Rockies 3, Twins 2: In a Game that Didn't Matter, Some Things Did

Fun day around the league.

In Atlanta, the Braves actually had the lead and Washington was down to its last three outs, but they ended up scoring four runs in top of the ninth and pushing the game to the bottom.  Without that, Twins HR record would have stood, maybe forever, who knows?

Now we are left with the one record that transcends all sports:  0 for 18 in the playoffs.

When the Twins break that jinx, if they break that jinx, the Baseball Gods certainly owe us something for these decades of misery.  What will we get?

Worth tuning in.

Good to be playing a team from Canada.  I trust that the good nature of the Blue Jays will allow us to win at least one game in the series. 😜

21 minutes ago, Boswell said:

Good to be playing a team from Canada.  I trust that the good nature of the Blue Jays will allow us to win at least one game in the series. 😜

I guarantee the Blue Jays will not win all three games.

5 hours ago, h2oface said:

I will always hate not playing to win. It always matters. 
 

Great game by Ober. At least he played to win. That’s always good practice as you approach the next game in a 0-18 streak. 

Hear, hear! The fans pay to see the teams put in a reasonably competitive attempt to win each and every game.

While I understand why some people wouldn't have liked seeing Luplow pitch in a game where the score was tied, I totally understood that call by Rocco. We couldn't afford a 15-16 inning marathon game. Just needed to get the game done and get on the plane back to Minneapolis. 

Cannot wait for the start of the WC series. Games start at 9.38pm UK time so will be able to watch them. 

You forgot to add Luplow’s pitch count in your box of relief pitcher usage. Let us all hope that he is not needed in the playoffs

Celestino might get picked up by somebody if they think he can play CF. 

Yes it was a meaningless game yesterday  but it was another winnable game Rocco couldn't  manage to win  ...

I would personally like to get rid of the Manfred man ghost runner permanently  ...

And when a manager brings in a position player and not a pitcher he should get the loss and a fine from mlb for tanking ... 

Well each league has a team with 307 homeruns now , it's a tie but think about it Atlanta did it without  the juiced ball supposedly  ...

When will the Twins announce their post season roster?  Will Funderburk AND Paddock both be in the bullpen?  Can we win in 2 games so we can skip Ryan and start Ober in game #1 of the next round?  Will Buxton make the roster over Luplow?  (what a statement that is for Buxton).  Correa will be fine, but the "X" factor for the Twins is Royce Lewis.  To make any noise they need him in the lineup.  

13 hours ago, h2oface said:

I will always hate not playing to win. It always matters. 
 

Great game by Ober. At least he played to win. That’s always good practice as you approach the next game in a 0-18 streak. 

I 100% agree with you. I’ve never seen such a concession of a game when tied in all my many years following baseball.

2 hours ago, Blyleven2011 said:

And when a manager brings in a position player and not a pitcher he should get the loss and a fine from mlb for tanking ... 

You really think it was the Twins and not the Rockies who are tanking?

6 hours ago, DJL44 said:

You really think it was the Twins and not the Rockies who are tanking?

It made no difference win or lose for the draft. Colorado was going to be the 3d worst team in baseball, the Twins were going to be the third worst team by record in the playoffs.  Some people just have to go overboard on the negativity

11 hours ago, Blyleven2011 said:

Yes it was a meaningless game yesterday  but it was another winnable game Rocco couldn't  manage to win  ...

I would personally like to get rid of the Manfred man ghost runner permanently  ...

And when a manager brings in a position player and not a pitcher he should get the loss and a fine from mlb for tanking ... 

Well each league has a team with 307 homeruns now , it's a tie but think about it Atlanta did it without  the juiced ball supposedly  ...

both teams also did it with Eddie Rosario contributing to the HR totals too.

11 hours ago, Blyleven2011 said:

Yes it was a meaningless game yesterday  but it was another winnable game Rocco couldn't  manage to win  ...

I would personally like to get rid of the Manfred man ghost runner permanently  ...

And when a manager brings in a position player and not a pitcher he should get the loss and a fine from mlb for tanking ... 

Well each league has a team with 307 homeruns now , it's a tie but think about it Atlanta did it without  the juiced ball supposedly  ...

Both teams also did it with an Eddy Rosario contributing to the totals. 

Varland was available to pitch yesterday.  He should have gotten the call before we tanked the game yesterday.  That was embarrassing.  

4 hours ago, old nurse said:

It made no difference win or lose for the draft. Colorado was going to be the 3d worst team in baseball, the Twins were going to be the third worst team by record in the playoffs.  Some people just have to go overboard on the negativity

Yeah, but if I paid 80 bucks per seat and took my two sons to the game and bought a bunch of food to boot (spending probably 350 dollars in total), I would surely hope one of the teams doesn't intentionally throw the game. The game is 'supposed' to be for the fans and one would expect a reasonable attempt by both teams to win. Why even play the game if you intend to dump it if the game is close? Just forfeit the game if you are so worried about getting someone injured. I can't get behind this strategy at all. (You don't have to play everyone, but at least make a moderate attempt to win the game.)

7 hours ago, Aerodeliria said:

Yeah, but if I paid 80 bucks per seat and took my two sons to the game and bought a bunch of food to boot (spending probably 350 dollars in total), I would surely hope one of the teams doesn't intentionally throw the game. The game is 'supposed' to be for the fans and one would expect a reasonable attempt by both teams to win. Why even play the game if you intend to dump it if the game is close? Just forfeit the game if you are so worried about getting someone injured. I can't get behind this strategy at all. (You don't have to play everyone, but at least make a moderate attempt to win the game.)

If If If. How about complaining about something that actually happened.? Sorry, you are coming across as a complainer/ whiner to me. Invent a reason then complain

Late season baseball, September call ups get chances to play on non contenders.  That really isn’t playing to win. Do people complain about them playing? Nope

20 hours ago, Greglw3 said:

I 100% agree with you. I’ve never seen such a concession of a game when tied in all my many years following baseball.

In the words of John McEnroe ... You can't be serious!

When you are going to concede the game like that, just signal 3 intentional walks.    That removes all risk of injuries.   As someone who attended the game, it was disappointing to witness Baldelli’s 11th inning joke.

13 hours ago, old nurse said:

If If If. How about complaining about something that actually happened.? Sorry, you are coming across as a complainer/ whiner to me. Invent a reason then complain

Late season baseball, September call ups get chances to play on non contenders.  That really isn’t playing to win. Do people complain about them playing? Nope

This is comparing apples and oranges. Call-ups in September are trying to win games. Anyway, it's all moot now.

10 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

If you paid 80 bucks per seat to game 162 of the Rockies season when everyone knew they'd be bad and you were disappointed that you saw bad baseball in game 162 it's on you.

There are Twins fans in Colorado, such as Bill on this list. IMHO, this is a disservice to those who go out to the games. I do give Baldelli praise when it is due and criticism when it is due (for example, the way he managed today's game). I'm not just on an endless whine as some would suggest. In any case, it's moot now.

1 hour ago, chpettit19 said:

If Bill expected Rocco to go all out trying to win a meaningless game that's on Bill. Welcome to the world of professional sports, folks. Adjust your expectations now because you're going to be disappointed in every franchise ever if your expectation is that they go all out to win at all times.

Yay, for the heartless corporate approach...