Eddie you unbelievable moron...

Eddie..... what was that!?!?

Great at-bats by Jeffers and Rooker, so happy to see that.

 

And they didn't get thrown out on the bases, either.

So far so good, but I imagine he's going to run into K troubles eventually (pitchers making adjustments) and he'll have to overcome that. He had a pretty high K rate in AAA. That's not to say I don't believe in him, but it won't be easy.

Oh, he’ll definitely hit bumps in the road as pitchers adjust but he’s looking like a more polished hitter than I expected.

 

 

Eddie..... what was that!?!?

Well, the rule is never make the first or third out at third base. Eddie must have figured the second out wasn't a big deal.

Not to worry. Eddie got him in. And Donaldson. And he sacrificed himself to make sure Rook scored too.

such nobility!

And yet another baserunning blunder by Eddie. I just don't understand why he stopped. I mean, it looked like he was already two thirds of the way to to third. If you're aggressive, be really aggressive and run to the base at full speed...

It looked like Eddie was watching Rooker being sent home from third and he probably assumed that the ball went further than it did or they may try to throw out Rooker at home. 

It's raining in the western suburbs. Let's get a washout right now.

We are lucky. Maybe good too, but not getting my hopes up yet.

 

And before the 4th and a half inning no less.

 

And i wanted to compliment Rosario's fielding to his back hand, but i'm afraid that would end up being a backhanded compliment. Not sure i could find a more deserving fellow...

RIP Tom Seaver and Lou Brock

That ball hit rosarios glove - but he was looking where he was in relation to the wall ?, -  Favorite Eddie analogy = like the movie -The good -the  bad and ugly, The guy is entertaining , ill give him that

What was that about Cave bunting?

Cave bunted it too softly. If it gets past the pitcher he might have made a double out of it.

Cave has practiced bunting.

JEFFERS AGAIN!!! Jeffers is a future AS catcher, I think

Cave bunted it too softly. If it gets past the pitcher he might have made a double out of it.

I am not greedy...

 

At the moment anyway.

liking the small ball, good job Mr. Jake Cave 

I have to believe we're going to see more and more of players bunting and just chopping the ball the other way to beat the shift.

Jake Cave, certified foul ball robber

And Cave reaches over the wall to haul in a foul ball.

 

Edit: I am Nine jawed...

 

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Norris!

 

Westfalia driver.

"Twins are done in the 5th"

 

Does that mean the game is official?

And that kids is why you always sprint down the 1st base line no matter how unlikely it is you will beat it out.

"Twins are done in the 5th"

Does that mean the game is official?

Technically the game was official after the top of the 5th since the Tigers had five innings to hit and the Twins had the lead at the time.

It will never not drive me insane when professional baseball players don't give it their all when running the bases. Especially a rookie. Hopefully he learns from it!

Big Mike through 6 really good innings 

Big Mike looks good this year! Hopefully he can stay healthy

Dicknjustin talking about Cal Ripken JR.'s streak -- The Orioles were at the Metrodome and before the game during BP or whatever Puckett goes up to Ripken and says, "You playing today, man?"

Dicknjustin talking about Cal Ripken JR.'s streak -- The Orioles were at the Metrodome and before the game during BP or whatever Puckett goes up to Ripken and says, "You playing today, man?"

Don't leave us hanging...

 

Was he?