Game Thread: Twins vs. Cleveland 5:10 PM PST (7:10 PM CDT) 8/8/2019

[nicksaviking]

Remind me again why we play Adrianza at 1st?

Cron kills lefties and “only” has a .718 OPS against righties this year.

 

Meanwhile Adrianza has a righty OPS of .710.

 

So I got nothing, must want to give Cron rest or keep giving Adrianza regular game action.

[tvagle]

Twin's should play this game under protest...look's to me like Clevlandger has a communication device on him

 

I swear I saw an ear bud in his rats-nest of hair inbetween happy feet rocking

 

[yarnivek1972]

Positional flexibility bites the Twins in the backside yet again.

 

Play your first baseman at first, and your outfielder in the outfield.

I’m not sure Cave makes the catch. He’s been...not so wonderful out there.

[LVTwinsfan]

Well we can’t win with zero anyways, so one run isn’t a big deal

[LVTwinsfan]

Bremer gets way too excited about routine flyballs

[ashbury]

The stylings of Dick Bremer on that routine flyout by Eddie, ladies and gentlemen!

[nicksaviking]

I can't believe we're not playing a first baseman.

Well playing three middle infielders probably guarantees zero errors.

[LVTwinsfan]

He threw over at least ten times. Odds say one is going to be bad sooner or later.

maybe he was nibbling

[Aggies7]

Someone (Arraez) should also have been 50 ft into the outfield on that triple, too. That would have been a double. It's not like hard caroms off the RF wall are unusual at TF.

Seriously, it dam near rolled back to the dirt

[MNT1996]

Gotta swing at that

[Mike Sixel]

Garver should be at first when he's not catching, unless Cron is. But really, just Garver.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just messing around with a Philip K. Dick novel.

Yup, i am enough of a Blade Runner fan to catch that.

 

Just wasn't clever enough to respond in kind satisfactorally.

 

(a taste of my own medicin, so to speak)

 

Fellow who wrote Old Man's War also had a title that played on that phrase, no?

[LVTwinsfan]

The umpire isn’t going to allow Clevinger to walk anyone

[HawksNest]

 

Cron kills lefties and “only” has a .718 OPS against righties this year.

Meanwhile Adrianza has a righty OPS of .710.

So I got nothing, must want to give Cron rest or keep giving Adrianza regular game action.

 

Play sano at 1B and Adrianza at 3B

[MNT1996]

Seems like it's been forever since the Twins have had a true strikeout starting pitcher

[Aggies7]

Good thing arraez stayed on the bench yesterday instead of hitting for schoop

[tvagle]

Arraez!!

 

 

24 pt for Doubles

[yarnivek1972]

Anyone surprised Arraez is the guy that breaks up Clevinger’s string?

[ashbury]

Marwin's pressing. That swing on the high pitch was ridiculous.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Lets bring Arraez in!

[Mike Sixel]

 

Good thing arraez stayed on the bench yesterday instead of hitting for schoop

 

Did they ask the manager about this last night? If so, what was his ridiculous answer?

[bighat]

Great hit Arraez!

 

Whensalasttime Marwin got a big hit? Might be due!

[Mike Sixel]

 

Marwin's pressing. That swing on the high pitch was ridiculous.

 

also, he's just sort of not all that good. He's just kind of meh. 

[nicksaviking]

Anyone surprised Arraez is the guy that breaks up Clevinger’s string?

Yeah Dick Bremer. He thought Rosario already hit a HR.

[Aggies7]

Marwin's pressing. That swing on the high pitch was ridiculous.

Arraez looked like the long time vet with a ring and Marwin looked like the guy who’s been here for like 2 months

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Arraez!!

 

 

24 pt for Doubles

And 2 exclamation points.

 

I approve.

[obtusebanter]

Whole different ballgame if the Twins get the pair of walks that they deserved.  

[nicksaviking]

Did they ask the manager about this last night? If so, what was his ridiculous answer?

I think lineup construction is a collaborative effort these days.

[LVTwinsfan]

Yeah Dick Bremer. He thought Rosario already hit a HR.

maybe he’s blind in one eye, his depth perception seems off

[ashbury]

Anyone surprised Arraez is the guy that breaks up Clevinger’s string?

I just wanted a baserunner to be able to watch how Clevinger's delivery differed. The foot-rocking is more subdued than in the full windup, but I still can't believe he doesn't balk at least a couple of times a game, doing it like that.