Hosken Bombo Disco

Hoping for a recovery for you, Mitch.

Don’t be so sure! With all the botique doughnut shoppes springing up in the Twin Cities, I could probably find a sugar frosted alligator donut somewhere... ?

“Here you go, Kirilloff. Save our season, kid.”

walks may haunt

Question answered

Pitcher is wild. u wonder what the odds are just letting Rortvedt bat and ordering him not to swing

Also, going into shock stops the bleeding

Donaldson thought bubble that at bat: ”if I hit a 7-run home run here, it gives us a 2 run lead”

Garlick thought bubble: “a five-run home run ties the game”

Astudillo shall be he who leads them

Easy, now. perhaps when it’s safe to shake hands, perhaps we will do so

While you were doing that quick thing just now, the Twins went down 1-2-3. im not sure Pineda even made it back to the dugout to sit down after his half inning, it was that quick

Big Mike with a 31 pitch inning, but pitch count still okay to get through six

Castle-on-the-Mount probably from France or something

Yeah good point, that’s a freebie

Players-only, closed-door meeting, on the mound

(how’d i do)

“I just stood standing, waiting five minutes for someone to post on the game thread. It did not bother me.” @ashbury

holy heck that catch

I just stood around waiting for five minutes for someone to make another post. didnt bother me

Going Streaking! After Monday’s 3-2 overtime win, the Twins extended their win streak against the Orioles to 16 games and, one might say, began a new win streak of their own (currently at 1 game). Win streaks all start with that first game, right? The Twins had that long sustained streak of winning back in 2006 (yeah we know, 2006 is the only straw we have left to grasp at this point in 2021). On Sunday, June 11, 2006, the Twins beat Baltimore 4-0 to bring their record to 28-34 and trailed Detroit by 11.5 games. Starting from that date forward, the Twins went on quite a run, winning 15 of their last 16 games in June, putting their record at 43-35, eight games above .500, and trailing in the standings by only… 11.0 games. Imagine going 15-1 and only making up a half game. According to this CBSSports article, the Twins also trailed in the standings by 9.5 games on August 1st, 2006. What I don’t understand is why the writer didn’t go one day further, and point out that the Twins trailed by 10.5 games on August 2nd...  (Pro Tip: Be a wise information consumer and buy local). Oh by the way, Baltimore is streaking as well: they have now lost 14 in a row. Back in 1988, when Baltimore opened the season 0-21 with a 21 game losing streak, it was the Twins who handed them losses 19, 20, 21. Talk about pressure on the Twins to win those games? Five things to watch out for in the game tonight: Swinging at balls out of the strike zone Opposing runners getting too big of leads from their bases Extra innings Streaking! Where the opposing fielders are lined up At what point, and how many games back, can we say that a team is truly out of contention? Is there a magic number on a magic date? Sure, we can say “they’re out of it” as a way to express disappointment or lower expectations or commiserate with fellow fans, but at this point, are the Twins really out of it? If, give or take, the Twins are 6.0 games back on August 1st (2006, 2017) or even 6.0 back on September 1st (2006, 2009), if that is attainable, then shouldn’t 9.0 games back on July 1st be attainable as well? Or what about 12.0 games back on June 1st? Anything wrong with finding out? Lineups: MINNESOTA TWINS Michael Pineda (R) 1. Kyle Garlick (R) LF 2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 3. Nelson Cruz (R) DH 4. Mitch Garver (R) C 5. Alex Kirilloff (L) RF 6. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 7. Miguel Sano (R) 1B 8. Rob Refsnyder (R) CF 9. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS BALTIMORE ORIOLES Bruce Zimmermann (L) 1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF 2. Trey Mancini (R) DH 3. Anthony Santander (S) RF 4. Freddy Galvis (S) SS 5. DJ Stewart (L) LF 6. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B 7. Maikel Franco (R) 3B 8. Stevie Wilkerson (S) 2B 9. Pedro Severino (R) C Gametime Temp: 73°F Chance of Precip: 0%

It’s a valid opinion that I do not happen to agree with, but do you really think the Twins could trade all that talent, and still replace/develop it in time to contend for something in 2023?

Yeah what's With Cruz?

The crappy-ass Twins the Baltimore Orioles. Twins were less horrid. (how’d I do?)