Hahah 5 man infield!

More major league stuff.

HBD, do you have Five-Man Infield? 

Keeping 2 outfielders that deep doesn't make sense. Buxton will score on any of them.

Auf geht's, Max!

Where’s gene Larkin when you need him

Drag bunt time!!!

What I don't get. An intentional walk to Kepler was totally in order. Now they have a chance at a double play. Why would they have let him swing at all? Just ... weird.

Polanco has the bat...squeeze?

that works

5 infielders wasn’t enough

Well that's one way to do it. 

Gotta say, that was ugly baseball on both sides.

Trying to keep track of my Kepler stats. Do you think he's the first German born player hit by a pitch in the 12th inning of an MLB game?

Trying to play the short game against Buxton is... a bad idea.

TWINS WIN!!!

 

I am ALL IN on the new extra inning rule. Gives the game intensity and excitement throughout. What a GEM from Maeda, was about 2 feet from potentially making history. Rogers is discouraging, but I have confidence he will bounce back at some point. Thielbar and Alcala both pitched very well, and the offense got the job done eventually. A very exciting game capped off with a Twins win!

 

Until tomorrow,

 

Go Twins!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEÀAAAAH BABY....16-8 ......HOW BOUT THEM MINNESOTA TWINS!!!!!

Alcala deserves a lot of credit. Hell of a pitching job

Well, i guess we won after all...

Up later than I wanted to be here in EDT, but oh, well. I can catch up on sleep if I turn off the camera during tomorrow’s Zoom calls. 

Trying to keep track of my Kepler stats. Do you think he's the first German born player hit by a pitch in the 12th inning of an MLB game?

Probably. You will have to check if that ever happened to Donald Lutz...

YEEEEEEEEEEÀAAAAH BABY....16-8....HOW BOUT THEM MINNESOTA TWINS!!!!

And wow, that game was insane.

This may be Alcala's first mlb win as well

Rogers struggles s/b a bit of a concern in a shortened season.  Duffy s/b in the mix at the end of games.  Can't be this faithful over the next 25 games.  

 

Also shocked that they think Sano is that bad to be replaced in the field, guessing he might have caught that ball?  Don't know but let's keep the big bats in there, even in extras.

 

Don't need a ton of ab's for Vargas and Adrianza. Especially when game is on the line.

 

Regardless a win is a win, counts as almost 3.

Sorry we drew it out so long...

Probably. You will have to check if that ever happened to Donald Lutz...

Wikipedia shows him as being born in NY. So even if he was, Max could still have the distinction.

 

Up later than I wanted to be here in EDT, but oh, well. I can catch up on sleep if I turn off the camera during tomorrow’s Zoom calls. 

Another reason why MLB should look at this format or another in a non COVID season.  This could've gone on forever.

 

Wikipedia shows him as being born in NY. So even if he was, Max could still have the distinction.

Okay, didn't know Lutz was born in the US. I only knew he was the only other real German to play in the Majors. But apparently that means "grew up in Germany".

Okay, didn't know Lutz was born in the US. I only knew he was the only other real German to play in the Majors. But apparently that means "grew up in Germany".

Quite. As wikipedia puts it, "Lutz was the first German-developed player to play in the modern Major Leagues."