Game Thread, Twins v. Tigers April 29 12:10

[formerly33]

 

Fifty years from now, when CBU is still being used to provide straight information, no one will remember what it means. Except Chief. He'll explain.

Chief will always be around

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

Jordan Schafer has a MCL strain.

Is that likely a 15 day DL, or a day to day?

 

Hicks or Rosario, who ya got?

[formerly33]

Well now.

[JB_Iowa]

 

It has been nearly two weeks since he pitched.

 

 

I don't make up his excuses, I only post them   

 

 

Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino  · 4h4 hours ago 

Molitor has been trying to "protect" Graham of late. Hasn't worked in 8 days: "I might have been a hair aggressive with him" early on.:

 

 

[AlwaysinModeration]

Twins are trying hard to lose this game.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

I don't make up his excuses, I only post them   

 

 

Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino  · 4h4 hours ago 

Molitor has been trying to "protect" Graham of late. Hasn't worked in 8 days: "I might have been a hair aggressive with him" early on.:

More like the bubble wrap room than the Doghouse, then?

[formerly33]

The Twins will always be the same. Either we score runs and the pitchers give a sigh of relief (literally ), or else one of our better pitchers start and the hitters say, "A lone run'll do it" and we lose. Oh, did I forget to specify that the Twins acquire a loss in the first instance also?

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

attaboys, Kennys!

[twinsnorth49]

 

How come the Twins uniforms still have pinstripes on MLB Gameday?  Sheesh, we're at the end of April here!!!!

Is this a riddle or a question?

[JB_Iowa]

I'll repeat what I said earlier.

 

I HATE DP's when the Twins are batting.

[formerly33]

Now I don't want to see any plays like this this top half of the inning. Or the top half of the 10th, or the 11th, or any other top half this game if we somehow manage to get there.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=288mDRFMzeY

[amjgt]

Nice DP. Sets up the double leadoff hitters next inning!

[formerly33]

Hm.

[formerly33]

Oh, good. Now we get to start all afresh again. That's always fun.

[JB_Iowa]

The Tigers make it look so d*mn easy.

[Danchat]

Kaboom! There goes Casey Fien's ERA!

[zchrz]

Perkins is the only reliever I have any trust in, this bullpen is so sad.

[Circus Boy]

Shame Hughes DNF'd. A couple more zeros from him and we might have sewn this up.

[tobi0040]

Just looking through the box score.  Why was Fien in for 5 hits?  You don't let a reliever get 5 hits before they get 3 outs.

[tobi0040]

 

Is that likely a 15 day DL, or a day to day?

 

Hicks or Rosario, who ya got?

 

Hicks is outplaying him.

[JB_Iowa]

Good thing last night's game was only 2:40.

 

We'll need it to even out today's.

[AlwaysinModeration]

 

Just looking through the box score.  Why was Fien in for 5 hits?  You don't let a reliever get 5 hits before they get 3 outs.

 

 

Does allowing a pop-up that falls untouched on the pitching mound count as a hit?

[tobi0040]

 

Does allowing a pop-up that falls untouched on the pitching mound count as a hit?

 

I wonder if the mound is in the pitchers zone, for his UZR rating.

[mikeee]

Wow, need some help here...   

[ashbury]

Wow, need some help here...   

That is true on so many levels.

[clank2000]

 

Jordan Schafer has a MCL strain.

 

Ahhhh, that explains that inside the parker....

[Mike Sixel]

 

Ahhhh, that explains that inside the parker....

 

I think the strain happened on his falling down running to first (or something, just going off what I read in this thread)......

 

Either way, maybe this is his Wally Pipp moment.....

[ashbury]

Does allowing a pop-up that falls untouched on the pitching mound count as a hit?

That dials back the total for the game to only 16, and 4 for Fien in an inning in the boxscore. Reassuring.

[ashbury]

Mauer with 3 hits. .300 BA for the season. The cream is starting to rise to the top.

[JB_Iowa]

In a way, this series has been good because it shows that the Twins can play with the Tigers.

 

In another way, it has been very disheartening to see that they just can't get over the hump and close things out.  (Not talking about you, Glen Perkins).