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

[thelanges5]

Shelty post game on Boyd - yada yada yada, mixed up his pitches, yada yada yada, kept us off balance.

[Aggies7]

Just now, Peter said:

Reason I’m pissed is because all family friends hate twins/baseball and love nfl and want season to start-F that!!! Want twins to win so I can stick it to them!!!

Big city football fans are the worst

[Peter]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Big city football fans are the worst

That’s why I hope Vikings have terrible season and say sell the team fire o Connell 

[Aggies7]

Just now, Peter said:

That’s why I hope Vikings have terrible season and say sell the team fire o Connell 

Must be a packers fan. Doesn’t get any smaller city wise than that 

[JD-TWINS]

2 hours ago, Western SD Fan said:

There's only one real answer that makes any kind of sense for why you are playing Bell over Lewis here.  Lewis will be here after the trade deadline, and maybe there is an actual market for Bell behind the scenes that we just don't see.  Hell, we were able to trade Ty France last year when it looked like there was no market for him, so anything is possible.  Otherwise, it is foolish to have Bell over Lewis.  As Lewis showed last night, he has made tremendous efforts to learn the position.  I don't think there is much of a difference in either offensive output and I'd rather have Lewis's defense than Bell's.

EDIT: That makes a bit more sense on why Bell is in there now.  Stinks for Lewis.  Hopefully, it's not a long-term setback.

Bell MARKET:

Pirates …….. O’Neil Cruz went to the 60 day IL. Bell & Roden for a middle of their PEN guy. 🤞

[h2oface]

Kriedler needs to pray harder?

[h2oface]

3 minutes ago, JD-TWINS said:

Bell MARKET:

Pirates …….. O’Neil Cruz went to the 60 day IL. Bell & Roden for a middle of their PEN guy. 🤞

Bell. Our RBI leader all season. Hmmmmm

[Church of Kreidler]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

Kriedler needs to pray harder?

No, we need to pray harder…

[hitterscount]

This might be his last inning.... didn't give the team a chance. 

[mrmpls]

2 out   Taj-?

[Mortimerkenny21]

7 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Must be a packers fan. Doesn’t get any smaller city wise than that 

What about the Davenport Mudhens!

[Peter]

Twins are ruin our day today!!!! Need to wake the F up!!!

[JD-TWINS]

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Bell. Our RBI leader all season. Hmmmmm

He’s streaky, correct? ……… had -.8WAR 6 weeks ago. He’s been hitting great for 5 weeks or more. Value is high and streaks come to an end.

Jeffers & Caratini & Jackson……… one of the first two should be DHing.

[h2oface]

31 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

I'm actually somewhat impressed on how well some umps get the bottom end of the strike zone.  If you consider where they have to lean over the catcher and the angle that many of them see the pitch, it's easy to miss that low strike.  There was a spirited discussion earlier in the season about catchers receiving the ball sitting down and part of the reason was for umps to better see that low strike.  Getting that call was more important to them than trying to throw out a base runner.

I sense an amateur level umpire being an umpire apologist here. As a former guesser, it is always best guess and some of the angles are so severe it is always, and always has been, humanly impossible to be able to do anything but guess. Might even be next year now that the best tool we have ever had to get it the most correct is finally used and this framing and challenge BS is replaced and the guessing will finally be over. 

[Blyleven2011]

If the twins make the playoffs , should Ober be the starter in first game ...

🤣🤣🤣

[h2oface]

6 minutes ago, Peter said:

Twins are ruin our day today!!!! Need to wake the F up!!!

Such a tedious broken record. 

[mrmpls]

1 minute ago, Blyleven2011 said:

If the twins make the playoffs , should Ober be the starter in first game ...

🤣🤣🤣

If 

[JD-TWINS]

1 minute ago, Blyleven2011 said:

If the twins make the playoffs , should Ober be the starter in first game ...

🤣🤣🤣

IF Team has to throw Ryan & Bradley last two days v. Texas to get in, absolutely! Scary, but absolutely!

[Church of Kreidler]

Hey @mrmpls - that make up for his tiny bobble?

[thelanges5]

Nice play Lee!

[Western SD Fan]

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

I sense an amateur umpire being an umpire apologist here. As a former guesser, it is always best guess and the some of the angles are so severe it is always, and always has been, humanly impossible to  be able to anything but guess. Might even be next year now that the best tool we have ever had to get it the most correct is finally used and this framing and challenge BS is replaced and the guessing will finally be over. 

I've never umped a game in my life.  I try to look at situations based off of what I could do, even with all of the training and skills necessary to do the job.  I would find it difficult to get those calls right at the MLB average of 94%.  I am still in the camp that full ABS will need to wait until they actually cover the entire plate.  Current ABS only gives a 2D zone in the middle of the plate.  There are plenty of actual strikes that ABS will miss because they do not cover the entire plate.  I could see a scenario where umpires are actually more accurate than we give them credit for when a full 3D zone can be implemented.

[h2oface]

Just now, Church of Kreidler said:

Hey @mrmpls - that make up for his tiny bobble?

Did it give us a run back? Or take one away? Then I say great play, as they are paid to do, and my unsolicited answer is….. no. A homer would do it, though. 

[mrmpls]

4 minutes ago, Church of Kreidler said:

Hey @mrmpls - that make up for his tiny bobble?

Like Jumbo Shrimp ?

[Twindy]

If I remember correctly, and I’m sure that it could be looked up easily enough, Boyd always pitched well against the Twins when he was a Tiger.

[h2oface]

6 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

I've never umped a game in my life.  I try to look at situations based off of what I could do, even with all of the training and skills necessary to do the job.  I would find it difficult to get those calls right at the MLB average of 94%.  I am still in the camp that full ABS will need to wait until they actually cover the entire plate.  Current ABS only gives a 2D zone in the middle of the plate.  There are plenty of actual strikes that ABS will miss because they do not cover the entire plate.  I could see a scenario where umpires are actually more accurate than we give them credit for when a full 3D zone can be implemented.

Do you think that ABS as it is even now, is better than humans? I mean, they use it for challenges to over ride human guesses. So do you wait for it to be even better (3D, which will happen soon either way, maybe even next year), or always use the best option as time goes by, and always work to improve that? We constantly see the umps even missing the 2D calls. I contend we will see them miss even more 3D if that is how it gets rolled out. 
 

Always best tool available as soon as possible for me. 

[MMMordabito]

Boyd's record against the Twins is OK, but it seems like he always has their number.

[mrmpls]

Bregman,  not even a teeny weeny Bobble ,   3 Hits guys need alot better

[Peter]

Taj💩🤮👎😤😡🤬

[HarmonK03]

41 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Bradley is lost today. Either meat or not even close. 

This is who Bradley is, he will have a few good outings and then he can't find his command.

[Peter]

Unacceptable loss!!!  And cubs had no business winning-all 5 runs with 2 outs🤮💩👎🤬😡😤