Phillies (Luzardo) vs Twins (Prielipp): 08/15/26, 6:10 PM

[Hunter4848]

12 minutes ago, RpR said:

Culpepper is a rookie.

Please keep bestowing your great wisdom on us

[SE23]

How can Royce not chase that pitch!?!?

[Rodney29]

With all those players getting pulled early in their games or sitting, they must all be getting called up by the Twins for Sunday’s game. 

[RpR]

23 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Gray is sucking tonight for the Saints.

He may have a short mediocre baseball career, but too have 2 Grand Slams in short order is not done by too many, so, he can always look back at that.

[Western SD Fan]

Ad for the Yacht Rock Night at Target Field.  Looks like the Twins started early with it.  🎵Come sail away, come sail away. Come sail away from this game....🎵

[RpR]

It seems the Kings of the K is what the Twins are turning into again.

[wesnewy]

2 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

Ad for the Yacht Rock Night at Target Field.  Looks like the Twins started early with it.  🎵Come sail away, come sail away. Come sail away from this game....🎵

So you are saying they left their Styx in the dugout? 

[Patzky]

Using up all the leverage guys tonight I see

[RpR]

Just now, wesnewy said:

So you are saying they left their Styx in the dugout? 

Rim-shot!

[Western SD Fan]

Just now, wesnewy said:

So you are saying they left their Styx in the dugout? 

Maybe.  Since they don't allow them to throw all of their bats in a dumpster anymore and light them on fire like they used to.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, wesnewy said:

So you are saying they left their Styx in the dugout? 

Didn’t even attempt to Steely Dan a base tonight 

[Western SD Fan]

Been a while since I brought this meme out:

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Didn’t even attempt to Steely Dan a base tonight 

It will come back to you.

[RpR]

I wish Morneau would shut up more often.

[jkcarew]

1 hour ago, SE23 said:

I think he'll become a serious asset. He pitched well through about 70 pitches, then lost ALL command.

I mean IMO there’s definitely reasonable hope that he can become good. But the command challenges are real…been there pretty much all year.

[Church of Kreidler]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Didn’t even attempt to Steely Dan a base tonight 

I don't care what you guys say, they're Still The One

[RpR]

I guess this game makes the Field of Dreams game less of a nightmare.

[SE23]

2 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

I mean IMO there’s definitely reasonable hope that he can become good. But the command challenges are real…been there pretty much all year.

No question. He has to level up. That's why I liked the INITIAL decision to let him work out of it. Then things escalated quickly. 😁

[Western SD Fan]

2 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

I mean IMO there’s definitely reasonable hope that he can become good. But the command challenges are real…been there pretty much all year.

That's the final step from being a pitcher vs a thrower.  His stuff is good enough for AAA and many ML lineups because he can get batters to chase that stuff.  As stated earlier tonight, when the Phillies spit on all those chase pitches, he didn't have the command to get back in the zone.  I think he will do it.  He will have to trust his stuff rather than try playing off the junk.

[h2oface]

What is Shelton doing, today. This is a team that supposedly wants to compete for a wild card. If he was going to use his best in pen today, anyway, as it appears he was, you have to pull Prielipp after the third walk, with a run in on a walk, and Bohm coming up with the bases loaded and having already doubled twice today against him. Now 2-0, in the 5th already, still two outs for the last 4 batters. A manager HAS TO PULL THE his pitcher. Especially in this part of the season. You have to. You only need 1 out to save the game. But no. Let him give up 6 more runs and then put your high leverage guys in trailing 8-0 for the innings, the work? Shelton is sleeping at the wheel. 

[Church of Kreidler]

Another hit from Culpepper! Glad to see he's starting to settle down up here!

[SE23]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

What is Shelton doing, today. This is a team that supposedly wants to compete for a wild card. If he was going to use his best in pen today, anyway, as it appears he was, you have to pull Prielipp after the third walk, with a run in on a walk, and Bohm coming up with the bases loaded and having already doubled twice today against him. Now 2-0, in the 5th already, still two outs for the last 4 batters. A manager HAS TO PULL THE his pitcher. Especially in this part of the season. You have to. You only need 1 out to save the game. But no. Let him give up 6 more runs and then put your high leverage guys in trailing 8-0 fun the innings? Shelton is sleeping at the wheel. 

Yup. One bridge too far. Maybe more than one bridge...

[Western SD Fan]

5 minutes ago, h2oface said:

What is Shelton doing, today. This is a team that supposedly wants to compete for a wild card. If he was going to use his best in pen today, anyway, as it appears he was, you have to pull Prielipp after the third walk, with a run in on a walk, and Bohm coming up with the bases loaded and having already doubled twice today against him. Now 2-0, in the 5th already, still two outs for the last 4 batters. A manager HAS TO PULL THE his pitcher. Especially in this part of the season. You have to. You only need 1 out to save the game. But no. Let him give up 6 more runs and then put your high leverage guys in trailing 8-0 fun the innings? Shelton is sleeping at the wheel. 

 

EDIT:  I would have done the real one, but I didn't want to take the chance of getting a strike on a meme.

[RpR]

[Church of Kreidler]

I fear I have never been that happy to turn my TV off... I knew these next few series were most likely going to be Rough™, but I had not braced myself for this...

Hopefully we can get the W tomorrow! We've been swept so few times - let's keep it that way!

[mrmpls]

k k k k k k k k k k k k k k , we r  Pretenders

[SE23]

But for one crooked number, we were competitive tonight. Tomorrow will be a brighter day!

[thelanges5]

4-9 in August and trending the wrong way.
 

Only 4 batters with an above league average OPS+ since the ASG - Jeffers, Keaschall, Lewis, and Bell

[mrmpls]

60-64-38 

[Hubie29]

17 minutes ago, h2oface said:

What is Shelton doing, today. This is a team that supposedly wants to compete for a wild card. If he was going to use his best in pen today, anyway, as it appears he was, you have to pull Prielipp after the third walk, with a run in on a walk, and Bohm coming up with the bases loaded and having already doubled twice today against him. Now 2-0, in the 5th already, still two outs for the last 4 batters. A manager HAS TO PULL THE his pitcher. Especially in this part of the season. You have to. You only need 1 out to save the game. But no. Let him give up 6 more runs and then put your high leverage guys in trailing 8-0 for the innings, the work? Shelton is sleeping at the wheel. 

Shelton is Baldelli 2.0 right down to the goatee. No clue on pitching.