LakesPibble said:

The Twins gave an org my kiddo participates in free tix for Friday night's game.  They're in 301, which is kind of the least the team could do to give away tix.

Seat surfing!  As a good Christian Midwestern boy, I've never done it, so I need some advice.  How aggressive should we be?  Lower deck?  Will they ask you to leave the stadium if you are found in the wrong seats or just leave the seats?

Thanks in advance!

Oh btw, that exclamation point is a bit aggressive C.

No one's gonna bother you, but if they do, just act confused or like your ticket app isn't working.  Unless you're on the playing surface when you do it, you won't face any consequences

Pleading ignorance can get you far in life

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, Patzky said:

We might want to consider getting red uniforms, as our pitchers are as disposable as the security guys on Star Trek..

Nerd card punched.

[Parfigliano]

5 hours ago, stringer bell said:

I posted about ten days ago that I thought a death spiral was near. I'm seeing the same thing now. The starting pitching is struggling and no other component of the Twins team is major league average. The sorting-out process for the bullpen is happening. Right now, I wonder how much longer the Twins will keep Taylor Rogers. He fools 'em once in a while, but he doesn't have major league stuff anymore. It seems to me that Banda will outlast him and stay a Twin at least until the trade deadline.

There also is at least one too many utility players that can play shortstop. It would appear to me that from the standpoint of the major league team, the time is right to promote Kaelen Culpepper. Tristan Gray isn't really a shortstop, Ryan Kreidler has never hit as a major leaguer and Orlando Arcia is a thirty something guy who not longer profiles as a shortstop. One should go to make room for Culpepper.

I fully expect the offense to struggle again today and whoever ends up on the bump to start for the Twins will have to have a good start or bulk appearance. 

Death sprial began the day the "Bomba Squad" mentality took over.

 

[Western SD Fan]

I may end up watching the Saints game.  It looks like it will be a better pitching matchup at least.

[amjgt]

I’m kinda of confused about the need for the Abel rehab assignment in this case. 

The argument typically, after such a long time on the IL is that he won’t be able to go deep in the game. Let him ramp up in AAA. Makes sense. 

Except, in this case, instead of Abel making his short start, we’re getting a bullpen game. Likely even shorter of a start than Abel would be able to give us. 

I’m scratching my head on this one

[Mortimerkenny21]

6 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Oh, hah, it was the Marlins bullpen.

I was wondering which team it was.

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

I was wondering which team it was.

I was super-confused because I have decent working knowledge of all DiamondCentric teams... except the Marlins.

[Blyleven2011]

6 hours ago, stringer bell said:

I posted about ten days ago that I thought a death spiral was near. 

I thought the death spiral was the beginning of the season but they performed better than I expected until 1 game out of 500 , now they are plummeting towards the cellar  ...

[Patzky]

2 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

MartinRF

BuxtonCF

Lee, B3B

Arcia, OrSS

BellDH

Lewis, R1B

Keaschall2B

KreidlerLF

Jackson, AC

It seems weather will again be an impact, but not for a few hours. Perhaps an official game can be gotten by our Bullpen All Stars.

[Patzky]

51 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Nerd card punched.

I wear that proudly 😁

[Blyleven2011]

7 hours ago, Dave Borton said:

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I have a t-shirt that says this ...

Love it ..

[MN Brian]

7 hours ago, LakesPibble said:

Seat surfing!  As a good Christian Midwestern boy, I've never done it, so I need some advice.  How aggressive should we be?  Lower deck?  Will they ask you to leave the stadium if you are found in the wrong seats or just leave the seats?

I have the stadium access tickets (no seats) and have been to a dozen games.  I have explored all around the stadium and am almost always sitting.  I usually check out 2-3 different spots during a game.  I have never been asked to show my ticket.  As noted by others, some sections have no ushers (mostly upper decks).  The lower sections generally do, but they typically allow you to walk right past.  Or you can wait for them to go to the bottom of a stairs in between innings and follow them down.  I believe the dugout sections and the club seats always verify tickets so I haven't gone to those sections.

Lower deck left field, down the first base line in 104/103/102, and directly behind home plate have all worked well.  I do make sure to sit in areas that are not populated (easy to do this year!) and generally I wait until after the first inning.

All that said I have seen people challenged for tickets.  Usually when a large young group of fans move into a premium section.  But really I think it is likely usher specific.  Most likely want nothing to do with challenging fans about tickets.  Maybe some do =)