Twins (Bradley) vs Cubs (Boyd): 7/18/26, 1:20 pm CDT

[thelanges5]

🚽 and move on. 

[amjgt]

Bell playing it conservative was fine. PCA wasn’t THAT far away from catching it.

But then trying to score was the real head scratcher.

He also should’ve tried a little harder to get in a run down so that Lee could get back to 1st base.

[mrmpls]

2 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

They had announced that Caratini had almost passed Bell on the basepaths.  This is on Bell.

Who  should of been ran for  -   Shelton  f---ked it up  by leaving bell in       Shelton !!!!!  no excuse 

[hitterscount]

3 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

They had announced that Caratini had almost passed Bell on the basepaths.  This is on Bell.

💯, should have been between 2nd and 3rd and able to walk in once the ball hit the ground.

[Vanimal46]

Can’t exactly wrap my head around what happened in the 9th inning. Wowza 

[wesnewy]

Move on from this blunder and win the rubber match tomorrow. lets go boys

[Twindy]

When Bell got on I was surprised they didn’t send a runner in then, but I figured well. They’re gonna wait and see if he gets to second, and then he did that and the rest is history.

[Saxophone Joe]

Why is Twins.TV not showing the replay?! 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, amjgt said:

Bell playing it conservative was fine. PCA wasn’t THAT far away from catching it.

But then trying to score was the real head scratcher.

He also should’ve tried a little harder to get in a run down so that Lee could get back to 1st base.

He’s got to score though once it lands and gets kicked away. They were never going to try and get him at home. 

[mrmpls]

1 minute ago, amjgt said:

Bell playing it conservative was fine. PCA wasn’t THAT far away from catching it.

But then trying to score was the real head scratcher.

He also should’ve tried a little harder to get in a run down so that Lee could get back to 1st base.

Bell playing it conservative was fine. -   Jackson should of been put in when Bell was on 1st .   Derek Shelton  you didnt help it !

[Aggies7]

Just now, Saxophone Joe said:

Why is Twins,TV not showing the replay?! 

It violates FCC policy on airing indecent material 

[wesnewy]

Just now, Saxophone Joe said:

Why is Twins.TV not showing the replay?! 

they did a couple of times, probs have to wait for postgame show to see it again now

[mrmpls]

3 minutes ago, amjgt said:

Bell playing it conservative was fine. PCA wasn’t THAT far away from catching it.

But then trying to score was the real head scratcher.

He also should’ve tried a little harder to get in a run down so that Lee could get back to 1st base.

[hitterscount]

8 minutes ago, amjgt said:

He definitely gets a big slice of blame, but Brooks gets some too. 
 

The worst part is none of their runs mattered, which is why I’m assuming Bell played it super conservatively 

If Bell scores Caratini is at 3rd and Lee on second… takes the DP out of the equation which they would happily give up a run for the 2 outs.

[mrmpls]

3 minutes ago, Twindy said:

When Bell got on I was surprised they didn’t send a runner in then, but I figured well. They’re gonna wait and see if he gets to second, and then he did that and the rest is history.

 

When Bell got on I was surprised they didn’t send a runner in then,  Ballgame

[mrmpls]

pleez ask ,  why is Jackson here ?   if not there ?  then why

[Parfigliano]

9 minutes ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Denard - that is not a “tough break.”🤮

It is if you're on a small island in Cuba.

[Twindy]

Just now, mrmpls said:

pleez ask ,  why is Jackson here ?   if not there ?  then why

To keep from losing him to another team if they release him. It’s not now when they need him. It’s when they probably trade Jeffers.

[ashbury]

8 minutes ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Why is Twins.TV not showing the replay?! 

It's here, just for the record.

https://www.mlb.com/video/jacob-webb-in-play-out-s-to-brooks-lee

Turrible.  Josh Bell is no longer a baseball player, just a hitter.

[Parfigliano]

7 minutes ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Why is Twins.TV not showing the replay?! 

Would you?

[mrmpls]

1 minute ago, Twindy said:

To keep from losing him to another team if they release him. It’s not now when they need him. It’s when they probably trade Jeffers.

Pinch running him is not gonna matter 

[AlwaysinModeration]

That was a tough one to watch the replay of…which I had to do after reading the box score “single line into double play”…wha?!?

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Josh Bell is no longer a baseball player, just a hitter.

No wonder why Derek Falvey made this his top priority signing last winter 

[ashbury]

15 minutes ago, amjgt said:

Bell playing it conservative was fine. 

Conservative is fine but he was loafing going into third and only belatedly noticed the coach's signal.  

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I feel emotionally involved with the KC game now that i see who is starting for them.

[mnfireman]

Bell did right by waiting to see if it was caught, but screwed up by jogging to third, I can only assume he didn't think the ball bounced that far away, and screwed up worse by running through the stop sign at third.

Lee did right by hustling out of the box, but screwed up by not keeping an eye on Caratini, and screwed up worse by getting to close to second base.

Everything the team has done right over the last 6-8 weeks came undone in one play... 

[mnfireman]

4 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I feel emotionally involved with the KC game now that i see who is starting for them.

[ashbury]

7 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Bell did right by waiting to see if it was caught, but screwed up by jogging to third, I can only assume he didn't think the ball bounced that far away, and screwed up worse by running through the stop sign at third.

Lee did right by hustling out of the box, but screwed up by not keeping an eye on Caratini, and screwed up worse by getting to close to second base.

Everything the team has done right over the last 6-8 weeks came undone in one play... 

I give Lee only a little blame.  You rely on your teammates to do right, and the runner scores from second on that play 101 times out of 100, and Caratini takes third - no matter how slow the wheels.  Expect the unexpected, but not from your own guys.

Bell's correct to watch from a short lead to see whether the catch is made, and then when the ball skips away even an inch he goes full speed toward third and picks up the coach to learn whether and how far the ball really got away.  I don't think this is hard.

[Vanimal46]

Back to under .500. Did they raise the banner last night?

[mnfireman]

2 minutes ago, ashbury said:

I give Lee only a little blame.  You rely on your teammates to do right, and the runner scores from second on that play 101 times out of 100, and Caratini takes third - no matter how slow the wheels.  Expect the unexpected, but not from your own guys.

Let's call it "wanting to do more than the play allowed" or a "hustle mistake" on Lee's part. The play and the runners were in front of him, and Caratini was planted firmly on second base and Bell was in no-man's land. Maybe Lee assumed a run-down and that's why he ventured too close to second.