June 24, 201214 yr Trevor: "Hey, Josh - do you wanna have a HR contest today?" Josh: "Sure, Trev - sounds like fun."Good one, SB.
June 24, 201214 yr What can the Twins do to get Morneau back to form, especially his futility against southpaws? He look horrible out there.
June 24, 201214 yr Author I so want to like Casilla. He's a talented player when his head isn't planted in his ass.
June 24, 201214 yr "Six or more runs to win the game". Nope "Homer by a guy with zero homers." Un uh "Diamond leaves if allowing a baserunner in the eighth." Regrettably no. "Twins having no chance against Chapman". Not so much. Not very good at predicting today.
June 24, 201214 yr That walk of the first batter was not a good thing, so hopefully Perk can strike these next 2 guys out.
June 24, 201214 yr "Six or more runs to win the game". Nope "Homer by a guy with zero homers." Un uh "Diamond leaves if allowing a baserunner in the eighth." Regrettably no. "Twins having no chance against Chapman". Not so much. Not very good at predicting today.Awesomeness
June 24, 201214 yr That walk of the first batter was not a good thing, so hopefully Perk can strike these next 2 guys out.Burton is actually pitching right now.
June 24, 201214 yr What can the Twins do to get Morneau back to form, especially his futility against southpaws? He look horrible out there.I'm not really sure facing a lefty who throws 102mph and strikes out nearly half the batters he faces results in the sort of horrible-looking that can be fixed by coaching.
June 24, 201214 yr WTF -- where is Perkins??Perkins is in the pen, warming up. I'm guessing, since he pitched last night, they were hoping Burton could do the job today.
June 24, 201214 yr WTF -- where is Perkins??The Reds have a lot of RH hitters up so Burton got to start the inning. Perkins is warming up.
June 24, 201214 yr Author I'm not really sure facing a lefty who throws 102mph and strikes out nearly half the batters he faces results in the sort of horrible-looking that can be fixed by coaching.Question: would you have pinch-hit Doumit in that situation? Or for Mastrioanni? I don't understand why Ryan wasn't out there to lead off the inning.
June 24, 201214 yr Author Perkins is in the pen, warming up. I'm guessing, since he pitched last night, they were hoping Burton could do the job today.Lots of righties due in the ninth. For once, I'm with Gardy on this one.
June 24, 201214 yr Man! Even the ending was dramatic - Casilla, rather than just stepping on the bag, falls down flat on top of it!
June 24, 201214 yr I'm not really sure facing a lefty who throws 102mph and strikes out nearly half the batters he faces results in the sort of horrible-looking that can be fixed by coaching.He might have had his best AB against Chapman. It's the pathetic ABs against mediocre RHers that have me worried. EDIT: Nice win.
June 24, 201214 yr I thought Doumit would have a better chance than Morneau--man he is sucking. For you old-timers here, when I saw the replay of J-Will's homer, I thought of Harmon, not the trajectory of the bomb but the way Willingham stepped across the plate.
June 24, 201214 yr Author Nice win, hopefully they can keep up this momentum for a bit."We won a game yesterday, if we win one today that's two in a row. If we win one tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before."
June 24, 201214 yr I don't understand why Ryan wasn't out there to lead off the inning.I'm with you. Though without pretending that it makes sense, Gardenhire's extreme antsiness with respect to having a catcher ready in case of emergency is probably the reason. Not a good one, but a reason?
June 24, 201214 yr Author I'm with you. Though without pretending that it makes sense, Gardenhire's extreme antsiness with respect to having a catcher ready in case of emergency is probably the reason. Not a good one, but a reason?Well, it's not as if he had Doumit suit up for the ninth. We got to see Son of Sal gut Burton through that inning. Player of the Game, obviously.
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