Hosken Bombo Disco

Umm...

Well, right... but... Most times I’d prefer guys slow their stride going into first, even if it slows them down. Radio guys said Kepler was striding out.

why i like players who slide into first base

Cruz! Nice to see him deliver one

Good catch!!

Giving up on Chalmers already? Huh

Here was that link to Alex Gordon learning to eat pizza again in retirement: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/vahe-gregorian/article250530844.html

Tyler Rogers recorded the win, despite blowing the save in what has been a great season for him (brother of Taylor Rogers). LaMonte Wade Jr, picked up the game winning RBI.

“One score and ten years ago” (as Tom Kelly once famously began), the Twins won three of four in a series with the Royals at this time of year. The Twins won the last two games of that late May series in Kansas City, those 30 years ago, and began a 15-game winning streak, going on to sweep the likes of Baltimore, the Yankees, and Cleveland. The rest is history. All those teams the Twins built that winning streak on in 1991 are the teams the Twins face here in June again this year. “The past may not repeat itself exactly, but does often rhyme” (as Ron Gardenhire once famously observed). But the key is to take the last two games of this series. Since the Royals were the last AL Central team to win a World Series championship, in 2015, I thought I’d take a look at where some of those 2014-2015 Royals players are now.* * This list not exhaustive, though it very well could be exhaust-ing Eric Hosmer Currently on the San Diego injured list with fellow teammate and former Omaha Royal Wil Myers. Lorenzo Cain Cain is now in Milwaukee, and led the Brew Crew to an NLCS Game 7 in 2018. Mike Moustakas Moose is now in Cincinnati, but had a short stop in Milwaukee with Cain, also during the NLCS run. (Note: he had a short stop, but was not the short stop). Danny Duffy Still with the Royals, and finally realizing his potential at age 32. Edinson Volquez Journeyman starter who was signed prior to 2015, backbone of the rotation that year and made all his starts, include the start in Game 1 of the World Series without the knowledge that his father had passed away earlier that day. Raul Mondesi Still with the Royals. Like Kirilloff, made his MLB debut in the postseason game—Game 5 of the World Series. Salvadore Perez One of the underrated catchers of the last decade. Still with the Royals. Drew Butera That’s right; remember him? Caught the final strike from Wade Davis in the 12th inning of Game 5 to win the championship. Butera is with the .. can’t remember. He is still in the majors I think. Wade Davis Back with the Royals Kendrys Morales A former Twin, Morales signed in Minnesota in 2014 after a long spring holdout, was traded to Seattle, and signed with Kansas City the next season for something called veteran leadership, snort, chuckle. (Just kidding; Nelson Cruz has filled that role nicey for the Twins, minus the World Series). Josh Willingham That’s right—another former Twin. Willingham hit a leadoff single in the 10th inning of the 2014 wild card game that ignited a rally, and retired happy after that. Alex Gordon The lynchpin, also in retirement, with his family, staying in shape, eating pizza, and waiting for the World Series anniversary reunions to begin in 2025. That’s the thing with winning World Series championships. It makes the reunions easier to schedule. Today is the first day of the rest of the season! Come on, Twins! No time like the present! It’s now or never! Remember thirty years ago! When the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor! Rawwwr!!! (not sure if we can attribute such a fiery, inspirational speech as this to Rocco Baldelli) Lineups: Ervin Santana (R) 1. W. Merrifield (R) LF 2. Carlos Santana (S) 1B 3. Salvador Perez (R) DH 4. Jorge Soler (R) RF 5. A. Mondesi (S) SS 6. Hunter Dozier (R) 3B 7. M. Taylor (R) CF 8. Hanser Alberto (R) 2B 9. Cam Gallagher (R) C J.A. Happ (L) 1. Max Kepler (L) RF 2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 3. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B 4. Nelson Cruz (R) DH 5. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 6. Mitch Garver (R) C 7. Trevor Larnach (L) LF 8. Rob Refsnyder (R) CF 9. A. Simmons (R) SS

Yankees open at -235, move to average close of -285, Detroit close at about +240 Moral of the story: don’t gamble, folks

Grossman walked off the Yankees in a game Gerrit Cole started. anyone have money on that?

threadmares?

When scorekeepers go rogue

That's fine; we can disagree. I can only agree with you until the part where you say he should have paid any attention to the other runner or thrown the ball. I think all the first baseman had to do was keep pushing the batter-runner (Baez) back to home plate, and eventually Baez either has to make a break back to first, which means he either leaves the base line, or is an easy tag out?

Yeah, I think we do see it, even at MLB level. Rundowns between home and first do happen. But as you say, it's rare. I was hoping you'd come through with the rule on whether tagging a batter-runner before batter-runner gets to first base counts as a force out at the bag, or whether it counts as a tag play, and if the run counts if the runner scores before the tag . Or even better, does the run score if the runner runs backwards past home plate, where it is apparently an automatic out, with two outs, or if the same play happens with less than two outs (paging @stewthornley) For the rules geeks still reading, here's a play from NCAA where a botched run down had a huge impact. Looks like the player was originally called out--they must have had replay review. (Video at bottom of article, skip to 3:56)

Eh, after thinking about it more, I’d say the first baseman only did ONE wrong thing: he utterly lost his mind when he saw the runner from second coming home. We’ve seen batter-runners do this kind of thing before—run back to home plate. There usually isn’t another runner involved, so I actually give some credit to Contreras for trying to score. And to think if the second baseman had had the instinct to cover first, it would have been just another 5-3-2-4 groundout to end the inning

Narrator: There were two outs

Was just coming back on to the site to post something but you took care of it...

I agree, Baddoo would not have debuted in 2021 for the Twins, even with all the injuries. I can’t speak for the OP of this thread, but think the argument @Doctor Gast and a few others were making was that Baddoo could have been protected on the 40 man just fine, if that was the priority. Blankenhorn is already gone; there are a few borderline pitchers on the 40 man (in some cases on the 26 man) not doing much for us, in my opinion. Those guys were protected, Baddoo was not. Like I said, I didn’t have an opinion on Baddoo when Baddoo was selected away, but Doctor Gast did, and kudos to him for saying so!

Last 7 days, and PA in the single digits... the common problem of having the highest OPS on the team, but still not good enough to crack the lineup regularly

Still SSS, but Baddoo is back hitting again, and in fact has the highest OPS in the lineup (which says more about Detroit’s lineup than Baddoo, in my opinion). not a lot of hard hits or power the last few weeks, but drawing some walks and stealing some bases

It’s been giving me a headache too, but by your line of thinking, I humbly suggest that with every subpar Berrios start, the good teams circle in even closer for the kill...

Yes

oof