Game Thread: Twins @ Orioles, 8/20 @ 6:05pm CT

Still in the playoff chase? This series will answer that question, GO GET THEM TWINS!!!!!

I think it's tricky how they let you drive into those tunnels in Baltimore, and then when you get out on the other end, they tell you that you have to pay! If I had known that I would have used the bridge instead!

Here hoping!!

 

I put my pitchfork back in the garage and extinguished my torch, just want to see some good baseball. Is that too much to ask?

 

Go Sano!

Go Twins!

My question is; can Buxton catch Rosario for the lead in triples (I think 9, at the moment) by the end of the season?

While it's exciting to see Buxton play again, the Twins aren't a better team than they were yesterday and are probably a bit worse.

 

Hicks, at the very least, is as good as Buxton will be in the short-term. Probably better.

 

My question is; can Buxton catch Rosario for the lead in triples (I think 9, at the moment) by the end of the season?

If it's a matter of speed, I wouldn't bet against Buxton - he just has to find a way to make contact!

While it's exciting to see Buxton play again, the Twins aren't a better team than they were yesterday and are probably a bit worse.

 

Hicks, at the very least, is as good as Buxton will be in the short-term. Probably better.

Which in a nutshell is what the Twins choice was this year. They could lose with veterans, or they could lose while giving acclimation time to rookies. The month of May seems to have caused them to be somewhere in between!

As excited as I am to see Buxton again, I'm sorry to see Hicks out, I was really enjoying watching him play the last while.

Good one Riverbain!!!

OMG, those crabs---  My long time sweetheart was a Baltimore gal, and those are some of my fave times- Nick's at Cross Street Market, bucket of crabs laid out on newspaper, plastic buckets of local brew, oh.... heaven.  

 

Then she met the jagoff with the yacht, and I moved to China.  Oh, well.  

 

So, I used to kind of like the O's, and back then, Camden Yards was still a showplace. Now---  I just wanna the see boys beat the living hell out of them Birds. 

I've put away the hopes of playoffs.  To quote Jim Mora - "Playoffs!  Playoffs!?".  Here is my goal.  Finish above the White Sox.  Above Detroit would be gravy.  Please, please, please don't finish in last place.  That's it.  No more mention of wildcards or anything silly like that.  

 

I really don't see the bullpen being fixed anytime soon.  There are other problems too with the rotation.  The numbers are not good for 32+ year old pitchers and we've got plenty of them that are there or about to be there.  Signing these guys to 4 year contracts is insane.  So, I don't see much contribution coming up from Santana, Nolasco, Pelfrey (will we resign him?), or anyone else on the pitching staff that has hit the magic age when the skills take a sharp turn downward.

 

As much as I like Sano, I really like watching Rosario play.  He's got some fire.  Bummed about Hicks injury.  He is a physical specimen.  The dude is big and can run really fast.  I thought from the first time I saw him in spring training that he was the real deal and was really surprised how he struggled.  Glad to see him finally realize his talent.  Think about an outfield of Rosario, Buxton, and Hicks.  All 3 with speed and great arms.  Should be fun down the road.

 

My question is; can Buxton catch Rosario for the lead in triples (I think 9, at the moment) by the end of the season?

 

My answer is; yes.

 

But rather unlikely, what with Rosario still hitting triples and that big a lead. I wouldn't complain if it turned out to be competitive like Rosario and Sano's homer totals way back when...

 

And thinkin' of Crabs just drives home the need for a Molly/Tommy Milone parody... Throwin' fastballs and Sliders alive, alive oh! (Now you've done it...)

 

At least that'll be a different game this series.

@LaVelleNeal: Buxton, on being in the lineup with Sano "It's just like double-A, but better."

Here hoping!!

 

I put my pitchfork back in the garage and extinguished my torch, just want to see some good baseball. Is that too much to ask?

 

Go Sano!

Go Twins!

Possibly, yes.

I spent my college days in Baltimore at the height of the Orioles playoff runs and when you couldn't get a ticket to Camden Yards without a 30-day notice.  I watched numerous Twins losses in that stadium...in fact, I don't think I ever went to a win there (and given they were 6-8 in that span of time, I had really bad luck).  I then came to dub Camden Yards the Twins House of Horrors.  But they are 8-9 since 2010 there so the name has lost its luster.  Hopefully it won't come back to the spotlight this weekend.  That short porch in left is just BEGGING to catch a few Sano blasts.

 

While it's exciting to see Buxton play again, the Twins aren't a better team than they were yesterday and are probably a bit worse.

 

Hicks, at the very least, is as good as Buxton will be in the short-term. Probably better.

This is more about Buxton's future than fighting for a wildcard spot with no pitching and inconsistent offense. 

Rain makes me crabby.

 

My answer is; yes.

 

But rather unlikely, what with Rosario still hitting triples and that big a lead. I wouldn't complain if it turned out to be competitive like Rosario and Sano's homer totals way back when...

 

And thinkin' of Crabs just drives home the need for a Molly/Tommy Milone parody... Throwin' fastballs and Sliders alive, alive oh! (Now you've done it...)

 

At least that'll be a different game this series.

Heh...  Usually it's a hateful song that gets stuck in your head.  I don't mind that one- with the original lyrics of course.  The less I think about Milone these daze, the better.

 

Rain makes me crabby.

That's when you go out and dance madly in it! Good times!

 

Rain makes me crabby.

and blue?

 

blue crabby?

Rain sounds like good weather to go to the water park, eh?

 

Fewer lines, and all, and if your going to be wet anyways...

 

hmmm... He jumps off the rubber, and scoops up that nubber,

weak contact on sliders alive, alive o! (sorry, a continuation of a thought)

That's when you go out and dance madly in it! Good times!

"What a glorious feeling, i'm

happy again!"

 

(imagine your own splish splash sound effects...)

 

Rain makes me crabby.

 

 

Sorry about the monsoon up there.

 

Kidding. I'm kidding.

Rain makes me crabby.

Rainy days always get me down.

 

(and Mondays)

This is more about Buxton's future than fighting for a wildcard spot with no pitching and inconsistent offense.

True, but I'd like to see the Twins make a showing by staying ahead of Baltimore and Tampa, two equally flawed teams.

True, but I'd like to see the Twins make a showing by staying ahead of Baltimore and Tampa, two equally flawed teams.

Me too. I'd like them to give 'em all a run for their money, and youngsters get used to the fact that, yes, you can make a difference in the outcome of each and every game, and subsequently, the season.

 

"Never give up! Never Surrender!"

 

(I think i once heard someone name that as the best star trek movie, and i find it hard to disagree, even based on a technicality)

 

Rain makes me more crabby.

 

FTFY

Any word on the delay?

 

Or do i have to do my own research...

Any word on the delay?Or do i have to do my own research...

I did my own research and according to accuweather it looks like the last weak cell is finally passing through. That information comes with every caveat known to mankind (and crabkind)

 

I also know a half hour ago, the Baltimore Orioles tweeted out a cryptic message suggesting there would be a ballgame at the end of the rainbow.

 

Isn't it funny how certain sportswriters will tweet out things during a game like "Mauer RBI single!" that the whole world knows, but when you need real information during a rain delay, there's nothing.