Game Thread: Twins v Royals, 8/12 @ 7:10pm CT

I'd say about every third slider has a ton of break to it...of the other two, one is buried in the LH batter's box out of his hand, so it never induces a swing and miss, and one is flat and tumbles in somewhere around thigh high near the middle of the plate.

 

Same for his fastball "run."  Inconsistent, and he doesn't have the stuff to leave fastballs anywhere near the middle and get away with it very often.

<clinks beer bottle>

 

Does Gibson tip his pitches? 

Yes, but he makes up for it by being so slow and boring to watch that the batter is too lethargic to take advantage of it.

Yes, but he makes up for it by being so slow and boring to watch that the batter is too lethargic to take advantage of it.

If that were the case Pelfrey would have been a Cy candidate every season.

I tip my pitches about 20% of the time

Many people are saying that.

Political humor belongs in the Sports Bar forum area.

Hmmmm....  Grossman....  hmmm...  I'm going to have to think about that...

That isn't CF speed we've got there in LF tonight.

Dear Trevor Plouffe,

 

That ball dropping cost us two runs and the lead. 

 

Winners make that play!!!

 

Other than that... How's the wife and kids?

 

Sincerly,

 

Riverbrian

 

 

Many people are saying that.

Only quoting because this is the first time seeing your name. +1 abide

Somewhere, Delmon Young is watching this game and laughing at Grossman's range in LF.

 

That isn't CF speed we've got there in LF tonight.

 

I don't know how Gibson isn't chewing the leather off his glove in anger between the Plouffe Bloop and the Grossman Bloop. 

 

Neither of those balls land with the Royals D. 

Gibson is not inspiring much confidence

I was just wondering why he wasn't throwing more change ups when his slider was giving him so much trouble with location.  1 mystery solved.  Bigger mystery of how he was the organizations #1 pitching prospect still remaining...

Tweren't CF speed in RF on the next batter, neither.

 

Hmmmm....  Grossman....  hmmm...  I'm going to have to think about that...

 

Is this happening because I turned the TV on.

 

Should I turn it off?

 

Or is it Molitor, Ryan and Antony's Fault. 

 

I'll take the blame if I have to. 

Man, the loss of Wednesday night's lead seems to have sent the club into a tailspin.

Three way tedium tie: Watching Gibson contend for the 2016 Steve Trachsel Award, third string Vikings defensive backs doing their best Top Gun Hollywood's "Where'd whoooo go" impression, and Olympic rhythmic gymnasts singlehandedly raise the question of whether once every four years is too often.

Way to look at the runner!

Shaggy! I need to get to bed soon, but I wanna watch this guy.

Gibson is not inspiring much confidence

Well at least he has permanent dumbface!

 

Gibson is not inspiring much confidence

Oh, you meant the fans.

Decent point by Bert...  I wonder if Zuke's well publicized issues with framing might have something to do with the relative wildness of our pitching... right on cue...

Just awesome!

Batter is swinging late on Chargois's off-speed stuff. Knows what's coming?

Somewhere, Delmon Young is watching this game and laughing at Grossman's range in LF.

Yesterday FSN showed one of those catch up to the action videos, and the first three plays were Grossman lead footing it after a double. He really is not much help out there.

Decent point by Bert...  I wonder if Zuke's well publicized issues with framing might have something to do with the relative wildness of our pitching... right on cue...

Well obviously pitch framing is so the pitchers know where to throw the ball. Duh.

See

 

The Royals D would make that...

 

Oops

 

Is this happening because I turned the TV on.

 

Should I turn it off?

 

Or is it Molitor, Ryan and Antony's Fault. 

 

I'll take the blame if I have to. 

Relax Brian.  The voodoo stuff doesn't count when your 3 runs down on a Friday night.  Now if we we're down 5 runs or only 1 then I would say turn the tv off and climb into bed.  Tonight (at this point) you're ok.

 

Always ask before doing something crazy.  Voodoo stuff is unpredictable and difficult to interpret.  

'He's Chaaaargie, the crackly, erratically, fantastically pitching pitchie man!'

 

Catching up. Does Robbie know that you cannot walk unless the pitcher throws 4 pitches out of the strike zone? Just because you want to walk every AB, you might not get to.