Game Thread: Twins@Astros 9/2 1:10PM

[ashbury]

Anderson to Albers: "You're getting pounded by the worst team in baseball. Think about that, rook."

 

Crash Davis: You just got lesson number one: don't think; it can only hurt the ball club.

[Guest USAFChief]

Not that anyone cares, but I've had such a fantastic Labor Day weekend not even the 'stros putting a 3 spot on Albers in the bottom of the 1st can spoil my mood.

[ashbury]

Not that anyone cares, but I've had such a fantastic Labor Day weekend not even the 'stros putting a 3 spot on Albers in the bottom of the 1st can spoil my mood.

 

Yuo tpye prtety godo fro bieng durnk no yuor raer edn.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Durham & Norfolk scoreless through 9.

[glunn]

I wonder how much the scalpers were charging for tickets to today's game. Or maybe all the scalpers in Houston have gone out of business?

[glunn]

Plouffe!

[VATwinsFan]

Plouffe!

 

What's maddening is that it looks like he take's such a nice easy swing when he homers as opposed to the way Willingham and Colabello almost kill themselves swinging so hard.

[Guest USAFChief]

Yuo tpye prtety godo fro bieng durnk no yuor raer edn.

I read well, too, apparently.

[IdahoPilgrim]

What's maddening is that it looks like he take's such a nice easy swing when he homers as opposed to the way Willingham and Colabello almost kill themselves swinging so hard.

 

I'll take them any way I can get them.

[glunn]

Nice play by Plouffe at 3B.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Durham just scored to go ahead in the top of the 10th.

[Guest USAFChief]

I wonder how much the scalpers were charging for tickets to today's game. Or maybe all the scalpers in Houston have gone out of business?

"Tickets, get'cher tickets here! Tickets! 2, lower level, 4 rows up behind the plate, ten bucks! Or four for five bucs! Tickets! Get'cher tickets right here!"

[Chance]

Ya Durham!

[Guest USAFChief]

Plouffe got his uniform dirty, RB!

 

Did no good, mind you, but he got his uniform dirty!

[rickyriolo]

Durham 1 Norfolk 0 top of 10th

[Winston Smith]

Albers is taking the pitch to contact a little far.

[ashbury]

I read well, too, apparently.

 

You probably know this one:

 

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[ashbury]

Albers is taking the pitch to contact a little far.

 

Saves wear and tear on the arm versus striking out the side. All part of the cunning plan. You'll see.

[Guest USAFChief]

You probably know this one:

 

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

 

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[Guest USAFChief]

Saves wear and tear on the arm versus striking out the side. All part of the cunning plan. You'll see.

Not to mention, simply PTC'ing is easy, anyone can do that.

 

But to pitch with regularity to contact with the exact sweet spot of a round bat, with a round ball, now that takes some talent.

[IdahoPilgrim]

So how long do we let Albers pitch batting practice?

[Guest USAFChief]

So how long do we let Albers pitch batting practice?

I say until we secure the top spot in the 2014 draft, but Gardy 'n me seem to seldom be on the same page pitching-change-wise.

[VATwinsFan]

So I guess Rochester is in the playoffs.

[IdahoPilgrim]

That's it. Durham 1, Norfolk 0. The playoff spot is Rochester's for the taking.

[Danchat]

Albers looks like he just saw a ghost.

 

Oh wait, he did just give up 5 runs to the Astros...

[Squirrel]

Hermann caught Albers in AAA and they seemed to mesh well together. It's been working up here, too. No sense messing with it- we need to evaluate Hermann as well.

Just tuning in. Yes, they meshed well today.

[ashbury]

So how long do we let Albers pitch batting practice?

 

Until he signs a cease-and-desist order barring him from Spring Training 2014 will be good enough for me.

[Bark's Lounge]

It appears that Albers is still grieving the loss of his fellow countryman Morneau. It was mean spirited of the Twins to start him today. Cold hearted bastards.

[GCTF]

Can I get a link to that realistic expectations thread for Albers? I could use a good laugh.

 

Also saw Joe Benson was DFA by the Rangers. Wonder whatever happened to those daily Benson update posts after he was let go by the Twins.

[Winston Smith]

The Red Wings playoff berth could put a damper on the Twins playoff push.