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Houston 1-3 with a run scored, Tait is 1-4 with a rbi for the Kernels.

"Top Men"?

I think if you look at the replay again. The runner was only about halfway to 3rd when Jeffers received the ball. I do think a snap throw to 3rd would have at least made the play close. Maybe he doesn't get him, but it's still another lack of awareness play.

The runner moving over to third is on Ryan. He should have been telling Jeffers to throw to third when it became apparent that the runner was safe at home. We should be out of this inning by now.

Thank you for the clarification. Then this does stink as it's potentially going to be more subscriptions.

Curious to see if the MLB.TV deal from ESPN is any closer to the "proposal" of ESPN supposedly buying the NFL Network. I already purchased MLB.TV this year for the Twins so that money is already gone, just swapped out to a different provider, although I'm not happy with the thought of giving Disney any money. I swap Peacock for Apple+ and I get the same number of games I was getting before. I guess the only question is whether FOX's Saturday baseball is still a thing in the new rights deals.

I'll be curious to see if this lefty from the A's brought his Ouija board with him to channel the ghost of Jamie Moyer.

72 pitches through 4 for Hatch. He may actually get through 5 innings and qualify for the win. Not bad for TBD. Of course, that's provided we can navigate through the rest of the bullpen.

Does someone have a spare Cloverdale summer sausage for the occasion?

C'mon Royce....take advantage of the free pitch.

But we have our newest member of the bullpen, Genesis, fresh for today.

I see Paddack is doing Paddack things.

I think your second idea is closer to the truth. I usually like players weekend with all the creative combinations. But with an entire Peanuts' cartoon worth of dark clouds over the team, I really don't care as much about it. Poor Snoopy would run out of paper writing "It was a dark and stormy night." over and over again.

Found the vibe that fits.

This would add to the confusion and misery if this rumor is actually true. Sounds like there was still a buyer in negotiations when the Pohlads pulled the plug. I'm assuming this is rampant speculation rumor, but it will be interesting to see if it grabs any legs in the coming week. Interested Minnesota Twins Buyer ‘Blindsided’ By Recent Decision

Would the term "Swedish Meatball Thrower" be more appropriate for you?

You mean like this one? This is my new favorite Twins player. The one aptly named 'Baseball Player'.

IMHO, I believe Buxton has mailed it in as much as his play will allow him to do so. His AB's have collapsed like the strike zone is the size of the scoreboard out in left field and he has to swing at everything. On radio, Molitor last night commented that his decision making in who to throw the ball into (going to 3rd vs 2nd) allowed Detroit to take extra bases and continue to put pressure on the pitching staff. You can see it in his fielding where he is not as aggressive in the field. An example was a ball that split the gap between Wallner and Buxton. Although Wallner had the better play, it has typically been Buxton's MO to cut in front of Wallner and snag the ball to try to keep the runner from taking the extra base. Finally, Buxton has incentive to try to take it easy and not injure himself since it's possible that he stays healthy enough this year to actually hit $500K incentives in his contract. He gets a $500K bonus for 502 plate appearances and another 500K for $533 PA's. He currently has 389 PA and doing the math, assuming 4 PA/game for the remaining 39 games, he will get to 545 PA, netting him another $1M for basically dogging the season out. With that criticism in mind, some people would suggest that he should play out the string at his best no matter what because he is getting paid to do so. If he is just playing out the string, I actually don't blame him. By committing to this hard reset, if not rebuild, ownership and the FO have essentially killed what little HOF chances he may have had left since much of his remaining contract will be stuck between 3rd and 5th in the division. They have also killed any chance Buxton could have had to make the playoffs. Again, we can argue whether they actually had a playoff team or not, but on paper and in the clubhouse, they did have one and it was strip mined for parts. I don't blame Buxton for playing out the string and trying to collect another $1M. At least that's one less million that goes into the pockets of the Pohlads.

I found the proper jersey for the TBD.

He was at 58 pitches. He was pretty wild with less than a 50% strike rate. I'm not sure how many innings or pitches Lewis is normally pitching. I would have had someone else come out for the 9th.

Cory Lewis for the Saints. He has had his knuckleball clocked in at nearly 84 mph. I'd say that's pretty fast for a knuckler.

Update from Omaha: Saints up 3-2. Abel has 6IP, 2H, 2ER, 0BB, 11K's. Fedko hit a home run for the Saints. Now, our fire balling knuckle baller is coming in relief in Cory Lewis.

You have a lot of faith in the newly rebuilt bullpen to give them until the top of the 9th to blow the lead.

They brought Jim Perry into the radio booth with Adams on the ropes. Adams got out of the inning. Now the Twins bats have woken up. Maybe we just needed to hear Jim Perry's energy over the radio. Actually, sad that Jim Perry has more energy in the booth than the entire Twins team and staff does on the field.

That is true. We should be coming down as a team in the GIDP category.