WORLD SERIES GAME#4 10/27/26

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Pratt!

[ashbury]

Cooper Pratt may never need to purchase another alcoholic beverage in the state of Wisconsin.

[ashbury]

24 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

This game deserves to go 20 innings and purists will call it the best game they've ever seen

What if it goes only 12?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

That Pratt guy kind of resembles Walker Jenkins?

#Silverlinings #gotwins

[Vanimal46]

Warm up Miz and close this thing out tonight

[ashbury]

6 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Warm up Miz and close this thing out tonight

If the announcers have said who is warming up at the moment, I missed it.

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

If the announcers have said who is warming up at the moment, I missed it.

Colorado Rockies fans are on their knees outside of Whole foods with Senzatela closing this one out. 

[Vanimal46]

Albert Pujols advertising colon cancer screenings was not on my bingo card 

[Parfigliano]

So something can be scored as an error.

[Permanent Twins Fan]

I want what the Brewers are having right now so bad. I am on the Brewer Fanatic game thread just watching and being sad. 

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

Colorado Rockies fans are on their knees outside of Whole foods with Senzatela closing this one out. 

You got a lefty left in your bullpen, you use him.

[Vanimal46]

Shane Drohan pitching in potentially the final inning of the WS was not on my bingo card either

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

Albert Pujols advertising colon cancer screenings was not on my bingo card 

I got a false positive from that stupid product six months ago.  Clean 'scope a few weeks later.  Guess I should count my blessings.

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Permanent Twins Fan said:

I want what the Brewers are having right now so bad. I am on the Brewer Fanatic game thread just watching and being sad. 

We're so far away from what they're experiencing. 

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

Shane Drohan pitching in potentially the final inning of the WS was not on my bingo card either

False positive on him, too.

[Vanimal46]

I could have told ya whether it was October 27th or June 4th, putting something called Shane Drohan in high leverage isn't great. 

[Vanimal46]

Huge mistake by Pat Murphy. You put in your best pitcher on staff to close this series out right now. 

[Longdistancetwins]

I just want more baseball, so at least for tonight I want the Rays to pull it out.

[Parfigliano]

Tampa not dead yet.

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, Longdistancetwins said:

I just want more baseball, so at least for tonight I want the Rays to pull it out.

1 down.  3 to go.

[ashbury]

And we'll see you tomorrow night.

[Vanimal46]

Stupid, stupid blunder by Pat Murphy tonight. 

[Longdistancetwins]

1 minute ago, Longdistancetwins said:

I just want more baseball, so at least for tonight I want the Rays to pull it out.

Okay, more baseball…

[Permanent Twins Fan]

Tampa lives to lose another day

 

[ashbury]

12 minutes ago, ashbury said:

You got a lefty left in your bullpen, you use him.

This post aged well.

[Vanimal46]

I'm fully on Tampa's side now because of that dumb@ss decision by the Brewers

[tony&rodney]

Fun baseball.

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Fun baseball.

Love your opinions on baseball and that's why I ask... How does a team like the Brewers with the WS in their grasp, NOT put in the best pitcher in baseball Mis to close things out there? 

[Parfigliano]

14 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

I'm fully on Tampa's side now because of that dumb@ss decision by the Brewers

Welcome aboard!!!

[tony&rodney]

8 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Love your opinions on baseball and that's why I ask... How does a team like the Brewers with the WS in their grasp, NOT put in the best pitcher in baseball Mis to close things out there? 

When I watch baseball as a fan it is different than managing.  Kevin Cash and Pat Murphy must consider the health and careers of their players. There was not a chance that Cash would use Rasmussen last night. Murphy was, likewise but for slightly different reasons, not going to use Misiorowski. The decision from a fan perspective is to close it out. There are a couple of factors that may have run through the thought process. One is that Misiorowski, a starting pitcher, would have needed more time to warm up ideally. The other is that there is not a guarantee that Misiorowski is automatic, especially in an unfamiliar role. We have seen veteran aces come in as relief pitchers before, most recently Yamamoto just last season. In that case, Yamamoto who is also young but more established, had requested Roberts to consider him. It had been discussed. The situation last night may have screamed second guessing and a number of people will see this as a mistake. Communication is key. Murphy seems like a manager that is very specific with his players. I'm guessing that every player in the Brewers clubhouse knew who was up next. The one situation that might have been questioned was when Murphy lifted Ashby. Ashby was cruising and wanted to stay in the game. Murphy felt that he had reached his pitch limit, whereas Ashby might have felt that he was going to be out for Wednesday's game so he could go another inning. I might have left Ashby in, but I'm also not educated on how Ashby has been used all season. I would not have brought in Mis and only saw this when I clicked on Twins Daily. I do think it was a natural fan reaction though. 

This World Series has seen a number of errors but also a number of great plays. Games 1 and 2 hinged on hard hit balls eluding Walls. Walls has been spectacular. He has made about a half dozen plays that we have not seen since Christian Guzman or maybe back to Greg Gagne. The key play in Game 3 was Yelich smart hustling and whether Caminero could have made the throw to first base instead. Game 4 saw a tremendous defender, Ortiz, make an error to open the 12th inning. Even with the errors I am more convinced than ever that the Twins must step up defense at every position possible and add to their bullpen. 

Another note, watching Cooper Pratt last night made we think that the Twins should consider pushing Marek Houston aggressively. Watching Houston quite a bit in 2025 and then more this past season, it seems like Houston has developed quickly. The two players are physically similar (Pratt is a little bigger) and have similar games. In August, Marek looked tired for a week but he turned it on and finished the year looking like he wanted to be noticed.

Sorry for the long response. I'm pumped to watch another game tonight.