Spring Training Game 4: Twins vs Toronto at 12:05pm (on FSN)

[JB_Iowa]

Nice Dp there.

[mikecgrimes]

Toronto should challenge that call at first on the double play. Looked safe.

[mikecgrimes]

Just paused it at the exact perfect moment. Theres no way instant replay can help on a play like that. Granted there are enough amazingly horrible calls to make replay worth it.

[JB_Iowa]

Might have challenged if it hadn't already been getting late in a runaway ST game.

 

But it will be interesting to see how use develops.

[mikecgrimes]

I wish Gardenhire was at this game, it makes no sense but I feel like he would go nuts when this call is reversed.

[Craig Arko]

And now the first replay. How exciting!

 

Wake up the ump in the truck.

[mikecgrimes]

Inconclusive the call on the field stands, First down.

[mikecgrimes]

Another case of the call on the field being more important then what the replay showed. I wasn't 100% sure he was out but I was more then 75%

[ashbury]

Might have challenged if it hadn't already been getting late in a runaway ST game.

 

Yes, but I believe that the league has explicitly asked teams to exercise this option a little more freely during the spring (and in the AFL last year), if only to help accelerate the QA process before the season starts.

[Halsey Hall]

Just got home from the game, as my 90 old mother got pretty hot and called it quits. Maybe I should go back. On the Hicks play, he was going all the way, and looked like he had it made. The ball looked to me to roll under a folding chair the ball boy was on and Dozier kept on coming. The Toronto folks sitting next to us hadn't had a thing to cheer about yet when I left. Dozier is right on the ball. Even on the k he fouled off 2 two strike pitches before missing.

[mikeee]

The sure are having fun in the preseason!

[JB_Iowa]

"Routine Fly Ball"

 

Nothing is routine in ST.

 

12-2

[mikecgrimes]

Overall a horribly played game by Toronto. I'll take all these walks once the season starts but in the Spring they're just annoying.

[notoriousgod71]

Get rid of replay immediately. This is awful.

[mikecgrimes]

Pretty clear he was out, but hey why ever reverse a call.

[mikecgrimes]

Lets review both those plays!!!!

[mikecgrimes]

Can't wait to see the first manager go nuts following a 4 minute review. In the case of baseball no reason to review 50/50 calls. Correct the horrible calls without wasting time, this system will not accomplish that.

[Halsey Hall]

Nice little 7 spot put up in the 9th to take a big lead against the O's!

[mikecgrimes]

Yes, but I believe that the league has explicitly asked teams to exercise this option a little more freely during the spring (and in the AFL last year), if only to help accelerate the QA process before the season starts.

 

If I'm a manager I don't request an instant replay all spring. I really don't want to have to worry that a challenge in a 12-2 spring game will be remembered during the season. And I really don't care about any call in a one run spring game either.

[mikecgrimes]

2 triples from the Santana kid. Might have a shot at the opening day roster.

[JB_Iowa]

• Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 7m
  Unofficially Danny Santana was timed at 10.6 seconds on that first triple today, home to third. #mntwins
   
   
  

[thetank]

• Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 7m
  Unofficially Danny Santana was timed at 10.6 seconds on that first triple today, home to third. #mntwins
  

I assume he was hitting left handed for both of his triples?

[JB_Iowa]

• Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 32m
  Make it 2 triples for Danny Santana, one from each side of the plate. This one scores 2. #mntwins lead 8-2 top 9, still batting .
   
   
  

[J-Dog Dungan]

So Santana's fast, then?

[JB_Iowa]

So Santana's fast, then?

 

I'm guessing so:

 

 

• Dustin Morse ‏@Twins_morsecode 28m
  OVERHEARD: Gardy on Danny Santana, "The kid has jets, he just flies. Pretty exciting baseball player" #mntwins
   
   
   
  But so is Buxton:
   
   
   
  
  • Dustin Morse ‏@Twins_morsecode 30m
    OVERHEARD: on Byron Buxton "He's the fastest baseball player I have ever seen" #MNTwins
     
     
    

   

   

[big dog]

Wow, am I ever looking forward to having more speed on the team. OK, and more power. And more pitching. And better fielding. Nice to have some things to be encouraged about.

[Physics Guy]

I'm guessing so:

 

 

• Dustin Morse ‏@Twins_morsecode 28m
  OVERHEARD: Gardy on Danny Santana, "The kid has jets, he just flies. Pretty exciting baseball player" #mntwins
   
   
   
  But so is Buxton:
  
  • Dustin Morse ‏@Twins_morsecode 30m
    OVERHEARD: on Byron Buxton "He's the fastest baseball player I have ever seen" #MNTwins
    

   

   

 

Berardino's Twitter feed also had a video of Buxton beating out a routine DP ball.

[J-Dog Dungan]

Berardino's Twitter feed also had a video of Buxton beating out a routine DP ball.

I have a feeling such video's will become commonplace with Buxton once he reaches the Majors. I get tingles thinking about him racing around the field. Soul Patrol 2.0 w/Arcia and Hicks?