PS Game Thread "Luke" Twins vs Yankees 7:40pm cdt 10/7/2019ad

[twinsnorth49]

Another missed fastball.....

[USAFChief]

 

Did you mean, pinochle?

180 meld!

[Aggies7]

Kepler is broken

[Aggies7]

Polanco misses a chest high fastball and swings so hard his helmet falls off

[h2oface]

 

Naturally...

 

because, if, being omnipotent, they would have so little to do... they would watch and care about baseball. right. 

[Pardon My Dinger]

Hey man let me say this: Brett Gardner is the longest tenured Yankee of all, and that gives him special Twins killing powers. But it doesn’t change the fact that he still looks like Wayne from the Wonder Years, and is thereby, inexorably a butthead.

[diehardtwinsfan]

Polanco isn't going down quietly... 

[Vanimal46]

LFG!

[USAFChief]

 

They shift to the right, and then pitch up or outside. Sure seems not very analytical to me. It is like you forget that you have decided to shift, and pitch to let them get a hit anyway.

Perhaps some credit for the hitter putting a tough pitch in play is due.

 

 

[Riverbrian]

https://www.fangraphs.com/spraycharts.aspx?playerid=9927&position=OF&type=battedball

[VATwinsFan]

Polanco isn't going down quietly...

 

He and Arraez.

[Mike Sixel]

 

The only way the Twins can score is with HR's. I was criticized for suggesting that they try scoring in other ways.

 

That is the easiest way to score in the playoffs. Given that pitching (outside MN) is better in the playoffs, you are much less likely to string together multiple hits than to score by HR. 

 

It has made baseball less interesting to watch, but that's one of the reasons for the HR revolution.

[twinsnorth49]

 

because, if, being omnipotent, they would have so little to do... they would watch and care about baseball. right. 

[VATwinsFan]

I guess we'll be seeing nothing but swinging for the fences with lots of Ks and pop ups.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Did you mean, pinochle?

 

Yes.

 

We got us a meld here.

[MVP Nick Punto]

At least I'm sick, so I won't feel much worse if we lose

[twinsnorth49]

Wondefully patient AB there Nellie. 

[FLTwinsGuy]

Regardless of what happens tonight, its going to be a very interesting offseason for Derek Falvey..this team is pretty good but needs some tweaking, mostly on the pitching side..lets see if falvey puts his money where his mouth is

[Aggies7]

Eddie just pulling everything no matter how far outside

[diehardtwinsfan]

I'll take it...

[ashbury]

Time for Mitch to really step up.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

So was that an infield hit?

[Pius Jefferson]

Next season. Fewer Home Runs and better situational hitting. 

[diehardtwinsfan]

Common Garver... 

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

Next season. More Home Runs and better situational hitting. 

 

FIFY

[MVP Nick Punto]

Good Eddie

[sftwinsfan]

Better get it done here, according to the broadcast on FS1 the game if forfeited if the Yankees lead after 4.  

[Riverbrian]

 

So was that an infield hit?

 

That would be the way I'd score it. 

[h2oface]

 

Perhaps some credit for the hitter putting a tough pitch in play is due.

 

Sure. I'll spend my copious spare time finding ways to give the yankees' players credit, especially Gardner. I will leave that to you. Both are fair observations, I guess.

[twinsnorth49]

 

Perhaps some credit for the hitter putting a tough pitch in play is due.

Sure, but the point still stands. If you're going to play your 3B in and 15 steps off the line, don't pitch the batter on the outside edge.